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 Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
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SteriLux |
2014 VD growth |
[ Healthcare ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
The Vaud Medtech SteriLux has developed a device which allows sterilization at low temperature of medical devices made up of all types of materials with very low energy consumption and therefor reducing waste. | |||
Stonestep |
2012 ZG growth |
[ Insurance ] | |
Swiss-based insurtech firm that is changing how insurance is delivered in emerging markets. Microinsurance as a Service platform | |||
Ström (ATSHOME) |
2017 BE growth |
[ 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. | |||
Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories |
2018 ZH growth |
[ Energy management solutions, Information technology ] | Drone & flight, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Robotic, Video and Film |
Sulzer Schmid is an independent Swiss technology company and innovator of next-generation technology for the inspection of rotor blades. Our digital end-to-end process employs autonomous drones and incorporates cutting-edge image analysis tools. Reports are generated at the push of a button and are highly customizable. All the data is stored and made accessible via secure cloud services and is available for further analysis and benchmarking. | |||
SUNCAR HK |
2015 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy storage, Engineering, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Automated or self driving, Battery, Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., e-cargo, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Smartcity |
We are a start-up company of the ETH Zurich and a subsidiary of Huppenkothen. SUNCAR HK specializes in the electrification of construction machines, utility and municipal vehicles. Electrical machines and vehicles which are powered by solar or another renewable energy have significant ecological and economic advantages compared to machines and vehicles powered with diesel. | |||
Swiss Birdradar Solution |
2013 BE growth |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Sensors |
Swiss Birdradar Solution AG is specialized in radar remote sensing products and services for the study of bird and bat movements. The focus is on long-term monitoring as well as environmental impact assessment with respect to infrastructure constructions and wind farms. | |||
Swisscharge.ch |
2014 SG growth |
Construction & buildings,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
Platform and App to share, find and use e-Charging Stations. | |||
swiss chips (BanChips) |
2018 AG growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
swiss banana chips | |||
SwissDeCode |
2016 VD growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
SwissDeCode was founded in 2016 to build trust and secure the global food supply chain. Spin-off of the University of Geneva, our patented tools and processes are recognized by the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (InnoSuisse) and independently validated by Swiss Federal Laboratories. We are based in Renens (Lausanne, VD), Switzerland. | |||
SwissDrones |
2013 ZH growth |
Drone & flight | |
SwissDrones is a Swiss aviation company specializing in development, manufacturing, and operation of long-range unmanned helicopter systems for commercial and public safety applications. | |||
Swiss Hydrogen |
2008 FR growth |
[ Electricity ] | Hydro energy, Hydro energy (small scale), Wearable devices or apps |
Swiss Hydrogen SA develops clean energy solutions for a variety of applications. The common factor is hydrogen! When produced using renewable energy, hydrogen becomes the ultimate clean energy vector, permitting zero-loss storage, simple scalability, and zero-emission electricity production. At Swiss Hydrogen, we strive to deliver tailor-made, turn-key solutions. | |||
SwissINSO |
2006 VD growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Solarthermal energy |
SwissINSO is a pioneer in the development and application of new solar technologies and products targeted at enhancing the aesthetics and overall efficiency of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) and thermal solar energy solutions. KromatixTM solar glass is available in various tuneable colours (all colours are virtually possible, white and sparkling red excepted) and has a beautiful opaque finish, making the inner workings of the solar panels are invisible and thus further enhancing the overall aesthetics of the panel. | |||
Swiss Renewable Solutions AG |
2020 ZG growth |
[ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions, Energy Production, Energy storage ] | Battery, Photovoltaics, Smarthome & building |
SRS provides comprehensive renewable energy solutions for multi-family homes, residential communities, and industrial buildings, focusing on projects with roof areas of 2500 m² or more. Founded by Swiss investors, SRS offers decades of financing expertise and has partnered in building over 10 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity worldwide, powering over 3 million households. | |||
SwissShrimp |
2016 AG growth |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | agricultural technologies |
SwissShrimp AG is the first company in Switzerland to implement sustainable shrimp farming at an industrial level. Following successful pilot production, SwissShrimp has found an attractive location partner for large-scale production in the Swiss salt works in Rheinfelden, Aargau, in 2016. | |||
Swiss Wood Solutions |
2016 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Forestry, Recreation, Resource sufficiency ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Wood or forest technologies |
Swiss Wood Solutions refines solid wood and wood veneers to replace endangered tropical species and plastic products. We only use essences of sustainable origin. All our products are biodegradable, made from 100% wood and do not contain any plastic, resin or artificial coloring. | |||
