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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEMBRASENZ |
2019 VD Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | None |
| MEMBRASENZ is engaged into development, production and commercialization of gas-separating membranes to be used in alkaline electrolysers and other energy conversion systems. | |||
| Dispatcher (meonet) |
2019 SG Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Data Platforms & Solutions, Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| meonet is a software company based in St. Gallen – specializing in digital transformation in the Swiss energy market. We support energy providers in complex IT projects, streamline processes, and develop software solutions for a sustainable future. | |||
| Mirai Foods |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| We are developing real meat - cultivated directly from animal cells | |||
| Mia & Noa |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| mia&noa proposes the world’s first zero-waste, zero-contact coffee bar that is controlled exclusively through the customer’s smartphone. | |||
| Nagi Bioscience |
2019 VD Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Environmental Monitoring ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Nagi Bioscience is an innovative high-tech startup operating in the BioTech field, located in the heart of the Swiss "Health Valley". Nagi Bioscience revolutionizes the way toxic and beneficial effects of substances are tested today, with the first “Organism-on-Chip” technology: ethical alternative to animal testing and key to boost innovation and efficiency in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and chemical industries. | |||
| NeoCarbons |
2019 VD Formation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Environment: Air pollution abatement, Environment: Carbon capture and storage |
| We fight against global warming by removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere. We do this in a clever way so that carbon chains built from CO2 are competitive with fossil-based substitutes (oil, gas, coal ). NeoCarbons™ provides industrial solutions for the effective remediation of effluent CO2 and/or for the economic production of high value added chemicals via the generation of micro-algae biomass. Targeted industries that will benefit from NeoCarbons™ technology include pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, energy and transportation. | |||
| Neustark |
2019 BE Growth |
[ Building Technologies ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation, Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Environment: Climate tech |
| neustark removes CO2 from the atmosphere permanently stores it in recycled concrete and cuts new emissions by reducing the use of cement. | |||
| Novalytica |
2019 BE Growth |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Data usage |
| At Novalytica, we support organizations with data tools and services on their journey from data to insight. We have developed an efficient data infrastructure to automate the manual and time-consuming process of managing and reporting ESG data from different sources for different frameworks and standards. | |||
| oxara |
2019 ZH Formation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Oraxa produces sustainable, cement-free concrete. The ETH-Spin-off is developing healthy and affordable floors for the more than 75% of the local Rwandan families living in dirty homes due to lack of good floors. | |||
| Hades Technologies |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Data usage |
| Automatically detecting defects in sewer inspection videos - not only much faster, but also objective and less error-prone. | |||
| Planted |
2019 ZH Growth |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Planted produces food products from plants, that replace meat, taste good an contain healthy ingrediants. Only a handful of carefully selected ingredients go into Planted: pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil and water. | |||
| Plutinsus |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Grid |
| Software system that can easily integrate data with all its detail from any source and can interactively visualize this data to business end users, from experts to occasional users, for understanding relationships, cause-and-effects and, therefore, potential risks in their business. Such explorative analysis is used for the purposes of strategic and operational planning, forecasting, monitoring and incident analysis. The data could come from internal sources (ERP, GIS, BIM), external sources (weather, environment, governmental institutions), energy models (long- and short-term supply and demand) and sensors (smart meters, network management system). We aim to operate in an ecosystem of partners. Collaboration partners contribute technical services (building a data layer to collect relevant operational data) and expertise (engineers who plan and optimize heating systems and heating networks). | |||
| Ponera |
2019 TI Growth |
[ Freight & Logistics ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization |
| Ponera Group has developed a smart modular and digitally enabled industrial packaging solution which replaces single use custom made wooden crates and pallets, with a reusable solution which pays for itself in a few usages, decreases CO2 emissions by 90%, and digitizes supply chains. | |||
| Klode (pull up) |
2019 GE Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Pump, Environment: Waste management tech |
| With its unique system for sorting organic waste, Mint combines elegance and innovation. A few presses on the upper part of the bin are enough to eliminate the bad odors generated by the decomposition of waste. It's as simple as that. Result: no smells, no midges, no disgust. | |||
