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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drivemycar |
2020 ZH Growth |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management, Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Fleet management |
| drivemycar AG is a Swiss mobility startup offering a modular platform for vehicle sharing, fleet management, and multimodal mobility. We serve businesses, cities, real estate developers, and mobility providers aiming to optimize the use of vehicles, chargers, and parking spaces. Our white-label software enables easy booking, access, billing, and data insights – for cars, e-bikes, scooters, and more. We help clients turn underused assets into shared, revenue-generating solutions. Our USP: fast deployment, full flexibility, and complete data ownership – with no dependence on proprietary hardware. | |||
| enerdrape |
2021 VD Formation |
Buildings & Construction,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Geothermal |
| We turn underground infrastructures into renewable heat sources. We develop the first modular geothermal panel-like technology that allows to capture renewable heat from new or existing underground environments. With our solution we offer a new way to source renewable heat for your buildings. | |||
| ENERGIE HUB Buttisholz |
2020 LU Formation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | None |
| As a clever combination of electricity, heat and mobility, sector coupling is the answer to the challenges of the energy transition. Find solutions in local implementation at Buttisholz. | |||
| Entracers |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| It's an Eawag-Spinoff that provides services with a focus on the consulting for gas monitoring/screening strategies as well as on the implementation of such strategies. Additionally, the company performs gas sampling in the field and conducts measurements within the frame of its own analytical capabilities. The services provided by Entracers GmbH are mainly (but not exclusively) addressed to private associations/companies and to research organizations. | |||
| Equigy |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| A SWISSGRID Project. The «crowd balancing platform» is an innovative solution in the control energy market. The shift in electricity generation towards a large number of smaller generators with volatile production is presenting new challenges for transmission system operators. | |||
| Green-Y Energy |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| Green-Y revolutionizes the energy sector: The combination of an electricity storage together with a heating and cooling unit in one decentralized device makes the integration of renewable energy on a large scale possible. An affordable and efficient system with unrivalled low amortization periods below 4 years results. Besides that, Green-Y is eco-friendly by using only air and water as working fluids. | |||
| Helvitek Labs |
2020 VD Formation |
[ Wearable Devices ] | None |
| The goal of the company is to create the next generation of urban life anti-pollution masks combining state-of-the-art protection with a revolutionary design. | |||
| Hivoduct |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Components: Geophysical |
| Hivoduct presents pressurized air cables for medium and high voltage power transmission and related services at the booth. Pressurized air cables are a new technology which are based on traditional GIL design but use pressurized air as main insulation medium and a new, proprietary pipe fitting. Hivoduct "pressurized air cables" transmit more power, use less space, exhibit lower electromagnetic fields, offer best fire protection, and highest efficiency in operation. Pressurized air cables replace overhead lines, XLPE cables, GIS busbars, and high-current busbars to create a more sustainable and efficient future power grid. Specific applications as wall bushings as well as HV lab equipment for high-current connections are similarly viable. Hivoduct pressurized air cables benefit system integrators, grid operators, the environment and neighbourhoods. | |||
| iCEEP (Innovopolis) |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Innovopolis offers a decentralized waste management service that contains waste within the built areas of the community and turns it into energy at the point where it is generated: a self-sufficient service which eliminates the need for waste collection, waste incineration and waste landfilling. Our solution can be applied to any community, from rural communities like islands to large multi-complex properties such as high-rise buildings and by doing so we reduce the annual carbon footprint of every inhabitant by 1 tonnes of CO2. | |||
| IRISgo (previously ConceptIris) |
2020 LU Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Other: Low tech |
| They developed and created the best and most convenient reusable cup. | |||
| Kolbev |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Kolbev is a Swiss startup developing autonomous mobile EV charging robots powered by renewable energy. Our solution addresses the growing need for flexible, scalable EV charging infrastructure in urban areas, where fixed chargers are often difficult or impossible to install due to regulatory, technical, or cost barriers. Our target market includes real estate owners, parking operators, and businesses with large parking areas—especially in dense city centers, heritage sites, or locations with fluctuating demand. We also collaborate with energy providers to support the energy transition. What makes us unique is our combination of mobile robotics, second-life EV batteries, and intelligent fleet management software, enabling charging on demand exactly where it’s needed—without costly infrastructure upgrades. We don’t compete with fixed charging networks—we complement them, making EV charging accessible in places where today’s solutions fall short. Kolbev makes EV charging smarter, greener, and more flexible—accelerating the shift to sustainable mobility. | |||
