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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| Catecar Industries |
2010 VD restructuring, on hold, no development |
Buildings & Construction,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: E-cargo, Mobility: Electric |
| Catecar is a Swiss private company born in 2010 dedicated to innovation, development production and commercialization of products in the field of a green and cleaner individual transportation to reduce the warming climate and air pollution, more specifically as regards PM, NOx and CO2. Out of three projects in which Catecar is currently involved : 1. Dragonfly, the first depolluting car ; 2. Catefuel, the Truck CO2 Capture, 3. CatecairTM the PM, NOx and then CO2 air cleaner. 4. CatecairTM, 101, 40 and 70 for companies | |||
| DSPlus |
2003 VS restructuring, on hold, no development |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting, Other: Enabling tech |
| DSPlus designs, develops and markets electronic light dimmers that integrate into public lighting systems. Thus contributes to reducing energy consumption and light pollution. DSPlus is a Swiss high-tech company, founded in 2004 as a spin-off of HES-SO Valais. | |||
| EveryCook |
2014 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Smart: Device |
| Production of a smart pan that cooks the meals in an easier and more energy efficient way. With the connection to your smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac, the EveryCook links up to our online recipe database, offering you an endless support of ideas for your meal. | |||
| InstaHeat |
2019 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Energy & Power Systems,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings |
| InstaHeat is a technology-based Company located in Zürich. We develope a new kind of heating device being able to heat any conductive fluid instantly and precisely to the desired temperature with very high efficiency. The device generates the heat directly within the fluid, eliminating the need for a heating element. The technology allows a compact design so that it fits into various machines, like food heating systems. | |||
| LENR Cars |
2012 VD restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Components: 3D Printing, Energy: Battery, Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| LENR Cars is developing mobile electric generators based on LENR technology to power electric vehicles or provide heat and electric power to regular vehicles. There is no working prototype, yet. | |||
| Roll2Go |
2019 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ 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 | |||
| SMT Energy |
2017 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Energy Storage ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Battery, Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Smart: Device, Smart: Home & building |
| Development, manufacturing and marketing of safe, reliable and economical SMT Energy Storage System that enables customers to manage their resources more effectively and sustainably. In the Redox Flow System the Energy is stored as aqueous liquids in separate tanks allowing to independently scale Power and Energy. | |||
| STRIDE Learning |
2016 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Education & Learning ] | IT: Communication, Other: Low tech |
| Our mission is to support personal, social and environmental transformations that lead us towards more sustainable and equitable societies as well as meaningful and fulfilling lives. Through action research, collaboration as well as STRIDE’s unSchooling approach to learning, we strengthen the capacity of individuals, organizations, cities, and sectors to develop impactful solutions to complex problems. | |||
| Swiss Eco Line |
2015 GR restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| Swiss Eco Line AG develops and markets water efficient, energy sustainable bathroom products designed to maximize the use of water, energy and other natural resources. | |||
| Techsep |
2009 VD restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Filters & membranes |
| The company's main objective is the development, manufacture and marketing of all products and processes relating to environmental protection, including in particular compact equipment for road water treatment, in compliance with current legislative requirements. (Treatment of roadway waters) | |||
| Tremola |
2011 GL restructuring, on hold, no development |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Market introducution of a flexible, environmentally conscious vehicle, which is both economical and fun to drive. | |||
| am-tec switzerland |
2011 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Energy & Power Systems [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech |
| Consultants for electricity grid management; Core competencies: asset management and infrastructure management. We offer consulting, services and software for strategic and operational asset management (standardized entry-level projects for electricity, water and gas distribution) | |||
| Power Plant and Marine emission control |
2011 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | None |
| Competence and competitiveness in emission control for diesel engines is that we focus only on marine and power plant applications. | |||
| smartYes |
2015 SG restructuring, on hold, no development |
Culture, Education & Media [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| smartYes, as a regional supplier specialized in POS Communication and Live-Marketing. We provide customers with quality displays and marketing tools. We ensure that your company or brand promotion stands out where it really matters. We have the right and unique solution for every Point-Of-Sale, event or exhibition. | |||
| agrarpiloten |
2018 BE Sold but still independently active |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Agrarpiloten GmbH has set itself the goal of revolutionising work in agriculture in a targeted manner. We have a large pool of different pilots from all over Switzerland. Our multicopters can be used in a variety of ways and are fast and efficient in their execution. Through a mobile charging system, we are able to recharge the mobile batteries and thus do our work quickly and efficiently. | |||
| notime |
2014 ZH Sold but still independently active |
[ Freight & Logistics ] | Mobility: E-cargo, Mobility: Electric |