| ReoR20 |
2019 ZH Formation |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| REOR20 provides the latest technology for the most precise and efficient mitigation of natural and man made catastrophes. | |||
| ResiLi |
2021 FR Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Components: 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. | |||
| Roll2Go |
2019 ZH In liquidation or closed |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Data usage, Mobility: E-motorbike, e-scooter |
| Roll2Go is an integrator of micro-mobility. We build on top of recent international success of free-floating rental schemes with e-scooters and bicycles and aim to foster their long-term potential for urban mobility. The data-centric platform for mobility data fusion and predictive analytics | |||
| sim2sustain (scaling4good) |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation, IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Smart: City |
| We aim for a sustainable economy and society where decisions and transformation strategies of societal relevance will be reached through open collaboration, based on facts, stated goals, and declared values. Decisions, interventions, strategies, and investments reflect the ecological and societal urgency we are facing and contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). | |||
| SmartHelio |
2019 VD Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Solarthermal, IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| SmartHelio is a clean-tech start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Their software diagnoses and predicts failures to ensure solar plants operate efficiently and for a longer time. The solution helps solar operators and owners generate 10% more energy while reducing operational costs by 30%. Their unique value lies in smart algorithms, based on physics and AI, developed over 10 years in collaboration with leading Swiss R&D institutes such as SUPSI and HSLU. | |||
| Swisspod Technologies |
2019 VS Formation |
[ Rail Transport ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Renewable tech |
| 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. | |||
| terrabiom |
2019 ZH Formation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Terrabiom is on a mission to create sustainable agriculture and community through nature, by improving soil with microbiobes | |||
| Transmutex SA |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Nuclear |
| Transmutex is pioneering an entirely new type of nuclear energy that promises scalable carbon-free energy without the traditional challenges of existing nuclear plants. Today’s issues with nuclear energy are safety, long-lived waste, and proliferation. Transmutex will allow significant improvements on all these matters while delivering cost-competitive carbon-free electricity. | |||
| Unisers |
2019 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Water Management ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Detection of trace-impurities in ultrapure water UNISERS created a fully-automated universal chemical sensor capable of identifying multiple and different impurities in water. This technology will help the semiconductors industry to maintain the purity level of the rinsing water in the chip production, eventually improving the reliability and the manufacturing yield of the chips. | |||
| v-locker |
2019 ZH Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-bike |
| V-Locker is a Swiss mobility tech company offering fully automated, modular bike parking towers designed for urban environments. Our business idea combines secure, space-saving infrastructure with digital user experience to solve one of the biggest challenges in modern micromobility: where and how to park bicycles and e-bikes safely in cities. We target municipalities, public transport providers, companies, and real estate developers seeking to promote sustainable mobility, optimize land use, and offer user-friendly infrastructure. Our customers include major players like SBB (Swiss Federal Railways), Deutsche Bahn, and several Swiss and German cities. | |||
| QualityChain |
2019 TI Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| QualityChain creates special QR Codes for agri-food products, which allow you to communicate everything about your product: people, techniques and values, from the shelf to the table. | |||
| Abrinca |
2023 BE Validation |
Financials & Information Technology,Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Data Platforms & Solutions, Food Safety & Quality, Information Technology ] | Biological: Bio tech, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Abrinca Genomics provides Arx, a self-hosted comparative genomics platform enabling researchers to organize, access, and analyze microbial genomic data without coding. The software accelerates research efficiency across food, pathology, agriculture, and waste management fields. | |||
| AI Retailer Systems |
2019 BE Formation |
[ Trade & Retail Solutions ] | IT: Network, Mobility: Automated or self driving, Smart: City |
| Our deep tech turns points-of-sale (POS) into Autonomous Store with a superior shopping experience that makes people come back. Our promise to retailers is a solution with minimal POS retrofitting & highest accuracy. | |||
| Apolo |
2019 VD Growth |
[ Media & Communications ] | IT: Software |
| We help design, build and scale digital startups. | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 SO |
[ 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. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG In liquidation or closed |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric |
| 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. | |||