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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CarbonActive |
2011 ZG established |
Construction & buildings [ Building technology ] | Filters & Membranes |
| CarbonActive aspires to develop optimized solutions for use in air purification technology (Filters) for buildings. | |||
| cofoundme |
2017 ZG established |
Communication, Media, Education or Games | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| cofoundme is the biggest matching platform for startup jobs in Switzerland. We enable entrepreneurs to find cofounders for their projects and startups to recruit staff. You’re looking for a job in the Startup ecosystem, you’re at the right place! | |||
| Keller Technologies |
2000 ZG established |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency ] | Smarthome & building |
| Plan, design and build to level, environmentally friendly buildings, neighbourhoods with interessting architecture in China | |||
| Share & Charge |
2018 ZG stagnant |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-vehicle charging, IT blockchain or algorithms, IT network |
| A non-profit organization curating the Open Charging Network for the next level of OCPI-based e-Roaming. The foundation’s purpose is the development, implementation and promotion of open protocols and applications for sustainable and future-oriented mobility based on internet-based technologies and decentralized software architectures. Players of the Electric Vehicle Charging industry are part of the Share&Charge Community to benefit from technology working groups, Innovation and Research projects as well as exclusive content about electric vehicle charging. | |||
| Ambrosus |
2017 ZG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Health & House & Body Care, Transport & Mobility [ Food production & retail, Healthcare ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Ambrosus, which is a member of the CVA, is a project to build a blockchain-based ecosystem for supply chains for life-essential products like food and medicine. | |||
| washo |
2022 ZG validation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Cleaning ] | |
| Washo is the environmentally friendly alternative to conventional detergents: Ecologically clean, practical and pre-dosed. | |||
| Circulago (WWZ) |
2018 ZG validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy Production ] | Cooling technology, Heat Exchanger, Heating in buildings |
| Circulago is a WWZ AG project for the supply of Zug and Baar-Süd with environmentally friendly heating and cooling energy. It is obtained from the water of the Zugersee. | |||
| yamo |
2016 ZG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Ecological, healthy baby food sterilized with a new pressure method to keep vitamines, color etc. | |||
| 3rd-eyes analytics |
2015 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis | IT data usage, IT Software |
| 3rd-eyes analytics is the software partner for banks, insurance companies and investment advisors for the implementation of digital, goal-based investment advice. The software solution combines a financial planning module with a stochastic procedure that determines an optimal investment allocation based on the customer's goals and allocates funds and ETF's to these using an algorithm. When selecting products, the system takes into account individual criteria for the preferred investment style as well as the client's personal values such as environmental and social aspects. | |||
| 9T Labs |
2018 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Building technology ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| 9T Labs advances lightweight design by simplifying the use of high-performance materials with 3D Printing using industry grade carbon fiber composites | |||
| Adaptricity |
2014 ZH established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| Adaptricity develops simulation and optimization software tools for adapting the electricity distribution grid for the transition towards renewable energies. Products help distribution grid operators in gaining an enhanced overview over their system and evaluating a large set of possible SmartGrid. | |||
| ADE photonExa |
2014 ZH stagnant |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, LED, Lighting |
| LED lighting solutions (spinoff); Swiss manufacturer and specialist for high-performance LEDs, lighting systems, OEM LED modules, LED LightEngines and LED retrofit - with LED products for architects, lighting planners, lighting designers, communities and private individuals with high demands. | |||
| Agile Wind Power |
2010 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| Agile Wind Power develops technology solutions for energy production from wind energy. It develops a vertically-rotating wind turbine which is able to reduce maintenance costs, and increase profitability and efficiency. | |||
| Agrinorm |
2020 ZH formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | IT data usage |
| AgriNorm is a Swiss based deep-tech startup leveraging scientific advances in plant genetics, biochemistry and machine learning techniques for the optimization of perishable fruits supply chain. AgriNorm is developing an AI-powered cloud-based system for predicting the expected quality properties and shelf-life of perishable fruits at the farm gate. This will allow our customers to: 1. Improve margins through optimization of sales channels via smart allocation of the right products to the right clients. 2. Save costs via waste reduction, prevention of claims and avoidance of freights expenditures. | |||
| AIPHA |
2018 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Forestry, Information technology, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | IT data usage, IT Software |
| AIPHA GmbH provides Deep Learning based tools to automatically identify vegetation based threats to power lines. The main focus are grow-in, fall-in and forest fire threats. For this purpose, Geodata like Satellite images or Point Clouds from Drones or Airborne Laserscanning are evaluated. | |||
| AirBie (Smart Bike Lock) |
