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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuré Nutrition |
Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Nuré Nutrition is the first natural kids' supplement brand, free from controversial additives. Crafted with premium bioavailable ingredients, their supplements fill nutritional gaps to support the child's immunity, growth, and well-being. | |||
| Nutrai |
2016 ZH Formation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Health Solutions ] | Smart: Device |
| We discover the how, when, & why of food consumption patterns that are affecting patients health | |||
| NutriFly |
2020 FL Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| NutriFly produces high quality products for animals and plants from insects. In our production process, we exclusively process regionally available by-products from the agricultural and food industries into high-protein animal feed and nutrient-rich fertilizers. | |||
| Octotronic |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions, Efficiency Solutions, Engineering & Industrial Design ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Internet of Things IOT, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Octotronic empowers manufacturers to unlock the full potential of their production data. Its platform OctoCore connects machines, sensors, cameras, and IT/OT systems into a unified data foundation, enabling teams to monitor performance, detect anomalies, and scale AI-driven use cases across factories – without coding. Trusted by industry leaders including Nestlé, BMW, VAT, Datwyler, and Biotronik, Octotronic helps manufacturers move from fragmented data to scalable industrial intelligence. | |||
| oecogreen |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Mobility: E-cargo |
| Containers repeatedly cause environmental pollution due to improper or inadequate cleaning. Oecogreen sells and rents out containers and cleans and desinfects them regularly. To do this they use a fleet of electric garbage trucks to emit less CO2. In addition they recycle all the dirty water from the cleaning, so that it can not pollute its surroundings. | |||
| OekoSolve |
2014 SG Growth |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Filters & membranes |
| OekoSolve produces electrostatic precipitators that offers technical solutions in the area of micro-dust emission reduction. They also develop custom made solutions. | |||
| offcut |
2018 BL Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| OFFCUT sammelt und verkauft Gebraucht- und Restmaterialien und macht so aus Reststoffen wieder Werkstoffe. | |||
| Deski |
2020 ZH In liquidation or closed |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| On their website "Deski" the open2work GmbH offers a Airbnb like online platform for office spaces. Companies with unused workspaces can display them on the page so that customers can rent them on either a daily or monthly basis. This is to reduce Co2 emissions from unused office space. | |||
| Opendata.ch |
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[ Financial Services ] | None |
| Open Forest Protocol |
2021 ZG Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Environmental Monitoring, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Financial Services ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Software |
| Open Forest Protocol (OFP) enables, validates, and delivers high quality carbon credits. Forest projects of any size anywhere on earth can measure, report, and verify their progress with no up-front costs. From large government initiatives to small landowners and indigenous communities who have been classically left behind by legacy systems, we provide the tools to demonstrate the impact of their land restoration or reforestation efforts, opening access to long-term financing with innovative, intuitive technology. | |||
| openversum |
2023 ZH Growth |
[ Water Management ] | Components: Filters & membranes |
| Openversum produces a low cost all-in-one water filter for the removal of pathogens, pesticides, heavy metals and micropollutants. Using their online platform local entrepreneurs can get the necessary knowhow to micro franchise the filters around the globe. | |||
| Sqin Tea |
2019 GE Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Our innovative supplements are a powerful combination of active natural ingredients, Swiss organic alpine herbs and selected premium tea leaves to nourish, protect and repair your skin. | |||
| Optimal Energy |
2025 VD Formation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We help mid-size balance groups to reduce their imbalance penalties, with zero investment, based on dynamic pricing and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capacity reservation through APIs. The stability of electricity grids & the security of energy supply depend on maintaining a permanent balance between generation and consumption. With the increasing integration of intermittent renewable energies, such as solar and wind, mid-size energy actors in CH and worldwide are facing growing challenges & huge financial penalties for the energy imbalances. Large-scale battery site is an ideal solution, but th mentioned actors lack financial or in-house technical capacity to own a site. Cloud for Energy Sector: Our solution addresses this problem by offering a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution, allowing the actors to reserve and obtain access to the battery capacities on-demand. The platform is composed of IoT field devices to interact with battery facilities, intelligent APIs for interaction with client and optimisation algorithms for capacity planning and pricing. Client can have access to batteries with zero initial investment to mitigate their imbalance penalties. | |||
