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 What phase are you currently in? | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Manager |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Software, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| With rising electricity prices and higher electricity usage (heat pumps, e-mobility) it became a need of each owner of a photovoltaic (PV) system to optimally distribute the produced PV power. Therefore, we developed Solar Manager – a system that is simple to install and fun to use through a beautiful app. We are a software company building an internet of energy platform. We are using a B2B2C model. Solar Manager is sold and installed by photovoltaic installers with the option of white labeling. | |||
| Solergy |
2021 AG Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Solergy brings together real estate owners, tenants and investors and provide a model where everybody benefits from new solar installation. So you become part of the fight against the climate change, by investing in roof solar, or providing a roof or buying solar electricity from the roof. | |||
| SwissShrimp |
2013 AG Growth |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Other: Low tech |
| Swiss Shrimp Breeding | |||
| Yeastup |
2020 AG |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Yeastup gives spent brewer's yeast a second life through the production of high-quality ingredients that promote human health and well-being while contributing to the circular economy. | |||
| Lookthrough |
2017 AR Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Lookthrough provides tools to streamline the collection and organization of bulk investment data. Fueling ESG reporting on non-public assets for better and more socially responsible investing. From investment due diligence and reporting to task delegation and automation. With a full audit trail to assure individual and corporate responsibility with limited liability. | |||
| Urstamm |
2021 AR Formation |
[ Forestry & Restauration & Land Use ] | None |
| We enable and promote sustainable timber, forest management and regionality through transparency and efficient processes with digital proof of origin on the wood. | |||
| Abhati Suisse |
2013 AI Established |
[ Health Solutions ] | Other: Low tech |
| An ethically-minded skincare brand based in Switzerland, boasting deeply rooted Indian heritage. Its mission is to bring together the therapeutic virtues of Swiss botanicals and Ayurvedic plants from organic farms, to create a range of luxurious, sustainable and fair-trade beauty products. | |||
| b-science.net |
2018 AI Stagnant |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We improve decision making quality in the energy storage community based on patent literature analysis, which allows for the anticipation of future technology trends. | |||
| Enlife |
2015 AI No website - probably failed |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| State of the Art web and mobile applications to transparently deliver ENERGY PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS, ENGAGEMENT TOOLS & ACTIONABLE INSIGHT to OPTIMZE energy use and LOWER costs while SAVING the environment. Our solutions are hardware independent, tailored to the needs of each customer and focused on non-technical stakeholders that our competitors fail to engage and address. | |||
| LavaConcept Switzerland |
2013 AI Stagnant |
[ Building Technologies ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Energy: Geothermal |
| Construction materials made from volcanic lava residues, with very good heat properties. | |||
| Akksel |
2021 BS Formation |
[ Circular Economy ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We reduce environmental pollution, costs and exploitation of people and nature by linking producers and consumers of limited resources through a circular economy multi-sided platform for batteries used in Electric Vehicles and large-scale battery storage systems. We are connecting buyers with suppliers through an exponentially growing value network to guarantee added value with each transaction. | |||
| Allthings Technologies |
2013 BS Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Communication, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Device, Smart: Home & building |
| Communication platform between owner, landlord and renter to integrate services including smart home services. | |||
| AVA Biochem (5-hmf) |
2015 BS Established |
[ Circular Economy ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..) |
| AVA Biochem produce chemical compounds from waste. They have developed, piloted and patented a fully water-based process for the conversion of industrial sugars into the 100% bio-based molecule 5-HMF. This platform chemical is ideally positioned to advantageously replace petroleum-sourced chemicals in various mass-market applications, due to its versatility, non-toxicity and bio-sourcing. Targeted applications include biopolymers as well as resins and adhesives. | |||
| Solarbalkon (Direct Coffee) |
2016 BS Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Fight climate change from your balcony with a super-light solar panel that can be plugged into the socket. | |||
| Direct Coffee |
