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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRZ Technologies |
2017 FR Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Other: Enabling tech |
| GRZ Technologies Ltd. is a company active in the field of renewable energy storage. Two products were released in 2017: a Hydrogen Compressor (HyCo) and an Advanced Gas Analysing System (AGAS). Both are laboratory equipment for the scientific community as well as for quality control in industry | |||
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies |
2012 FR Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Energy: Hydro, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Environment: Climate tech |
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies SA - is a swiss development stage company specializing in research, development, creation and implementation in the sphere of clean energy production, production of boehmite nanopowders & maintenance of ecological safety of industrial enterprises. | |||
| dingz (iolo) |
2018 FR Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things |
| The problem with Smart Homes: they are either expensive, complicated, fragile and quickly out of date or filled with gadgets with limited applications. That's why we invented dingz: a Smart Home should be easy to install and even easier to use. It doesn't need to cost too much and has to remain open to future developments. We think we did it. What might just look like an elegant light switch is nothing less than the bridge from traditional living towards the standard of the future. | |||
| Koord |
2016 FR Validation |
[ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Energy: Motor & actuator, Mobility: Drone & flight |
| KOORD provides customized mechatronic solutions optimized for the needs of companies as well as research and development offices. Our multidisciplinary know-how in the fields of mechanics, electronics and software offers you a complete support for the development of your products, from the feasibility study to the production of series. | |||
| LES BATOILLES |
2019 FR Growth |
[ Circular Economy ] | Other: Low tech |
| A reusable bag from recycled material produced locally for vegetables and other shoppings to replace plastic bags and an online shop to sell locally made items. | |||
| ECO-TSAPI (Neotex Concept) |
2017 FR Growth |
[ Lifestyle Products & Services ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| eco-tsapi consists of a fabric impregnated with beeswax and organic jojoba oil. Called wrap in English or bees wrap in the jargon of consum'actors, it allows you to pack food in a simple and 100% natural way. The advantage: it is reusable because it is washable! | |||
| PubliBike |
2010 FR Established |
[ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Mobility: E-bike, Mobility: Electric |
| Since 2009, PubliBike has been offering bike sharing networks in several Swiss cities and is constantly expanding its offer. We take care of everything: from the development of a site concept to starting the service, including operations, customer service and network promotion... To strengthen our teams, we regularly look for creative, motivated and passionate profiles for the mobility of the future. | |||
| ResiLi |
2021 FR Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Components: Filters & membranes |
| ResiLi takes the slaughtherhouses wastewater and filter it with high-tech filtration so this water can go back to the process using less energy than normal. | |||
| ROOMZ |
2015 FR Established |
Buildings & Construction [ Building Technologies ] | Smart: Home & building |
| ROOMZ SA is developing and promoting unique tools to better manage the agile workplaces of tomorrow. We are a rapidly growing Start-up based in Fribourg, Switzerland. Our award-winning product ROOMZ is the most scalable and easiest-to-install room signage solution in the Marketplace. | |||
| Softcar |
2011 FR Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Softcar designed a car with the lowest carbon footprint, assembled in “nano factories”, the local production facilities. Softcar propose a new generation car considering CO2 emissions over its entire life circle. At Softcar, everything is done to reduce the carbon impact and they have achieved so by entering the circular economy where we recycle the components and remelt them into similar pieces. The Softcar's mission is to preserve a blue sky in the cities around the world. | |||
| Swiss Hydrogen |
2008 FR Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Hydro, Energy: Hydro (small scale), Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| Swiss Hydrogen SA develops clean energy solutions for a variety of applications. The common factor is hydrogen! When produced using renewable energy, hydrogen becomes the ultimate clean energy vector, permitting zero-loss storage, simple scalability, and zero-emission electricity production. At Swiss Hydrogen, we strive to deliver tailor-made, turn-key solutions. | |||
| YORD |
2021 FR Validation |
Buildings & Construction,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| YORD reduces your heating consumption by up to 40%, while increasing your comfort. YORD is a Swiss solution that can be adapted to any type of building and heating system. | |||
| Apizoom |
2016 FR Growth |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| A beekeeper teamed up with the Signal Processing Laboratory 5 and a group of EPFL students to develop an app that counts the number of Varroa mites in beehives. This parasite is one of the two main threats – along with pesticides – to bees’ long-term survival. Knowing the extent of the mites’ infestation will allow beekeepers to protect their bees more effectively. | |||
