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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVG Zentrum (Zevvy) | 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) and runs the software Zevvy to help customers with the billing of solar power systems for "Eigenverbrauch" | ||
| 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 | 2017 | 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, Heating and cooling energy, Many fields, Resource efficiency ] | Electric batteries, IT data usage, Optic devices, Smartcity, Smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| VD | Ewattch is an expert in the IoT (Internet of Things) and develops wireless sensors and innovative services mainly dedicated to energy control, intended for industry, office buildings and Smart building projects. | ||
| Exlterra | 2013 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Enabling technologies |
| GE | At Exlterra we invent better ways to combat major challenges affecting our environment and civilization. Our disruptive technologies generate significant economic, environmental, and social value. Our first invention, patented in 2010, is called EGRP®. Thanks to its energy-passive, soil moisture management design, the EGRP revolutionizes the way to address many water issues. In 2017, we introduced an innovative and versatile light-weight drill rig HAZL, and in 2018 we announced our Nutrient Enrichment Passive System or NEPS. Which reinvigorates failing trees, and is already storming the fields of urban forestry, landscaping and commercial farming. Today, we continue working on improving our existing technology while continuing to pursue new projects and ideas. It is in our DNA to invent and market sustainable environmental technologies. | ||
| Exomotion | 2018 | Transport & Mobility | e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| GE | The coolest e-scooter in the world: Mulitdirectional and safe. | ||
| Explosion Power | 2009 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Heating and cooling energy, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Enabling technologies, Filters & Membranes, Heat industrial usage |
| AG | Small explosion generator to clean heat pump tubes of industrial processes | ||
| Fagus Suisse | 2014 | Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Wood or forest technologies |
| JU | FAGUS SUISSE AG is the Swiss specialist for beech processing and stands for innovative spirit in constructive timber construction. They manufactures elements for structural timber construction and semi-finished products as well as glued wood panels for furniture and interior design. | ||
| Fairpower | 2013 | 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". | ||
| Fair Recycling (fondation) | 2008 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| ZH | Fair Recycling is the first organisation worldwide to combine climate protection with recycling. In Brazil, where the Swiss foundation's pioneering project is located, it recycles old refrigerators containing CFCs in cooperation with its local partner Indústria Fox, thus making an important contribution to climate protection. On the basis of this verification report, an independent registration body issues climate protection certificates, which the Foundation offers to Swiss partners. Fair Recycling is proud to be the climate partner of numerous companies that reduce a large part of their CO2 emissions with their own measures and only offset unavoidable emissions with climate protection certificates. | ||
| FAIRTIQ | 2013 | Transport & Mobility | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BE | We are an innovative, dynamic company that makes travelling by public transport easier than ever before. The FAIRTIQ app offers the simplest, most cost-effective tickets - for travellers, transport authorities and public transport operators. After a greatly successful launch in Switzerland, we are now expanding into new markets. Our ultimate goal is to simplify sustainable mobility internationally. | ||
| UniqueTrace (FairTrace) | 2013 | Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Enabling technologies |
| VS | FairTrace developed FairTrace Traceability Tool. It's an effective, innovative and patented computer software solution which ensure traceability of goods, ingredients and guarantee their origin. | ||
| Fair Voyage | 2017 | Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Environmental monitoring, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Fair Voyage helps you find and customize your best conscious travel experience in Africa and developing regions. They are building an ethical and sustainable booking platform that exclusively promotes verified responsible tour operators. Through their direct relationships with local leaders in sustainability, they can offer you highest quality at best prices. | ||
| Faitron | 2016 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Enabling technologies |
| SG | Faitron is a Swiss company focusing on mobile food solutions e.g. a heated lunch box or baby bottle. Our goal is to improve health and well-being through our innovative product solutions and become a global influencer in the home appliance industry. | ||
| Farmy | 2014 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| ZH | Farmy is the online shop for regional and organic products. | ||
| FenX | 2019 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| ZH | FenX is designing and developing foam products and foam formulations made from available waste or natural materials and addressed to real estate developers, construction companies and architects. The product: Non-flammable, non-toxic insulation foam causing zero CO2 emission. | ||
| Fiaxell | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Unknown ] | Enabling technologies |
