Discover startups and projects in the environment and energy sectors filtered by business area and technology.
This list includes high potential projects and companies based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational, and range from an initial concept up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space.
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| Company Name | Founding year / Canton | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElektroLink | 2009 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| BE | Experts for building automatisation, planning, installing and managing software, programming and hardware. | ||
| Elephbo | 2016 | ||
| ZH | Participation: We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | ||
| E-Man AG | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity efficiency, Energy sufficiency, Engineering ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility, smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| NW | Consulting, sale of HW and SW for Energy Metering (Smart Meter, electric, heat, cold, water, gas) for whole house of area (micro grid). Taking the whole system in operation and optionally also doing maintenance and prepare Energy invoice for all tenants. | ||
| Embotech | 2013 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | enabling technologies |
| ZH | They strive to lead the market for numerical optimization solutions that will be integral part of tomorrow's decision making systems. | ||
| Emovemotorstore | 2010 | Transport & Mobility | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Emovemotorstore GmbH was founded in 2012 with the aim of offering clean, efficient, reliable and affordable mobility in the high-end field of electric mobility. | ||
| Enairys Powertech | 2008 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Electric batteries, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| VD | Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions based on compressed air. Thanks to its patented compressor/expander technologies the hydropneumatic energy storage unit improoves production and consumption. | ||
| Energie hoch drei | 2017 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings ] | |
| BE | Energie hoch drei AG stands for the 3 elements of the energy future - efficiency, consistency and sufficiency. Their core competencies are energy concepts and sustainability consulting in the building sector and in spatial planning from the idea to the implementation. They offer their services to a broad clientele ranging from building owners and planning teams to various institutions. | ||
| energybazaar | None | ||
| enersis suisse | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| BE | Enersis focuses on Visual Energy Analytics, with special competences in the areas of energy / utilities, Big Data, Data Science and Analytics. They offer a cloud-based software platform and applications along the complete energy value chain to utilities, smart cities and energy-intense companies. The solution turns data into assets by connecting and visualizing existing customer and additional external data leading to the information platform vision of the Digital Energy Boardroom. | ||
| e-netz | 2010 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | |
| AG | e-Netz AG is an independent planning, engineering and consulting company specialising in technical and energy issues in the energy sector. e-Netz AG unites independent experts for networks, engineering and the energy industry under one roof. | ||
| Enlife | 2015 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AI | Enlife AG is a multinational smart energy technology company delivering web and mobile based energy intelligence solutions for home users, utilities, local governments (municipalities) and distributed organizations in the corporate sector. | ||
| EN-PRO | 2012 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Electric batteries, Photovoltaics |
| AG | En-pro GmbH develops, plans and implements tailor-made photovoltaics in all variants in construction and logistics. As qualified solar experts they build photovoltaic systems for commercial customers, private individuals, institutions and the public sector. | ||
| ENSY | 2010 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| GR | ENSY AG manifactures plans, installs and manages Drinking Water Turbines to produce electricity in small communities. | ||
| Envergate Energy | 2014 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| TG | Envergate Energy AG develops, produces and sells vertical-axis turbines and is active in the field of renewable energies. | ||
| EnvEve | 2008 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Forestry ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| TI | EnvEve is an high tech company specialised in Internet of Things. It has developed a unique Internet of Things framework for outdoor applications with robust and reliable devices enable sophisticate analytics to support decision in Agriculture and Forests. | ||
| Envirobot | 2016 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | |
| VD | The Envirobot project is funded as part of the swiss Nano-Tera program. In the context of this project we are improving the anguiliform swimming robot (fourth generation of Amphibot) and equiping it with multiple sensors for pollution detection in lakes. | ||
| EPEA Switzerland | 2009 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| SZ | EPEA implements Cradle to Cradle ® projects in all industries in the Alpine Region, particularly in Switzerland and Austria. | ||
| eqlosion | 2015 | Behavioural change, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Many fields ] | |
| VD | eqlosion is a service based company, active in the setting and piloting of entrepreneurship projects in the field of sustainability. eqlosion creates new activities and define itself as a company factory focused on sustainability. | ||
| esave | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, lighting |
| GR | Street lamps can be dimmed automatically via esave's slControl as long as little or no light is needed. If the sensors detect pedestrians, cyclists or cars, the intensity of the lighting is adjusted specifically for a certain section of road. | ||
| eSMART Technologies | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| VD | eSMART develops intelligent systems for building automation - unit installation and software program at house level to manage (turn on/off) all energy uses; It can manage building functions like heating, lighting, electricity or videophone systems with a touchscreen in the living room or an app | ||
| Essento | 2013 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | |
| VD | develop and sell food products with insects Participation: Essento is the pioneer in edible insects and produces delicious food products such as burgers, energy bars, etc. Participation: Essento is the pioneer in edible insects and produces delicious food products such as burgers, energy bars, etc. | ||
| ethec | 2017 | ||
| None | A new electric motorcycle which is more efficient, so that it can also drive long distances | ||
| Eturnity | 2012 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Energy sufficiency, Heat energy, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| GR | Eturnity provides Live-Energy-Analysis (LEA) platform that supports its users (Utilities) in the consultation and the sales process for Solar Power Systems, Heat Pumps and E-Mobility Charging Stations digitally. Utilities and Installers can save up to 50% of their time throughout the process | ||
| Evatec | 2004 | Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | enabling technologies |
| SG | Evatec offers a range of platform architectures equipped with evaporation, sputter , etch and PECVD source technologies according to application, substrate format and throughput requirements | ||
| EveryCook | 2014 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Energy efficiency, Food production & retail ] | smart device |
| ZH | Production of a smart pan that cooks the meals in an easier and more energy efficient way | ||
| EVG Zentrum | 2017 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| LU | Supports the development of community solar projects (EVG) | ||
| EVTEC | 2010 | Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-mobility, E-vehicle charging |
| LU | EVTEC offers high speed electric car charging station with different configuration and sizes. | ||
| Ewattch | 2012 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Construction of buildings, Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heat energy, Many fields, Resource efficiency ] | data usage, Electric batteries, optic devices, smartcity, smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| VD | Ewattch develops connected sensors and innovative services mainly dedicated to energy management and IoT projects. | ||
| Explosion Power | 2009 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Heat energy, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | enabling technologies, Filters, Heat industrial usage |
| AG | Small explosion generator to clean heat pump tubes of industrial processes | ||
| Fairpower | 2012 | Behavioural change, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid |
| ZH | 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". | ||