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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bcomp |
2011 FR established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | Material & Products based on biomass, New chemical materials |
| Under the tagline “play naturally smart”, Bcomp has defined what looks like a paradox at first sight as its mission: designing and marketing sustainable intermediate goods with no compromise on performance. Bcomp replace aluminum, carbon- or glass fibre composites and make structures more efficient in terms of weight, resistance, rigidity, shock absorption, and damping. Bcomp serves different industries such as sports & leisure, motorsports and automotive, as well as aerospace. | |||
| BEN Energy |
2011 ZH growth |
Behavioural change, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BEN Energy develops and operates Europe's leading Energy Analytics Platform. The platform combines big data analytics and behavioural science to predict relevant customer behaviour. Also is used to optimize customer portfolio and processes and conduct potential analysis of commodity and products | |||
| bNovate Technologies |
2011 VD established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Healthcare, Water Management ] | Bio technologies, Optic devices |
| Fully automated online detection of bacteria in drinking water in 20 minutes. | |||
| BoxTango |
2011 AR growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Rail transport, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | e-cargo, e-mobility |
| BoxTango moves containers horizontally between road and rail with a newly developed transshipment technology. Intermodal Transport involves the transportation of freight using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ship and/or truck). | |||
| BUYECO |
2014 VS growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Heating and cooling energy, Service pooling ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies |
| BUYECO is an innovative marketplace allowing you to buy or sell renewable energy, through the trade of Garantees of Origin. The aim of BUYECO is to make access to renewable energy easier, and continiously increase visibility on the market and its development to all actors of the renewable energy business. By giving to all users access to the best offers, BUYECO makes a direct the between sellers and buyers of renewable energy, and allows a transparent and fair pricing. | |||
| CEEX |
2011 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| CEEX is an exchange platform for renewable Energy like an eBay for power. A new business model with peer-to-peer exchange has been developed together with the ETH Zurich in a scientific project. In 2015 a fellowship of the ImpactHUB Zurich was won for the innovative idea. It is realtime, peer-to-peer, machine 2 machine | |||
| CleanFIZZ |
2011 GE growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Hydro energy (small scale), Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Renewable technologies |
| CleanFizz SA is the world leader in Intelligent Active Self-Cleaning solar and glass surfaces. Innovative technology based on electrostatic waves to clean dust off surfaces. The company's main objective is to make the cleantech world cleaner than ever. | |||
| CleanGreens |
2013 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| CleanGreens (previously CombaGroup) is an award-winning Swiss agro-tech company that provides innovative farming solutions in mobile aeroponics. Our patented technology greatly reduces water consumption and contamination risks while offering maximum productivity per square meter. Our efficient and mechanised irrigation and spacing systems produce clean, fresh and pesticide-free lettuce and aromatic plants all year round. | |||
| ecoRobotix |
2011 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Automated or self driving, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Photovoltaics, Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| 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. | |||
| enersis suisse |
2011 BE established |
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 |
| 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. | |||
| esave |
2011 GR growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | LED, Lighting |
| 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. | |||
| Fluid Solids |
2011 ZH growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of buildings, Engineering, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| FluidSolids Ltd. is a leader in developing custom-made biocomposites that do not compete with the production of food since the material is made from organic waste and by-products. | |||
| Geoazimut |
2011 FR established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Environmental monitoring, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| GeoAzimut Sàrl is a company active in the fields of geosciences, geographical information systems and electronics. | |||
| H.Glass |
2011 FR growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Engineering ] | Photovoltaics |
| H.Glass was founded in 2011 with the vision to develop the Eco-Habitat and become a world leader in sustainable living. Today we manufacture glass-sealed, colored and semitransparent solar panels for glass facades and different types of building materials, based on DSSC (Dye Sensitized solar Cells) technology, developed by Mr. Michael Grätzel at the EPFL in Switzerland. | |||
| Hydroswiss |
2011 GR growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Waste management technologies |
| Hydroswiss opens at a new era of advanced design system for the treatment of waste water. Hydrofloat allows best flexibility in new projects and optimization of processes in existing plants.The Company strategy is focused on decentralize solutions to reduce the investment and increase the performances. | |||
| La Petite Epicerie |
2018 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Healthcare ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| "La Petite Epicerie" is a new way of getting local supplies. It is a room filled with products from local producers with free access 24/24 and 7/7 using our mobile application. It's not only the tool that lets you do your shopping anytime, but it's also a source of information on how and who produces what you eat. | |||