Synhelion |
2016 TI growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Airplanes & transport, Energy storage, Energy sufficiency, Heating and cooling energy, Maritime and waterways transport, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies, Solarthermal energy, Storage other than batteries, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
Synhelion is on a mission to replace fossil fuels by economically viable synthetic fuels, which are compatible with the current global fuel infrastructure and reduce net CO2 emissions by up to 100 percent. Synhelion uses high-temperature solar heat to convert water and CO2 into synthetic fuels – so-called solar fuels. | |||
technis |
2016 VD growth |
[ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors, Smartcity, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
Control your flow of visitors, Simplify people flow management with a reassuring, easy to install solution for both shops and consumers. Installed easily at entry points of your infrastructure, our solution allows you to monitor your visitor’s flow in real-time, optimize your ressources’ management, comply with your safety standards. The solution brings also a discreet, innovative and reassuring solution for elderly people in medical houses to bring them comfort and security. | |||
ThermodynamX |
2016 SG growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology |
Thermodynamics helps, advises, tests, upgrades and designs custom cooling and heating systems. Participation: ThermodynamX develops and produces tailor-made cooling solutions for medical applications | |||
thingdust |
2017 LU growth |
[ 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. | |||
TreaTech |
2015 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Waste management technologies, Water conservation |
Treatech's mission is to address the increasing problem of clean water availability in all regions of the world by creating a low-cost, environmentally friendly liquid waste solution resulting in fresh-water production. Current liquid waste solution rely on landfill and incineration, which are expensive, polluting and do not allow for the recycling of the valuable products contained in the liquid waste such as fresh water, biogas and salts. Treatech is developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-incre | |||
Tyre Recycling Solutions |
2013 VD growth |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Waste management technologies |
TRS has developed Swiss proprietary technologies to process scrap tyres and deliver output products with significant value-in-use. | |||
Eat-Umami |
2015 ZH growth |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | agricultural technologies |
The seedlings, the so-called microgreens of Umami, thrive in an ecosystem that also includes cichlids, shrimps, mushrooms and countless small animals and microorganisms. The production process is resource-efficient and works without pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or artificial fertilizers. | |||
UniSieve |
2018 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Filters & Membranes |
Over 10% of the total energy consumption worldwide is due to separation processes. To target this issue, we developed a membrane technology, which allows cost and energy efficient separation of gases. The technology is based on an inventive way of integrating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into polymeric membranes. The UniSieve technology has the potential to create various separation solutions for small-scale home applications (B2C), and also large-scale industrial processes (B2B). Currently, the focus is set on building modules for the purification of hydrogen (energy, cleantech industry) and propylene (oil&gas, chemical industry). | |||
Urban Connect |
2013 ZH growth |
[ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
Urban Connect provides all-in-one bicycle fleet solutions for corporate clients. Companies like Google, Zurich Insurance and Roche choose Urban Connect to provide fleets of e-bicycles and bicycles for their employees who are on the move in Switzerland. | |||
Vatorex |
2020 ZH growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Engineering, Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Forestry ] | Bio technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
We help beekeepers in the fight against the Varroa mite. The company develops a system against the Valora Mite without acids and automatically. | |||
Veganaut |
2014 BE growth |
Behavioural change,Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps,Health & House & Body Care [ Bodycare, Catering, Food production & retail, Hotel, Information technology, Restaurants ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Veganaut.net is a project started by two brothers, Toby and Sebu, from Bern, Switzerland. We wanted there to be an open-source, open-data world map on which everybody can share their vegan discoveries. | |||
Virtual Global Trading AG |
2018 AG growth |
[ Building technology, Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Energy storage, Engineering ] | Battery, e-mobility, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid, Solarthermal energy |
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. | |||
Waste Allocation Systems |
2016 VD growth |
[ Waste & recycling ] | |
Manual waste compactor (reduces 60 liters of waste in 17 liters) named e-crush for households and SMEs. Can be used for all types of waste: household, PET bottles, aluminum or cardboard. | |||
WATALUX (OOLUX) |
2014 GE growth |
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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. | |||
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 |
Wegaw is the underlying technology to a sustainable energy future. Through the power of geospatial fusion, we help companies around the world to optimize assets by better monitoring and forecasting water & snow resources. |