| OPTIML |
2022 ZH Validation |
IT: Software | |
| OPTIML is the next generation of AI-based software for intelligent cost and CO₂-conscious decision support and asset management in the building sector. | |||
| OptiZone |
2025 Formation |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Health Solutions, Sports & Recreation, Wellness & Preventive Care ] | IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| OptiZone develops a sensor-based athletic management system that tests ground force and knee alignment to detect ACL injury risk, identify causes, and provide personalized training recommendations for high-level athletes. https://optizone.ch/ | |||
| CertCare (Originfood) |
2018 VD Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| At Originfood, we work with our Clients to digitalise processes that help shed light on Supply Chain blind spots. We don't do "consulting", we engage to enhance transparency and reduce operational redundancies. | |||
| Oxyle |
2020 ZH Formation |
Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech | |
| Oxyle uses clean energy to degrade hazardous micropollutants from wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemicals etc. | |||
| Pakka |
2007 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| We offer a range of high-quality organic and Fairtrade snacks under the Pakka brand to individual and business customers (in particular, the restaurant and catering trade, and wholesalers). | |||
| PAN DATA |
2021 BS Growth |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Pump, Energy: Geothermal, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal, Environment: Water conservation, IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: City |
| Energy planning on a city and cantonal level to assure energy transition of full building stock (coordination between district heating and individual heating solutions) | |||
| PanGeo |
2025 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Data Platforms & Solutions, Environmental Monitoring, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Smart: City |
| Science-based nature risk intelligence for a resilient future. PanGeo enables financial institutions and companies to reduce their biodiversity and water footprints. | |||
| Panier local |
2015 FR Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The aim of panier local is the marketing and transport of consumer goods from regional producers. 70% of the product price goes to the producer, like a digital local marketplace. | |||
| Paradox Engineering |
2000 TI Sold but still independently active |
Energy & Power Systems,Financials & Information Technology,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes,Mobility & Transport [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: City |
| Leveraging our deep technological know-how, we offer Internet of Things platforms to unlock the value of our customers’ data: our solutions enable Cities and companies to collect, transport, store and deliver any kind of data lying in urban objects or industrial plants, transforming information into | |||
| PeelPack |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| PeelPack is a pioneering initiative set to transform the fresh produce packaging landscape. By introducing biodegradable and compostable biopolymer punnets, PeelPack aims to replace traditional paper and plastic packaging, significantly reducing the environmental footprint linked to fresh fruit and vegetable distribution and waste management. | |||
| Pelt8 |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Pelt provides organisations with a business intelligence and reporting solution for ESG & sustainability data. We help companies organise all indicators they have to collect, manage and disclose in one tool. | |||
| Kaex |
2016 ZH Established |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Food tech |
| KAEX reload provides the energy you need to give you the best possible recovery through targeted replenishment of nutrient stores. | |||
| Picterra |
2016 VD Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Environmental Monitoring ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Picterra provides a cloud-based platform for geospatial analysis, leveraging AI and machine learning. Their solutions enable businesses to process and analyze satellite, drone, and aerial imagery to extract actionable insights. Serving industries such as agriculture, mining, and infrastructure, Picterra helps companies make data-driven decisions for operational efficiency and sustainability. | |||
| Pingen |
2010 ZH Growth |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| 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. | |||
| Piss & Love |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | None |
| Piss & love design, produce and offers innovating dry toilets which are movable without machines and customizable. Furthermore, we aim to transform human waste into valuable nutrients for plants or energy. | |||
| Planetary Group |
2021 Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Alternative Proteins, Food Systems & Food Tech, Precision Fermentation & Nutrition ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Food tech, IT: Artificial intelligence AI |
| planetary builds, owns, and operates a global network of fermentation facilities to produce bio-based products at scale using its proprietary BioBlocks™ platform, enabling precision fermentation, biomass fermentation (mycoprotein), and bio-based materials production. | |||
| Pleasant Plants |
2021 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| Grow your own organic herbs and vegetables at home, with little work and little waste! Our automated systems save you time, water, nutrients and pesticides, and deliver fresh ingredients every day. | |||