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).
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| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
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| Tremola |
2011 GL formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | e-mobility |
| Market introducution of a flexible, environmentally conscious vehicle, which is both economical and fun to drive. | |||
| Unisers |
2019 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Detection of trace-impurities in ultrapure water UNISERS created a fully-automated universal chemical sensor capable of identifying multiple and different impurities in water. This technology will help the semiconductors industry to maintain the purity level of the rinsing water in the chip production, eventually improving the reliability and the manufacturing yield of the chips. | |||
| UniSieve |
2018 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency ] | Filters & Membranes |
| Over 10% of the total energy consumption worldwide is due to separation processes. To target this issue, we developed a membrane technology, which allows cost and energy efficient separation of gases. The technology is based on an inventive way of integrating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into polymeric membranes. The UniSieve technology has the potential to create various separation solutions for small-scale home applications (B2C), and also large-scale industrial processes (B2B). Currently, the focus is set on building modules for the purification of hydrogen (energy, cleantech industry) and propylene (oil&gas, chemical industry). | |||
| Sympheny |
2020 ZH formation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions, Information technology ] | IT Software |
| Sympheny offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to support the optimized planning of energy systems for neighborhoods, campuses, communities and urban districts. Using cutting edge algorithms, we empower energy planners to quickly and accurately identify the optimal energy supply solution for any site. Our software fits ideally with current planning workflows, enabling energy planners to quickly evaluate a broad range of conventional and novel supply solutions, and to consider multiple demand vectors simultaneously. | |||
| VIRVE |
2015 TI formation |
Behavioural change, Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | e-car, e-mobility |
| VirVe aims to support the transition to clean and fuel efficient transportation technologies through intelligent analysis of the best available data and implementation of accurate vehicle simulation. | |||
| v-locker |
2019 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Road vehicles and transport ] | e-bike |
| V-Locker is a very compact, automatic parking and storage system that allows e-bikes and bicycles to be parked on the smallest possible space requirements. | |||
| Zaphiro Technologies |
2016 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Sensors, Smart device, Smartgrid |
| SynchroGuard is a new smart solution for electrical grid monitoring and automation. Thanks to its advanced sensing infrastructure, SynchroGuard has the outstanding feature to combine in a single solution real-time grid monitoring, optimal control of grid resources, and smart fault management. | |||
| Zarawind |
2017 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Wind energy |
| Our Lighter-Than-Air wind power system is designed compact, cost-effective and eco-friendly to be used in remote off-grid locations. For the installation of the wind power system at that altitude, the use of a buoyant gas aerostat allows the user to carry an electrical generator | |||
| Advantec Polymers |
2017 ZH formation |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Construction of buildings ] | New chemical materials |
| production of chemical, which reduces energy demand in production of wood boards, and reselling the wood. | |||
| Aluminium Electric Storage |
2019 SZ formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Energy storage other than batteries |
| HybridStock - Hybrid seasonal storage system for renewable heat and electricity based on an aluminium redox cycle | |||
| BeeHelpful (Primalbee) |
2017 TI formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| Beehelpful has developed a new patented class of hives (Primalbee) that improve the health of bees, increase pollination capacity and reduce the chemical treatment of hives. | |||
| Bloocks |
2020 formation |
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| The mission of the company is to decrease the energy consumption of new constructions (buildings etc.), construction-related air and soil pollution as well as to decrease the cost and time of building new constructions. We will achieve this goal by using factory-based manufacturing and fabricating unique and specially designed Building Blocks. The costumers will use an online platform to design their own constructions, receive a particular amount of Blocks and build the desired type of constructions. | |||
| Clean Motion |
2019 VD formation |
Health & House & Body Care | |
| Develops self-disinfecting door handles to avoid germ transmission. | |||
| CO2 Free Truck |
2019 formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | Climate technologies, Energy storage other than batteries, Renewable technologies |
| Captures the CO2 emitted by truck and store it. The CO2 can then be sold on the CO2 market or transformed in fuel. The patented technology is researched at the EPFL | |||
| collaboratio helvetica |
2017 BE formation |
Behavioural change [ Unknown ] | |
| We create spaces for dialogue, new ways of collaboration and the collective development of approaches to shaping the Switzerland of tomorrow –built on ecological responsibility, humanity and the common good. | |||
| enerdrape |
