This database includes high potential projects and companies in the environment and energy sectors based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational. The maturity phase ranges from initial concept (formation or validation) up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space (growth and then established).
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| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioTruck |
2017 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Resource sufficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | |
| BioTruck is a home-grown organic food company that promotes short supply chains, local and seasonal producers. | |||
| Blockstrom |
2017 BE growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| Blockstrom enables real estate investors to supply rooftop solar power to the inhabitants of their buildings. We measure the electricity consumption and supply complete metering and billing data to property managers. Our web portal makes the management of energy consumption communities easy and efficient. We support self consumption communities. | |||
| Bloom Biorenewables |
2019 VD validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| At Bloom, we excel in deconstructing biomass. With our groundbreaking process, we provide a novel, cost-competitive route to source molecules from plants. This technology is the first of its kind and offers an unprecedented alternative for many petroleum-based products. From fragrances to polyurethanes, Bloom is committed to offer tailored solutions to our customers and help companies around the Globe in reducing their carbon footprint. Bloom products are cost-competitive bio-based building blocks for the chemical industry. The patented mild lignin extraction method uses stabilizing molecules (so-called “protection groups”) that prevent the lignin from condensing during extraction. | |||
| Bond Mobility (smide) |
2018 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, Electric batteries, e-mobility, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| smide ist the world's first stationless e-bike sharing offering a turn-key solution for endcustomers and business partners. freefloating e-Bike sharingsystem | |||
| b-science.net |
2018 AI growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| We improve decision making quality in the energy storage community based on patent literature analysis, which allows for the anticipation of future technology trends. | |||
| Clemap |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Smarthome & building |
| Energy monitoring and disaggregation sensor for housholdes. Disaggregation service for electricity providers. The products helps to use electric tools more efficiently. | |||
| CLEVERON |
2017 BE validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy management solutions ] | Smarthome & building |
| CLEVERON is a Swiss Startup that invented an intelligent heating system for radiators, in order to regulate the temperature in your building optimally. We combine technology and ecology with the objective of reducing our CO2 and saving energy in a simple and economical way. | |||
| CO-OBJECTIFS 21 |
2017 GE validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Supporting Businesses and Communities of Switzerland in optimizing their performance ENVIRONMENTAL material in waste management and reduction of costs associated with it. To propose innovative solutions. | |||
| Designwerk Products |
2017 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-cargo, Electric batteries, e-vehicle charging |
| electric trucks are a solution not an alternative. Performance, ecology and economy combined. | |||
| DM-Green |
2017 VD validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We are a company specialized in the marketing and distribution of innovative solutions in the fields of recovery, sorting and recycling of waste, such as presses, interior and exterior containers or automated sorting robots. Our desire is to optimize resources in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as reducing waste and CO2 emissions. | |||
| droople |
2018 VD validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Water Management ] | Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| We provide businesses with retrofit solution to efficiently manage their fleet of water-driven assets and buildings. | |||
| Dufour Aerospace |
2017 VS growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Airplanes & transport ] | Drone & flight |
| Dufour Aerospace is building the aEro 3, an advanced electric aircraft that brings you from your doorstep to nearly anywhere you want over 5 times faster than a car but at the same cost per kilometer | |||
| eCarUp |
2017 ZG growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Service pooling ] | e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Smartcity |
| With our solution, we maximise returns from under-utilised charging stations for electric cars at offices, hotels, retail centres or apartment complexes – and transform payments with our intuitive app. | |||
| ECO-TSAPI |
2017 FR growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| eco-tsapi consists of a fabric impregnated with beeswax and organic jojoba oil. Called wrap in English or bees wrap in the jargon of consum'actors, it allows you to pack food in a simple and 100% natural way. The advantage: it is reusable because it is washable! | |||
| EH Group Engineering |
2017 VD growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy management solutions, Energy storage, Engineering ] | Energy storage other than batteries, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells |
| Develops a new fuels cell and is an engineering and consulting firm based in Switzerland. We offer a unique strategic, technical and business consulting service in the area of energy with a focus on fuel cells, system management, engineering, prototype development and the application of various methodologies such as Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Excellence (DfX).d | |||
| Electrojoule |
2017 AG validation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy ] | Geothermal energy, Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smarthome & building, Solarthermal energy |
| We plan, install and maintain sofisticated renewable heating and cooling systems für mid-sized buildings, all out of one hand, including continuous optimization. | |||
| Energie hoch drei |
2017 BE growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings ] | Low technology |
| Energie hoch drei AG stands for the 3 elements of the energy future - efficiency, consistency and sufficiency. Their core competencies are energy concepts and sustainability consulting in the building sector and in spatial planning from the idea to the implementation. They offer their services to a broad clientele ranging from building owners and planning teams to various institutions. | |||
