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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| capsule hotel |
2018 LU Validation |
[ Hospitality Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Affordable hotel, with privacy and community. Every single “capsule” can be closed, providing the guest with its own little room. The generously designed interior delivers high-speed internet, electricity, a safe, ventilation and other comforts. | |||
| Capt'n Greenfin |
2022 BE Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Circular Economy, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: New chemical materials, Environment: Water pollution abatement |
| Capt'n Greenfin develops sustainable alternatives for predatory fish angling: plastic-free protein soft baits and lead-free jig weights made in Europe. The materials are designed to biodegrade if lost in the water, reducing plastic and lead pollution in lakes and rivers while still delivering strong catch results. | |||
| CarbonActive |
2011 ZG Established |
[ Building Technologies ] | Components: Filters & membranes |
| CarbonActive aspires to develop optimized solutions for use in air purification technology (Filters) for buildings. | |||
| Carbonfuture |
2023 Validation |
None | |
| A digital Trust Infrastructure ensures the integrity of every carbon removal credit for buyers while streamlining market access for suppliers. The global supplier network spans five continents and includes a diverse range of carbon removal technologies, from Biochar Carbon Removal (BCR) and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) to Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) and Mineralization. | |||
| Carbon Removal Partners |
2022 Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Financial Services ] | None |
| Specialists in Carbon Removal Investments Supporting Companies working on reversing Climate Change. | |||
| Carbon Standards International |
2021 AG Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Climate Technologies, Environmental Monitoring ] | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Carbon Standards International develops reliable solutions for the production of certified biochar and for delivering credible climate services. Our innovative standards are designed for global application. The company is headquartered in Switzerland. By bringing together all key players, we provide a strong foundation for meaningful climate action. | |||
| ClimeFi (Carbonx) |
2024 ZH Growth |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage, Data Platforms & Solutions, Financial Services ] | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, IT: Data usage |
| Portfolio manager for durable carbon removals. Partners with companies to build and manage high-quality, de-risked portfolios of carbon removal and SAFc. | |||
| CarboRefine |
2023 GR Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Environment: Climate tech |
| CarboRefine transforms residual biomass into engineered carbon materials through a proprietary, continuous process, enabling industries to replace fossil and ore-based carbon with photosynthetic carbon alternatives | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 SO Growth |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Your favourite car as a monthly subscription. Includes insurance, coverage, maintenance and more all in one fixed monthly price. | |||
| catchfree |
Formation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Catchfree develops ecologically sustainable and nutritionally beneficial seafood alternatives using a scalable technological platform. Their focus is on co-creating recipes and applications with specialty restaurants in Switzerland before expanding to the broader European market and eventually retail and online sales channels. | |||
| ccloop |
2023 BS Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | 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. | |||
| Celeroton |
2008 ZH Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Geophysical, Other: Enabling tech |
| They develop, produce and sell ultra-high-speed electric motor-drive systems and turbo compressors, achieving speeds up to 1 million rpm. With speed they reduce volume and weight. | |||
| cellvie |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| When the blood flow to a part of the body is interrupted, cells get damaged or die, even if blood flow is restored. Such cell injuries manifest themselves for example in heart atacks and strokes, killing millions of people every year. cellvie transplants viable mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, into distressed cells. It's like jump-starting a car, allowing the cells to re-establish their energy metabolism and survive. The Harvard spinoff's mitochondria therapy will first be applied in organ transplant patients. | |||
| CellX Biosolutions |
2024 ZH Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Unknown, Smart: Robotic |
| CellX Biosolutions develops sustainable solutions for chemical waste treatment by utilizing naturally occurring bacteria. Their technology isolates and scales bacterial communities capable of degrading persistent pollutants such as PFAS, pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals, and microplastics. The company offers customized biodegradation services, including tailored bacterial treatments and biodegradability assessments across different environments. Backed by research and industrial partners, CellX aims to provide eco-friendly, scalable alternatives to conventional disposal methods. | |||
| CERASUS |
2017 SZ Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Energy: Heating in buildings, Smart: Robotic |
| CERASUS builds custom machines and control systems to suit your individual needs from scratch, as well as expanding or upgrading existing machines, for example supplementing your production with robotics or optimising efficiency and energy use. | |||
| CerQlar |
2020 VD Validation |
[ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| CerQlar is a SaaS platform in the environmental commodities space, which enables teams to collaboratively manage Guarantees of origin (GOs) and other Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs). | |||
