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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Too Good To Go |
2022 ZH Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Too Good To Go is a social impact company on a mission to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together with an APP, which is the world's largest marketplace for surplus food. It helps users rescue good food from going to waste, offering great value for money at local stores, cafes and restaurants. | |||
| topGrid |
2024 LU Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| TopGrid is a user-friendly online tool for thermal energy planning and for the development and planning of thermal grids. It accompanies you step by step, from the area analysis to the planning of thermal grids, from the strategy to the preliminary project. | |||
| Topten |
2000 ZH Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Web portal highlighting the most energy efficient consumer products: domestic appliances, office electronics, consumer electronics, lighting, building components and vehicles. | |||
| Translation-X |
2026 BS Formation |
[ Health Solutions, Risk Prevention ] | Biological: Bio tech, IT: Data usage, Other: Enabling tech |
| Translation-X is developing selective MNK inhibitor compounds that regulate mRNA translation to address core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Pre-clinical biotech spinoff from the Biozentrum, University of Basel. https://www.cbinsights.com/company/translation-x | |||
| Treasures of Nature |
2019 GE Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Health Solutions ] | Other: Unknown |
| Production and sale of organic, high quality (mainly cosmetic) products and not tested on animals while remaining at affordable prices. Our Elementals brand is also local (Swiss-made) and zero waste, with recyclable packaging. | |||
| MODUVO (TROBART) |
2022 TG Validation |
[ Building Construction, Waste Management & Recycling ] | None |
| Room separation in transition: Separate for the future, think circularly. | |||
| Unbound Potential |
2023 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Smart: Grid |
| We are developing the fastest scalable battery technology. It is a membrane-less flow battery platform solving the key bottlenecks of current flow battery technology and thus filling the technology gap for large scale stationary storage. Relevant use cases include behind and in front of the meter applications. We have been contacted by major energy producers, AI data center operators, as well as Amazon, all looking for the breakthrough technology enabling stationary storage at TWh-scale. | |||
| Under Industries |
2026 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems,Mobility & Transport [ Building Technologies, Engineering & Industrial Design, Infrastructure Construction ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, IT: Software, Smart: Robotic |
| Under Industries develops micro tunnel boring robots (MTBRs) to automate underground utility pipe installation. Reduces road closures and surface disruptions, lowering costs and environmental impact of urban infrastructure work. https://www.underindustries.com/ | |||
| UNIWASTEC |
2021 ZG Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells |
| UNIWASTEC is a technology company that operates in the field of waste-to-energy production. We have combined the most innovative and greenest waste-to-energy technologies to produce Green Hydrogen, Synthetic liquids and gases, electricity and drinking water. | |||
| UpCircle Technology |
2024 ZH Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency, Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence |
| UpCircle's AI technology helps collectors, sorters, and recyclers manage baled waste. Don't waste your waste, work with us! We analyze waste bales with cutting-edge computer vision technology developed at ETH Zurich. | |||
| UpGrain |
2021 AR Growth |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Food Systems & Food Tech, Resource Efficiency, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| UpGrain transforms side streams from breweries into valuable raw materials through Upcycling. In other words, we rescue spent grains from the brewing process to produce protein- and fiber-rich ingredients for a variety of applications in the food industry. | |||
| UpGrid |
2024 ZG Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use, Energy Sufficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: Grid |
| UpGrid is building the platform infrastructure for local energy communities. We enable private households, SMEs, and municipalities to co-own, share, and consume renewable electricity, even if they can’t install solar themselves. Our marketplace connects producers of solar energy with nearby consumers, allowing for direct sales at lower prices while producers earn more than from traditional feed-in tariffs. With the 2025 regulatory shift in Switzerland, local electricity communities (LEGs) can share electricity via the public grid and benefit from reduced grid tariffs. UpGrid provides a fully digital onboarding, billing, and visualization solution for LEGs, integrating smart metering and dynamic tariffing. Our USP is a plug and play platform tailored to the Swiss legal framework and optimized for multi-actor settings such as producers, tenants, energy utilities, and landlords. Unlike traditional utilities or isolated rooftop solutions, UpGrid offers end to end tools for transparent, fair, and profitable local energy exchange. | |||
| UrbanMetrix |
2021 TI Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies, Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| UrbanMetrix is a 3D site-analysis software that allows inverting the design-process of urban architecture by starting it from the local environmental resources. Our USP is based on an inverted volumetric approach backed by a set of innovative filtering, combination, and transformation features. The generated solutions pre-empt environmental performance producing an economic value increase in the range of 5%. | |||
| Urstamm |
2021 AR Formation |
[ Forestry & Restauration & Land Use ] | None |
| We enable and promote sustainable timber, forest management and regionality through transparency and efficient processes with digital proof of origin on the wood. | |||
| use again (sumami) |
2021 SO Validation |
Components: Resource or material optimisation | |
| Sumami records materials in buildings and uses them to create component catalogs for its customers. In this way, they record which components can be reused economically and ecologically in a construction project. With the USEAGAIN app, Sumami also offers a marketplace that connects reuse stakeholders. | |||
| Valibiotics |
2018 LU Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Regenerative Agriculture & Soil, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources |
