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). Discover the companies by using the search filters. Sort the list by clicking on the arrows next to founding year, canton and phase. If your innovation is missing, please add your project here .
| Company Name | Founding year Canton What phase are you currently in? | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shematic |
2018 GE Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Motor & actuator |
| At Shematic, our mission is to provide innovative high performance tailor made electric system to improve power and autonomy of electric vehicles. We offer our clients to take advantage of a new electromobility experience and improve the performance of electric vehicles through innovation and creativity, while benefiting of custom motors. | |||
| stirling |
2017 BE Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings |
| The FR-Stirling is much more than a motor, it is the heart of future and progressive "electricity-generating heaters," that can produce electricity and heat in households at the same time. | |||
| SmartSmallHouse |
2018 LU Growth |
[ Building Construction ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization |
| Smart Small House develops and implements GreenVillage projects. We address the shortage of available building land in Switzerland, focusing on energy-efficient, healthy living (Vastu - in harmony with humans and nature). Our business model combines social-ecological responsibility with economic viability, creating affordable living spaces and minimizing environmental impact. | |||
| SpectroPlast |
2018 ZH Growth |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| Spectroplast AG offers On-Demand Manufacturing of Silicone end-use products that meet industrial and medical standards with respect to precision, performance and price. All without the use of molds, saving costs and time and at zero waste | |||
| swiss chips (BanChips) |
2018 AG Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| swiss banana chips | |||
| Swisseldex |
2018 BE Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Data usage |
| Swisseldex AG is an association of Swiss distribution system operators and the initiator of the industry solution. We cover a quarter of all metering points in the Swiss electricity grid. Together with Supercomputing Systems we develop and operate the central data exchange platform. | |||
| Tinamu Labs |
2018 ZH Growth |
Energy & Power Systems | Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| TINAMU captures new digital data in tough industrial environments with flying sensors. We use ready available drones and sensors and make them fly automated by computer vision to capture new digital data fully automated. We then auto-process data and run our advanced algorithm-based analytics to provide to traditional industries data and insight for a recurring service fee. We provide precise, digital and traceable inventory monitoring to commodity manufacturers fully automated without local installations, GPS nor pilots. We help traditional industries to digitize in tough environments. | |||
| Virtual Global Trading AG |
2018 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal, IT: IOT Internet of Things, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Grid |
| We are a digital Energy Supplying Company and we build the power market of tomorrow. We build the biggest P2P Energy Trading Platform on the World. | |||
| WATALUX (OOLUX) |
2014 GE Growth |
[ Water Management ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| With only salt and water, WATA technology produces locally and at low cost, active chlorine solution that can be used to treat drinking water or disinfect any objects or surfaces. | |||
| WEPOT |
2020 VD Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Other: Unknown |
| The plant fixes its roots around the pot and, thanks to the natural porosity of the clay, it drinks as needed. This avoids any water stress, the development of weeds but above all a saving of 50% to 70% water! | |||
| Yaksha |
2018 VD Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Yaksha is an organic and fair trade spice from a single source, and together we are starting an innovative concept based on ethical values. | |||
| youtrition |
2018 BS Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| youtrition deals with the recycling of nutrients from human urine in order to achieve sustainability for food production | |||
| Alterna |
2020 VD Growth |
[ Circular Economy ] | None |
| Alterna enables various projects to help the sustainable transition through a state-of-the-art service. | |||
| Skwoll |
2018 VS Established |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| We encourage moments of conviviality around a drink. We optimize the experience in bars and restaurants, and we have created an ecosystem of applications that unites a community who enjoy going out. Therefore, they have created a community app. | |||
| Authena |
2018 ZG Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: IOT Internet of Things |
| For a more connected, transparent, authentic world: Authena provides Powerful plug-and-play technology to identify, track, and authenticate individual products via IoT and blockchain. | |||
| Baertschi |
2028 BS Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech, Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Other: Low tech |
