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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal Energy |
2025 VD Formation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We help mid-size balance groups to reduce their imbalance penalties, with zero investment, based on dynamic pricing and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capacity reservation through APIs. The stability of electricity grids & the security of energy supply depend on maintaining a permanent balance between generation and consumption. With the increasing integration of intermittent renewable energies, such as solar and wind, mid-size energy actors in CH and worldwide are facing growing challenges & huge financial penalties for the energy imbalances. Large-scale battery site is an ideal solution, but th mentioned actors lack financial or in-house technical capacity to own a site. Cloud for Energy Sector: Our solution addresses this problem by offering a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution, allowing the actors to reserve and obtain access to the battery capacities on-demand. The platform is composed of IoT field devices to interact with battery facilities, intelligent APIs for interaction with client and optimisation algorithms for capacity planning and pricing. Client can have access to batteries with zero initial investment to mitigate their imbalance penalties. | |||
| OptiZone |
2025 VD Formation |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Health Solutions, Sports & Recreation, Wellness & Preventive Care ] | IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| OptiZone develops a sensor-based athletic management system that tests ground force and knee alignment to detect ACL injury risk, identify causes, and provide personalized training recommendations for high-level athletes. https://optizone.ch/ | |||
| PanGeo |
2025 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Data Platforms & Solutions, Environmental Monitoring, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Smart: City |
| Science-based nature risk intelligence for a resilient future. PanGeo enables financial institutions and companies to reduce their biodiversity and water footprints. | |||
| PeelPack |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| PeelPack is a pioneering initiative set to transform the fresh produce packaging landscape. By introducing biodegradable and compostable biopolymer punnets, PeelPack aims to replace traditional paper and plastic packaging, significantly reducing the environmental footprint linked to fresh fruit and vegetable distribution and waste management. | |||
| SendMeBag |
2025 LU Formation |
[ 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. | |||
| storra |
2025 ZH Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Energy Storage ] | Environment: Climate tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| storra develops cost-effective software for real-time monitoring of subsurface processes in environmental projects. The solution combines geomechanical simulation, probabilistic inversion, and geological modeling to track pressure and temperature in reservoirs—particularly for hydrogen and CO₂ storage—helping reduce the high costs and risks of gas leakage. | |||
| SunFlower Grid |
2025 VD Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| SunFlower Grid is a digital platform that helps property owners, municipalities, and energy professionals create and manage collective self-consumption groups (RCP – Regroupements à Consommation Propre) to share locally produced solar energy across Switzerland. https://www.sunflowergrid.ch/en | |||
| Symactiv |
2025 NE Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources, Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Symactiv develops biodegradable biostimulant pellets that restore soil biology, improve crop yields, and reduce the need for synthetic fertilisers. The product is tailored to specific soil conditions and has demonstrated an average yield increase of 15–20% in trials with agricultural businesses across Switzerland. | |||
| TALPA Inspection |
2025 ZH Growth |
[ Building Technologies ] | Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Sensors |
| Talpa inspects retaining walls with an innovative and non-destructive approach to identify corrosion in the rear bending reinforcement of horizontal construction joints in retaining walls. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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/ | |||
| 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. | |||
| WindtracX |
2025 TI Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Energy & Power Systems [ Climate Technologies, Freight & Logistics, Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Energy: Renewable tech, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, Mobility: Drone & flight |
| WindtracX develops patented VTOL Aero Kite Drones with a rigid-boxed wing design that harness high-altitude wind energy to provide wind-assisted propulsion for ships. The autonomous system aims to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for the maritime industry. | |||
| Windworks |
2025 VD Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Wind |
| Windworks installs compact, quiet, and wildlife-safe wind turbines directly on customer sites. Our adaptive blade control performs in low-height, turbulent winds and delivers electricity at ~€0.10/kWh—well under half the all-in grid cost. On-site wind power is 20× cleaner than EU grid electricity and shields clients from price volatility. | |||
| XULUX |
2025 LU Validation |
[ Building Technologies, Efficiency Solutions, Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, Environment: Climate tech, Smart: Home & building, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| XULUX is a strategic energy consultancy guiding companies, cities, and municipalities through the energy crisis. They develop sustainable energy solutions that are economically sound and deliver long-term impact. "Together, we make your energy supply climate-friendly and future-proof." | |||
| ZEROVia |
2025 GR Formation |
Financials & Information Technology [ Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Information Technology ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| ZEROvia offers ESG data management and VSME/VS-oriented reporting software for SMEs. The platform turns sustainability data into a controlled public ESG profile plus private reports and data packs for banks, customers and auditors. | |||
| OM Analytix (Elias Azrak) |
2024 GE Formation |
[ Insurance & Risk Management ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: Software |
| Translate real-world macro events (e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes, geopolitical disruptions) into security-level and portfolio-level risk impacts complementary to existing risk engines | |||
| Aerostrad |
2026 VS Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Energy & Power Systems [ Air Transport, Climate Technologies, Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software |
| Aerostrad is a Swiss startup dedicated to closing the gap between aviation's net-zero targets and the operational reality of airports, delivering mobile, electric ground power units as a service and replacing the need for fuel-burning Auxiliary Power Units and diesel generators. | |||
| Diligent Energy |
2026 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions, Energy Production & Supply, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Diligent Energy AI accelerates how renewable energy projects are invested in, developed and built — delivering AI-augmented due diligence reports in hours instead of weeks, with AI services across the full project lifecycle from market intelligence and engineering support to EPC verification and portfolio management. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Helenium Ventures |
2026 ZG Formation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions, Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Helenium Ventures develops AI and quantum computing applications for energy, finance and materials science, selecting quantum algorithms and AI models most appropriate for specific tasks while accounting for the current capabilities of quantum hardware. | |||
| MetAuBind |
2026 Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Resource Efficiency, Waste Management & Recycling, Wastewater Management ] | Biological: Bio tech, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Environment: Water pollution abatement |
| MetAuBind is an EPFL spin-off developing advanced porous adsorbents that recover gold from e-waste and industrial wastewater while removing toxic heavy metals from contaminated water. | |||
| NiviLux |
2026 GR Formation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Disaster Risk & Hazard Prevention, Environmental Monitoring ] | IT: Data usage, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| NiviLux develops the SnowImager, a field-validated instrument that uses near-infrared reflectance imaging to quantitatively measure snow structure, including specific surface area and density. Built on years of collaboration between Davos Instruments AG and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), the instrument has been field-tested in Switzerland, Finland, Greenland and Antarctica, and NiviLux was founded to make it available to research institutions and applied users worldwide. | |||
| omenic |
2026 Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Mobility & Transport [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use, Environmental Monitoring ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| omenic builds AI-powered weather-to-decision systems for weather-sensitive industries, leveraging AI weather models to enable smarter decisions in an uncertain climate. | |||
| Resilens |
2026 ZH Validation |
[ Disaster Risk & Hazard Prevention, Environmental Monitoring, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Resilens is a decision engine for climate adaptation, helping public and private decision-makers turn climate risk into fundable, defensible adaptation plans so critical places remain liveable and essential services stay functional. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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/ | |||
| 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. | |||
| Capple |
SZ Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Despite their potential, cashew apples are thrown away when cashew nuts are harvested because there are no processing options, they are perishable and seasonal. This is where Capple comes in. They transform this underrated fruit into delicious, sustainable products that help reduce food waste. Using it leads to 80% less food waste and thus to a responsible use of resources. | |||