| Certa Fides |
2008 ZH Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Smart: Sensors |
| Certa Fides is a Swiss based company offering innovative high quality measurement solutions in the area of food analysis. The Meltdown Analyser TC2 is a complete measurement system to measure the meltdown behavior of ice cream by means of image- and weight analysis. | |||
| Chipeno |
2018 LU Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| Chipeño is the smoky, racy salsa with its own character. The combination of the smoky flavour and the salty, mild spiciness makes this sauce unique. It is not a modification of existing sauces, but a new taste experience that has never been experienced before. In addition, the sauce comes without any artificial flavour enhancers or colourings. It is gluten- and lactose-free. Chipeño™ supports TooGoodToGo with their concern and will integrate a reference in the label of every product in the future. www.toogoodtogo.ch | |||
| Chopf-Nuss |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech, Other: Low tech |
| The vegetable alternative to grated cheese. Nut mesan from Chopf-Nuss is suitable for pasta dishes and more. | |||
| Circea |
2024 VD Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Circea upcycles biogenic CO2 side-streams from industrial processes into valuable products. | |||
| Circleg |
2022 ZH Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Wearable Devices ] | None |
| Project Circleg is a Swiss-East African social enterprise endorsing a holistic approach in the development of appropriate lower-limb prosthetic systems for people living in low- to middle-income countries. Locally and readily available plastics are transformed into affordable high-quality prosthetics through innovative circular manufacturing processes. | |||
| Circular Food Solutions |
2020 SG Formation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Food tech |
| They developed an innovative upcycling technology to recover proteins & fibers from food side streams and to create healthy & unique food products. | |||
| Cirkel Supply |
2021 VS Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel, Sports & Recreation, Tourism Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Cirkel Supply offers an online rental service for premium ski and snowboard clothing, delivering directly to guests' accommodations across the Swiss Alps to enable a more sustainable and convenient approach to winter sports tourism. | |||
| Clesana |
2015 SG Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| The Clesana toilet does not require a single drop of water. Also no chemicals or other pollutants, which are used in other camper toilets and pollute the environment. The Clesana toilet seals all waste after each use, odourless and leakproof. Through this consistent waterless solution we protect rivers, lakes and seas from unnecessary pollution. | |||
| CLIMADA |
2022 ZH Growth |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | IT: Software |
| Using state-of-the-art probabilistic modelling, CLIMADA allows to estimate the expected economic damage as a measure of risk today, the incremental increase from economic growth and the further incremental increase due to climate change. | |||
| Climartis |
2023 ZG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech |
| Climartis is building in Switzerland the most attractive and customer-friendly portfolio of SME companies for the implementation and acceleration of the Energy Strategy 2050 and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies. | |||
| cluster food & nutrition |
2022 FR Formation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| The Food & Nutrition Cluster is an association that has been active in the food sector since 2015. As a networking and intermediary platform at regional and national level, the Food & Nutrition Cluster aims to strengthen cooperation between the various players in the food ecosystem and support them in their innovation efforts. It combines food processing expertise with know-how on nutrition, health and new technologies, always taking into account sustainability and the principle of the circular economy. More than 80 members and partners from the food, agriculture, packaging and distribution sectors, as well as research and educational institutions, the public sector and trade associations are currently part of the Food & Nutrition Cluster network. | |||
| CMID - Component & Material Identity |
2026 ZH Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Building Technologies, Circular Economy, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| CMID has developed a contactless fingerprint technology that creates a unique, permanent digital identity for building materials based on their natural surface microstructure — without any physical markers. The platform links physical materials to digital product passports, CO₂ tracking, and ESG data, enabling traceable material flows and circular economy models across the full construction lifecycle. | |||
| CO2 Energie |
2021 AG Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| CO2 Energie AG operates a CO2 liquefaction plant in Nesselnbach. During the biogas production process, the resulting CO2 is captured and liquefied. CO2 Energie AG operates a CO2 liquefaction plant in Nesselnbach. During the biogas production process, the resulting CO2 is captured, liquefied, and is thus available as an industrial gas for further use. and is thus available as an industrial gas for further use. | |||
| coatmaster |
2011 ZH Growth |
Buildings & Construction [ Efficiency Solutions ] | Smart: Sensors |
| coatmaster AG develops and distributes measuring system technologies that measure and test industrial coatings in a non-contact and non-destructive manner. The coatmaster is an award-winning technology that is patented in Europe and the USA and enables coating thickness measurement at an early stage of the production process. Founded in 2011, the company has now integrated the coatmaster into highly automated production lines at more than 50 production sites in Europe and Asia. | |||