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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Wind Power |
2010 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| Agile Wind Power develops technology solutions for energy production from wind energy. It develops a vertically-rotating wind turbine which is able to reduce maintenance costs, and increase profitability and efficiency. | |||
| SwissGeoPower Engineering |
2010 AG formation |
[ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Geothermal energy |
| SwissGeoPower Engineering AG constructs, operates, rents and sells power plants nationally and internationally for the production of primarily electricity and secondarily heat from deep geothermal energy. These are closed petro-geo-energy power plants, which produce electricity and heat in a clean, sustainable and self-sufficient manner, which guarantees autonomy. | |||
| Catecar Industries |
2010 VD restructuring, on hold, no development |
Behavioural change,Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Construction & buildings,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Transport & logistics of goods ] | e-car, e-cargo, e-mobility, Filters & Membranes, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Catecar is a Swiss private company born in 2010 dedicated to innovation, development production and commercialization of products in the field of a green and cleaner individual transportation to reduce the warming climate and air pollution, more specifically as regards PM, NOx and CO2. Out of three projects in which Catecar is currently involved : 1. Dragonfly, the first depolluting car ; 2. Catefuel, the Truck CO2 Capture, 3. CatecairTM the PM, NOx and then CO2 air cleaner. 4. CatecairTM, 101, 40 and 70 for companies | |||
| e-netz |
2010 AG growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy management solutions ] | Communication |
| e-Netz AG is an independent planning, engineering and consulting company specialising in technical and energy issues in the energy sector. e-Netz AG unites independent experts for networks, engineering and the energy industry under one roof. | |||
| ENSY |
2010 GR stagnant |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| ENSY AG manifactures plans, installs and manages Drinking Water Turbines to produce electricity in small communities. | |||
| EVTEC |
2010 LU growth |
[ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
| EVTEC offers high speed electric car charging station with different configuration and sizes. | |||
| Grove Boats |
2010 VD established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Maritime and waterways transport, Mobility & Fleet management, Waste & recycling ] | Battery, e-mobility, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercializes electro-solar and hybrid boats intended for passenger transportation, for capacities ranging from 12 to 100 passengers. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of prototypes. Such developments enabled us for example to recently launch the “Solar SeaCleaner”, first st “zero emission” boat to clean port and swimming areas Participation: Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercialises electric and solar boats. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of “zero emission” crafts to clean port and swimming areas | |||
| 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. | |||
| Lumartix |
2010 VD growth |
[ Electricity efficiency ] | Lighting |
| Lumartix is unveiling new generation power light source. Lumixo plasma lamp reduce dramatically the operating and maintenance costs thanks to producing directly spectrum AM1.5 or AM0 (without filter) and the very long lamp life time up to 40'000 hours. | |||
| Mootral |
2018 VD validation |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies, Climate technologies |
| Mootral is a British-Swiss company that develops innovative, scalable and sustainable solutions for the agricultural systems of tomorrow. MOOTRAL is an AgriTech company based in Switzerland that develops innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agricultural sector. Mootral Ruminant is a natural feed supplement that significantly reduces methane emissions from ruminants. It is based on a proprietary combination of organosulfur compounds from garlic and bioflavonoids extracted from citrus. By using Mootral Ruminant, customers can benefit from tradable carbon credits issued under Verra's VCS scheme. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| NVTerra |
2010 VS validation |
[ Resource efficiency, Water Management ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| NVterra S.A. is a Swiss-based technology company specialized in water purification with clean technologies, such as electrolysis, which are often combined with other physic-chemical and biological treatments. | |||
| Qualysense |
2010 ZH growth |
[ Food production & retail, Forestry ] | Enabling technologies |
| QualySense develops high-end solutions for a safe and sustainable food supply. By pioneering single-kernel analysis, combining two sensing technologies - QualySense is helping seed breeders, food companies and inspection agencies to achieve excellence in nutrition, health and safety. | |||
| CTU Clean Technology Universe |
2010 ZH sold but still independently active |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Waste treatment with Responsibility and Value Recovery | |||
| Gastros Switzerland |
2022 ZH established |
[ Engineering ] | Heat Exchanger, Heat industrial usage |
| Gastros Switzerland redefines the way of how food can be kept warm. We offer a genuine alternative for professionals from the catering industry who like to feed their guests at modern, multi-functional and individually designed buffets. | |||