2020 VD formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Building technology, Energy sufficiency, Heating and cooling energy ] | Geothermal energy |
| We help existing buildings to save energy and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with a simple and clean solution without any drastic infrastructure changes. Our modular geo-thermal panels are easily installed indoor with a minimum impact on the existing infrastructure to efficiently harvest geothermal and waste heat sources accumulated in any kind of existing environments. | |||
| Enlightware |
2017 ZH formation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Games ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Video and Film |
| Empowering Humans at the Age of Artificial Intelligence. We pursue the mission to foster autonomy, creativity and collaboration skills of each individual through digital products. For more information, read our social impact description. | |||
| eQtiq |
2019 ZH formation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Information technology, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| With eQtiq - Receipt 2.0 secure, easy and eco-friendly interactive receipt archive - purchasing history is available always when needed enhancing user experience & client-merchant relationship. | |||
| Flowconverter Energy |
2007 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| The company aims to develop, manufacture and operate innovative environmental technologies. The main produkt is the FLOWCONVERTER™, an innovative flow generator for the generation of electric current. The fields of application of FLOWCONVERTER™ are brooks, rivers, canals and ocean currents, where it can be installed without a negative impact on fish or the waters natural behaviour. | |||
| Flybotix |
2019 VD formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| FlybotiX technology aims to double the flight time of compact drones. We use our technology as a building block to create a 350mm, dual rotor, collision tolerant drone. The system is suitable for in-structure and indoor inspection. The technology is usable in virtually any drone application. | |||
| Graphene filter carbon capture |
2021 formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction | Climate technologies |
| Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies, and can reduce the cost carbon capture substantially. | |||
| Infrascreen |
2019 NE formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | New chemical materials, Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| We used nano-technologies to design the next generation of greenhouse screens. Our screens are game changer in terms of performance and impact. Participation: We used nano-technologies to design the next generation of greenhouse screens. Our screens are game changer in terms of performance and impact. | |||
| Kyburz battery recycling |
1991 formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy storage, Waste & recycling ] | Electric batteries, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| The e-mobility pioneer KYBURZ is breaking new ground in battery recycling: The Zurich-based company has put an innovative in-house system into operation - the first of its kind in Switzerland. The recycling process developed in collaboration with Empa is environmentally friendly and offers potential beyond the company's own electric vehicle production lines. | |||
| Mastercoldbrewer (re-coffee) |
2017 SG formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Coffee - Drinks that are manufactured without the effects of heat. This lead to preserved aromas and vitamines. The products are fair and mostly organic. | |||
| Mia & Noa |
2019 GE formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| mia&noa proposes the first purpose-built zero-waste coffee bar. | |||
| Olanga ( previously myFoodWaste ) |
2020 BS formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Catering, Environmental monitoring, Resource efficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | Internet of Things |
| Olanga is the Swiss solution for sustainable food consumption and Food Waste reduction in the gastronomy. It allows to preorder food with an app at company retaurants et university to personalize the diet plan and gives planning security to the restaurants. Olanga leads to sustainable cost savings and Food Waste reduction and helps to protect natural resources. Olanga can reduce the costs in canteens by up to 3% and significantly increase customers satisfaction | |||
| Oxyle |
2020 ZH formation |
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| Oxyle uses clean energy to degrade hazardous micropollutants from wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemicals etc. | |||
| Ponera |
2019 TI formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use. |
| Ponera Group has developed a unique logistic solution based on an innovative design of pallets’ system which decreases packing costs by minimizing the transport inefficiencies. The flexibility of this innovation makes it applicable to wide range of industries. | |||
| Power to Gas (Energie 360° & PSI) |
2016 ZH formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| Efficiently producing energy from biowaste: A technology developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and tested in collaboration with the Zurich-based energy provider Energie 360° makes it possible. It extracts significantly more methane from biowaste than conventional methods. For this important contribution to a sustainable energy supply, PSI and Energie 360° have now been awarded the Watt d'Or 2018 in the Renewable Energy category by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. | |||
| RB2 Robotics |
2017 VD formation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | |
| 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. | |||