Discover startups and projects in the environment and energy sectors filtered by business area and technology.
This list includes high potential projects and companies based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational, and range from an initial concept up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space.
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| Company Name | Founding year / Canton | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Younergy | 2013 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| AG | Solar power subscription for homes with no up-front cost.Solar installation. Financing of solar installations. | ||
| youtrition | 2018 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| BS | youtrition deals with the recycling of nutrients from human urine in order to achieve sustainability for food production | ||
| Yova | 2017 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services ] | Low technology |
| ZH | The purpose of the Company is to provide investment advisory, asset management and investment advisory services, to provide information, in particular in the field of electronic media, to provide support services in the field of general financial and investment consulting and related activities. | ||
| Zaphiro Technologies | 2016 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | Smartgrid |
| VD | SynchroGuard is a new smart solution for electrical grid monitoring and automation. Thanks to its advanced sensing infrastructure, SynchroGuard has the outstanding feature to combine in a single solution real-time grid monitoring, optimal control of grid resources, and smart fault management. | ||
| Zarawind | 2017 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Wind energy |
| ZH | 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 | ||
| Zenna | 2012 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| SG | Services for solar power supply chain. | ||
| Z Institute (bimoz) | 2015 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| ZG | A novel electric motor that can be attached to any wheel. | ||
| zoë circular building | 2017 | Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | |
| ZH | Building with natural, untreated and local materials: healthy, sustainable and affordable. | ||
| Zum guten Heinrich | 2017 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| ZH | Sustainable catering delivered by Food-Bike fight Food-Wast; uses high quality and shapeless fruit and vegetables that cannot be sold - because they are not of the standard size. This reduces the amount of fruit and vegetables that remain in the fields with the farmers or end up in the biogas plant. | ||