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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| Hempfy |
2013 VD Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Hempfy, which is created by Tellement Facile, focuses on innovative food and beverages, based on proprietary cold infusion technology for harvesting and processing THC-free hemp plants, compliant with Swiss legislation. | |||
| Teralytics |
2012 ZH Established |
Mobility & Transport [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Teralytics offers the most advanced insights on human mobility based on cutting edge data science, proprietary machine learning algorithms and deep technology, capturing billions of signals every day from cell towers and other unique sources. | |||
| Terapet |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Proton therapy is the most precise radiotherapy for cancer treatment. However, monitoring the doses during treatments remains a guessing game based on simulations. Terapet SA, a CERN startup, develops a novel medical device which enables medical doctors for the first time to monitor the delivered proton dose inside the patients during cancer treatment: in-vivo, non-invasive, in 3D and real-time. This solution ensures that every patient receives the right dose, every time. | |||
| Terensis |
2024 ZH Formation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Terensis is an agricultural intelligence platform offering predictive insights into global crop production. It provides forecasts up to six months in advance, supporting strategic planning for analysts, sourcing specialists, and investors. The platform delivers detailed yield and quality estimations from field to regional level and consolidates fragmented agricultural data into a single source. With over 40 years of production insights and a strong focus on sustainability, Terensis enables informed decision-making across the agricultural value chain. | |||
| terralayr |
2022 ZG Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Energy: Storage other than batteries, Smart: Grid |
| Terralayr is a company focused on supporting the transition to 100% renewable energy by addressing the challenges of variable energy supply and demand. They specialize in battery energy storage systems (BESS), which help stabilize power grids by storing excess renewable energy and supplying it when needed. By partnering with landowners, suppliers, and communities, Terralayr aims to make renewable energy more reliable. They are also developing a cloud platform to provide scalable, on-demand energy flexibility, enabling businesses to adopt clean energy more easily and efficiently. | |||
| terraplant |
2001 BE Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Environmental Monitoring ] | Other: Low tech |
| terraplant ltd. is an environmental services and engineering company. We provide planning, consulting, project management, educational and research services in the fields of environment, nature & landscape and applied ecology. | |||
| Tesla Transfers |
2015 VS Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Providing eco friendly transport for people visiting the ski resort of Verbier. Using Tesla vehicles only. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Texup |
2024 VS Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Circular Economy, Efficiency Solutions, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: Acoustic materials & tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Texup develops acoustic panels from 100% recycled Swiss textiles. End-of-life cotton clothing is transformed into panels with natural sound-absorbing properties for offices and public spaces, reducing textile waste while improving indoor acoustics. | |||
| Thermal Transformer |
2025 SZ Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Cooling tech |
| Thermal Transformer develops advanced thermal energy systems that significantly improve cooling efficiency for data centers and industrial applications. Using innovative adsorption-based technologies, the company enables highly energy-efficient cooling solutions that reduce electricity consumption, operating costs, and environmental impact. Thermal Transformer aims to transform thermal management by providing sustainable, next-generation cooling systems for energy-intensive sectors. | |||
| Thervia |
2025 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Thervia AG offers cost-efficient heating replacement and energy optimization services for institutional real estate owners and public-sector property portfolios, combining real-time IoT-based consumption monitoring with digital planning to reduce CO₂ emissions. | |||
| Loopia |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| We are Thingsy, a young start-up with a big vision: to move away from the throwaway society towards the circular economy. Thingsy is here to help you manage your warranty receipts, when one of your products breaks down, or when you want to donate, share or resell a device. In order to develop the best app for you, we are expanding and optimizing our offer step by step. You can find out more about us on our website. Thingsy - Extending the life of Things | |||
| #tide |
2019 BL Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Using plastic collected from the ocean, #tide produces a recycled versatile granular material which can be used to produce a variety of products. They have developed a scientific based mechanical recycling process to regenerate the molecular chains of ocean-bound plastic. Thorugh this process it is possible to transform single-use plastic into raw material. In addition #tide has produced its own series of ocean products. | |||
| 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. | |||