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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WeGaw |
2016 VD growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring, Information technology, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Our satellite data powered product DeFROST monitors terrain status daily to make outdoors safer and enjoyable for anyone, anytime. Supported by the European Space Agency, we build & operate a technology and product stack enabling the digital outdoors tourism industry. | |||
| WEPOT |
2020 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Resource sufficiency, Water Management ] | 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! | |||
| Why ! open computing |
2013 VD established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| why! open computing SA is a very young company that focuses on sustainable computing by providing computing systems pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux for end users and a community based support model that ensures a longer, useful, life time of the machines, past the manufacturer's warranty. | |||
| wick upcycling (wiederverwerkle) |
2018 ZH validation |
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. | |||
| Wingtra |
2016 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Information technology ] | Drone & flight, Robotic, Video and Film |
| Headquartered in Switzerland, Wingtra is the world’s leading VTOL drone producer for mapping, survey and mining industry professionals. Since its market entry in early 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 70 of the biggest equipment dealers and has been selling mapping drones globally ever since. | |||
| Workspace2go |
2016 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Workspace2go is a platform for meeting rooms, workstations and seminar rooms that can be booked by the hour or by the day. Suppliers can use the platform to provide unused workspace, which guests can book for their meeting or workshop. | |||
| 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. | |||
| wy.by |
2009 LU growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| wy.by designs, develops and maintains one of the first European, fully web-based reservation and management solutions for the rental business of various industries. wy.by offers much more than traditional advertising sites for rental products. | |||
| Xemtec |
2001 VD validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| Add-on smart units to existing meters for monitoring. Xemtec is an important player in digitalization of information for electricity, gas and water markets. Our system provides a comprehensive and centralised flow management for the industrial and residential sectors. | |||
| Yaksha |
2018 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Yaksha is an organic and fair trade spice from a single source, and together we are starting an innovative concept based on ethical values. | |||
| Yasai |
2020 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Environmental monitoring, Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency, Trade and Retail, Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Bio technologies, Hydro energy (small scale), Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software, LED, Resource saving agricultural technologies, Smartcity, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Yasai offers Farming as a Service with Vertical Farms based on circular economy within Smart Cities | |||
| YouMo |
2013 SG growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| More than just an E-bike. | |||
| Younergy |
2013 AG growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy Production, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solar power subscription for homes with no up-front cost.Solar installation. Financing of solar installations. | |||
| youtrition |
2018 BS established |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| youtrition deals with the recycling of nutrients from human urine in order to achieve sustainability for food production | |||
| 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. | |||
| Zaphiro Technologies |
2016 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Sensors, Smart device, Smartgrid |
| 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 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 | |||
| Zenna |
2012 SG established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| Services for solar power supply chain. | |||
| Zevvy (EVG-Zentrum) |
2017 LU growth |
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. | |||
| 2em |
2014 FR growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| 2EM wurde 2012 in Freiburg gegründet. Mit einer Flotte von über 2000 Fahrzeugen ist 2EM die führende private Autovermietungsplattform der Schweiz und ermöglicht Tausenden von Mitgliedern die Teilnahme an der kooperativen Wirtschaft. Die Wahl einer alternativen Art des Konsums bedeutet, Teil der Generation des Social Car Sharing zu sein! | |||
| act cleantech Agentur Schweiz |
2015 ZH growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| act cleantech Agentur coordinates and supports the Swiss network of energy specialists and partners in support of their customers. We enable communication with the federal government, maintain specialised web tools and ensure legal conformity. It is our concern to help your company to achieve a breakthrough in energy efficiency so that you can reduce your costs and make an important contribution to climate protection. | |||
| Advantec Polymers |
2017 ZH formation |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Construction of buildings ] | New chemical materials |
| production of chemical, which reduces energy demand in production of wood boards, and reselling the wood. | |||
| Adventerra Games |
2009 TI established |
Behavioural change, Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Games ] | Gamification, Low technology |
| Adventerra Games, located in the Italian part of Switzerland, has worked for more than 10 years to create educational games designed for children of different ages on environmental topics. | |||
| AgriCircle |
2012 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Forestry ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AgriCircle is a leading provider of digital agronomy and precision farming solutions to agricultural companies and farmers. AgriCircle is also a network brining together research and businesses to create novel, innovative products for the food value chain | |||
| Alterna |
2020 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Many fields ] | |
| Alterna enables various projects to help the sustainable transition through a state-of-the-art service. | |||
| Aluminium Electric Storage |
2019 SZ formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Energy storage other than batteries |
| HybridStock - Hybrid seasonal storage system for renewable heat and electricity based on an aluminium redox cycle | |||
| am-tec switzerland |
2011 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Consultants for electricity grid management; Core competencies: asset management and infrastructure management. We offer consulting, services and software for strategic and operational asset management (standardized entry-level projects for electricity, water and gas distribution) | |||
| Apizoom |
2016 FR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| A beekeeper teamed up with the Signal Processing Laboratory 5 and a group of EPFL students to develop an app that counts the number of Varroa mites in beehives. This parasite is one of the two main threats – along with pesticides – to bees’ long-term survival. Knowing the extent of the mites’ infestation will allow beekeepers to protect their bees more effectively. | |||