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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VortexPower |
2011 ZH Stagnant |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Health, Wellness & Care [ Water Management ] | Energy: Hydro |
| VortexPower AG is specialized in the development and the sales of highly efficient products for water recovery thru natural swirling. | |||
| Xperience GmbH (snowXpark) |
2008 OW Stagnant |
[ Sports & Recreation ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Rent an electro-powered snowmobile and discover your limits, while drifting and jetting around the tight curves on the market track with help of a lot of bodywork. The snowXpark is the highlight of every winter trip with its unique driving fun and the exciting racing atmosphere. | |||
| Zum guten Heinrich |
2020 ZH Stagnant |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Sustainable catering delivered by Food-Bike fight Food-Wast; uses high quality and shapeless fruit and vegetables that cannot be sold - because they are not of the standard size. This reduces the amount of fruit and vegetables that remain in the fields with the farmers or end up in the biogas plant. | |||
| SWOXID |
2021 VD No website - probably failed |
[ Water Management ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Energy: Renewable tech |
| SWOXID developed a gravitational solar-thermal water purifier, which filters and sterilizes contaminated water with sunlight. It does not require electricity, nor dosage of chemical agents to provide the sterilization effect. The technology is based on an innovative nanoporous aerogel composite membrane which - upon solar irradiation - is able to render contaminated water safe by removing and inactivating infectious disease-causing biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa and worms. | |||
| climate landscaping |
2023 ZH No website - probably failed |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | None |
| This company provides solutions for adapting landscapes to climate change by developing techniques and measures for agriculture. Through the integration of agroforestry systems, regenerative farming methods, and innovative approaches in animal husbandry, it assists farmers in dealing with increased drought periods and heavy rainfall, while also maintaining soil fertility. | |||
| CookEat |
2014 ZH No website - probably failed |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Your marketplace for home-cooked food. You can find delicious offers from your neighborhood and offer your food for sale yourself. | |||
| Aitonomi (TeleRetail) |
2014 VS develops elsewhere |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Autopilot Software and Autonomous Transport System developer and elf-driving robots to automate logistics and to minimize the ecological footprint of transportation. The company’s award-winning Aito AutoPilot Software platform drives robots of almost any size autonomously while reducing the energy consumption, emissions, and space requirements of transport by up to 90%. Beyond industrial, urban and rural logistics automation, the Aito AutoPilot Software and system is also used for self-driving probe and beacon robots that autonomously monitor 5G networks and infrastructure. | |||
| Bluetector |
2012 LU In liquidation or closed |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Bio tech, Components: Filters & membranes |
| Bluetector is an agritech company that has developed the BlueBox Ultra, a low-cost bioreactor that turns manure into water and unproblematic gases. Bluetector has already received a patent for the BlueBox Ultra. | |||
| Fairpower |
2013 ZH In liquidation or closed |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Renewable tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech |
| Fairpower is an independent electricity supplier and service provider with a focus on renewable energies.They provide an online platform for selling green certificates and the electricity label "Fair Power". | |||
| Roll2Go |
2019 ZH In liquidation or closed |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Data usage, Mobility: E-motorbike, e-scooter |
| Roll2Go is an integrator of micro-mobility. We build on top of recent international success of free-floating rental schemes with e-scooters and bicycles and aim to foster their long-term potential for urban mobility. The data-centric platform for mobility data fusion and predictive analytics | |||
| Go-ROO (Share your BICAR) |
2016 ZH In liquidation or closed |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-bike, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-motorbike, e-scooter, Smart: City |
| ROO - Practical, fun and sporty. With its single seat, three wheels and countless applications, roo is at home in a variety of urban and suburban settings. It’s as compact and versatile as a Swiss Army knife. It looks cool too, like a resourceful Australian marsupial, not a space alien or a carelessly cooked soufflé. And the cornering performance may just put a smile on your face. | |||
| Tyre Recycling Solutions |
2013 VD In liquidation or closed |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste management tech |
| TRS has developed Swiss proprietary technologies to process scrap tyres and deliver output products with significant value-in-use. | |||
| Atome |
2018 GE In liquidation or closed |
[ Building Construction ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| Atome's know-how is based on a unique concept combining modularity and green energy production. Our patented wood-frame module allows us to adapt to any kind of request, from industrial buildings to single-family homes and building elevations. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG In liquidation or closed |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric |
