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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nereid |
2005 GE formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Filters & Membranes, Photovoltaics |
| Nereid SA is a Swiss company involved in innovative technologies for the production of seawater desalination and water treatment systems. | |||
| Neustark |
2019 BE formation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..) ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| Creates climate positive construction materials by turning CO2 into minerals | |||
| Nuniq |
2021 VD formation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Bodycare, Resource efficiency ] | Low technology |
| Nuniq is here to transform the beauty industry in a wholesome and sustainable way. Taking care of one's self should not come at the cost of the environment. | |||
| OpenStratosphere (Solar.Aero) |
2015 VD formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Drone & flight, Enabling technologies |
| OpenStratosphere is an independent pure play company. We operate flexible Near Space platforms with the highest safety and efficiency. We offer rapid mission deployment for your earth observation applications, environmental intelligence or communication infrastructure. | |||
| Ormera |
2019 BE formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Ormera is an blockchain based online platform for administration and invoicing local grids. Ormera simplifies the complexity of electricity billing and the associated administrative processes as a service. Ormera ist designed for tenants, local grid owners or investors for PV plants. | |||
| Oturb |
2018 NE formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Hydrogen technology and fuel cells |
| OTurb oil-free turbomachinery OTurb is a spin-off from the Laboratory for Applied Mechanical Design (LAMD) which is based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and part of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). This recirculator is designed and optimized to enhance Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SFOCs). Details on this recirculator technology are published in the Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. | |||
| Pick-e-Bike |
2018 BS formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, e-mobility, Fleet management |
| Pick-e-Bike is your sharing system for e-bikes and e-scooters in the Basel region. Fast, easy and cheap. | |||
| Plastogaz |
2020 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ air quality, Energy Production, Waste & recycling ] | New chemical materials, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Plastogaz is a spin-off of EPFL based in Lausanne (CH), founded in 2020. Our solid knowledge in catalysis combined with the understanding of plastic compositions at the molecular scale allows us to develop the green technologies of the future. We are developing a technology for converting plastic to methane, in which mixed and unsorted plastics can be transformed into grid-compatible methane. | |||
| Qaptis |
2020 VD formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ air quality, Energy management solutions, Resource efficiency, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Carbon capture and storage |
| Qaptis develops a plug-in technology able to capture CO2 emissions directly at their sources. First it captures 90% of the CO2 emitted by trucks, then it stores it in liquid form dirctly onboard, finally it recycles it (fuel, plastics, building materials, CO2 sequestration). | |||
| Quartierstrom |
2017 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Many fields ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Smartcity |
| blockchain based peer to peer energy (physical and Go) community (www.quartier-strom.ch) | |||
| ReoR20 |
2019 ZH formation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| REOR20 provides the latest technology for the most precise and efficient mitigation of natural and man made catastrophes. | |||
| Sciyent |
2012 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | e-bike, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
| Sciyent offering safe & secure bike lockers and inductive battery charging systemscoupled with sensor technology offering real-time data exchange; The integrated system includes a unique electrical drive system, alarm integration and an inductive e-bike battery charging facility. | |||
| Sevensense Robotics |
2018 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| Sevensense is accelerating technological innovation in the service robotics industry by enabling robots to safely and autonomously navigate in dynamic spaces shared with humans, in- and outdoors. We strive to empower enhanced ease in the integration and use of mobile robotics through our solution that can be applied to any kind of mobile ground machine, from forklifts to delivery and cleaning machines, at minimum installation time. | |||
| Shematic |
2018 GE formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries |
| At Shematic, our mission is to provide innovative high performance tailor made electric system to improve power and autonomy of electric vehicles. We offer our clients to take advantage of a new electromobility experience and improve the performance of electric vehicles through innovation and creativity, while benefiting of custom motors. | |||
| Skypull |
2013 TI formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Drone & flight, Wind energy |
| Skypull is developing an altitude wind power system based on a fully autonomous drone that captures the energy from the strong, abundant and constant altitude winds through a ground-based generator. Skypull has proprietary, high-efficiency and resilient airframe that makes it more deployable and versatile than its competitors. | |||
| smart conversion |