| Foodathome |
2020 FR Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Food Delivery Service | |||
| cluster food & nutrition |
2022 FR Formation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| The Food & Nutrition Cluster is an association that has been active in the food sector since 2015. As a networking and intermediary platform at regional and national level, the Food & Nutrition Cluster aims to strengthen cooperation between the various players in the food ecosystem and support them in their innovation efforts. It combines food processing expertise with know-how on nutrition, health and new technologies, always taking into account sustainability and the principle of the circular economy. More than 80 members and partners from the food, agriculture, packaging and distribution sectors, as well as research and educational institutions, the public sector and trade associations are currently part of the Food & Nutrition Cluster network. | |||
| Cultivated Biosciences |
2021 FR Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Creamy dairy free solutions from yeast for animal free food products. | |||
| 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. | |||
| ID Technologies |
2019 FR Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Smart: Device, Smart: Sensors |
| ID Technologies is a Swiss engineering & R&D company specializing in clean energy, smart sensors and advanced technological solutions. They deliver tailored development services, manage intellectual property, and build high-tech prototypes ready for industrialization — with a portfolio ranging from renewable energy systems and precision sensors to medical devices and mobility solutions.” | |||
| Local'ice |
2021 FR Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| Natural and Local Soft-Ice and Granite | |||
| 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. | |||
| Projets 21 |
2019 FR Growth |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | None |
| Projets 21 measures the CO2 balance of your activity, analyzes how companies can minimize their CO2 emissions, takes steps to obtain 14001 certification. | |||
| Riedo Networks |
2005 FR Established |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Smart: Device, Smart: Grid |
| Riedo Networks Ltd develops, manufactures and distributes energy monitoring & control solutions that help customers to reduce costs for electricity and maintenance while improving monitoring and security of installations in Datacenters, buildings and large facilities. The E3METER® intelligent power distribution units measure energy consumption on all stages within a datacenter and communicate over extremely robust narrowband Powerline communication (PLC) which minimizes installation time and cost. | |||
| Selfrag |
2006 FR Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Selfrag aims to reduce the CO2 emissions on our planet by transforming waste to value. They do this by processing slag from waste incineration using high-voltage machines to extract resources such as heavy metals. This way up to 50% of the treated slag can be recovered. | |||
| Seprify |
2022 FR Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Food Safety & Quality, Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Seprify is a Swiss bio-materials company that transforms cellulose – the world's most abundant biopolymer – into high-performance, plant-based functional ingredients. Its products serve as sustainable alternatives to synthetic materials like titanium dioxide across food, cosmetics, pharma, coatings, and inks. Flagship products include SilvaLuma™ for cosmetics and SilvaAlba™ for food whitening. | |||
| 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. | |||
| velocorner |
2016 FR Established |
[ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The biggest online market place in switzerland for bikes, e-bikes and bike equipment. Specialized as well as private dealers can sell their products on the platform. Since January 2023 the TCS ist the majority stakeholder and velocorner has been integrated into the TCS world. | |||
| agrarpiloten |
2018 BE Sold but still independently active |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Agrarpiloten GmbH has set itself the goal of revolutionising work in agriculture in a targeted manner. We have a large pool of different pilots from all over Switzerland. Our multicopters can be used in a variety of ways and are fast and efficient in their execution. Through a mobile charging system, we are able to recharge the mobile batteries and thus do our work quickly and efficiently. | |||
| Aventor |
2014 BE Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric |
| Efficient racing cars : nearly 100% recyclable, light-weighed (300kg), low maintenance costs .LCA is used to reduce impact. | |||
| Barto |
2017 BE Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Barto is a portal for digital collection and networking of farm and production data all in one portal. The farmer saves time and maintains an overview of the company's documentation and planning at all times. | |||
| batterylog |
2022 BE Formation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, IT: IOT Internet of Things |
| Batterylog provides data and software driven solutions for the monitoring of electrical batteries. Based on a digital twin, our customers get an insight in the state of each individual battery and a quick overview to the whole battery fleet. We build customer specific dashboards or integrate our backend to an existing IT system. | |||