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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bring! |
2015 ZH growth |
Behavioural change [ Resource efficiency, Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software |
| Bring! simplifies grocery shopping for millions of people. With shared shopping lists, integrated recipes, online shopping, local offers and loyalty cards, Bring! app combines every step along the shopping process. | |||
| BTRY |
2023 ZH formation |
[ Energy storage ] | Battery |
| With their reliable solid-state Li-ion battery, which can be charged in one minute, BTRY tries to revolutionize the energy storage industry. By stacking their thin shape thin-film solid-state batteries on top of eachother fast charging and high energy storage tailored to meet the customers needs are enabled. BTRYs innovative vacuum manufacturing process is better for the planet because it is completly solvent-free | |||
| buildup |
2013 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Building technology, Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| We create potential for better building: We believe that the availability, comparability and networking of information and actors can unlock this potential. buildup provides all players in the Swiss construction industry with an independent online platform with the central database for construction products, the SwissBIMLibrary. We are inspired by the desire to promote cooperation between the players and network them with each other. This increases productivity and creates the conditions for better building. We offer decision-makers, planners, suppliers, manufacturers and associations the opportunity to make their information, services and products available to a wide audience. The creation and exchange of results- and performance-oriented construction tenders is made easier for all parties involved. | |||
| Bycon |
2012 SG |
Construction & buildings [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | |
| With Bycon, we are now pursuing our mission to increase our customers' energy efficiency and sustainability in order to improve people's quality of life and preserve nature now and in the future. Through our service, our customers achieve economic and environmental benefits to increase competitiveness and steer well-equipped into a secure energy future. | |||
| Caminada Energy Technologies |
2008 AG formation |
[ Energy efficiency ] | |
| The environmentally friendly vegetable oil (Pöl) burner makes your oil heating CO2 neutral. Manly used oil should be used. | |||
| Campunite |
2021 SH validation |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Campunite is a campersharing platform. It is a fair and transparent platform where ultimately all parties benefit. | |||
| candi |
2018 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Energy Production, Financing and financial services ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business, by planning and (partly) financing the solar installation. | |||
| capsule hotel |
2018 LU validation |
[ Hotel ] | Low technology |
| 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. | |||
| CarbonActive |
2011 ZG established |
[ Building technology ] | Filters & Membranes |
| CarbonActive aspires to develop optimized solutions for use in air purification technology (Filters) for buildings. | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Your favourite car as a monthly subscription. Includes insurance, coverage, maintenance and more all in one fixed monthly price. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG stagnant |
[ Energy management solutions, Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car, e-mobility |
| catch-e offers test drives with electric vehicles over several days to test how suitable an electric car is. catch-e stands not only for test drives with electric cars and two-wheelers, but above all for stable information and professional help in the field of electric mobility and a well-rounded project for all employee levels. Based on the infrastructure, catch-e will work out a recommendation for the appropriate investment program in the company. | |||
| catchfree |
formation |
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| 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. | |||
| kooky |
2021 ZH validation |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Kooky is the first reusable system for take-away drinks including its own return infrastructure. | |||
| Celeroton |
2008 ZH established |
[ Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Geophysical & technical |
| 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 |
[ Healthcare ] | Bio technologies |
| 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. | |||
| CERASUS |
2017 SZ validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy management solutions, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Heating in buildings, 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 validation |
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| 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 |
[ Unknown ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies, 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 production & retail ] | |
| 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 production & retail ] | food tech, Low technology |
| The vegetable alternative to grated cheese. Nut mesan from Chopf-Nuss is suitable for pasta dishes and more. | |||
| Circleg |
2022 ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Bodycare ] | |
| 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 |
[ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
| They developed an innovative upcycling technology to recover proteins & fibers from food side streams and to create healthy & unique food products. | |||
| Clesana |
2015 SG formation |
[ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Enabling technologies |
| 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. | |||
| cluster food & nutrition |
2022 FR formation |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| 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. | |||
| coatmaster |
2011 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Engineering ] | 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. | |||
| cofoundme |
2017 ZG established |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| cofoundme is the biggest matching platform for startup jobs in Switzerland. We enable entrepreneurs to find cofounders for their projects and startups to recruit staff. You’re looking for a job in the Startup ecosystem, you’re at the right place! | |||
| Composite Recycling |
2021 VD growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Composite Recycling has developed a unique process to recover glass fibers from composite material in an economically viable way. Together with the Laboratory of Advanced Composites of EPFL, we are scaling up our process to treat composite waste that is piling up: boats, wind turbine blades etc. | |||
| CoolTEC |
2007 VD growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Solarthermal energy |
| Low-cost solutions for high energy efficiency. CoolTec help to find the best solution for you in the field of renewable energy , like solar panels for heat or power production. KnowHow about Thermal DrainBack Systems. | |||
| Cormo |
2013 VS growth |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Waste & recycling ] | Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| Cormo AG offers new sustainable solutions from Corn. The company developed and patented the process for turning corn-field waste into a 100% sustainable peat moss substitute (TEFA) for the agricultural industry and foam products (BABS) for material science use such as air filters. | |||