| Baertschi & Kuhle GmbH provides sustainability consulting, strategic mandates and coaching for organizations in agriculture, food systems and regenerative land use, supporting clients on their path toward responsible environmental and organizational practices | |||
| candi |
2018 ZH Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech |
| candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business, by planning and (partly) financing the solar installation. | |||
| capsule hotel |
2018 LU Validation |
[ Hospitality Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Affordable hotel, with privacy and community. Every single “capsule” can be closed, providing the guest with its own little room. The generously designed interior delivers high-speed internet, electricity, a safe, ventilation and other comforts. | |||
| Chipeno |
2018 LU Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| Chipeño is the smoky, racy salsa with its own character. The combination of the smoky flavour and the salty, mild spiciness makes this sauce unique. It is not a modification of existing sauces, but a new taste experience that has never been experienced before. In addition, the sauce comes without any artificial flavour enhancers or colourings. It is gluten- and lactose-free. Chipeño™ supports TooGoodToGo with their concern and will integrate a reference in the label of every product in the future. www.toogoodtogo.ch | |||
| Crowd Container |
2018 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Crowd Container orders food from diverse, climate-friendly, and pesticide-free cultivation directly from producers they trust. | |||
| emost |
2022 ZH Growth |
[ Energy Storage ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Energy: Battery, Smart: Grid |
| emost is an Axpo Spin-off building an ecosystem that uses mobile batteries to replace diesel generators – hence, greening off-grid electricity. Their first product has been developed and tested during the last four years and is today delivering CO2 free electricity to construction sites and event locations all over Europe. | |||
| enersuisse |
2018 ZH Established |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Data usage |
| enersuisse relies on the comprehensive know-how and many years of experience of its owners (EKZ, Primeo Energie and Romande Energie) in the billing process (meter-to-customer process). The company focuses on competencies in metering technology, in the billing of energy services and in customer service. Technically, enersuisse relies on high-quality systems and infrastructures. | |||
| Genuine Way |
2018 TI Growth |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Genuine Way is a Blockchain company that focuses on environmental sustainability. We support your business in assessing and communicating its carbon-footprint to ethical consumers. | |||
| grivix |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Autonomous charging for Heavy-Duty Electrical Vehicles: Grivix has developed an autonomous (robotic) megawatt charging system powered by AI vision recognition that is affordable for high-speed scale-up (requires 40% less hardware than a charging station), 100% reliable (plug & charge and fully automated), and charges heavy-duty electric vehicles (HDV) in 10 minutes. | |||
| Impaakt |
2018 GE Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Network |
| Impaakt is a collaborative platform relying on collective intelligence to produce research and assessments of the social and environmental impact of companies. Our mission is to bring impact analysis to the heart of all investment decisions so that capital can be directed to the businesses that have the best possible impact on the planet and society. | |||
| innolith |
2018 BS Validation |
Energy: Battery | |
| New batteries for electric vehicles with new technology, safety and a lower price. | |||
| Klepsydra |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Information Technology ] | IT: Software |
| Klepsydra is a professional software engineering and cloud computing tool for computationally intensive intelligent devices and embedded systems applications. It has a two-fold purpose: accelerate the development of complex embedded software, and optimise, or increase, the computational performance of the on-board software for complex tasks like sensor fusion or image processing. | |||
| Wheycation |
2018 SG Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech |
| We don’t see waste products, but new and valuable raw materials: We develop healthy and tasty food by upgrading (upcycling) side streams of food production. Therefore, they process whey to high quality products. | |||
| Mondaic |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| Mondaic provides proprietary software and services for high-resolution 3-D imaging using ultrasonic or geophysical waves. It offers scalable end-to-end solutions for all (visco)acoustic, (visco)elastic, and coupled waveform modeling and inversion needs. | |||
| Mybacs |
2018 ZG Growth |
[ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Food tech |
| Mybacs aims to revolutionize the healthcare sector around the human microbiome. With their formulation of specially selected bacteria cultures (probiotics), prebiotics as well as minerals and vitamins, the company focuses on synbiotic dietary supplements, which are tailored to the individual needs and areas of application of its customers. | |||