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). Discover the companies by using the search filters. Sort the list by clicking on the arrows next to founding year, canton and phase. If your innovation is missing, please add your project here .
| Company Name | Founding year Canton What phase are you currently in? | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| gateway.uno |
2016 SG Stagnant |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Gateway.uno is an easy-to-use online tool for energy accounting. With gateway.uno, energy and water consumption can be recorded and evaluated. The comprehensible evaluation supports the presentation of the consumption values, the systematic analysis of the energy data, the planning of measures and the success control. The energy accounting with gateway.uno can be used for a single building as well as for entire building parks, for example for municipal buildings. | |||
| GBY (Go By Yourself) |
2016 FR Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-bike, Mobility: Electric |
| For people with limited mobility who want to independently expand their physical capabilities in their daily and family activities, GBY improves their mobility with the GO-TRYKE®, an electric tricycle that does amazing things while bringing relief to their disability. | |||
| Geoazimut |
2011 FR Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Environmental Monitoring ] | Components: Geophysical, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| GeoAzimut Sàrl is a company active in the fields of geosciences, geographical information systems and electronics. | |||
| GEOEG |
2018 VD Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Communication, Other: Low tech |
| At GEOEG, we foster the multiple roles of the underground, a spatial, material and resourceful medium that can support and host structures and infrastructures, as well as provide renewable energy. From this perspective, we developed a multidisciplinary approach allowing to plan, design, and manage it in the most integrated way. | |||
| geoimpact |
2017 BE Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Geoimpact runs the web-based platform Swiss Energy Planning which can be used throughout Switzerland. Energy potential can be detected at any location based on intuitive apps and intelligent services. Planning becomes digital, collaborative and simple. geoimpact focus on making the models of the future transparent with intuitive applications in the fields of energy, smart city and geoinformation. An agile approach enables efficient development processes and rapid implementation of complex requirements. | |||
| Gilytics |
2017 ZH Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Gilytics is committed to provide a fast computing and 3D visualization technology for complex planning of transportation and energy infrastructures and to increase the public participation and social acceptance between public authorities and local communities involved in a project. | |||
| Gjosa |
2016 BE Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Resource Efficiency ] | Energy: Hydro (small scale), Environment: Water conservation |
| Gjosa technology, inspired by Icelandic geysers, lies in the patented design of the shower head, which by splitting the flow, increasing the power of the jet and profiling fine droplets, reduces the flow of water to 2 litres per minute, compared to an average of 11 litres with ordinary equipment. | |||
| Glice (Innovational) |
2012 LU Established |
[ Sports & Recreation ] | Components: New chemical materials |
| Glice® synthetic ice brings skating anywhere, to any climate, any time! Glice® is the world leader for premium synthetic ice rinks that works without electricity or water. | |||
| Go Electric |
2013 FR Established |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Go Electric offers advice on clean mobility and selling/ retail of electric vehicles of all brands and at the lowest prices in Switzerland. The vehicles offered benefit from a manufacturer's warranty and are generally recent or even very recent vehicles. | |||
| Go Solar (energiemoebel.ch) |
2007 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| The goal is to support electric grid with energy produced from garden furniture as solar tables, sheds, etc.. | |||
| gr3n |
2013 TI Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| gr3n developed an innovative process, based on a new application of microwave technology to a well known chemical reaction which provides for the first time with an economically efficient chemical recycling process of PET (Polyethylene Terephtalate) and allows an industrial implementation of this recycling method. This new process can potentially change how PET is recycled worldwide with a huge financial benefit for the recycling industry. | |||
| Greenastic |
2016 VD Established |
None | |
| Greenastic is the first eco-friendly digital gardening platform based on the principles of permaculture. Greenastic provide you tools to design your perfect biologic and durable garden, balcony, or terrace. From your couch, you can create the best dynamic between plants and vegetables that you like with a web application that caters to your needs. | |||
| GreenGoWeb |
2012 VS Growth |
Culture, Education & Media,Energy & Power Systems [ Behavioural Change ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| GreenGoWeb® is an app for corporate sustainable behaviour challenges. It makes green team building in the form of gaming. Since 2012, GreenGoWeb® is the pioneer in applying gamification principles in the field of sustainable development. The company fosters innovative climate-mitigation solutions by engaging individuals, non-state and subnational actors. This unique “pledge-and-review” system allows for network creation and dynamic collaboration amongst participants. GreenGoWeb provides a set of comprehensive measures to reach out and engage individuals in efficient, yet feasible, bottom-up actions. | |||
| GreenGT |
2008 VD Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Hydro, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric |
| GreenGT is an independent Swiss company that has designed and developed high-performance clean and durable electric-hydrogen propulsion systems since 2008. GreenGT technology is based on the use of the hydrogen-powered electric motor through the use of the fuel cell. | |||
| greenmatch |
2013 BL Established |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Finance modelling tool for renewable energy projects and matchmaking plattform to find investors for green projects. Assess and structure renewable energy projects reliabily. | |||