2016 BS Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| We want to build bridges: between coffee drinkers here in Switzerland and coffee farmers in Ethiopia. With coffee that represents your values. Better than organic. More than fair. CO2 neutral. | |||
| Heizungsmacher |
2017 BS Growth |
Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech | |
| Heizungsmacher AG, is a Swiss company specialising in the replacement of old heating systems with modern heat pumps as well as the planning and installation of photovoltaic systems in the segment of detached and semi-detached houses. | |||
| HQ Energie |
2012 BS Stagnant |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| HQ Energie AG is an engineering company in the energy sector with a focus on renewable energies and efficient building technology. They create turnkey photovoltaic systems. | |||
| MeteoViva Schweiz |
2014 BS Growth |
[ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Renewable tech, IT: Data usage |
| MeteoViva Climate's predictive optimisation process MeteoViva is the future of building management: forward-looking, self-learning, with over 3 million operating hours of experience in buildings worldwide. The patented, model-based process creates an ers of commercial building portfolios. Whether new construction, existing buildings or retrofitting - MeteoViva Climate makes every building smart and connects it to the future.optimised indoor climate and at the same time significantly reduces operating and energy costs as well as C02 emissions. MeteoViva Climate is the intelligent solution for owners, facility managers and usMeteoViva Climate is the intelligent solution for owners, facility managers and users of commercial building portfolios. Whether new construction, existing buildings or retrofitting - MeteoViva Climate makes every building smart and connects it to the future. | |||
| myCamper |
2015 BS Established |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | |||
| uGreen |
2016 BS Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Smart: Grid |
| Data service for load shifting and power supply system stability, Smart household appliances run when reneweable energy available. Development of efficient and flexible products and services. | |||
| NaturaYuva |
2018 BS Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| NaturaYuva aims to rejuvenate agriculture by developing organic farming protocols of medicinal and aromatic plants and subsequent ecological extraction processes to produce niche natural ingredients used in varied end segments such as nutraceuticals, flavors, cosmetics, pharma. | |||
| Pick-e-Bike |
2018 BS Growth |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Mobility: E-bike, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: Fleet management |
| Pick-e-Bike is your sharing system for e-bikes and e-scooters in different Swiss regions. Fast, easy and cheap. | |||
| youtrition |
2018 BS Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| youtrition deals with the recycling of nutrients from human urine in order to achieve sustainability for food production | |||
| zoë circular building |
2017 BS Validation |
[ Building Construction ] | None |
| Building with natural, untreated and local materials: healthy, sustainable and affordable. | |||
| Atlas Sensing Labs |
2017 BS startup, but phase not clear |
[ Air Quality Management ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| 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. | |||
| Aveny |
2019 BS Established |
Financials & Information Technology [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | IT: Communication, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Aveny developed the Brightway LCA calculation engine, a toolkit for next generation LCA applications. Aveny offers user-friendly LCA tools for SME, advanced LCA software for research institutes and consultants, customized LCA solutions for large companies, and Brightway toolkit licenses to LCA software developers. | |||
| ccloop |
BS Validation |
None | |
| ccloop is committed to decoupling raw material streams used in the production of daily life goods from fossil resources (such as oil, gas, and coal). This process is commonly known as defossilisation. The ccloop association: Supports industrial and research initiatives in the field of defossilisation; Serves as an international information hub for those interested in the topic; Proactively communicates and advocates for defossilisation as a key technology to reduce future CO₂ emissions. | |||
| fgen |
2011 BS Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| FGen is a Swiss start-up company founded 2011 in Basel as a spin-off from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH Zurich. As a contract research organization we collaborate with partners from Biotech, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, and Pharma in order to develop microbes, cells, chemicals, and proteins for various applications. | |||
| Help'n'Trade |
2019 BS Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Help’n’Trade is a technology startup, which builds next generation marketplace application for small local businesses and consumers. We build solutions so that we can help local economy, communities and the environment. | |||
| innolith |
2018 BS Validation |
Energy: Battery | |
| New batteries for electric vehicles with new technology, safety and a lower price. | |||