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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Power | 2016 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| ZH | 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. | ||
| Arviem | 2008 | Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | e-cargo, e-mobility, enabling technologies |
| ZG | Arviem service is to tracks parameters affecting a cargo content's quality based on the specific needs of clients. Tracking the location and monitoring the condition of cargo verifies the quality of incoming components and monitors the fulfillment of safety and environmental regulations. | ||
| Aspivix | 2015 | Healthcare & Bodycare [ Healthcare ] | enabling technologies |
| VD | We invented Aspivix because we believe that women deserve a gentler and more modern method to grasp and stabilize the cervix, a very intimate part of body, during many procedures which requires to access the uterus. So be the insertion of an Intra- uterine Device for contraception or an Intra-Uterine Insemination in reproductive medicine. | ||
| Association Ecoparc (Urbaine.ch) | 2013 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Many fields ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| NE | Association Ecoparc aims to facilitate sustainable development of the state of Neuchâtel, more particularly in the urban, contruction domaine. The urban platform.ch highlights the projects of the Neuchâtel agglomeration that meet the requirements of sustainable development. | ||
| ATSHOME | 2017 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity efficiency, Energy sufficiency, Engineering, Heat energy ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, smart device, Smarthome & building |
| BE | ATSHOME AG is providing solar and heat pump system that allows a positive financial and ecological return on investment. | ||
| Aurora's Grid | 2016 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy storage ] | Smartgrid |
| VD | Aurora's Grid has developed a software for management of battery in smart building and/or electric vehicle reducing the ageing of the battery up to 45% compared to not ageing aware management | ||
| Avalgo | 2016 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | |
| VD | Its main activity is to clean the algae of the ports and beaches by means of a system of aspiration and mowing. The algae reduced in volume and mass, are recovered for drying and processed into animal feed, or organic fertilizer. | ||
| Avantama (nanograde) | 2008 | 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 or chemical technologies |
| ZH | 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. | ||
| Aventor | 2014 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | e-car, e-mobility, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| BE | Efficient racing cars : nearly 100% recyclable, light-weighed (300kg), low maintenance costs .LCA is used to reduce impact. | ||
| Avrios | 2015 | Transport & Mobility | e-mobility, enabling technologies, fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | 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). | ||
| Barto | 2017 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BE | Barto is a portal for digital collection and networking of farm and production data all in one portal. The farmer saves time and maintains an overview of the company's documentation and planning at all times. | ||
| BatteryCloud | 2016 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Energy storage, Information technology ] | Electric batteries, enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| AR | Network platform to manage a buffer system through connecting smart homes and smart grids; | ||
| Battery Consult | 2008 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Electric batteries, Renewable technologies |
| BE | BATTERY CONSULT develops salt battery cells (Ni/NaCl) and batteries to the prototype stage, performs simulation and testing of cells and components and assists in production planning. The team has a comprehensive experience in technology transfer to customers. | ||
| Battrion | 2015 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, Filters, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | 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. | ||
| Bcomp | 2011 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | Material & Products based on biomass, new chemical materials |
| FR | Bcomp is a supplier of sustainable and efficient materials for the sports and leisure industry, developing lightweight solutions made from renewable materials. | ||
| Beelong | 2014 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | |
| VD | Ecological indicator that assesses the environmental impact of food for catering. | ||
| beesolar | 2017 | ||
| None | copy descritption | ||
| BEN Energy | 2011 | Behavioural change, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | BEN Energy develops and operates Europe's leading Energy Analytics Platform. The platform combines big data analytics and behavioural science to predict relevant customer behaviour. Also is used to optimize customer portfolio and processes and conduct potential analysis of commodity and products | ||
| BestMile | 2014 | Transport & Mobility [ Engineering ] | e-mobility, fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| VD | Bestmile empowers mobility providers to deploy, manage and optimize autonomous and conventional driven vehicle fleets. | ||
| BioApply | 2004 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | |
| VD | BioApply develop and implement vegetable based compostable solutions fitting both retail and waste management processes.They implement sustainable and efficient alternatives enabling their customers to eliminate plastic from their businesses. Their customers contribute to a better organic waste mana | ||
| Biocom Energy | 2009 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) |
| VD | Biocom Energy promotes renewable energies, in particular energy obtained from biomass. They develop and market “biocombustibles” made from recycled biological waste. | ||
| Blockstrom | 2017 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| BE | Blockstrom enables real estate investors to supply rooftop solar power to the inhabitants of their buildings. We measure the electricity consumption and supply complete metering and billing data to property managers. Our web portal makes the management of energy consumption communities easy and effi | ||
| Bloom Biorenewables | 2017 | Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| VD | Bloom products are cost-competitive bio-based building blocks for the chemical industry. The patented mild lignin extraction method uses stabilizing molecules (so-called “protection groups”) that prevent the lignin from condensing during extraction. | ||
| BlueBird Photovoltaics | 2015 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | |
| NE | production of special PV panels. | ||
| Bluetector | 2012 | Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Bio technologies, Filters |
| LU | Bluetector is an agritech company that has developed the BlueBox Ultra, a low-cost bioreactor that turns manure into water. Bluetector has already received a patent for the BlueBox Ultra. | ||
| Bluewatt Engineering | 2012 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | |
| VD | BlueWatt engineering beholds and develops a complete mathematical models library for the simulation and optimization of WWTP. | ||
| BNL Clean Energy | 2009 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| ZG | The BNL Clean Energy Group provides standardised modular Zero Emission Zero Residue Clean Energy plants for biomass and waste-to-energy solutions. | ||
| bNovate Technologies | 2011 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Healthcare ] | Bio technologies, optic devices |
| VD | Fully automated online detection of bacteria in drinking water in 20 minutes. | ||
| Bogga Wind Technologies | 2014 | Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| VS | Bogga Wind Power is a wind turbine design company with a long experience in the design, construction and operation of vertical axis wind turbines. | ||
| Bolt Group | 2015 | Transport & Mobility | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Bolt Group AG operates the Teslasharing platform, through which private individuals or companies can rent and share Teslas. Teslasharing also offers a limousine service. | ||