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 Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperix |
2013 VS established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Smartgrid |
| Imperix develops high-end control equipment and prototyping hardware for power electronics, drives, smart grids and related topics. Its products are designed to enable cutting-edge innovation in corporate and academic environments. They are especially valued for their ability to accelerate the implementation of laboratory-scale power converters and facilitate the derivation of high quality experimental results. | |||
| Innovenergy |
2013 BE established |
[ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Battery |
| innovenergy's compact and robust salt battery storage systems enable a future-oriented energy supply. The product portfolio ranges from 7 kWh to well into the megawatt range. | |||
| Joulia |
2010 BE established |
Health & House & Body Care [ Building technology, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Heating and cooling energy, Hotel, Sport ] | Enabling technologies, Heating in buildings |
| Invisibly integrated in a slim shower channel, Joulia-Inline recovers heat efficiently from the warm used shower water as it goes down the drain. Thanks to simple cold water diversion, the heat recovery unit saves up to 42% energy. Participation: Invisibly integrated in a slim shower channel, Joulia-Inline and Joulia-Twinline recover heat efficiently from the warm used shower water as it goes down the drain. Thanks to simple cold water diversion, the heat recovery unit saves up to 60% energy. | |||
| Juice Technology |
2014 ZG established |
Battery, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging | |
| Development and manufacture of charging infrastructure, charging stations, chargers, charging cables and electrical components for e-mobility. | |||
| LEDsafari |
2016 VD established |
[ Electricity, Energy Production ] | Enabling technologies, LED, Photovoltaics, Sensors |
| LEDsafari is a clean-tech social start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland that develops innovative digital products to help solar companies and organisations to manage their staff and assets. LEDsafari addresses three types market: Innovative solar kits for education in schools, Online digital platform for staff and channel partner (HelioLearn©) and Low cost & Plug and Play IoT sensor for online monitoring of the solar devices (HelioHealth©). | |||
| L.E.S.S. |
2012 VD established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Lighting |
| Our goal is to design and develop effective and innovative lighting solutions to ensure reliable, sustainable and competitive systems. LED small scale lighting systems. | |||
| Misurio (energyon) |
2008 VS established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Information technology, Many fields ] | Battery, Enabling technologies, Hydro energy, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| Software and consulting for optimizing economic decisions around utility investments in capacity, storage and grid. | |||
| Mr. Green Recycling-Service |
2010 ZH established |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The start-up company Mr. Green spares people in Zurich the walk to the collection point: they pick up glass, aluminum cans, pet and batteries from home and dispose of them | |||
| myCamper |
2015 BS established |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | |||
| MyStrom |
2011 BE established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, Lighting, Smart device, Wearable devices or apps |
| myStrom AG provides Smart Home products like WiFi smart plugs, WiFi Buttons to create digitalized house (via App) and to save energy, in houses. Customers are mostly private households but they also sell to other companies. | |||
| myStromer |
2010 BE established |
[ Electricity efficiency ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| myStromer AG develops and markets innovative e-bikes. The strength of the company lies in the development of and mechanical components, electric components, software, and the complete system integration. | |||
| Novaton |
2010 ZH established |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Engineering ] | Climate technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| NOVATON builds sea worthy NOVA Solar Islands of various sizes - floating solar islands, rotate for optimal sunlight to industrial energy production; In addition they devloped NOVACAT, a solar operated autonomous surface vehicle to navigate autonomously on high seas and other water surfaces | |||
| onlog |
2007 TI established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Many fields ] | LED, Lighting |
| Onlog (Switzerland) Ltd, located in Gordola - Ticino - Switzerland, has been founded in 2006 with the purpose to provide professionally outsourced Supply-Chain- and Logistics-Services with totally integrated processes and structures. www.onlog.eu The "Onlux"-Section within Onlog is dedicated to LED-Lighting solutions for Households, Building decoration, Commercial lighting, Hotels/Restaurants, Public lighting/Street-lighting and LED-Electronics and Auxiliaries. Onlux is a multiple test-winner. www.onlux.ch | |||
| OrbiWise |
2014 GE established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Information technology ] | Enabling technologies, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| Develops advanced technologies for the Internet of Things industry and sells specific servers and gateways. Handles network communication system using low power wireless network to connect IoT. | |||
| Pickwings (nanio) |
2012 VS established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Maritime and waterways transport, Resource efficiency, Road vehicles and transport, Transport & logistics of goods ] | e-cargo, e-mobility, Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| DIGITAL TRANSPORT SOLUTION FOR COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS IT software and plattform to organize transport. The challenges of new and modern transport solutions have grown steadily in recent years in the area of the shipping industry. With the developed solution from Pickwings, the shipping and transport industry is able to make the transition to digital change. The Pickwings business model is designed to use the unloaded mileage of the transport companies in order to enable a CO2-optimized shipment of goods on the road. | |||