| VD | A global solution for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), electrolyser (SOEC) & high temperature electrochemical devices Over the past nine years, Fiaxell has developed processes for cell fabrication, specialty screen printing inks, flexible testing devices for high temperature measurements and has now provided customers worldwide. To complement our core competences, we identified highly skilled manufacturers of electronics (power supply & EIS), kilns, gas control, liquid management, gas detection, hydrogen generators and are working closely with them. | ||
| Fireforce Technology | 2018 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| VD | Fireforce Technology develops clean and effective biomass combustion processes that emits ultra-low pollutant levels. We develop our own models of wood burners adapted to your application. | ||
| Fleco Power | 2015 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Media ] | Enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| ZH | Marketing and management of private renewable production into virtual power plant; Farm support entrepreneurial farms and regional power generation. We procure certificates for the consumer without any complications - the added value flows directly to the local farm. | ||
| Flisom | 2005 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | New chemical materials, Photovoltaics |
| ZH | Flisom’s products are based on an innovative thin film solar technology developed in Switzerland. High efficiency, flexible CIGS solar panels, ultra light weight and unique product features open a completely new dimension in solar energy. | ||
| Flowconverter Energy | 2007 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| ZH | 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. | ||
| Fluid Solids | 2011 | 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 |
| ZH | 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. | ||
| Fluxim | 2007 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Information technology, Many fields ] | Electric batteries, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, Lighting, Photovoltaics |
| ZH | Provide R&D tools for the OLED display, lighting and photovoltaic industries. Our software product setfos is designed to simulate light-outcoupling from OLEDs and light-absorption in thin film solar cells. Moreover, offer an all-in-one measurement platform paios with integrated analysis software | ||
| Flyability | 2014 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Prevention of or protection from technical risks ] | Drone & flight, Enabling technologies |
| VD | Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, inside buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solving the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s first market is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Energy, Oil & Gas or transport infrastructure. It is also active in Search & Rescue and security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. | ||
| Fly & Film | 2015 | Communication, Media, Education or Games, Food, Farming or Forestry, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Food production & retail, Forestry ] | Drone & flight |
| VS | The school of drones UAVs are already indispensable in many companies today and will be one of the 8 technologies that entrepreneurs cannot imagine the year 2020 without. The Fly & Film drone academy offers training programs by professional instructors coming from civil aviation. | ||
| FOODOO | 2018 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| BE | With a mobile kitchen and voluntary helpers we produce high quality and marketable products to fight against food waste and its consequences for the environment. The products produced at our FOODOO FACTORY Parties are distributed on foodoo.world and through its partners throughout Switzerland. The main product is FOODOO GEMÜSEBOUILLON PASTE. | ||
| FutureThinking (Regalo) | 2017 | Communication, Media, Education or Games, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| TI | REGALO, property of FutureThinking Sagl, provides online resources, including but not limited to a platform to post or to collect items that other users give away for free, as well as various messaging and board posting services. | ||
| Gaia Membranes | 2019 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | New chemical materials |
| AG | Gaia Membranes develops and manufactures ion exchange membranes that can boost the performance of multiple energy storage and conversion technologies. Amphion™ is the innovative membrane technology. | ||
| Gaiasens Technologies | 2010 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Smart device |
| VS | GAIASENS Technologies is an innovative company at the service of the environment. It offers real-time measurement solutions, environmental studies and modelling services as well as the implementation of operational solutions for the management of natural hazards. | ||
| Gamaya | 2015 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Forestry ] | Smart device |
| VD | Gamaya addresses the need to increase efficiency and sustainability of large industrial farming, as well as the productivity and scalability of small-holder farming, by deploying the world’s most advanced solution for mapping and diagnostics of farmland. Gamaya helps farmers to use water, fertilisers, chemicals and fuel more efficiently; improve the quality and quantity of their production; minimise the impact on the environment; as well as reduce risks associated with drought, extreme weather conditions and climate change. | ||
| Ganser CRS | 2003 | Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| ZH | The Common Rail injection technology has contributed significantly to the new era of the modern diesel engine. The diesel engine became more powerful, runs quietly and produces far less emissions than in the past. | ||