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 |
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| somebodyelse |
2021 ZH formation |
Behavioural change, Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Games ] | Gamification |
| Somebodyelse creates embodied experiences in VR to help people to understand an issue in an immersive, educational and playful way to raise awareness and enable positive behavioural change. In 2015, the United Nations all agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. But social, cultural, and environmental problems still seem to be accumulating worldwide; sustainable cities and communities, access to health and therapy, or social wellbeing are still huge problems to tackle. People are still not sufficiently aware of the underlying problems, cannot understand, imagine, or relate to them, and therefore, will not change them either. Digital technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) allow a wide range of people to experience abstract content appealingly. And, today we know that people can better understand and emphasize through a self-made bodily experience. | |||
| Sonnenpool |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy Production ] | Battery, Photovoltaics |
| We finance and build solar systems, smart meters, and everything else to get clean power from your roof and the grid. | |||
| Fair Recycling (fondation) |
2008 ZH stagnant |
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 formation |
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. | |||
| Swiss Alpine Fish (swisslachs) |
2020 ZH established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Catering, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency, Restaurants ] | Enabling technologies, Hydro energy (small scale) |
| Swiss Alpine Fish AG sustainably breeds salmon in an indoor facility in Lostallo, using the latest technology, making it the cleanest and most sustainable fish farm in the world. | |||
| SwissFleet Services (Velobility) |
2016 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| Velobility is your partner for Bike-Sharing. Thanks to our bike and e-bike models which are engineered to be shared. And thanks to our tried-and-tested Ridebox® technology. The result is a triple benefit: higher efficiency, better security, longer durability. | |||
| SwissGEL |
2004 ZH established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Material & Products based on biomass, New chemical materials |
| swissGEL is a plastics development company. We offer partnerships to commercialise additives and bioplastic products and make plastic biodegradable | |||
| Switzerlend (LEND) |
2015 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The crowdlending platform LEND matches investors with borrowers. Both benefit from our fair and transparent business model. | |||
| taketray |
2004 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The most functional pocket ashtray solves litterling. | |||
| Teralytics |
2012 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Teralytics offers the most advanced insights on human mobility based on cutting edge data science, proprietary machine learning algorithms and deep technology, capturing billions of signals every day from cell towers and other unique sources. | |||
| Topten |
2000 ZH established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Web portal highlighting the most energy efficient consumer products: domestic appliances, office electronics, consumer electronics, lighting, building components and vehicles. | |||
| Voliro |
2019 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy Production ] | Drone & flight, Sensors |
| Drones as flying inspection robot The robots are capable of performing in-depth structural integrity assessments using advanced inspection technologies. | |||
| VortexPower |
2011 ZH stagnant |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Health & House & Body Care, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency ] | Hydro energy |
| VortexPower AG is specialized in the development and the sales of highly efficient products for water recovery thru natural swirling. | |||
| VRM Switzerland |
2016 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Airplanes & transport, Information technology ] | IT data usage, Robotic |
| VRMotion designs and develops simulators that give prospective pilots the impression of sitting in a real helicopter while training. The simulation software features realistic flight physics with real-time multi-body simulation and flight data validation, which offers an exact replication of flight behaviour. The simulation is also tailored to the needs of trainees, right from introductory training on a turbine helicopter to demanding scenario-based training, mountain flying and emergency training | |||
| Wildbiene + Partner |
2013 ZH established |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection ] | Low technology |
| Wildbiene + Partner aims at the promotion of wild bees by developing and offering bee-promoting products, planning and implementing large-scale wild bee habitats and educational work at public and private events. In addition, specific wild bees are actively propagated by society and offered for pollination in agriculture. | |||
| Zum guten Heinrich |
2020 ZH stagnant |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| Sustainable catering delivered by Food-Bike fight Food-Wast; uses high quality and shapeless fruit and vegetables that cannot be sold - because they are not of the standard size. This reduces the amount of fruit and vegetables that remain in the fields with the farmers or end up in the biogas plant. | |||
| Beyond Scroll |
2021 formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Energy efficiency, Energy Production, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy, Road vehicles and transport ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Cooling technology, e-car, Geothermal energy, Heat Exchanger, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Pump, Storage other than batteries |
| At Beyond Scroll we sell Oil-free compressor for medical, AC for E-car & Hydrogen Fuel Stations | |||
| Sun'n'go |
formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy Production, Energy sufficiency ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Solarthermal energy |
| Solar energy is a strong catalyst to fight poverty. We provide a modular, compact and solar energy center to NGOs working with off-grid communities in South-East Africa. The center can provide light and mobile charging for the communities. It can be expanded over time, thus bringing new energy services according to the demand of the users (ex. wi-fi, fridge, printing, etc.). On the one hand, the center generates revenues, which makes it financially self-sustainable. On the other hand, the energy services provided to the communities allow them to lower their energy costs, while being less polluting, more efficient and healthier than current solutions they use. At sun’n’go, we strongly believe that no one should be left behind and that we can empower the bottom of the pyramid thanks to sustainable energy in order to reduce inequalities. | |||
| candi |
2018 growth |
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| Combining the best of its Swiss roots and extensive local presence, candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business. candi systems are the easiest way to go solar. We partner with you to understand your specific needs and provide a quality solar solution that helps you realise long-term benefits and savings from day one. | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 |
Transport & Mobility | 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. | |||
| cine.equipment |
validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Media ] | Video and Film |
| CINE.EQUIPMENT is an online marketplace where you can offer film and photo equipment and / or rent it from other users. | |||
| Arve.swiss (Dragonback Innovation) |
2019 validation |
Construction & buildings [ air quality ] | IT data usage, Sensors |
| ARVE is your digital toolkit to actively manage your air quality challenges. ARVE delivers sustainable business advantage and measurable value for your building | |||
| duramon |
2021 formation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..) ] | Sensors |
| Structural health corrosion monitoring solutions. To build and maintain smarter, cost-effective, safer, and more sustainably. Our solution is an embeddable multifunctional sensors in selected representative locations in concrete structures. | |||
| Durot Electric |
2017 growth |
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| Durot Electric promotes the spread of electric mobility in order to conserve our planet’s finite resources. To this end, we bring unique and long-standing knowledge in electrification to projects and products. As a contract developer and solution provider, we support manufacturers of vehicles and machines in their entry into and transition to electromobility. | |||
| E2S Power |
2019 growth |
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| The company is set to develop a Long Duration Energy Storage using innovative travelling wave energy storage technology, a joint venture between SS&A power development AG and WIKA AG. Main aim is to repurpose and decarbonize fossil fuel power plants globally. | |||
| eRevo |
2020 validation |
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| eRevo AG is dedicated to the energy revolution of building energy by means of H₂ and thus contributes an approach to the decarbonization of our living spaces. | |||
| fgen |
2011 validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Bio technologies |
| FGen is a Swiss start-up company founded 2011 in Basel as a spin-off from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH Zurich. As a contract research organization we collaborate with partners from Biotech, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, and Pharma in order to develop microbes, cells, chemicals, and proteins for various applications. | |||
| Flux Mobility |
formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-cargo, e-mobility |
| The start-up develops and builds high-quality e-transporters based on a modular platform concept. | |||