2018 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, Internet of Things, IT blockchain or algorithms |
| AirBie proposes smart bike locks for bikes, through the installation of the AirBie App. This allows companies to monitor their fleet with smary city analytics software. | |||
| Akenza (former Hivemind) |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Akenza IoT Platform, provides all key middleware capabilities needed to build sophisticated End-2-End IoT application ecosystems. | |||
| Amphiro |
2009 ZH growth |
Behavioural change, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Hydro energy (small scale), IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Amphiro develops intelligent systems that indicate the energy consumption when using hot water - and motivate a conscious use of energy. amphiro displays the water and energy consumption directly when showering and thus promotes a conscious use of hot water. | |||
| Anerdgy |
2012 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| With ANERDGY you take the step into a sustainable and economical roof future. As an expert partner for innovative roof design with many years of experience, we also actively involve ourselves in your project in order to design an optimally usable and sustainable roof in coordination with the architectural vision and structural framework. Roof ecosystem Elements of success for multifunctional roofs. | |||
| antavi |
2015 ZH stagnant |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Information technology ] | IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Managing safety at mega events requires agility, efficiency and team play. Antavi supports safety providers with a app-based solution to manage teams at highest precision and reduced costs. Teams can be formed quickly and coordinated efficiently. Made for crowd and disaster management, the system can be learned quickly and be operational within minutes from any mobile phone, tablet or web browser on your desktop. | |||
| apilio |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Building technology ] | Internet of Things, IT Software |
| Apilio connects devices and services to create smarter, low-maintenance, reliable logic for your home. | |||
| aQuaTox Solutions |
2016 ZH formation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| aQuaTox-Solutions GmbH, an Eawag spinoff, offers services in the field of aquatic ecotoxicology, in particular the assessment of water quality and environmental risk assessment of chemicals. The main focus is on alternatives to conventional animal tests, using fish cells and fish embryos as test models. | |||
| Archilyse |
2017 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings [ Building technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Archilyse makes architecture and real estate quality measurable, comparable and understandable for everybody – what gets measured will be improved. We provide qualitative insights and empower decisions based on data analytics and objective, measurable performance indicators. | |||
| Arc Power |
2016 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| ARC-Power performs design and production of custom DC/DC converters, power distribution and switching boards, electronic motor drivers, filters and harness for space application. | |||
| ImmoSparrow (Ascarix) |
2012 ZH established |
Construction & buildings, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Building technology, Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| How do you like the idea of having all the information about the latest real estate events in one tool? You no longer have to do any tedious research and can acquire potential customers while your competitors are still browsing through the conventional portals with ineffective software. Thanks to ImmoSparrow, you can devote yourself to the customer without missing anything. The information in our database is constantly updated, combined to a clear overall picture and delivered to you (on request) anytime, anywhere. In this way, you gain maximum transparency about the property market. | |||
| Assaia International |
2018 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Airplanes & transport, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| We provide an Artificial Intelligence solution that watches turnarounds in real time to understand what is happening and offers predictive analysis to better manage operations. | |||
| autoSense |
2018 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors |
| autoSense is a Swiss start-up with headquarters in Zurich. Its vision is to create an open, Swiss ecosystem that totally disrupts the connection between driver and vehicle. To this end, the company develops and offers services for private individuals and fleet managers in the field of intelligent networking of cars. At the heart of the system is an app and an adapter that provides users with a digital assistant for their cars and access to the growing ecosystem. This already includes new models for car insurance, a digital payment function when refuelling, a tax-compliant logbook, active warning messages in the event of vehicle malfunctions and much more. | |||
| Avantama (nanograde) |
2008 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Avantama develops and produces nanomaterials for electronics. Avantama’s material innovations enable the fabrication of high quality optical and electronic coatings by established printing and coating techniques. | |||
| Avrios |
2015 ZH established |
Transport & Mobility | e-mobility, Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The Avrios Business Intelligence Platform helps operators of commercial vehicles utilize their assets as efficient as possible. All information about your fleet is structured on an intuitive platform (Fleet logistics). | |||
| Battrion |
2015 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Battery, e-mobility, Filters & Membranes, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Patented Li-ion battery microstructure modification technology for faster charging. In addition, less heat is generated and Li-ion batteries can be used more efficiently in mobile segments, power tools and electric vehicles. | |||