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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| magnes |
2016 ZH Stagnant |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| 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. | |||
| Mastercoldbrewer (re-coffee) |
2017 SG Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Coffee - Drinks that are manufactured without the effects of heat. This lead to preserved aromas and vitamines. The products are fair and mostly organic. | |||
| matriq |
2019 SG Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Enabling tech |
| matriq offers innovative solutions for the part-indiviual marking of plastic components of all kinds. With the DynamicMold technology, marking takes place directly in the manufacturing machine, whether in injection molding, blow molding or thermo forming. Besides the application for traceability, the DynamicMold technology also offers the possibility to integrate anticounterfeiting features for brand protection. | |||
| megasol |
2004 SO Established |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Solar modules are produced with robots and on fully automated production plants. | |||
| Circunis (Mehr als Zwei) |
2024 ZH Formation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We make it easy to work with food surplus with our online platform. | |||
| Taschengrill |
2017 FL Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Low tech |
| Schweizer Tachengrill offers an ecological alternative to disposable grills. Their product can be used several times and is as practical as its counterpart. | |||
| Esomoto Zürich (Gülbey) |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-motorbike, e-scooter |
| affordable electromobility and advice for everyone | |||
| MESH |
2025 ZH |
[ Circular Economy ] | None |
| MESH uses System Dynamics to transfer company data on materials, costs, and logistics into a “digital twin,” which we use to simulate variants of new circular models. This enables decision-makers to evaluate scenarios based on KPIs such as EBIT, cash flow, CO₂, and resilience, reduces risks, and accelerates budget approvals. | |||
| metafuels |
2021 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Air Transport, Climate Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Metafuels is focused on advancing sustainable aviation through its proprietary aerobrew technology, which converts green methanol into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Developed in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute, aerobrew aims to produce e-SAF at scale with higher efficiency and lower costs than traditional methods. The technology supports both synthetic and biogenic methanol sources, avoiding food-based feedstocks. With the SAF market projected to grow significantly by 2030, Metafuels positions aerobrew as a key solution for reducing aviation’s carbon footprint and helping the industry meet net-zero targets by 2050. | |||
| Microcaps |
2019 ZH Growth |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| At Microcaps we developed a technology that enables the size control of the microcapsules with Swiss precision, hence they all behave exactly the same. This means we can directly tailor and predict the release profile of a drug. Our solution is also highly relevant for fragrances, flavors and probiotics. | |||
| Micropow |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| MicroPow encapsulates valuable ingredients enabling timed release and preservation, which allows to drastically reduce losses during production and adding value to end products. microPow powders can be tailored to a broad range of food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications, without relying on any added artificial ingredients. | |||
| miniloop |
2023 AG Growth |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | None |
| Miromico |
2002 ZH Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Information Technology ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| Miromico is an innovative high-tech company that focuses on development services in the areas of integrated circuits, electronic systems and software. Our clients include international corporations such as IBM, Infineon, Roche and Credit Suisse, but also SMEs | |||
| mobileup.ch (MobilePower) |
2020 BE Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Mobileup buys old smartphones and tablets from private customers and their partners to then refurbish them. By selling those refurbished devices on their online sales platform, mobileup helps to advance the circular economy. | |||
| MobyFly |
2020 VS Validation |
[ Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Mobility: Shipping |
| MobyFly produces zero-emission hydrofoil boats which make use of computer controlled flight systems. These boat are made for passenger transports at speeds of up to over 70 km/h while using 70% less energy than existing diesel ferries. | |||
| Mondaic |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | 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. | |||
| moveable.ch |
ZH Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The first step towards sustainable mobility and liveable public spaces is to promote active mobility. With their platforms, we help to shape the infrastructure for this. | |||
| Mybacs |
2018 ZG Growth |
[ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Food tech |
| Mybacs aims to revolutionize the healthcare sector around the human microbiome. With their formulation of specially selected bacteria cultures (probiotics), prebiotics as well as minerals and vitamins, the company focuses on synbiotic dietary supplements, which are tailored to the individual needs and areas of application of its customers. | |||
| MycoSolutions |
2016 SG Stagnant |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Development and production of fungal formulations for biological plant protection and plant strengthening | |||
| Mycostrat |
2023 LU Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Fungi and fungal mycelia are their specialty. Mycostrat analyzes, researchs, develops, processes and tests how building materials can be produced from fungi. They use various fungal threads, known as mycelia, as well as other natural, rapidly renewable raw materials. These can be returned to the raw material cycle for building materials in various upcycling processes. | |||
