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.
If your startup or project is missing or if you would like more information, please get in touch and we would be happy to assist you.
| Company Name | Founding year / Canton | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distran AG | 2013 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection, Resource efficiency ] | Acoustic materials & technologies e.g. noise, vibration mitigation, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| ZH | Distran is a spin-off from the Autonomous System Lab, ETH Zurich, developing advanced acoustic sensors for industrial applications. Distran's goal is to reduce risks for industrial workers and the environmental impact of the industry through the use of sound sensing and technology. | ||
| DM-Green | 2017 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| VD | DM-Green SA: Sells and installs waste recovery, treatment and recovery solutions. | ||
| Dokspot | 2014 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Dokspot allows manufacturers to manage and distribute their product instructions online. Our platform provides instructions at the right time, for the right product, in the right language, and in the right version. We enable manufacturers to reduce their CO₂ footprint, simplify their operations, and increase their profit margins, all the while making life easier for the end-user. | ||
| droople | 2018 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Water Management ] | Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| DSPlus | 2003 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Lighting |
| VS | 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. | ||
| eaternity | 2014 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Eaternity has developed innovative software for private and professional use. It is based on an easy to understand and yearly reviewed live cycle analysis (LCA-database. This is currently the largest and most comprehensive database for carrying out environmental calculations for menus. With Eaternity, we offer everyone the opportunity to make a sustainable choice when selecting their everyday food. | ||
| eCarUp | 2017 | Transport & Mobility [ Services pooling ] | e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Smartcity |
| ZG | With our solution, we maximise returns from under-utilised charging stations for electric cars at offices, hotels, retail centres or apartment complexes – and transform payments with our intuitive app. | ||
| ECHOJAZZ | 2015 | Construction & buildings [ Waste & recycling ] | Acoustic materials & technologies e.g. noise, vibration mitigation, New chemical materials |
| LU | We provide high performance acoustic absorbers for offices, retail, restaurants, hotels, gyms, pools etc. to improve speech intelligibility, wellbeing, concentration and performance. | ||
| ecocoach | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility, Photovoltaics, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| SZ | App for smart home automation managing PV, heating, security and other devices. Battery development and modification. | ||
| ecoRobotix | 2011 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Automated or self driving, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Photovoltaics, Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| VD | ecorobotix develops, produces and sells innovative farming machines that require low energy and that reduce the negative ecological impact of modern agriculture, while keeping costs competitive. | ||
| Ecosapin | 2012 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Forestry ] | Low technology |
| VD | EcoSapin delivers a Christmas tree in a pot for Christmas. After the end of the year holidays, the professionals of the company come to recover the tree which is then brought back to nature or the tree nursery. | ||
| Ecospeed | 2002 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | ECOSPEED provides web-based software solutions and consulting services for the energy and climate accounting of public authorities, companies and private individuals. Since 2002 they develop Software programs for energy balance, energy efficiency, and energy use. | ||
| e-covoiturage.ch | 2005 | Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-mobility |
| VD | The e-covoiturage.ch association aims to put users in contact with each other, in order to develop carpooling as an alternative way of transport. The association is non-profit and exists thanks to subsidies and support of its partners. Personalized carpooling solutions are offered to companies and administrations at the best rates. Contact us for further information about our made-to-measure service. | ||
| ecovolta (ecocoach) | 2018 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Transport & Mobility [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility |
| SZ | The Swiss ecovolta produces customised high-capacity battery systems and e-mobility solutions. The company’s patented design enables the fully automated series production of high-current capable batteries which do not need active cooling. Battery and drive solutions are developed and tested in the in-house research and development area. | ||
| EcoWaste | 2003 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Smartcity |
| VD | EcoWaste SA offers a complete range of ecological products and services for optimizing the management of all types of waste. | ||
| EH Group Engineering | 2017 | ||
| VD | Develops a new fuels cell and is an engineering and consulting firm based in Switzerland. We offer a unique strategic, technical and business consulting service in the area of energy with a focus on fuel cells, system management, engineering, prototype development and the application of various methodologies such as Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Excellence (DfX).d | ||
| ElectricFeel | 2012 | Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Services pooling ] | Communication, e-mobility, Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | ElectricFeel provides the most intelligent platform available to build, run and scale shared electric mobility systems in the urban habitat; ElectricFeel's Platform is a full solution for any shared electric mobility service (End-user Application, Management Software, Analytics Portal) | ||
| electrojoule | 2017 | Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heat energy ] | Geothermal energy, Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smarthome & building, Solarthermal energy |
| AG | We plan, install and maintain sofisticated renewable HVAC systems für mid-sized buildings, all out of one hand, including continuous optimization. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | 2012 | 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, Renewable technologies |
| VD | Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions, based on its proprietary hydro-pneumatic and power electronic technologies. These solutions enhance the exploitation of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar sources, and enable electricity consumers and producers to improve their energy efficiency or autonomy while preserving the environment. | ||
| Energie hoch drei | 2017 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings ] | Low technology |
| 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 | 2017 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Gamification, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| ZH | Developing decentralized energy trading markets and a shared plattform mainly to bring affordable energy to deveoping countries and rural areas. | ||
| ENERGYS SàRL | 2013 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | Smartcity, Smarthome & building |
| NE | We are an engineering office active throughout the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Our experienced employees with multidisciplinary skills are at your service for engineering services in the building, energy and environment sectors. Our strong point? Expertise that leads our customers to the ideal solutions for their energy challenges! | ||
| Energy Vault | 2017 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Energy storage other than batteries |
| TI | The Energy Vault storage solution operates with bricks that are lifted to create a tower causing the energy to be stored in the elevation gain, when the bricks are then returned to the ground the kinetic energy from the falling brick is turned back into electricity. Specially engineered control software is used to ensure the bricks are placed in exactly the right location each time. The system is modular and flexible with each plant having a capacity of between 10 and 35MWh and a power output of between 2 and 5MW. The system is ideally suited to longer duration storage but with very fast response times can also be used to deliver short and medium term. | ||
| 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 efficiency, Energy management solutions, Environmental monitoring, Information technology ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AI | State of the Art web and mobile applications to transparently deliver ENERGY PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS, ENGAGEMENT TOOLS & ACTIONABLE INSIGHT to OPTIMZE energy use and LOWER costs while SAVING the environment. Our solutions are hardware independent, tailored to the needs of each customer and focused on non-technical stakeholders that our competitors fail to engage and address. | ||