| catch-e offers test drives with electric vehicles over several days to test how suitable an electric car is. catch-e stands not only for test drives with electric cars and two-wheelers, but above all for stable information and professional help in the field of electric mobility and a well-rounded project for all employee levels. Based on the infrastructure, catch-e will work out a recommendation for the appropriate investment program in the company. | |||
| Epios |
2021 GE In liquidation or closed |
[ Health Solutions ] | Smart: Device, Smart: Sensors, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| The Epios system comprises a series of thin leads incorporating sensing electrodes and a miniature implant, inserted beneath the skin. The neural signals are wirelessly transmitted to an external receiver held in place on the skin directly over the implant with a magnet, and from there are conveyed to a wearable data processor and are finally securely stored in the Epios Cloud. | |||
| 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. | |||
| RB2 Robotics |
2017 VD In liquidation or closed |
[ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | None |
| We are a spin-off from the HEIG-VD Intelligent Data Analysis Laboratory based at the EPFL innovation park. We are developing state of the art deep learning models that enable robots to make smart and secure decisions only based on what they see just like humans do. | |||
| Stadtpilze |
2017 BS In liquidation or closed |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| Stadtpilze GmbH cultivates mushrooms on coffee grounds to sell for culinary uses regionally in Basel. | |||
| Atlas Sensing Labs |
2017 BS startup, but phase not clear |
[ Air Quality Management ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Atlas Sensing Labs provides environmental monitoring systems, exposure modeling/mapping methods, and consulting services primarily in the area of air quality and public health. Exposure assessment is conducted based on measurements (e.g., gases/particles in outdoor/indoor/occupational settings) and models in support of decision-making towards healthful environments locally and globally. | |||
| Belair Solutions |
2008 ZH unknown |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| Toilet ventilation system specifically for energy savings. | |||
| Cirkel Supply |
2021 VS unknown |
[ Fashion & Apparel, Sports & Recreation, Tourism Services ] | None |
| Cirkel Supply rents out ski clothing, delivered to the customers accommodation in Switzerland. | |||
| GoNeon |
2025 LU unknown |
Buildings & Construction [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| goNEON is an AI-native planning service that unifies transport networks, street space, and urban design into a single digital twin. Its engine, N!, enables instant assessment of infrastructure, land-use, and mobility changes, replacing fragmented legacy tools and accelerating city-wide decision-making. | |||
| Retreeva |
2021 VD unknown |
[ Circular Economy ] | Components: New chemical materials |
| Retreeva's patented high-tech sponge selectively captures precious metals from industrial waste streams in trace concentrations and record time. Recycling these valuable resources in a green manner ultimately helps reducing carbon emissions, energy loss and dependence of industry on virgin mines, thus contributing towards a more responsible future. Ultimately, with its adsorbents, Retreeva aims to aid access to drinkable water in underdeveloped regions. | |||
| SendMeBag |
2025 LU unknown |
[ Freight & Logistics ] | Mobility: Shipping |
| SendMeBag has set itself the goal of making the Swiss mail order business more sustainable. With their reusable shipping bags made from recycled material, they want to achieve this goal. With the SendMeBag, they not only transport parcels, but also send a message of sustainability and responsibility. | |||
| Swissloop |
ZH unknown |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission |
| Swissloop is working on developing real-world tunneling technology that could transform how cities build infrastructure—faster, cleaner, and with minimal disruption. Their tunneling systems can help reduce road and open urban area closures and pursue utility projects with minimal surface impact. The primary use case for such a technology is the deployment of water, gas, and electrical pipelines. | |||
| Treasures of Nature |
2019 GE unknown |
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. | |||
| Visienco |
2025 LU unknown |
[ Health Solutions ] | Other: Unknown |
| Visienco, originating from the Swiss technology innovation center, CSEM, is excited to advance organoid sorting innovation. Their goal is to make this cutting-edge technology accessible to all. | |||
| Yumame Foods |
2021 ZH unknown |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Yumame Foods produces delicious, healthy and sustainable food based on fungi and fermentation. | |||
| Amplo |
2020 ZH |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Software |
| The journey to predictive maintenance is not easy. We help you to figure out how to improve customer satisfaction and increase your service margins with the newest technologies. | |||
| Bycon |
2012 SG |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Efficiency ] | None |
| With Bycon, we are now pursuing our mission to increase our customers' energy efficiency and sustainability in order to improve people's quality of life and preserve nature now and in the future. Through our service, our customers achieve economic and environmental benefits to increase competitiveness and steer well-equipped into a secure energy future. | |||