| notime AG is a Swiss technology company. Our platform enables online retailers to automate the entire process from the order in the online shop to the delivery of the goods. | |||
| Switzercloud (Brunata AG) |
2018 ZH Sold but still independently active |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Device |
| Energy management software for household and buildings. Simple Complex with the CMS Colibird provides technology for energy services and Internet of Things (IoT), mainly through innovative software solutions and interfaces for the measurement and presentation of measurement data. | |||
| SOLIDpower (Htceramix) |
2000 VD Sold but still independently active |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Battery |
| HTceramix SA (HTc) is a dynamic and dedicated SME specialized in high-temperature electro-ceramic applications for energy and gas conversion. With high temperature membrane reactors as core competence, the company works as SOLIDpower’s innovation center. Located in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, the company cooperates with many industrial and academic partners. | |||
| CTU Clean Technology Universe |
2010 ZH Sold but still independently active |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Energy & Power Systems [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Waste treatment with Responsibility and Value Recovery | |||
| Hexis |
2006 ZH Sold but still independently active |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings |
| Leading competence in unit electricity and heat system for houses and buildings from innovative fuel cell design; The Swiss company HEXIS is one of the world's leading companies in the field of high-temperature fuel cell technology (SOFC - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) for stationary applications | |||
| Paradox Engineering |
2000 TI Sold but still independently active |
Energy & Power Systems,Financials & Information Technology,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes,Mobility & Transport [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: City |
| Leveraging our deep technological know-how, we offer Internet of Things platforms to unlock the value of our customers’ data: our solutions enable Cities and companies to collect, transport, store and deliver any kind of data lying in urban objects or industrial plants, transforming information into | |||
| Sensefly |
2009 VD Sold but still independently active |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Device |
| Our proven drone solutions simplify the collection and analysis of geospatial data, allowing professionals in surveying, agriculture, engineering and humanitarian aid to make better decisions, faster. senseFly was founded in 2009 and is the commercial drone subsidiary of Parrot Group. | |||
| Serbot |
2009 NW Sold but still independently active |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Smart: Robotic |
| SERBOT AG is a leading Swiss technology company in the field of advanced service robots and moving systems. Its innovations have achieved several rewards. Serbot develops and produces intelligent robot systems to clean sophisticated surfaces such as photovoltaic solar panels, large glass facades. | |||
| 3rd-eyes analytics |
2015 ZH Established |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| 3rd-eyes analytics is the software partner for banks, insurance companies and investment advisors for the implementation of digital, goal-based investment advice. The software solution combines a financial planning module with a stochastic procedure that determines an optimal investment allocation based on the customer's goals and allocates funds and ETF's to these using an algorithm. When selecting products, the system takes into account individual criteria for the preferred investment style as well as the client's personal values such as environmental and social aspects. | |||
| Abhati Suisse |
2013 AI Established |
[ Health Solutions ] | Other: Low tech |
| An ethically-minded skincare brand based in Switzerland, boasting deeply rooted Indian heritage. Its mission is to bring together the therapeutic virtues of Swiss botanicals and Ayurvedic plants from organic farms, to create a range of luxurious, sustainable and fair-trade beauty products. | |||
| ActLight |
2011 VD Established |
Energy & Power Systems,Health, Wellness & Care,Mobility & Transport [ Wearable Devices ] | Components: Optic devices, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Energy: LED, Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Internet of Things IOT, Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Sensors, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| ActLight focuses on the field of CMOS photonics by developing a new type of photodetector, the Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD). Being a fabless company, ActLight specializes in the Intellectual Property (IP) of this area and operates primarily in the IP licensing business model. The mission is: Invent innovative semiconductor solutions. The patented CMOS-based photonics technology allows the substantial improvement of the efficiency and accuracy of various light sensing applications, such as Time-Of-Flight (TOF) based range meters, vital signs monitoring, 3D/2D cameras and much more. ActLight operates in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, with a focus on mobile and wearable devices, healthcare/medtech, autonomous driving, drones and robotics. | |||
| Aginova |
2005 VD Established |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Smart: Device |
| Aginova Inc. provides affordable, low power Wi-Fi sensor network solutions that make a ubiquitous sensing world come alive by providing customers actionable feedback. Aginova’s products bring the sensor world to the internet using web services. The company has 3 lines of product including (i) Temperature and Humidity monitoring in the health care and cold chain applications, (ii) Energy monitoring in a myriad of application and (iii) Infrastructure monitoring with emphasis on condition based maintenance applications in industrial and the defense markets. | |||
| Allani Sunlife Holding |
2008 FR Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Smart: Home & building |
| Sunlife consists of a group of enterprises, formed into a Holding that promotes and develops original ideas and concepts to evolve solar technology and products into economic structures capable of generating a revenue. E.g. Solar Tourism, Solar agriculture. | |||