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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circea |
2024 VD Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Circea upcycles biogenic CO2 side-streams from industrial processes into valuable products. | |||
| Cirkel Supply |
2021 VS Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel, Sports & Recreation, Tourism Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Cirkel Supply offers an online rental service for premium ski and snowboard clothing, delivering directly to guests' accommodations across the Swiss Alps to enable a more sustainable and convenient approach to winter sports tourism. | |||
| CMID - Component & Material Identity |
2026 ZH Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Building Technologies, Circular Economy, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| CMID has developed a contactless fingerprint technology that creates a unique, permanent digital identity for building materials based on their natural surface microstructure — without any physical markers. The platform links physical materials to digital product passports, CO₂ tracking, and ESG data, enabling traceable material flows and circular economy models across the full construction lifecycle. | |||
| CO2 Energie |
2021 AG Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| CO2 Energie AG operates a CO2 liquefaction plant in Nesselnbach. During the biogas production process, the resulting CO2 is captured and liquefied. CO2 Energie AG operates a CO2 liquefaction plant in Nesselnbach. During the biogas production process, the resulting CO2 is captured, liquefied, and is thus available as an industrial gas for further use. and is thus available as an industrial gas for further use. | |||
| Construct202 (Bavox) |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Building Technologies, Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Bavox is the pioneering construction management tool for architects, construction and specialist site managers and tradespeople. Bavox relies on intelligent voice assistants to record and assign tasks at lightning speed. | |||
| Crosstown H2R |
2022 AG Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Climate Technologies, Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Combustion tech & combined heat and power, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells |
| Crosstown H2R develops patented zero-carbon burner technology (H2R® Burner) enabling existing and new gas turbines to operate on any fuel blend from 100% natural gas to 100% hydrogen, eliminating CO₂ emissions and reducing NOx by up to 85%. The retrofit solution is designed to decarbonise gas turbine infrastructure without costly full-system replacement. | |||
| Cosaic |
2021 FR Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Alternative Proteins, Food Systems & Food Tech, Precision Fermentation & Nutrition ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources, Biological: Food tech |
| Cosaic develops a unique natural multifunctional emulsion from yeast fermentation to enhance the texture, stability, and creaminess of dairy and dairy-free products. Their flagship ingredient, Cosaic Neo, combines fats, proteins, and fibers in a patented emulsion that provides eight key functionalities, replacing additives while improving taste, mouthfeel, and nutritional load capacity. | |||
| Tracenable |
2020 VD Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Financial Services ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Tracenable (operated by Datacie Ltd.) is a Lausanne-based ESG data company providing a self-service platform for standardised financial and ESG datasets. Its data covers over 7,500 public companies, sourced directly from original company disclosures and accessible via API or CSV export. The platform supports use cases including regulatory compliance (SFDR, TCFD, EU Taxonomy), portfolio management, and risk assessment. | |||
| DEC Energy |
2024 TI Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Energy Production & Supply, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| DEC runs a renewable Energy Platform where buyers can get Guarantees of Origin directly from producers of green electricity. | |||
| DeltaSpark |
2025 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Climate Technologies, Energy Production & Supply ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Environment: Carbon capture and storage |
| DeltaSpark transforms captured CO₂ into stable carbonates for use in construction materials while simultaneously producing clean hydrogen — using a patented electrocatalytic process packaged in a containerized unit that connects directly to industrial emission sources. | |||
| Demetrics |
2023 NE Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Financial Services ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Demetrics is a green fintech startup that leverages AI to help businesses integrate unstructured sustainability data into their financial accounting systems. The platform facilitates accurate emission calculations and ensures traceable, auditable compliance with climate regulations such as CSRD/ESRS and IFRS S1&S2. | |||
| diePROJEKTFABRIK |
2019 LU Validation |
[ Building Construction ] | None |
| Our passion is the realization of innovative projects. With enthusiasm and a strong sense for what is feasible, we accompany our customers in this process from the analysis of the project idea to the "commissioning" of the project. | |||
| Digi Meals |
2016 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Using state-of-the-art technology, DigiMeals develops user-friendly and easily customisable solutions around digital recipes. We empower consumers to confidently cook their preferred healthy recipes. | |||
| Digit Soil |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Smart: Sensors |
| Digit Soil rents out the worlds first Soil Health Sensor. The sensor measures soil enzyme activity which is a good indicator of soil health. Through soil enzyme activity organic matter and fertilizer are made available to plants. In addition Digit Soil offers a soil measurement service in which they measure the activities of hydrolitic extracellular soil enzymes. These are involved in many important soil processes like for example nutrients cycling. | |||
| Diligent Energy |
2026 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions, Energy Production & Supply, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Diligent Energy AI accelerates how renewable energy projects are invested in, developed and built — delivering AI-augmented due diligence reports in hours instead of weeks, with AI services across the full project lifecycle from market intelligence and engineering support to EPC verification and portfolio management. | |||
| Dimarjan |
Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | None |
| Dimarjan is not just about planting trees, it’s about regenerative agroforestry, a model that restores degraded land, enhances biodiversity, and provides long-term benefits for both the planet and the people who depend on it. | |||