| mycosuisse |
2022 Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Mycosuisse develops various applications based on different fungal mycelia, e.g. insulation & packaging material, cleaning agents based on mycoremediation, fungal mycelia-based auxiliaries for plant cultivation | |||
| Mycrobez |
2019 BS Formation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Circular Economy ] | Components: New chemical materials, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| MYCROBEZ is based on the insight that it is more efficient to change material instead of changing behavior patterns. In the face of increasing consumption and globalization, Mycrobez does not seek to stop throwaway culture culture, but works to make packaging products disposed of in nature packaging products disposed of in nature are fully degradable and sustainable. The vision, then, is to replace the status quo of petroleum-based packaging products such as Styrofoam in the marketplace and establish a new, circular material standard in the packaging and construction industries. | |||
| myfeld |
2020 AG Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyFeld.ch brings your own garden into your living room. And this in a digital and playful way. Customers can plant vegetables, fruits and herbs online and then it will be planted on the farm and is delivered to the customer. They can choose from over 30 varieties to plant their own 16 square meter field. The growth can be watched via webcam. MyFeld farmers and gardeners take care of the maintenance. As soon as your harvest is ripe, we deliver it conveniently to their home. | |||
| namuk |
2013 ZH Growth |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Namuk is a swiss childrens sustainable outdoor clothing brand. They promise that the clothes will last as long as possible by choosing sustainable and high quality fabrics. In addition Namuk offers a repair service and their ReUse platform, on which customers can buy second hand namuk products. | |||
| Nanas Lunchbox |
Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Unknown |
| Nana's Lunchbox gives families in difficult times a moment of normality with a delicious family meal. In this way, we make their everyday lives easier and allow their worries and fears to fade into the background for a moment. | |||
| narrowin |
2020 BS Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Digitalization of the energy industry leads to networks growing and becoming more business critical. Narrowin Lightweight Network Explorer is a digital twin-based platform that helps energy providers design, document, and maintain their Operational Technology (OT) Wide Area Networks—spanning electricity, gas, water, smart metering, and district heating. It delivers clear visibility into physical and logical infrastructure – from substations to remote assets – allowing teams to optimize the availability and security of their critical networks. Designed for utility network and operations teams, Narrowin accelerates planning, troubleshooting, and modernization efforts by eliminating manual documentation and mapping. It collects and analyzes network data, creating a live digital twin of the networks topology, assets, and configuration. Our unique selling point lies in our lightweight approach: The lightweight Network Explorer is fast easy to deploy, non-invasive (important in critical infrastructure) and user-centric. Customers include utilities, gas companies, hospitals, manufacturing and research institutions seeking to strengthen network resilience, improve cybersecurity, and increase their level of automation as networks grow while internal resources are limited. Most of our customers come from the energy industry. Narrowin empowers them to take control of their OT networks—reducing downtime, improving security, and ensuring long-term maintainability. | |||
| Nature Re |
2021 SZ Validation |
Financials & Information Technology [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| The purpose of the company is to provide consulting and management services, especially in the field of nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. This is done through mobilizing investments towards projects that focus on restoring nature and biodiversity. | |||
| Nectariss |
2017 VD Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Consumers increasingly expect foods with clean labels (sustainable, healthy, authentic, with natural ingredients and of known origin). The drivers of these expectations include consumer health awareness, the demand for environmental and economic sustainability, but also the excitement and pleasure of discovering novel and exotic foods. Nectariss has developed the Nectariss Method, a patent-backed fermentation technology that enables the generation of food with new natural flavors. Nectariss offers a natural truffle aroma in bulk to B2B customers. | |||
| nematx |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: 3D Printing |
| At NematX, we develop an industrial 3DP platform based on our proprietary «Nematic 3DP Technology». We are the pioneering company to make liquid crystal polymers available for AM. In combination with proprietary part design algorithms and high-precision 3DP hardware, we can offer the combination of part performance & manufacturing precision required for industrial production. | |||
| Nemis Technologies |
2018 ZH Established |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Health Solutions ] | Smart: Sensors |
| NEMIS Technologies specializes in the development of simple, safe, and on-site pathogen detection solutions across a wide range of applications in the food industry. The N-Light environmental monitoring series can be used anywhere by anyone, empowering food producers to take back control over their quality management processes. The availability of this precise and affordable method allows for more extensive and frequent screening, providing critical information to detect and eliminate potential contamination hotspots after only 24 hours. | |||