2017 LU formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| The Delta-Stirling is a new generator for the conversion of heat energy into electricity. In the reverse process, the Delta-Stirling can also generate cold and heat energy by supplying electricity, as in a refrigeration compressor. In the moment we are developing a cooling unit that does without climate-damaging refrigerants! | |||
| Smart Energy Link (SEL) |
2017 BE formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | IT network, Solarthermal energy |
| Smart Energy Link makes solar power usable in multi-party houses and in residential areas: simple, economical and ecological. The intelligent control system optimizes the own consumption of solar power and measures and bills the energy consumption within own consumption communities. | |||
| SmartPantry |
2021 TI formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| SmartPantry is a Swiss startup creating an innovative virtual kitchen assistant app aiming to help families reduce food waste. An easy to use smartphone app to track purchase and use of household groceries for families, shared households and individuals. According to the Federal Office for the Environment in Switzerland, every year a total of 494’000 tonnes of food is unnecessarily wasted in households in Switzerland alone. In addition to unnecessary financial expenses, food waste also has a major impact on the environment. | |||
| SMT Energy |
2017 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Electric batteries, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| Development, manufacturing and marketing of safe, reliable and economical SMT Energy Storage System that enables customers to manage their resources more effectively and sustainably. In the Redox Flow System the Energy is stored as aqueous liquids in separate tanks allowing to independently scale Power and Energy. | |||
| Softcar |
2011 FR formation |
Transport & Mobility [ air quality, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility |
| SOFTCAR is a battery electric vehicles based on novel vehicle architecture and massive use of biopolymer materials and advanced composite. It can be produced at unprecedented low weight, low cost and low capital investment, without compromising on performance and safety. SOFTCAR is a confidential project carried out in partnership with large industrial groups. | |||
| SoHHytec |
2020 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy Production, Energy storage ] | Renewable technologies |
| We offer cost-effective onsite renewable Fuel (Hydrogen), Electricity and Heat production and storage systems. | |||
| Soobr |
2020 BE formation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Cleaning, Information technology ] | Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Soobr AG is a technology company that is driving the digitalization of the cleaning industry. Our product enables to clean in the right place at the right time. To reduce costs, improve quality and increase transparency. Based on real time data and artificial intelligence. | |||
| Space4Impact |
2021 VD formation |
Behavioural change [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Space4Impact wants to maximize the positive impact of Space technologies on Earth by linking New Space companies to non-space markets. The goal is to internationally boost the growing New Space Economy in line with the UN SDGs. It created a digital ecosystem platform to help corporates, investors and organisations, who want to integrate disruptive solutions, innovate and accelerate their impact sustainably by learning, conducting open innovation challenges and initiating pilot projects with startups and News Space companies. | |||
| SpectroPlast |
2018 ZH formation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Healthcare ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| The intention is to leverage the potential of Additive Manufacturing by developing novel materials that are functional and high-performance. | |||
| Sponti-Car |
2016 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Sponti-Car brings electric mobility to swiss rural communities, by providing a electric car to share and organizing everythings around it, like the neccessary charging stations. | |||
| stirling |
2018 BE formation |
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. | |||
| Swiss-9 |
2011 BE formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| SwiSS-9, GmbH is in business of development, production and commercialization of surface functionalization products. | |||
| SWISS BLUE ENERGY |
2012 AG formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | Geothermal energy, Hydro energy (small scale), Renewable technologies, Solarthermal energy |
| Swiss Blue Energy develops the Thermo-Magnetic Motor (TMM) - an innovative technology for the generation of zero-emission baseload electricity out of extra-low temperature heat. Our products will substantially contribute to a sustainable future electricity supply. | |||
| SwissGeoPower Engineering |
2010 AG formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Geothermal energy |
| SwissGeoPower Engineering AG constructs, operates, rents and sells power plants nationally and internationally for the production of primarily electricity and secondarily heat from deep geothermal energy. These are closed petro-geo-energy power plants, which produce electricity and heat in a clean, sustainable and self-sufficient manner, which guarantees autonomy. | |||
| Swisspod Technologies |
2019 VS formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Rail transport, Road vehicles and transport ] | Electric batteries, Renewable technologies |
| Building the next mode of transportation: Hyperloop With a virtually non-existent environmental footprint, our vision of the Hyperloop has limitless potential to enrich our lives as well as our planet. | |||