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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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! | |||
| NIKIN GmbH |
2017 AG growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ Forestry, Functional clothes ] | Wood or forest technologies |
| NIKIN is a sustainable clothing brand from Switzerland that plants a tree for each product. Our mission: We want to support global reforestation by planting one tree for every product sold. Here on our Linkedin page you will find regular information about NIKIN, inspiration for a sustainable lifestyle or how the NIKIN family works every day. Join us on our journey and help to make the world a greener place. | |||
| Novaris (Soneva) |
2017 LU validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Enabling technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| "soneva" is an airtight drawer with a vacuum. This stops the oxidation process of food. This keeps food fresh and of high quality for longer. The food is stored in the Vacuum drawer stored in gastro containers. Each container is vacuumed separately. The customer can choose the size of these containers himself. With this system, it is possible to reduce the consumption of plastic and conserve food like bred, fruits etc. that should not be stored in the fridge. | |||
| NovaVolt (ZapCharger Pro) |
2017 ZH sold but still independently active |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
| apCharger Pro solution is specially designed for smart EV charging in housing cooperatives, multi-unit dwellings and large parking facilities.CHARGE OVER 100 EVS ON A SINGLE 63A CIRCUIT | |||
| onCyt Microbiology |
2017 ZH validation |
Health & House & Body Care, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Healthcare, Water Management ] | Bio technologies |
| Our hard- and software add-ons turn the bench-top flow cytometer that you already own and trust, or the one that will meet your needs best into a fully automated on-line sampling and measurement device. We combine the best of two worlds by providing smart automation add-ons to established flow cytometers with known high performance. | |||
| Oxygen at Work |
2017 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ air quality ] | IT data usage |
| Oxygen at Work GmbH helpd companies reduce health care and energy costs by using data analytics and specific plants to improve office indoor air quality. | |||
| Pexapark |
2017 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Pexapark enables better renewable energy sales in subsidy-free markets through a combination of software tools and PPA transaction services. We provide developers & operators with revenue management, hedge risk analysis and optimization capabilities and enable them to participate the open market with the confidence of full energy sales & trading compliment. Our award-winning PexaQuote provides the standardized pricing methodology across the range of PPA contracts, term lengths and asset types. Sellers and buyers execute PPA transactions with our advisory service. Last but not least, we connect producers and off-takers, provide historical deal trends and reduce search costs through our community platform PexaConnect. Together they form a seamless platform to better enable renewable energy sales. | |||
| Pick-e-Bike |
2018 BS growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, e-mobility, Fleet management |
| Pick-e-Bike is your sharing system for e-bikes and e-scooters in different Swiss regions. Fast, easy and cheap. | |||
| Quartierstrom |
2017 ZH stagnant |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Many fields ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Smartcity |
| blockchain based peer to peer energy (physical and Go) community (www.quartier-strom.ch) | |||
| R&D Cycling |
2017 VS growth |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Recreation, Sport ] | Communication, e-bike, Low technology |
| In the heart of the Valais Alps, R&D Cycling has developed a unique platform of complementary skills and an exceptional network for the creation of federative events, the development of innovative products and an offer of excellent services. | |||
| SeaBubbles |
2017 GE validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Maritime and waterways transport ] | Battery |
| A futuristic, zero-emission new design of water taxi, called SeaBubbles. The vehicle represents a milestone in the development of new forms of transportation that do not impact the environment or place any burden on urban infrastructure. | |||
| simplee |
2017 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-vehicle charging |
| Electromobility & charging management: We offer you the easiest way to get started with sustainable loading solutions. This requires good planning, intelligent products, scalable billing plan standards and transparent communication along all project stages. From the analysis, through a uniform and scalable charging concept to the implementation of the installation. | |||
| smart conversion |
2017 LU validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| The Delta-Stirling is a new generator for the conversion of heat energy into electricity. In the reverse process, the Delta-Stirling can also generate cold and heat energy by supplying electricity, as in a refrigeration compressor. In the moment we are developing a cooling unit that does without climate-damaging refrigerants! | |||
| Smart Energy Link (SEL) |
2017 BE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | IT network, Solarthermal energy |
| Smart Energy Link makes solar power usable in multi-party houses and in residential areas: simple, economical and ecological. The intelligent control system optimizes the own consumption of solar power and measures and bills the energy consumption within own consumption communities. | |||
| SMT Energy |
2017 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Battery, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| Development, manufacturing and marketing of safe, reliable and economical SMT Energy Storage System that enables customers to manage their resources more effectively and sustainably. In the Redox Flow System the Energy is stored as aqueous liquids in separate tanks allowing to independently scale Power and Energy. | |||