| Planet Horizons Technologies (Aqua4D Water Solutions) |
2004 VS established |
Food, Farming or Forestry,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Farming & agriculture, Resource sufficiency, Water Management ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Aqua-4D® Water Solutions, based in Switzerland, offers a cutting-edge technology which maximizes irrigation efficiency while solving several common problems. A Swiss Cleantech company present in over 40 countries, Aqua-4D® has developed an innovative system which subtly alters the structure of water. Whatever your specific needs, the Aqua-4D® system adapts to your specific needs to bring solutions to your problems. | |||
| Polarmond Outdoor |
2017 ZH established |
[ Recreation, Sport ] | Enabling technologies |
| The company develops, produces and markets the world’s first self-warming and temperature controllable sleep shells, bivouacs and tents with dehumidification management. | |||
| PubliBike |
2010 FR established |
[ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-bike, e-mobility, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Since 2009, PubliBike has been offering bike sharing networks in several Swiss cities and is constantly expanding its offer. We take care of everything: from the development of a site concept to starting the service, including operations, customer service and network promotion... To strengthen our teams, we regularly look for creative, motivated and passionate profiles for the mobility of the future. | |||
| Pvsyst |
2011 GE established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| PVsyst design, develop and sale software or other products to promote responsible energy management, more particularly in the field of photovoltaics. They also do consulting and training activities. PVsyst also support renewable energy projects, especially in developing countries. | |||
| RethinkResource |
2017 ZH established |
[ Food production & retail, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | None |
| RethinkResource creates an online marketplace where producing and processing companies can trade their side and waste streams. | |||
| ROOMZ |
2015 FR established |
Construction & buildings [ Unknown ] | Smarthome & building |
| ROOMZ SA is developing and promoting unique tools to better manage the agile workplaces of tomorrow. We are a rapidly growing Start-up based in Fribourg, Switzerland. Our award-winning product ROOMZ is the most scalable and easiest-to-install room signage solution in the Marketplace. | |||
| routeRANK |
2007 VD established |
[ Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | e-mobility, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Technology company routeRANK (2006) provides IT solutions for travel and mobility. Unlike other solutions, they address the entire door-to-door route by integrating all relevant modes of transport such as air, rail, public transport, P+Rail, P+Ride, car, rental car, car sharing, car pooling, e-bike, bike, walk and their many multimodal combinations. In a single search, its patented technology finds and ranks the best possible routes, allowing users to sort them according to multiple criteria such as price, travel time and CO2 emissions. | |||
| SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE |
2013 TI established |
[ Resource efficiency ] | Filters & Membranes, Hydro energy, Renewable technologies |
| SEAS manufactures integrated systems and machines of air to water machines in order to produce high-quality drinking water for human consumption. A by-product of the above systems is thermal energy, which can be reused for heating, ventilation, conditioning, and dehumidification purposes. | |||
| Adaptricity |
2014 ZH established |
[ Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| Adaptricity develops simulation and optimization software tools for adapting the electricity distribution grid for the transition towards renewable energies. Products help distribution grid operators in gaining an enhanced overview over their system and evaluating a large set of possible SmartGrid. | |||
| smart-me |
2014 ZG established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| specialised in measurement and intelligent controlling of energy flows in a building. All products have a direct connection to the cloud via a Wi-Fi interface and can be managed with the help of intelligent switch functions. The data are accessible via app and can be visualised, analysed and managed | |||
| Solar Impulse |
2004 VD established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | e-mobility, Photovoltaics |
| Using spectacular events, like a solar flight around the world to spread new technology and support solutions. | |||
| solartechnology.ch |
2011 VS established |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solartechnology.ch sàrl is a Swiss company specialized in the installation of solar panels. Founded in 2011, the company remains young and dynamic while having the experience of more than a hundred projects. We work throughout French-speaking Switzerland on both individual and industrial projects. It employs 3 to 8 people depending on the season. The company is also a member of swisssolar, the Swiss solar energy spokesperson, which guarantees the quality of our services. | |||
| Solarville |
2011 ZH established |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Battery, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Planning and construction of individualized made to measure photovoltaic systems as well as service and maintenance for the entire operating period | |||
| Solaxess |
2015 NE established |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solaxess provides a nano technology film to produce colored or white photovoltaic solar panels. They support architects, promoters, installers, and planners in their projects. | |||
| Swiss Fresh Water |
2008 VD established |
[ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency, Water Management ] | Filters & Membranes, Photovoltaics |
| Swiss Fresh Water (SFW) develops a low cost and decentralized water treatment system, working thanks to solar energy or to the grid. The maintenance is furthermore supported by an Online service platform on Internet. | |||