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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| myFacility |
2020 AG validation |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy management solutions ] | Internet of Things |
| myFacility offers automated energy optimization and simple building control for public, commercial and industrial buildings | |||
| myNewEnergy |
2013 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Internet platform for buying ecological added value of electricity products or switching to high quality products with the own provider. | |||
| naanu |
2020 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Food production & retail, Healthcare ] | Bio technologies |
| Vegan supplement alternatives that are simple, enjoyable and healthy. HappyBites provide 100% daily needs of Vitamin B12, Vitamin D and Omega 3, and provide a high source of Calcium, Iron and Zinc. | |||
| NaturaYuva |
2018 BS validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Bodycare, Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| 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. | |||
| COCOBOARDS (NaturLoop) |
2020 BE validation |
Construction & buildings, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Building technology, Resource efficiency ] | Material & Products based on biomass |
| Cocoboards is a novel, complete natural product, designed in Switzerland and manufactured in the Philippines. It allows to transform agricultural byproducts into sustainable and affordable bio-based materials, replace wood-based panels in the furniture and construction industry, make sustainability available and affordable to everyone, and integrate the local rural communities in the value chain. | |||
| Netto Null Kollektiv |
2020 BE validation |
Construction & buildings [ Building technology, Construction of buildings ] | Smarthome & building |
| We are aiming for zero. When you think of building renovation, do you also think of solar power, heat pumps and the energy future? Then we should get to know each other: we are Netto Null, the collective that makes building renovation efficient, ecological and profitable. We work together towards a big zero: zero emissions. Ready? | |||
| Neustark |
2019 BE validation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..) ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| neustark removes CO2 from the atmosphere permanently stores it in recycled concrete and cuts new emissions by reducing the use of cement. | |||
| NewGreenTec |
2015 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| Small wind and photovoltaic tower for homes or farms, easy to use and scalable. Bike-Parking Systems (V-Locker) and consulting on the installation of renewables, like wind and PV. | |||
| Novamet |
2014 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Information technology, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Novamet develops Smart Controling System to enhance the efficiency of metling process in Aluminium industries. The approach is based on on-line data acquisition, efficient numerical modelling and machine learning of heat exchanges within a industrial furnace. Enhances productivity, reduce Energy consumption and CO2 emissions. | |||
| Novaris (Soneva) |
2017 LU validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Enabling technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| "soneva" is an airtight drawer with a vacuum. This stops the oxidation process of food. This keeps food fresh and of high quality for longer. The food is stored in the Vacuum drawer stored in gastro containers. Each container is vacuumed separately. The customer can choose the size of these containers himself. With this system, it is possible to reduce the consumption of plastic and conserve food like bred, fruits etc. that should not be stored in the fridge. | |||
| NVTerra |
2010 VS validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Water Management ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| NVterra S.A. is a Swiss-based technology company specialized in water purification with clean technologies, such as electrolysis, which are often combined with other physic-chemical and biological treatments. | |||
| Olanga ( previously myFoodWaste ) |
2020 AG validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Catering, Environmental monitoring, Farming & agriculture, Resource efficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | Internet of Things |
| Olanga is the Swiss solution for sustainable food consumption and Food Waste reduction in the gastronomy. It allows to preorder food with an app at company retaurants et university to personalize the diet plan and gives planning security to the restaurants. Olanga leads to sustainable cost savings and Food Waste reduction and helps to protect natural resources. Olanga can reduce the costs in canteens by up to 3% and significantly increase customers satisfaction. | |||
| onCyt Microbiology |
2017 ZH validation |
Health & House & Body Care, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Healthcare, Water Management ] | Bio technologies |
| Our hard- and software add-ons turn the bench-top flow cytometer that you already own and trust, or the one that will meet your needs best into a fully automated on-line sampling and measurement device. We combine the best of two worlds by providing smart automation add-ons to established flow cytometers with known high performance. | |||
| Optical Additives |
2006 BE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy management solutions ] | Photovoltaics, Solarthermal energy |
| Optical Additives GmbH's product ZeoFRET® is a brand new, revolutionary additive for transparent polymers. These polymers then serve as a light harvester. The harvested light is transferred to a solar cell and transformed into electricity. | |||
| Plastics Innovation Competence Center |
FR validation |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | |
| The Plastics Innovation Competence Center (PICC) offers industry project-based R&I combining the latest science and technology with environmental and commercial requirements for present and future plastic products. PICC is part of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR), Switzerland, and brings together multidisciplinary expertise, processing equipment, analytical and modelling tools. PICC strategically positions itself near the end of the plastics value chain to interact with converters, retailers, brand-owners, and after use recyclers. PICC consults on plastics selection and processing, designs alternative product options, and finds innovative sustainable and commercially attractive solutions for specific needs. In close collaboration with industry partners, tailored solutions are worked out for the desired event horizon by providing innovative synthetic organic materials, processing technologies and application designs. | |||