| Valibiotics is a pioneer in utilizing microorganisms for agriculture. Since 2010, experts have been researching the optimal composition of microorganism strains in laboratories. The Swiss company Valibiotics AG and Austrian company Valibiotics GmbH specialize in implementing regenerative agriculture principles. Products include natural biostimulants and biofungicides that reduce chemical pesticide use while maintaining yields. Products are tested in scientifically monitored field trials in Europe, Asia, America and Australia. | |||
| Va-loo.ch |
2021 ZH Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use, Environment: Water conservation |
| The VaLoo association was founded on World Toilet Day 2021 with the aim "to create value from what ends up in the Loo". Our 44 founding members from 18 different organisations are a heterogeneous group of start-up entrepreneurs, associations, researchers, students and other interested parties. | |||
| ValTech Lifesciences |
2025 BE Validation |
[ Engineering & Industrial Design, Health Solutions, Risk Prevention ] | Biological: Bio tech, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Enabling tech |
| ValTech Lifesciences develops next-generation prosthetic heart valves with patented hemodynamic designs that reduce thrombogenicity in mechanical valves and prolong the lifespan of biological valves. Offers technology licensing to valve manufacturers. https://www.valtechlifesciences.com/ | |||
| Vege'tables |
2022 NE Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Vege’tables is a Smart Food consulting company offering concrete solutions to organisations, collective and commercial catering and individuals enabling them unlock their full potential and perform better, while doing their part for the planet. | |||
| VEIU Tech |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging, Mobility: Fleet management, Smart: Grid |
| Charge management solution that leverages E-Fleet operation data to unleash full flexibility potential and create value to grids and EV owners | |||
| vélocité |
2003 VD Established |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | None |
| We have been delivering since 1999, when vélocité had only one courier and a few dozen customers. Over the years, we have grown and expanded, joined the Swissconnect network, merged with Poste-it (Yverdon and Neuchâtel), created “antennas” in Vevey and Sion, and acquired through these experiences a real know-how in the field of fast delivery, which allows us to offer a high quality service to our customers. Today, the vélocité team has more than 50 employees, committed, motivated and ready to wet the jersey all year round and in all weather conditions, to deliver more than 300 deliveries by hand every day. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Verdant Data |
2023 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions, Efficiency Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Verdant Data leverages advanced process mining technologies to convert ESG metrics into tangible process improvements, enabling organizations to achieve their net-zero ambitions with precision and accountability. The company dissects the process landscape to spotlight inefficiencies, prioritize high-impact sustainability gaps, and implement data-driven optimizations. By integrating sustainability metrics into daily operations, Verdant Data helps businesses reduce their carbon footprints, enhance compliance with environmental regulations, and streamline resource management. The company also provides due diligence services, empowering strategic acquisitions with operational transparency. Selected for the Tenity Zurich Fintech Accelerator (Batch 13, 2024). | |||
| Energie Zukunft Schweiz |
2006 BS Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging, Smart: City, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| As one of the driving forces we are commited to a sustainable energy future in Switzerland. | |||
| Verity |
2014 ZH Established |
Mobility & Transport [ Efficiency Solutions ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Autonomous Inventory Tracking Powered by Self-Flying Drones. Optimize your supply chain & create a zero-error warehouse! | |||
| viboo |
2022 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: Software |
| Reduce building energy consumption by 20-40% with self-learning predictive control. viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies. | |||
| Visienco |
2025 LU Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Health Solutions ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Robotic |
| Visienco, originating from CSEM, develops the Orgadroid — an automated organoid sorting instrument that combines robotics and AI-powered morphology analysis to make scalable, reproducible 3D cell culture workflows accessible to all. | |||
| Vizcab |
2015 Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Other: Unknown |
| Vizcab, a French leader in the decarbonization of the construction sector, helps construction stakeholders comply with regulations and progress toward carbon neutrality. Founded in 2015, our mission is to accelerate the carbon transition of buildings by offering construction professionals the fastest, most powerful, and most collaborative Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) service. Today, our SaaS platform enables more than 200 clients and over 1,000 users to manage the energy–carbon performance of their projects. Vizcab is our service designed for developers, landlords, builders, and planners, supporting creativity around shared and qualified energy and carbon objectives. Vizcab redefines and simplifies Building Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) for everyone. | |||
| Voliro |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Sensors |
| Drones as flying inspection robot The robots are capable of performing in-depth structural integrity assessments using advanced inspection technologies. | |||
| Voltiris |
2022 VD Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Energy Production & Supply, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech |
| Founded in 2022 and based in Lausanne, Voltiris develops the first solar modules specifically designed to be compatible with greenhouse agriculture and crops. Using spectral filtering technology, Voltiris allows essential light wavelengths for photosynthesis to pass through to the plants, while redirecting the unused wavelengths to generate solar energy. This breakthrough enables greenhouse growers to transform their vast surfaces—over 60,000 hectares worldwide, representing a CHF 50 billion opportunity—into sources of clean, competitive, and independent energy, helping them move away from fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to carbon-free electrification. | |||