| MyStrom |
2011 BE established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, Lighting, Smart device, Wearable devices or apps |
| myStrom (by Swisscom AG) provides Smart Home products like smart plugs, WiFi Switch, WiFi Blub to create digitalized house (via App) and to save energy, in houses. Customers are mostly private households but they also sell to other companies. | |||
| Novaccess |
2011 VD growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Transport & Mobility [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology, Road vehicles and transport ] | Lighting, Smartcity, Smart device |
| Novaccess is a start-up company developing innovative products for to the Web of Things. We make physical objects smarter, by interconnecting them through a ubiquitous software fabric. Our deep expertise in hardware, networking and software technologies allows us to craft end-to-end solutions with unprecedented levels of customization, efficiency and manageability. We create value across diverse application domains. | |||
| one2seven (Shrebo) |
2011 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Information technology ] | IT Software |
| shrebo is the Software-as-a-Service Cloud solution for the Sharing Economy. We enable companies of all sizes to set up innovative, cost-effective B2B and B2C sharing solutions. Sharing with shrebo increases the benefit for everyone and realizes competitive advantages for our customers thanks to optimized capacity utilization and lower costs. | |||
| PHYSEOS |
2011 VS growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., Renewable technologies |
| Physeos focuses its activities on sustainable development and energy efficiency in the built environment and industrial processes. Physeos provides solutions to reduce the need for investment in energy infrastructure, cut fuel costs, increase competitiveness and improve consumer welfare. Main activities: • Energy optimization in buildings and industrial processes, • Building physics, numerical simulation, • Distributed energy production systems, • Education and training for professionals. | |||
| Polarmond Outdoor |
2017 ZH established |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Recreation, Sport ] | Enabling technologies |
| The company develops, produces and markets the world’s first self-warming and temperature controllable sleep shells, bivouacs and tents with dehumidification management. | |||
| Pvsyst |
2011 GE established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| PVsyst design, develop and sale software or other products to promote responsible energy management, more particularly in the field of photovoltaics. They also do consulting and training activities. PVsyst also support renewable energy projects, especially in developing countries. | |||
| Smart Parking Systems |
2011 OW formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | Enabling technologies, Smartcity |
| Smart Parking Systems AG offers a compelling vertical, robotic parking solutions and automated parking systems to the challenge of limited parking space. The Rotary Parker is an unique Automated Mechanical Rotary Parking System is designed to permit up to a maximum of 12 cars or 12 SUV’s to be parked easily and safely, on the surface area required to park 2 cars. | |||
| Softcar |
2011 FR formation |
Transport & Mobility [ air quality, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility |
| SOFTCAR is a battery electric vehicles based on novel vehicle architecture and massive use of biopolymer materials and advanced composite. It can be produced at unprecedented low weight, low cost and low capital investment, without compromising on performance and safety. SOFTCAR is a confidential project carried out in partnership with large industrial groups. | |||
| solartechnology.ch |
2011 VS established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solartechnology.ch sàrl is a Swiss company specialized in the installation of solar panels. Founded in 2011, the company remains young and dynamic while having the experience of more than a hundred projects. We work throughout French-speaking Switzerland on both individual and industrial projects. It employs 3 to 8 people depending on the season. The company is also a member of swisssolar, the Swiss solar energy spokesperson, which guarantees the quality of our services. | |||
| Solarville |
2011 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Electric batteries, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Planning and construction of individualized made to measure photovoltaic systems as well as service and maintenance for the entire operating period | |||
| stemys |
2011 JU growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy management solutions, Information technology, Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| stemys.io is an Internet Of Things (IoT) solution that provides an innovative way to connect physical things on a common web platform. | |||
| Swiss-9 |
2011 BE formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| SwiSS-9, GmbH is in business of development, production and commercialization of surface functionalization products. | |||
| System-Alpenluft |
2011 BE validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | |
| System-Alpenluft AG stands for sustainable and economical waste management. System-Alpenluft AG assists their customers in the optimisation of community service and logistics processes. In so doing, System-Alpenluft AG works in a target-oriented and practical way towards at least guaranteeing the quality of services and processes and, wherever possible, to reduce cost at the same time and to improve cost-effectiveness Participation: System-Alpenluft AG stands for sustainable and economical waste management. System-Alpenluft AG assists their customers in the optimisation of community service and logistics processes. In so doing, System-Alpenluft AG works in a target-oriented and practical way towards at least guaranteeing the quality of services and processes and, wherever possible, to reduce cost at the same time and to improve cost-effectiveness | |||
| Terrabloc |
2011 GE established |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| Manufacture and marketing of compressed earth blocks, as well as all activities in the field of architecture, engineering and construction. | |||