| Pingen |
2010 ZH growth |
Enabling technologies | |
| Pingen is a web based service to automate the process of sending electronic documents as postal letters. By partnering with professional print companies distributed across various markets, Pingen achieves faster deliveries, cheaper prizes while even reducing the carbon footprint. | |||
| Renergon International |
2010 TG growth |
Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Renewable technologies | |
| RENERGON extracts value from organic waste in creating valuable, sustainable products such as biofuel, biogas, renewable energy, compost, fertilizer, & biochar - always combineRenergon International AG with global social and environmental responsibility. | |||
| streamwise |
2010 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),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. | |||
| Amphiro |
2009 ZH growth |
Behavioural change,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Hydro energy (small scale), IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Amphiro develops intelligent systems that indicate the energy consumption when using hot water - and motivate a conscious use of energy. amphiro displays the water and energy consumption directly when showering and thus promotes a conscious use of hot water. | |||
| AVA Biochem (5-hmf) |
2015 BS established |
Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) | |
| AVA Biochem produce chemical compounds from waste. They have developed, piloted and patented a fully water-based process for the conversion of industrial sugars into the 100% bio-based molecule 5-HMF. This platform chemical is ideally positioned to advantageously replace petroleum-sourced chemicals in various mass-market applications, due to its versatility, non-toxicity and bio-sourcing. Targeted applications include biopolymers as well as resins and adhesives. | |||
| Biocom Energy |
2009 VD established |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) |
| development and promotion of new renewables energies, in particular the production and the distribution of biomass. Biocom Energy is specialized in the recycling of vegetables waste in biofuels mainly coming from plant shells and stones. | |||
| BNL Clean Energy |
2009 ZG stagnant |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| The BNL Clean Energy Group provides standardised modular Zero Emission Zero Residue Clean Energy plants for biomass and waste-to-energy solutions. It also helps with financing the solutions. | |||
| ClimatePlace |
2009 VD growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Service pooling ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The platform Climat Place seeks to highlight pre-due-diligenced, bankable climate-related projects in order to raise a blend of public and private capital required to make such green development projects a reality | |||
| Climeworks |
2009 ZH growth |
[ climate carbon removal ] | Climate technologies |
| Climeworks develops, builds and operates direct air capture machines. With our technology we capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. The air-captured carbon dioxide can either be recycled and used as a raw material, or completely removed from the air by safely storing it. Our machines consist of modular CO₂ collectors that can be stacked to build machines of any size. Climeworks direct air capture machines are powered solely by renewable energy or energy-from-waste. | |||
| Designwerk Technologies |
2009 ZH established |
[ Engineering, Information technology ] | e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
| Designwerk sells charging stations (mobile and fix) and specialized in the development of electric vehicle and truck systems and battery. On clients behalf, they develop complete systems from the study to the prototype with regard to mechanics, electronics, software. | |||
| eSMART Technologies |
2011 VD established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| eSMART develops intelligent systems for building automation. It can manage building functions like heating, lighting, electricity or videophone systems with a touchscreen in the living room or a smartphone app. The screen can also display the current use of electricity and water in real-time, informing occupants about energy consumption. | |||
| Explosion Power |
2009 AG established |
[ Energy Production, Heating and cooling energy, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Enabling technologies, Filters & Membranes, Heat industrial usage |
| Small explosion generator to clean heat pump tubes of industrial processes Participation: Online cleaning technology with Shock Pulse Technology to remove deposits on heat exchanger surfaces, e.g. membrane walls and tube bundles for large boiler plants (waste to energy, biomass, industrial heat recovery eg.) | |||
| Green Motion |
2009 VD established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Engineering ] | Battery, e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| Green Motion is an independent company founded in Lausanne in 2009, which locally designs and produces charging systems for electric vehicles. The Swiss company is among pioneers of the charging infrastructure market, and has been successfully installing its charging stations throughout the country for more than 10 years. The Green Motion line includes private and public charging stations, quick chargers as well as centralized charging management systems for public parking. All Green Motion stations are designed to operate in network and include state-of-the-art functions such as multi-channel payment, vehicle charging regulation as a function of usage of the electric network as well as roaming between national and international operators. | |||