| STOR-H TECHNOLOGIES |
2017 GE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy Production, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Renewable technologies |
| STOR-H Technologie is part of the company AAQIUS, which is an innovative company specialized in the development of low-carbon, disruptive technology standards for transport and energy. STOR-H Technologies has developed a new energy standard based on a very innovative use of green hydrogen stored at very low pressures in plug & play cartridges to facilitate and accelerate the transition to low-carbon urban mobility. Reusable and recyclable, these hydrogen cartridges are used to drive different types of vehicles, 2, 3 and 4 wheels, for an urban mobility without any pollution. | |||
| Ström (ATSHOME) |
2017 BE growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions, Heating and cooling energy ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| ATSHOME AG is providing solar and heat pump system that allows a positive financial and ecological return on investment. | |||
| thingdust |
2017 LU growth |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Information technology, Resource efficiency ] | Internet of Things, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| thingdust optimizes office spaces and buildings by internet of things and machine learning technology. It automatically monitors and manages all kinds of spaces - meeting rooms, desks, .... It empowers facility managers to proactively respond to changing demands of clients for workspace. | |||
| TwistOut |
2017 SG stagnant |
Construction & buildings [ Cleaning ] | Low technology |
| TwistOut is an innovative drain rod made of 100% beech wood. The rough, spiral surface texture of the wooden stick in combination with the manual rotation allows the blockage (mostly hair) to adhere to the stick. The TwistOut can be easily pulled out of the siphon and disposed of. Why complicated when it's easy? With TwistOut we solve a common drainage problem in a functional and simple way - without chemicals, completely natural and hygienical. | |||
| wick upcycling (wiederverwerkle) |
2018 ZH stagnant |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The aim of the Wiederverwerkle association is to reuse residual materials for something new. It collects residual wood and metal from local industrial and craft enterprises. The material is processed, sorted and offered for sale at a reasonable price. | |||
| WindShape |
2017 GE growth |
Transport & Mobility | Drone & flight |
| WindShape pushes forward the limits of innovation by leading drones into a new generation of wind and weather test bench. | |||
| WormUp |
2017 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Recycle your kitchen scraps at home, Compact. Odorless. Elegant. WormUp HOME is the first ceramic Worm Bin that produces compost from kitchen waste. | |||
| XFarm |
2018 TI growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | e-mobility, Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Wearable devices or apps |
| xFarm is a digital platform helping the farmers to manage their activities. It is composed of a cloud-based field management software, IoT field sensors gathering meteorological and environmental data, and an open app store for decision support services. | |||
| Yova |
2017 ZH growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services ] | Low technology |
| Yova is a digital platform for investing with a sustainability impact. Yova customers invest directly into companies that help solve global challenges and make a difference in topics they care about. Renewable energies, gender equality, circular economy – they can decide which topics they want to invest in. All investments are tailored to the customer’s needs and values. At the same time, they are professionally diversified and designed for long-term returns. The customers get both: sustainability impact and financial return. With the Yova platform, everyone can become an impact investo. | |||
| Zarawind |
2017 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Wind energy |
| Our Lighter-Than-Air wind power system is designed compact, cost-effective and eco-friendly to be used in remote off-grid locations. For the installation of the wind power system at that altitude, the use of a buoyant gas aerostat allows the user to carry an electrical generator | |||
| Zevvy (EVG-Zentrum) |
2017 LU validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Supports the development of community solar projects (EVG) and runs the software Zevvy to help customers with the billing of solar power systems for "Eigenverbrauch" | |||
| zoë circular building |
2017 BS validation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | |
| Building with natural, untreated and local materials: healthy, sustainable and affordable. | |||
| AlpenPionier |
2017 GR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| HempFood. We are implementing our vision "to recultivate food hemp in Switzerland and put it back on the plate". Anyone who thinks that the hemp plant is a new fad is missing the point. Hemp - as an old European cultivated plant - is considered to be one of the greatest sources of nutrients that nature has to offer and holds potentials that have not yet been exhausted. | |||
| Happy Genie (Antanas) |
2013 SZ growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ clothes, Trade and Retail ] | Wearable devices or apps |
| Happy Genie produces stylish and multifunctional bags made from apple waste, designed in Switzerland and handmade in Italy. In addition to high-end fashion, Happy Genie offers fair working conditions throughout the supply chain and also gives a portion of its proceeds to impact organizations. | |||
| Atlas Sensing Labs |
2017 BS startup, but phase not clear |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ air quality, Environmental monitoring ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Atlas Sensing Labs provides environmental monitoring systems, exposure modeling/mapping methods, and consulting services primarily in the area of air quality and public health. Exposure assessment is conducted based on measurements (e.g., gases/particles in outdoor/indoor/occupational settings) and models in support of decision-making towards healthful environments locally and globally. | |||