| Plutinsus |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Environmental monitoring ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| Plutinsus creates smart grids, smart utilities, smart districts and cities, and smart buildings in order to gain efficiencies that have not been possible before. The growing complexity that results from an ever tighter integration of the various technical components and business partners and an ever smarter coordination among them can easily turn into a risk. Those who find the appropriate ways to manage these risks can take advantage of these new opportunities from the envisioned efficiency gains. Plutinsus provides the tools to help businesses understand their current and future risks that arise from these complexities. | |||
| Ponera |
2019 TI validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use. |
| Ponera Group has developed a unique logistic solution based on an innovative design of pallets’ system which decreases packing costs by minimizing the transport inefficiencies. The flexibility of this innovation makes it applicable to wide range of industries. | |||
| Prognolite |
2016 ZH validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Food, Farming or Forestry, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Food production & retail, Hotel, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | |
| Our forcast app tells restaurants how many guests are coming next week on which day. They can reduce food waste and improve their staff planning. | |||
| Realbot Engineering |
2018 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings [ Building technology ] | Robotic, Sensors |
| The real-estate industry's high-tech toolbox has been launched. Rent the world's first viewing robot of yours that allows customers 24/7 live visits regardless of location. Boost effieciency, gather unknown realtime user data and be among the innovative pioneers on the market. the robot has a high resolution rotating camera and a high quality microphone. Furthermore, SAM is equipped with various sensors that can provide extensive information about its environment. SAM can be stationed at any location, and can be accessed worldwide. | |||
| Recogn.ice |
2021 ZH validation |
Behavioural change, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Landscape conservation and management ] | IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| We, a young bunch of natural scientists and journalists, truly believe that recognition is key to care. This is why, in January 2019, we felt the urgency to launch “Recogn.ice”; a nonprofit organisation for the recognition of this cryosphere. Our team is committed to accomplish that one goal: for people around the world to recognise, understand and ultimately care for all frozen parts of our planet. Founded in February 2019 in Zurich, the core team of Recogn.ice consists of a glacierologist, a geologist, a communications consultant, an award-winning designer, data scientists and IT specialists. Together, we strive to present these features and data in an attractive and intuitive way : - with yellow frames indicating the very presence of the surrounding expression of the cryosphere ; - with an intuitive app ; - with an educational website mapping the cryosphere. | |||
| Re-Company |
2019 GE validation |
Health & House & Body Care, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Waste & recycling ] | Waste management technologies |
| Reinvent common products to have a sustainable impact. Starting with a bottle. REBO is the first product from the Re-company, and is a REvolutionary BOttle. It is the first bottle that cleans the planet as you drink. Thanks to a smart cap we are able to measure the water intake (and plastic saving) of the user, send it to the REBO app, convert it through blockchain into a green credit, and use the proceedings to fund the collection of bottles littering the environment. The bottle also offers a customized hydration plan to its users, it is equipped with a unique one hand push cap (developed with Aptar), and has an insulated stainless steel body keeping drinks cold for 24h. | |||
| Remotely Green |
2021 GE validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Many fields ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Working for a better, greener connected world, where collaborating remotely is the obvious choice. | |||
| ResiLi |
2021 FR validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Filters & Membranes |
| ResiLi takes the slaughtherhouses wastewater and filter it with high-tech filtration so this water can go back to the process using less energy than normal. | |||
| Rigi Technologies |
2016 VD validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| Rigi is re-defining last-mile inter-city logistics using a large-payload, sustainable drone-based delivery system. | |||
| RINO Electronics (Eisspeicher) |
2003 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Storage other than batteries |
| New energy storage technologies are developed and tested like combination of hybrid solar modules with earth register and ice storage or recycling of old batteries. | |||
| rovenso |
2016 VD validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Robotic, Video and Film |
| ROVENSO makes agile robots for security monitoring of industrial sites. Concretely, their robots patrol fully autonomously inside and outside industrial buildings at night, detecting intrusions, thefts but also anomalies such as hot-spot (start of fires), liquid or gas leaks that could be dangerous for humans. | |||
| rqmicro |
2013 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Healthcare ] | Bio technologies |
| Next generation microbiology for water and food safety | |||
| stirling |
2018 BE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| The FR-Stirling is much more than a motor, it is the heart of future and progressive "electricity-generating heaters," that can produce electricity and heat in households at the same time. | |||
| SeaBubbles |
2017 GE validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Maritime and waterways transport ] | Battery |
| A futuristic, zero-emission new design of water taxi, called SeaBubbles. The vehicle represents a milestone in the development of new forms of transportation that do not impact the environment or place any burden on urban infrastructure. | |||
| SEDO ENGINEERING (smartIndigo) |
2014 VS validation |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Healthcare ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| The brand SmartIndigoTM stands for an industrially proven technology, which will make a difference by bringing a rudimentary change to the global denim dyeing industry. It is an indigo dye which needs less water and chemicals for the dyeing process. | |||