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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haelixa |
2016 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Bio technologies |
| Pursuing a commitment to sustainability and transparency, we foster the development of next generation tools to ensure consumer good supply chain integrity and traceability. | |||
| HeiQ Materials |
2005 ZH established |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps | New chemical materials |
| HeiQ is three-in-one company: scientific research, specialty materials manufacturing and consumer ingredient branding, all for improving the lives of billions of people by perfecting the every day product of textile. HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile effects in the market today. | |||
| Hello Vegan |
2012 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Online store for vegan products (food, cosmetics, household products). | |||
| Hexis |
2006 ZH sold but still independently active |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Leading competence in unit electricity and heat system for houses and buildings from innovative fuel cell design; The Swiss company HEXIS is one of the world's leading companies in the field of high-temperature fuel cell technology (SOFC - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) for stationary applications | |||
| IDUN Technologies |
2017 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Healthcare, Information technology ] | IT data usage, Sensors |
| IDUN Technologies Ltd. is a biosensor company based in Zurich, Switzerland. Coming from a stretchable electronics research group from ETH Zurich, IDUN is developing and producing soft and dry conductive electrodes for biopotential monitoring (ECG, EEG, EMG). With a unique and patented surface structure these electrodes provide high quality signals with skin-friendly materials without electrolyte gel. | |||
| Crick (Insekterei GmbH) |
2017 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Crick produces insect-based foods. | |||
| fundraiso ( InternetTime) |
2014 ZH growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The fundraiso.ch project massively simplifies the search for funding. Fundraiso.ch is the first online platform in Switzerland that makes it possible to systematically search for funding. As a user of our platform, you benefit from the experiences of previous fundraisers who have already been in contact with individual funders. | |||
| IRsweep |
2014 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| IRsweep offers a cutting-edge optical spectrometer in the mid-infrared. Microsecond time resolution combined with large spectral bandwidth and high spectral resolution offers a plethora of new possibilities in molecular analysis. Real-time observation of enzyme kinetics and chemical reaction monitoring are two out of many application fields of the IRis-F1. | |||
| kleandrop |
2021 ZH validation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Cleaning ] | Low technology |
| Cleaning products in tab or power form, without water to save transport energy and packing plastic materials. | |||
| Kyburz battery recycling |
1991 ZH formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy storage, Waste & recycling ] | Electric batteries, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| The e-mobility pioneer KYBURZ is breaking new ground in battery recycling: The Zurich-based company has put an innovative in-house system into operation - the first of its kind in Switzerland. The recycling process developed in collaboration with Empa is environmentally friendly and offers potential beyond the company's own electric vehicle production lines. | |||
| LMTS Switzerland (CIRC (former Flash)) |
2018 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| Flash is an e-scooter rental company | |||
| magnes |
2016 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Many fields ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Magnes has extensive know-how and engineering capabilities to develop tailor-made magnetic materials that meet the highest customer-specific requirements. The scalability of the manufacturing process enables small series up to mass production. | |||
| Mondaic |
2018 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency ] | IT Software |
| Mondaic provides proprietary software and services for high-resolution 3-D imaging using ultrasonic or geophysical waves. It offers scalable end-to-end solutions for all (visco)acoustic, (visco)elastic, and coupled waveform modeling and inversion needs. | |||
| neverain |
2017 ZH growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Transport & Mobility | e-bike, e-mobility |
| Thanks to a multifunctional overall, cycling should in future be a pleasure regardless of the weather. | |||
| Nexxiot |
2015 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT Software |
| Nexiot offers an integrated digitization solution for all companies concerned with the movement of physical goods, who want to increase efficiencies and unlock additional revenue potential. | |||
| novatlantis |
2017 ZH validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Resource efficiency ] | Communication, Low technology |
| Novatlantis aims for energy system transformation, resource efficiency, renewable energies and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. It analyses data, developments of information, knowledge and strategies, empowers customers to take concrete action, and provides scientific services. | |||
| Oxyle |
