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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rüedu |
2020 BE Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| "Rüedu" is your neighborhood store where you can get local and seasonal food every day. The neighborhood stores are 18 square meter wooden containers. | |||
| SERA Intelligence |
2020 ZH Established |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Our digital concierge service gives you access to a horticulture consultant when you need them. Empowered by data analytics, our experts make sure you get the best results from your greenhouse. | |||
| siloxene |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Siloxene supports the Performance and Renewable Raw Material Sectors, to be able, to provide better products and enhance their processes, in order to reach market leading excellence and act on their environmental Responsibility. | |||
| SimpleTrain |
2020 ZH Growth |
[ Rail Transport ] | IT: Data usage |
| SimpleTrain GmbH specializes in international train travel with a user-friendly booking platform that makes European train journeys easy and affordable. The company promotes sustainable travel by offering personalized customer support and accommodating special requests like group trips, bike transport, and train-ferry combinations. | |||
| Sintio |
2020 SZ Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Sintio ensures that charging stations for electric vehicles in properties run smoothly – reliably, flexibly, throughout Switzerland. Our software not only takes care of the operation of the charging infrastructure, but also invoices the charging energy directly to the users and offers fast and competent support in the event of technical problems. | |||
| Solar Manager |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Software, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| With rising electricity prices and higher electricity usage (heat pumps, e-mobility) it became a need of each owner of a photovoltaic (PV) system to optimally distribute the produced PV power. Therefore, we developed Solar Manager – a system that is simple to install and fun to use through a beautiful app. We are a software company building an internet of energy platform. We are using a B2B2C model. Solar Manager is sold and installed by photovoltaic installers with the option of white labeling. | |||
| Spirecut |
2020 FR Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Other: Low tech |
| No skin incision, Safe surgery, Better outcomes We commercialise Sono-Instruments® to treat carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger. | |||
| Stash |
2020 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| STASH delivers everything you need by bike: groceries, beverages, tobacco, household products, etc. in less than 10 minutes. | |||
| SUIND |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Air Transport ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Enabling drone companies to unlock the full potential of drones by providing them with state of the art safety solution. | |||
| SUNWELL |
2020 VD Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Our fully integrated software solution enables the most economical and efficient design of solar photovoltaic installations in the Alps and beyond. The entire process in one software: best location, optimized design, easy permitting, reliable contracting, maximum profit. | |||
| Swistor |
2022 VD Formation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| Swistor develops the next generation of energy storage device for a clean, sustainable future. The Lithium and Cobalt free solution enables charging our devices ultra fast, extends the lifetime 30 times and is environmentally friendly and safe. | |||
| TEIL.style |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| TEIL - the open closet in Bern and alternative to todays clothing consumption. Sustainability, variety and style are possible when we borrow more and own less. | |||
| testmate |
2020 VD Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| The wait-time for test results identifying the four most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is three to seven days. Testmate Health is the first rapid at home self-test that provides results in minutes, in an anonymous, convenient and easy manner. Results are scanned and uploaded to a paired app that guides patients towards appropriate follow-up if necessary. | |||
| Wild Foods |
2020 BE Growth |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Vegan alternative to salmon from smoked organic carrots. Plant-Based from the Bernese Oberland. | |||
| Yeastup |
2020 AG |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Yeastup gives spent brewer's yeast a second life through the production of high-quality ingredients that promote human health and well-being while contributing to the circular economy. | |||
| Yuon Control |
2020 BE Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Smart: City, Smart: Grid |
| Yuon Control is a Swiss cleantech startup optimizing district heating networks with AI-driven Model Predictive Control (MPC). Our software creates digital twins of heating systems to continuously balance supply and demand, reducing peak loads, improving efficiency, and cutting CO₂ emissions. Unlike traditional solutions, Yuon requires no hardware upgrades. We integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure, enabling fast and cost-effective deployment. Our target customers are energy utilities and municipal district heating operators in Europe, especially in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. We are already operating in major Swiss networks, including ewb Bern and Energie 360° Zürich, covering 250+ buildings, and are expanding in Germany with local energy partners. Yuon provides utilities with smarter load management and a scalable path to low-carbon district heating. | |||
| Zizania |
2020 VS Growth |