| Divea |
2024 VS Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage, Climate Technologies ] | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Environment: Climate tech |
| Divea is a Swiss climate-tech startup developing ultra-thin graphene membrane systems that selectively capture CO₂ directly from industrial flue gases. By avoiding heat or chemical solvents, the solution reduces energy consumption and operating costs compared to traditional capture methods. With demonstrators deployed in industrial settings, Divea aims to provide a scalable decarbonization pathway for hard-to-abate sectors. | |||
| DNAir |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Biological: Bio tech, Smart: Sensors |
| Companies in land-intensive sectors such as mining, utilities and construction have legal obligations to monitor and manage biodiversity through the lifecycle of operations. Beyond legal requirements, the global trend towards natural capital accounting and nature risk management means companies are also beginning to recognise the strategic value of nature and biodiversity for value chain management, access to capital and market positioning. Still, companies lack access to timely and comprehensive data about biodiversity. Without high-quality data companies cannot measure the exact extent of their biodiversity impact and dependency, and therefore struggle to develop effective strategies to manage it. DNAir has developed a purpose-built air eDNA sampler capable of collecting high-quality air eDNA at scale. Instead of sending a team of ecological experts into the field, DNAir sensors continuously and reliably collect high-quality air eDNA, which after a standard laboratory extraction process is converted into granular biodiversity data. Beyond the clear use case of biodiversity monitoring, the same data that DNAir collects can eventually be leveraged across other sectors e.g. for managing agricultural pests and invasive species, protecting rare and threatened species, as well as tracking antibiotic resistance genes. It also has potential applications in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, such as novel protein discovery from the genetic sequences of newly detected species. | |||
| Dyneo Technologies |
2023 GE Validation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Data usage, IT: IOT Internet of Things, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: Home & building, Smart: Sensors |
| Dyneo provides District Heating and Cooling network operators with a data-driven solution to reduce the carbon footprint of their infrastructures. Its data-driven solution seamlessly integrates with existing networks, reducing heat losses and increasing their share of renewables. Dyneo is already supporting operators with a combined installed capacity of over 300 MW and is determined to reinforce both domestic and international footprint. Dyneo’s unique value proposition is twofold. First, its technology can connect to any thermal network, regardless of their digital maturity and equipment modernity. This provides a unified solution without the need for expensive and time-consuming modernization. Second, its data-driven approach allows for a fully automated modelling of the infrastructures that does not require manual configuration. This enables a fast deployment with minimal client efforts. This allows operators to achieve significant efficiency gains at scale, across large networks with minimal complexity and cost. | |||
| ecosolve.energy |
2023 GR Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| EcoSolve.Energy provides world-class energy management and monitoring solutions across Switzerland, giving businesses the tools they need to save energy and make their buildings truly smart. | |||
| eightinks |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| Eightinks manufactures and designs lithium ion solid-state batteries. By regarding industrial production at an industrial scale their technology is suitable for large scale productions. By implementing a recyclable fast-charging cell design the batteries are more efficient to produce and more eco-friendly. | |||
| Elenir |
2025 Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software, Smart: Grid |
| Elenir develops energy management software that combines classical optimisation transparency with data-driven insights, enabling industrial and commercial operators to safely optimise multi-energy systems and participate in grid flexibility markets. | |||
| Eleven Dynamics |
2020 SO Validation |
Financials & Information Technology [ Efficiency Solutions, Engineering & Industrial Design, Resource Efficiency ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Robotic |
| nEleven Dynamics is a software developer and full-breed integrator of automated production solutions, specializing in smart automation for manufacturing quality inspection and robotics. The company's open platform (NEXOS/Automation Suite) interconnects existing metrology software with measurement devices and sensors to automate and streamline measurement workflows, enabling Smart Factory 4.0. | |||
| Emissium |
2023 VD Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| Emissium brings reliable, transparent and actionable electricity emissions data | |||
| Enchar |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Enchar is the first comprehensive B2B biochar market platform. With the help of their expertise and their biochar database Enchar helps customers pick the right form of biochar for their endeavor. For suppliers the platform offers an easy and risk free way to sell their produce. | |||
| Enlightra |
2017 VD Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Components: Optic devices |
| Optical microresonator offer a unique solution to the ever increasing demand for more telecommunications bandwidth and many other areas of use like Optical References, Low Noise Microwave .. | |||
| Aquazoom |
2015 ZG Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Energy: Hydro |
| AquaZoom removes barriers to fish migration while producing power - economically restoring rivers everywhere. We strive for electricity production in complete harmony with nature. Therefore, we grew to leading pioneers in micro hydropower and aim to share our patented water vortex technology worldwide. | |||
| Entomos |
2009 VD Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| the world's first 50/50 flexi-burger made with 50% organic Swiss mealworms and 50% Swiss beef | |||
| eRevo |
2020 LU Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Combustion tech & combined heat and power, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| 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. | |||
| Evaarist |
2024 VS Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| Evaarist is a Swiss company based in Sion, specializing in renewable energy and energy self-sufficiency solutions enabling autarci through batteries. The company develops network platforms that optimize energy production, storage, and consumption, enabling businesses and communities to achieve greater energy independence. | |||