| energybazaar |
2017 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Gamification, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| Developing decentralized energy trading markets and a shared plattform mainly to bring affordable energy to deveoping countries and rural areas. | |||
| Energy Vault |
2017 TI formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Energy storage other than batteries |
| The Energy Vault storage solution operates with bricks that are lifted to create a tower causing the energy to be stored in the elevation gain, when the bricks are then returned to the ground the kinetic energy from the falling brick is turned back into electricity. Specially engineered control software is used to ensure the bricks are placed in exactly the right location each time. The system is modular and flexible with each plant having a capacity of between 10 and 35MWh and a power output of between 2 and 5MW. The system is ideally suited to longer duration storage but with very fast response times can also be used to deliver short and medium term. | |||
| engytec |
2017 ZG growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | IT data usage, Renewable technologies |
| Energy costs can be read out more easily and billed at the touch of a button. engytec concentrates on the measurement, processing and billing of all energy flows and offers property managers a billing system that is divided among the individual tenants and is consumer-oriented. Our vision is "everything under one roof". We accompany property owners and managers on the way to sustainable energy use: simplified, safe, transparent. | |||
| E-nno Switzerland SA |
2017 GE validation |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Building technology, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Heating and cooling energy ] | Efficient combustion technologies e.g. combined heat and power, Internet of Things, IT blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Smarthome & building |
| E-nno develops and offers data driven solutions to increase energy efficiency and reduce real estate’s environmental footprint. The technology uses real time data that permits algorithms to autonomously monitor and control a building and reach energy savings within the first 3 monts of operation. All data are securely stored, and Swiss Data Hosting labelled. Thanks to the «Pay as you save» business model, the optimization service is 100% covered by the energy savings. The solution is well suitable to assess performance of various implemented actions : optimizations and/or renovations. IPMVP certified , an analysis report is delivered every year to validate the savings achieved. | |||
| ethec |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| We are a team consisting of 10 students and 5 supervisors of ETH Zurich and ZHdK. As part of a focus-project, we are developing a prototype of an electric motorcycle with two-wheel drive. Our main goal is to have a driving range of 250 km using braking energy recuperation at both wheels and latest battery technologies. | |||
| ExoLabs |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Hydropower operators need accurate water inflow predictions to generate energy most profitably. In snowmelt dominated catchments (1/4 of the world’s hydropower), uncertain snowmelt quantities deteriorate inflow predictions resulting in overall losses of 7-10%, annually. Our solution to this problem includes data from multiple satellite constellations, ground station networks and numerical weather forecasts to derive real-time snow quantities as well as forecasts in a 20 m spatial resolution for entire mountain ranges. Using scalable cloud processing and innovative machine learning algorithms, we are capable to serve hydropower stations globally. | |||
| Fairwalter |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| We are the platform for digital rental. Fairwalter is an innovative B2B2C platform that enables landlords, owners, tenants and service providers to work together smoothly. Our customers can more than double their productivity thanks to automated processes without media discontinuity, make better decisions based on data and have more satisfied employees and customers thanks to intuitive usability. | |||
| Fixposition |
2017 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Information technology ] | IT Software |
| Fixposition offers its high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and computer vision-based navigation devices to customers in the market segments of professional Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ground robotics and automotive. | |||
| FutureThinking (Regalo) |
2017 TI validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| REGALO, property of FutureThinking Sagl, provides online resources, including but not limited to a platform to post or to collect items that other users give away for free, as well as various messaging and board posting services. | |||
| geoimpact |
2017 BE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Geoimpact runs the web-based platform Swiss Energy Planning which can be used throughout Switzerland. Energy potential can be detected at any location based on intuitive apps and intelligent services. Planning becomes digital, collaborative and simple. geoimpact focus on making the models of the future transparent with intuitive applications in the fields of energy, smart city and geoinformation. An agile approach enables efficient development processes and rapid implementation of complex requirements. | |||
| GRZ Technologies |
2017 FR validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, Enabling technologies, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Renewable technologies, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| GRZ Technologies Ltd. is a company active in the field of renewable energy storage. Two products were released in 2017: a Hydrogen Compressor (HyCo) and an Advanced Gas Analysing System (AGAS). Both are laboratory equipment for the scientific community as well as for quality control in industry | |||
| Hegias |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| HEGIAS is democratizing Virtual Reality. With our self developed «CMS» for Virtual Reality we increase the up-to-dateness, and relevancy of industrial content at significantly decreasing cost. «HEGIAS VR lets your customer walk thru an unbuilt house, re-furniture it by his touch and buy it having seen and felt it.» | |||
| Heizungsmacher |
2017 BS growth |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Heating and cooling energy ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Heizungsmacher AG, is a Swiss company specialising in the replacement of old heating systems with modern heat pumps as well as the planning and installation of photovoltaic systems in the segment of detached and semi-detached houses. | |||