| lowimpact food |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | None |
| Lowimpact food provides a concrete solution to the problem of feeding the planet in 2050. We revalue co-products from various local beer and fruit juice producers through the breeding of edible insects. Thanks to its low ecological impact and high bioconversion, insect breeding is part of sustainable production. The breeding is carried out in a controlled environment and devoid of invasive treatment. These insects are then transformed into an ultra protein flour which can be easily integrated into different foods (eg: cereal bars or protein pastes). | |||
| MyOldtimer |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyOldtimer.fun is the sharing platform that allows you to share classic cars, modern classic and other unique vehicles. | |||
| 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? | |||
| Nuniq |
2021 VD Growth |
[ Circular Economy ] | Other: Low tech |
| 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. | |||
| Oxoia (former myFacility) |
2020 AG Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things |
| Oxoia offers automated energy optimization and simple building control for public, commercial and industrial buildings | |||
| Plastogaz |
2020 VD Formation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: New chemical materials, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Environment: 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 |
2021 VD Formation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Environment: 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). | |||
| Raumpioniere |
2020 SG Formation |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Using automated and AI-based analysis tools, we support modern and sustainable spatial development. by localizing attractive sites on properties, make the possible densification in the existing building stock visible and show possible renovation, densification, and utilization strategies. | |||
| SoHHytec |
2020 VD Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Renewable tech |
| We offer cost-effective onsite renewable Fuel (Hydrogen), Electricity and Heat production and storage systems. | |||
| Soobr |
2020 BE Formation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| sun2wheel |
2020 LU Formation |
Energy & Power Systems | IT: Software, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| The intelligent storage and charging system for the electromobility of the future The number of electric vehicles is increasing rapidly - and so is the need for charging facilities. At sun2wheel, we don't just want to charge electric vehicles, we want to fully exploit their potential, e.g. bidirectional use. Because the battery in the vehicles makes it possible to optimise your entire self-consumption and revolutionise the energy future. | |||
| SUNWELL |
2020 VS Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Digital Twin, IT: Software |
| We are developing Lumi4D, a B2B SaaS physics engine creating precise digital twins to optimize and de-risk Agri-PV projects. | |||
| Swisspreneur |
2020 ZH Stagnant |
[ Education & Learning ] | Other: Low tech |
| We are a nonprofit on a mission to promote and advance entrepreneurship in Switzerland. | |||
| Swiss Renewable Solutions AG |
2020 ZG Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Smart: Home & building |
| SRS provides comprehensive renewable energy solutions for multi-family homes, residential communities, and industrial buildings, focusing on projects with roof areas of 2500 m² or more. Founded by Swiss investors, SRS offers decades of financing expertise and has partnered in building over 10 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity worldwide, powering over 3 million households. | |||
| TerraRad Tech |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Components: Optic devices, Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| TerraRad Tech AG is a spinoff of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) focusing on environmental radiometers and remote sensing technologies | |||
| Tesenso |
2020 SH Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: City, Smart: Home & building, Smart: Sensors |
| Tesenso is a full-stack IoT solution provider, from IoT consulting, proof of concept / MVP projects to mass IoT rollouts. Flexibility, time-to-market, and scalability combined with profound knowledge of the underlying hardware are the key strengths of Tesenso, making sure that customers can rely on solid IoT solutions. | |||
| Urban Sympheny |
2020 ZH Validation |
Financials & Information Technology [ Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Software |
| Sympheny offers a SaaS web application that enables energy planners (engineering firms, consultants, utilities) to digitalize and optimize energy concept planning. The platform combines digital energy-twin technology with powerful algorithms and interactive dashboards, enabling holistic planning across electricity, PV, heating, cooling, storage, networks, and e-mobility. This allows planners to deliver higher-quality concepts, work more efficiently, win more projects, and build long-term customer relationships. The tool is applicable to a wide range of projects, from urban districts and heat networks to industrial sites and municipalities. | |||
| Urbio |
2020 VS Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Software |
| Urbio is a software for planning sustainable cities that combines the strengths of humans and artificial intelligence. | |||