| Green Motion |
2009 VD Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Green Motion is an independent company founded in Lausanne in 2009, which locally designs and produces charging systems for electric vehicles. The Swiss company is among pioneers of the charging infrastructure market, and has been successfully installing its charging stations throughout the country for more than 10 years. The Green Motion line includes private and public charging stations, quick chargers as well as centralized charging management systems for public parking. All Green Motion stations are designed to operate in network and include state-of-the-art functions such as multi-channel payment, vehicle charging regulation as a function of usage of the electric network as well as roaming between national and international operators. | |||
| greenTEG |
2009 ZH Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: Internet of Things IOT, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| U-value, R-value, humidity, and surface temperature measurements made easy. We produce heat flux sensors as a ETH Spin off (patented technology, production in Switzerland). We developed a unique U-value measurement tool for usage by energy consultants and building physics. | |||
| Green-Y Energy |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| Green-Y revolutionizes the energy sector: The combination of an electricity storage together with a heating and cooling unit in one decentralized device makes the integration of renewable energy on a large scale possible. An affordable and efficient system with unrivalled low amortization periods below 4 years results. Besides that, Green-Y is eco-friendly by using only air and water as working fluids. | |||
| GRINX (TwentyGreen) |
2015 LU Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| Production of natural probiotics to feed farm animals. This is a sustainable solution since the integration of probiotics means less food is needed and it also means lower costs related to disease and pollution treatment. | |||
| Grove Boats |
2010 VD Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Mobility: Electric |
| Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercializes electro-solar and hybrid boats intended for passenger transportation, for capacities ranging from 12 to 100 passengers. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of prototypes. Such developments enabled us for example to recently launch the “Solar SeaCleaner”, first st “zero emission” boat to clean port and swimming areas Participation: Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercialises electric and solar boats. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of “zero emission” crafts to clean port and swimming areas | |||
| Grundstock |
2019 BE Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Platform for locally produced food | |||
| GRZ Technologies |
2017 FR Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Other: Enabling tech |
| GRZ Technologies Ltd. is a company active in the field of renewable energy storage. Two products were released in 2017: a Hydrogen Compressor (HyCo) and an Advanced Gas Analysing System (AGAS). Both are laboratory equipment for the scientific community as well as for quality control in industry | |||
| H2 ENERGY |
2014 ZH Stagnant |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Mobility & Transport [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Renewable tech |
| H2 Energy wants to make hydrogen a cornerstone of the energy system. They see themselves as business innovators for renewable energies. Refining electricity into hydrogen enables the power companies to stand out from the crowd and regulate their production. Hydrogen can be used in a variety of ways, offering consumers some relevant and enhanced alternatives. | |||
| H55 |
2015 VS Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Air Transport ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Mobility: Electric |
| Experts in aviation. Building electric driven aircrafts and Battery management systems for aircrafts and critical applications. Seems to have several patents : https://patents.justia.com/assignee/h55-sa | |||
| eTriBike (HCP SWISS) |
2018 SG Validation |
[ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | Mobility: E-bike |
| We engineer high-quality eTriBikes for different applications, such as: transportation of handicapped people, with or without wheelchair, cargo bikes, special custom designs. | |||
| heatneutral |
2016 TI Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..) |
| HeatNeutral produces the worlds most efficient, cost effective and scalable heating system for homes and industry. We also produce and supply the CO2 neutral fuels with these two technologies we help users meet their climate neutrality ambitions. | |||
| Hegias |
2017 ZH Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The world’s first automated and browser-based content management system (CMS) solution for visualizing and communicating with virtual reality (VR) for the construction and real estate industry. HEGIAS VR lets your customer walk thru an unbuilt house, re-furniture it by his touch and buy it having seen and felt it. | |||
| Heizungsmacher |
2017 BS Growth |
Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech | |
| Heizungsmacher AG, is a Swiss company specialising in the replacement of old heating systems with modern heat pumps as well as the planning and installation of photovoltaic systems in the segment of detached and semi-detached houses. | |||
| Helvitek Labs |
2020 VD Formation |
[ Wearable Devices ] | None |
| The goal of the company is to create the next generation of urban life anti-pollution masks combining state-of-the-art protection with a revolutionary design. | |||
| hiLyte |
2018 NE Growth |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| hiLyte-Power is a Swiss-based startup that aims at providing cheap clean energy for people who still use kerosene for lighting. The hiLyte battery produces enough power to both charge a phone and give light to a room for one night. All the consumables being non-toxic and easy to find everywhere on Earth. Even if the product is still in development, the field testing in summer 2018 has shown a very strong need for this product. The crowdfunding planed early 2019 will lead to put on sale the first batteries where it is needed. In addition of being a solution for light and phone charging to those without electricity access, the hiLyte battery is an excellent tool for teaching chemistry in schools worldwide. | |||