[ Circular Economy ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| ZiZAN!A transforms plant residues into high-quality cosmetic products through an upcycling process, thereby minimizing food waste. The cosmetic line is characterized by natural, sustainable ingredients and formulations. | |||
| Akksel |
2021 BS Formation |
[ Circular Economy ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We reduce environmental pollution, costs and exploitation of people and nature by linking producers and consumers of limited resources through a circular economy multi-sided platform for batteries used in Electric Vehicles and large-scale battery storage systems. We are connecting buyers with suppliers through an exponentially growing value network to guarantee added value with each transaction. | |||
| Beyond Scroll |
2023 VD Formation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Pump, Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Energy: Geothermal, Energy: Heat Exchanger, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Storage other than batteries, Mobility: E-car |
| At Beyond Scroll we sell Oil-free compressor for medical, AC for E-car & Hydrogen Fuel Stations | |||
| Correntics |
2021 ZH Formation |
[ Risk Prevention ] | None |
| With our data-driven approach and a deep understanding of risk, we help our clients to future-proof their supply chains and improve their resilience in the face of climate change and emerging risks while ensuring the sustainability of business activities. | |||
| Librec |
2021 SO Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Battery, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use, Mobility: Electric |
| Collection and "closed-loop" recycling of all components of lithium-ion batteries from e-mobility | |||
| Limoo |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Unknown |
| When you order from Limoo, you can order with the same excitement, assurance and peace of mind that come with dining out at any top-quality restaurant establishment. Our Chefs are professional private chefs or small family businesses traiteurs which comply with local food safety regulations and Limoo’s highest food standards. Limoo’s expert food tasters will also sample every single chef dish to ensure they’re amazing in flavor and value before adding it to our menus and reaching you! | |||
| novaziun |
2021 GR Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Battery, Mobility: Electric, Other: Enabling tech |
| We decarbonize because we know what needs to be preserved. As a solution provider and engineering company, we design and develop innovative vehicles and machines. Together with our customers, we electrify the world with moving innovations. | |||
| Recogn.ice |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| We, a young bunch of natural scientists and journalists, truly believe that recognition is key to care. This is why, in January 2019, we felt the urgency to launch “Recogn.ice”; a nonprofit organisation for the recognition of this cryosphere. Our team is committed to accomplish that one goal: for people around the world to recognise, understand and ultimately care for all frozen parts of our planet. Founded in February 2019 in Zurich, the core team of Recogn.ice consists of a glacierologist, a geologist, a communications consultant, an award-winning designer, data scientists and IT specialists. Together, we strive to present these features and data in an attractive and intuitive way : - with yellow frames indicating the very presence of the surrounding expression of the cryosphere ; - with an intuitive app ; - with an educational website mapping the cryosphere. | |||
| Re-Company |
2019 GE Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste management tech |
| Reinvent common products to have a sustainable impact. Starting with a bottle. REBO is the first product from the Re-company, and is a REvolutionary BOttle. It is the first bottle that cleans the planet as you drink. Thanks to a smart cap we are able to measure the water intake (and plastic saving) of the user, send it to the REBO app, convert it through blockchain into a green credit, and use the proceedings to fund the collection of bottles littering the environment. The bottle also offers a customized hydration plan to its users, it is equipped with a unique one hand push cap (developed with Aptar), and has an insulated stainless steel body keeping drinks cold for 24h. | |||
| RemoteScout |
2021 Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| RemoteScout creates software solutions for remote and hybrid companies. | |||
| Secend |
2021 ZH Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Secend rescues nearly expired food, helping you save money while preventing food waste. | |||
| ShadeMe |
2021 VD Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Building Technologies ] | Smart: Sensors |
| ShadeMe deliver decentralized anti-glare smart blinds and controller to turn buildings greener and lighting more comfortable | |||
| Space4Impact |
2021 VD Formation |
[ Behavioural Change ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Space4Impact wants to maximize the positive impact of Space technologies on Earth by linking New Space companies to non-space markets. The goal is to internationally boost the growing New Space Economy in line with the UN SDGs. It created a digital ecosystem platform to help corporates, investors and organisations, who want to integrate disruptive solutions, innovate and accelerate their impact sustainably by learning, conducting open innovation challenges and initiating pilot projects with startups and News Space companies. | |||
| SquareFactory (previously csquare) |
2021 VD Formation |
[ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Data usage |
| SquareFactory will offer a full end-to-end MLOps platform for training, deploying, and hosting AI models cost-effectively, at scale, as well as consulting and development services to help businesses to efficiently implement AI solutions and help them transition to the new era. | |||