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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/ | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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). | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| vyzn |
2022 ZH Growth |
[ Building Construction, Building Technologies ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| vyzn is a leading AI-driven software platform for optimizing new-build and renovation projects based on 3D and BIM data. It enables construction professionals to design sustainable, cost-efficient buildings with unprecedented ease and precision. | |||
| Wildbiene + Partner |
2013 ZH Established |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Other: Low tech |
| Wildbiene + Partner aims at the promotion of wild bees by developing and offering bee-promoting products, planning and implementing large-scale wild bee habitats and educational work at public and private events. In addition, specific wild bees are actively propagated by society and offered for pollination in agriculture. | |||
| Winduction |
2024 ZH Formation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Energy Efficiency, Fleet & Mobility Management, Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Renewable tech, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Winduction is developing a dynamic wireless power transfer system for electric vehicles, enabling real-time charging while driving. By integrating energy receivers into vehicle wheels and ground-based transmitters powered by local renewable sources (e.g., solar panels), the system allows efficient energy transfer without relying heavily on grid storage. The approach supports decentralized energy supply, fractional infrastructure ownership, and monetization for energy producers and street owners. Winduction originated from a thesis at ETH Zurich, with a prototype achieving 81% transfer efficiency. The company aims to reduce fossil fuel reliance and enhance renewable energy usage in road transport. | |||
| Wonderfill |
2023 ZH Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Wonderfill enables people to consume personalised beverages without the plastic waste by simply refilling reusable bottles & glasses. Our commitment to reducing waste and fostering a more sustainable society is the driving force behind our daily efforts. Join us on our journey to reduce millions of PET-bottles. | |||
| Xilva |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Xilva is a digital platform where one can invest in regenerative forests. Sourcing, screening and funding are all part of the process through which Xilva enables the support of forest projects all around the globe. | |||
| Xilva |
2021 ZH Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Agricultural Finance & Insurance, Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Financial Services ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Xilva is a Swiss-based climate investment platform that connects investors with sustainable forestry and nature-based projects. The company provides due diligence, impact assessment and investment structuring services to facilitate capital allocation into natural climate solutions. By combining financial expertise with environmental impact analysis, Xilva supports the development of long-term, sustainable forest and land-use projects. | |||
| Yoordi |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| Digital self-ordering solution: Yoordi's web app can be used to digitally handle ordering and payment services at events with multiple food and beverage providers. | |||
| Yumame Foods |
2021 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Alternative Proteins, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Yumame Foods produces delicious, healthy, and sustainable food products based on fungi and fermentation, working toward a more sustainable food future. | |||
| Yuxi |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Other: Enabling tech |
| Yuxi leverages data from Building Management Systems to optimize the building's energy consumption and indoor quality. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Zurich Soft Robotics |
2022 ZH Formation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Zurich Soft Robotics produces a novel adaptive solar façade named Solskin. It increases photovoltaic energy production compared to conventional methods. Furthermore, the façade offers additional solar protection through AI-controlled shading. | |||
| RemoteScout |
2021 Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| RemoteScout creates software solutions for remote and hybrid companies. | |||
| AITHON |
Validation |
[ Building Technologies, Efficiency Solutions ] | None |
| Access worksites like never before. Get close with your asset while keeping workers safe. Whatever needs to be done. | |||
| Apolarion |
2025 Formation |
[ Food Safety & Quality, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Enabling tech |
| Apolarion develops a modular cold atmospheric plasma system for seed treatment that eliminates fungal and bacterial pathogens without chemicals, heat, or water. Based on technology from the Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL, the system is compatible with organic certification and applicable to a wide range of crops, from vegetables and cereals to herbs and legumes. | |||
| biZmode |
2025 Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ ESG Reporting & Compliance, Rail Transport, Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software, Mobility: Electric |
| biZmode is a door-to-door intercity travel planner and service for business travellers, making the full trade-offs between train, flight and driving visible across total travel time, usable working time, on-time probability and CO₂ — delivering reliable, productive, low-carbon business travel without the compromises of conventional options. | |||
| catchfree |
Formation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Catchfree develops ecologically sustainable and nutritionally beneficial seafood alternatives using a scalable technological platform. Their focus is on co-creating recipes and applications with specialty restaurants in Switzerland before expanding to the broader European market and eventually retail and online sales channels. | |||
| Dimarjan |
Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | None |
| Dimarjan is not just about planting trees, it’s about regenerative agroforestry, a model that restores degraded land, enhances biodiversity, and provides long-term benefits for both the planet and the people who depend on it. | |||
| Elenir |
2025 Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software, Smart: Grid |
| Elenir develops energy management software that combines classical optimisation transparency with data-driven insights, enabling industrial and commercial operators to safely optimise multi-energy systems and participate in grid flexibility markets. | |||
| EvidenceReady |
2026 Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Building Technologies, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software |
| EvidenceReady is an AI-powered readiness layer for sustainability certification and ESG evidence in buildings, helping owners, project teams and auditors reduce rework, manual coordination and delays by making evidence review-ready earlier. | |||
| Firefly Fusion |
2024 Formation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Environment: Climate tech |
| Firefly Fusion aims to accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy by building a compact tokamak using proven technologies. Leveraging 60 years of tokamak science and supported by a network of global experts and institutions, the company focuses on rapid, cost-effective deployment. Its team includes leading figures from CERN, IRFM, and ITER, and it operates in the heart of Europe's fusion ecosystem. | |||