2020 ZH formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Oxyle uses clean energy to degrade hazardous micropollutants from wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemicals etc. | |||
| Pakka |
2007 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| We offer a range of high-quality organic and Fairtrade snacks under the Pakka brand to individual and business customers (in particular, the restaurant and catering trade, and wholesalers). | |||
| Pingen |
2010 ZH growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Enabling technologies |
| Pingen is a web based service to automate the process of sending electronic documents as postal letters. By partnering with professional print companies distributed across various markets, Pingen achieves faster deliveries, cheaper prizes while even reducing the carbon footprint. | |||
| Power Plant and Marine emission control |
2011 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency ] | |
| Competence and competitiveness in emission control for diesel engines is that we focus only on marine and power plant applications. | |||
| Power to Gas (Energie 360° & PSI) |
2016 ZH formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| Efficiently producing energy from biowaste: A technology developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and tested in collaboration with the Zurich-based energy provider Energie 360° makes it possible. It extracts significantly more methane from biowaste than conventional methods. For this important contribution to a sustainable energy supply, PSI and Energie 360° have now been awarded the Watt d'Or 2018 in the Renewable Energy category by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. | |||
| prelovedREVOLUTION |
2018 ZH validation |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| prelovedREVOLUTION is the first green marketplace to buy and sell vintage, preloved and socio-ecofriendly, high quality fashion and design articles. Both individuals and firms can use ithe platform. | |||
| QWSTION |
2011 ZH established |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps | Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| Swiss backpack brand QWSTION is known for combining design and functionality with sustainability. Since 2008 the design studio has been developing versatile carry solutions for everyday use – with an understated look and a low environmental footprint. | |||
| SAGANÀ |
2014 ZH validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| SAGANÀ offers high quality, Swiss-EU certified organic, sustainable, fair and 100% natural ingredients in retail or bulk from the Philippines into Switzerland whilst directly supporting rural community livelihoods of our partner farmers. Products are coconut blossom nectar, single-origin Trinitario cacao beans and nibs with low cadmium levels and cold-pressed Virgin Coconut Oil as a healthier and sustainable natural oil alternative. | |||
| Seefeld Style (YARN-TO-YARN) |
2017 ZH validation |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ clothes ] | New chemical materials, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Seefeld Style produces trousers from the fabric made out of recycled yarn. YARN-TO-YARN® lifts the fashion industry into the Circular Economy with "the infinite yarn". | |||
| Seervision |
2016 ZH growth |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Information technology, Media ] | Video and Film |
| Seervison has combined computer vision, machine learning, control, and cinematography. The result is their adaptive motion control technology. It transforms any camera into an autonomous camera. Their computer vision pipeline relies on the newest and most advanced neural networks to analyze every single frame captured by any production camera in order to detect objects of interest, the background and the overall scenery. | |||
| Fair Recycling (fondation) |
2008 ZH growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Fair Recycling is the first organisation worldwide to combine climate protection with recycling. In Brazil, where the Swiss foundation's pioneering project is located, it recycles old refrigerators containing CFCs in cooperation with its local partner Indústria Fox, thus making an important contribution to climate protection. On the basis of this verification report, an independent registration body issues climate protection certificates, which the Foundation offers to Swiss partners. Fair Recycling is proud to be the climate partner of numerous companies that reduce a large part of their CO2 emissions with their own measures and only offset unavoidable emissions with climate protection certificates. | |||
| myclimate |
2003 ZH established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Climate technologies, IT data usage |
| myclimate is a partner for effective climate protection – both locally and globally. The Swiss Non-Profit Organisation wants to shape the future together with its partners through consultation, education and climate protection projects. myclimate pursues this as a science-based and business-orientated non-profit organisation. | |||
| streamwise |
2010 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Transport & Mobility [ Engineering ] | Enabling technologies, IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Fluid sensor: innovation and problem-tailored advice in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Data analytics is the logical consequence of our work as engineers. Wireless sensor solutions. | |||
| SUIND |
2020 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight, Internet of Things |
| Enabling drone companies to unlock the full potential of drones by providing them with state of the art safety solution. | |||