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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NaturaYuva |
2018 BS Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| NaturaYuva aims to rejuvenate agriculture by developing organic farming protocols of medicinal and aromatic plants and subsequent ecological extraction processes to produce niche natural ingredients used in varied end segments such as nutraceuticals, flavors, cosmetics, pharma. | |||
| COCOBOARDS (NaturLoop) |
2020 BE Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Building Technologies ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Cocoboards is a novel, complete natural product, designed in Switzerland and manufactured in the Philippines. It allows to transform agricultural byproducts into sustainable and affordable bio-based materials, replace wood-based panels in the furniture and construction industry, make sustainability available and affordable to everyone, and integrate the local rural communities in the value chain. | |||
| Netto Null Kollektiv |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Smart: Home & building |
| We are aiming for zero. When you think of building renovation, do you also think of solar power, heat pumps and the energy future? Then we should get to know each other: we are Netto Null, the collective that makes building renovation efficient, ecological and profitable. We work together towards a big zero: zero emissions. Ready? | |||
| NewGreenTec |
2015 ZH Validation |
Mobility & Transport [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Wind |
| Small wind and photovoltaic tower for homes or farms, easy to use and scalable. Bike-Parking Systems (V-Locker) and consulting on the installation of renewables, like wind and PV. | |||
| Novamet |
2014 VD Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Novamet develops Smart Controling System to enhance the efficiency of metling process in Aluminium industries. The approach is based on on-line data acquisition, efficient numerical modelling and machine learning of heat exchanges within a industrial furnace. Enhances productivity, reduce Energy consumption and CO2 emissions. | |||
| Novaris (Soneva) |
2017 LU Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Enabling tech |
| "soneva" is an airtight drawer with a vacuum. This stops the oxidation process of food. This keeps food fresh and of high quality for longer. The food is stored in the Vacuum drawer stored in gastro containers. Each container is vacuumed separately. The customer can choose the size of these containers himself. With this system, it is possible to reduce the consumption of plastic and conserve food like bred, fruits etc. that should not be stored in the fridge. | |||
| NVTerra |
2010 VS Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| NVterra S.A. is a Swiss-based technology company specialized in water purification with clean technologies, such as electrolysis, which are often combined with other physic-chemical and biological treatments. | |||
| Olanga ( previously myFoodWaste ) |
2020 AG Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| Olanga is the Swiss solution for sustainable food consumption and Food Waste reduction in the gastronomy. It allows to preorder food with an app at company retaurants et university to personalize the diet plan and gives planning security to the restaurants. Olanga leads to sustainable cost savings and Food Waste reduction and helps to protect natural resources. Olanga can reduce the costs in canteens by up to 3% and significantly increase customers satisfaction. | |||
| onCyt Microbiology |
2017 ZH Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Our hard- and software add-ons turn the bench-top flow cytometer that you already own and trust, or the one that will meet your needs best into a fully automated on-line sampling and measurement device. We combine the best of two worlds by providing smart automation add-ons to established flow cytometers with known high performance. | |||
| Optical Additives |
2006 BE Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Solarthermal |
| Optical Additives GmbH's product ZeoFRET® is a brand new, revolutionary additive for transparent polymers. These polymers then serve as a light harvester. The harvested light is transferred to a solar cell and transformed into electricity. | |||
| Oxoia (former myFacility) |
2020 AG Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| Oxoia offers automated energy optimization and simple building control for public, commercial and industrial buildings | |||
| 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. | |||
| ParaTop |
2016 GL Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Fashion, Lifestyle & Wearables [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | None |
| The ParaTop is rain protection that can be installed quickly on most bikes and keeps you dry during the ride. Participation: The ParaTop is rain protection that can be installed quickly on most bikes and keeps you dry during the ride. | |||
| 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). | |||
| PWRstation Holding SA |
2014 VD Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Climate Technologies ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech |
| PWRstation delivers rapid deployment solar power modules for permanent use or mobile projects. | |||
| Recogn.ice |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| We, a young bunch of natural scientists and journalists, truly believe that recognition is key to care. This is why, in January 2019, we felt the urgency to launch “Recogn.ice”; a nonprofit organisation for the recognition of this cryosphere. Our team is committed to accomplish that one goal: for people around the world to recognise, understand and ultimately care for all frozen parts of our planet. Founded in February 2019 in Zurich, the core team of Recogn.ice consists of a glacierologist, a geologist, a communications consultant, an award-winning designer, data scientists and IT specialists. Together, we strive to present these features and data in an attractive and intuitive way : - with yellow frames indicating the very presence of the surrounding expression of the cryosphere ; - with an intuitive app ; - with an educational website mapping the cryosphere. | |||
| Re-Company |
2019 GE Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste management tech |
| Reinvent common products to have a sustainable impact. Starting with a bottle. REBO is the first product from the Re-company, and is a REvolutionary BOttle. It is the first bottle that cleans the planet as you drink. Thanks to a smart cap we are able to measure the water intake (and plastic saving) of the user, send it to the REBO app, convert it through blockchain into a green credit, and use the proceedings to fund the collection of bottles littering the environment. The bottle also offers a customized hydration plan to its users, it is equipped with a unique one hand push cap (developed with Aptar), and has an insulated stainless steel body keeping drinks cold for 24h. | |||
| RemoteScout |
2021 Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| RemoteScout creates software solutions for remote and hybrid companies. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Rigi Technologies |
2016 VD Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Rigi is re-defining last-mile inter-city logistics using a large-payload, sustainable drone-based delivery system. | |||
| RINO Electronics (Eisspeicher) |
2003 ZH Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Energy Storage ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| New energy storage technologies are developed and tested like combination of hybrid solar modules with earth register and ice storage or recycling of old batteries. | |||
| rqmicro |
2013 ZH Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Food Safety & Quality ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Next generation microbiology for water and food safety | |||
| Battery Consult |
2008 BE Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Renewable tech |
| BATTERY CONSULT develops salt battery cells (Ni/NaCl) and batteries to the prototype stage, performs simulation and testing of cells and components and assists in production planning. The team has a comprehensive experience in technology transfer to customers. | |||
| SEDO ENGINEERING (smartIndigo) |
2014 VS Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| The brand SmartIndigoTM stands for an industrially proven technology, which will make a difference by bringing a rudimentary change to the global denim dyeing industry. It is an indigo dye which needs less water and chemicals for the dyeing process. | |||
| Sevensense Robotics |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Smart: Robotic |
| 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. | |||
| ShadeMe |
2021 VD Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Building Technologies ] | Smart: Sensors |
| ShadeMe deliver decentralized anti-glare smart blinds and controller to turn buildings greener and lighting more comfortable | |||
| Sharely |
2013 ZH Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Circular Economy ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Plattform to enable local community sharing all kinds of products, online plateform. | |||
| Shematic |
2018 GE Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Motor & actuator |
| 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. | |||
| 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). | |||
| Smart Energy Link (SEL) |
2017 BE Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Solarthermal, IT: Network |
| 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. | |||