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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| InnoSense (GridSense) | 2017 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Heat energy, Information technology ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| ZH | IT system that learns and anticipates demand patterns to effectively integrate wind and solar. | ||
| INNOVARADIO | 2009 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | |
| GE | Innovaradio produces modules for telecommunications transmitters allowing to reduce the energy consumption of TV and telephone transmitters by 35%, while keeping the same power and resignation quality. | ||
| Innovenergy | 2013 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Electric batteries |
| BE | Intermediate generator/battery system between prosumers and grid, for example IndieWatt mobile salt battery. | ||
| Innovida Swiss Technology | 2016 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Resource efficiency ] | heating in buildings |
| TI | Innovida produces high efficiency and silent heat pumps for pools and building heating, based on an innovative Platform, patented in the world. | ||
| Innovational | 2012 | Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Sport ] | |
| LU | Glice® synthetic ice brings skating anywhere, to any climate, any time! Glice® is the world leader for premium synthetic ice rinks. Glice® Zero Energy plastic ice rinks work without electricity or water | ||
| In Situ Energy | 2016 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Energy storage ] | enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| ZH | In Situ Energy AG is a Startup Company, a provider of New Energy for all. Change38, a new market model for distribution of regenerative energy wants to enable everybody choosing his prefered mix and source of regenerative energy, provided in real time. Produce regenerative, local energy when needed | ||
| Insolight | 2015 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Photovoltaics |
| VD | Insolight is building solar panels that redirect and concentrate the sunlight, to double efficiency, and reduce costs of solar electricity | ||
| Inventsys | 2015 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AG | Software solution, designed to enable the digitalization of governments, authorities, and municipal utilities to create smart processes. It helps digitalize the business of other verticals including facility management, utility management, security, trade marketing, and outdoor media, and any other operation that requires the geolocated real-time management of assets or field workers. | ||
| Joulia | 2010 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Healthcare & Bodycare [ Heat energy ] | enabling technologies, heating in buildings |
| BE | Invisibly integrated in a slim shower channel, Joulia-Inline recovers heat efficiently from the used shower water. Thanks to simple cold water diversion, the heat recovery unit saves up to 42% energy | ||
| Keller Technologies | 2000 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency ] | |
| ZG | Plan, design and build to level, environmentally friendly buildings, neighbourhoods with interessting architecture | ||
| Kido Dynamics | 2018 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| VD | Kido Dynamics provides tools for companies to deeply understand people’s mobility patterns. Our technology provides exhaustive, contextual analytics for people mobility patterns. Demand for such tools is very broad all over the world, including segments such as transportation, out-of-home marketing, tourism, events, and smart cities. | ||
| KITRO | 2017 | Food, Farming or Forestry, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| ZH | Measuring and reducing food waste in restaurants and canteens with user-friendly solution that reduces cost and wasted resources. | ||
| KoSaBe Energy | 2012 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy sufficiency, Engineering ] | Climate technologies, enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Hydro energy (small scale), lighting, Photovoltaics, Wind energy |
| NW | KoSaBe Energy developes efficient technologies for the exploitation of wind power, hydropower and sunshine and a technology for the production of drinking water from sea-, river and underground water. | ||
| kWIQly | 2008 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Financing and financial services ] | Climate technologies, data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BE | Online discovery of energy saving opportunities from consumption data; kWIQly distils actionable insights from energy metering and weather data for energy managers. This allows energy retailers to support clients, ease acquisition, improve retention and drive cross-sales. | ||
| LavaConcept Switzerland | 2013 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Resource sufficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Geothermal energy |
| AI | Construction materials made from volcanic lava residues. | ||
| LEDCity | 2016 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | LED, lighting |
| ZH | LEDCity develops autonomous lights with various integrated sensors to let them decide by itself if and how much light is needed. Savings up to 90% are possible. | ||
| LENR Cars | 2012 | Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Engineering, Heat energy ] | e-car, Electric batteries, e-mobility, E-vehicle charging, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| VD | Autonomous electric vehicles, hydrogren fuel cells driven by cold fusion. There is no proof that this can work anytime soon. | ||
| L.E.S.S. | 2012 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | lighting |
| VD | Our goal is to design and develop effective and innovative lighting solutions to ensure reliable, sustainable and competitive systems. LED small scale lighting systems. | ||
| LINDA Swiss | 2018 | Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | drone & flight |
| ZH | LINDA acquires and processes data of its customers infrastructure data. The customers benefits of low prices and highest infrastructure data. | ||
| Liot (VOLTEX) | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Electric batteries, e-mobility, IT-blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid, Solarthermal energy, Wind energy |
| TG | VOLTEX has a peer to peer it-plattform and produces modules that measure, control and regulate the power grid. Stable voltages, reactive power blackouts and grid overcapacities can be avoided. | ||
| Loriot | 2015 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Internet platform for hosting IoT solution, focus can be on energy efficiency in buildings | ||
| Lumartix | 2010 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | lighting |
| VD | Lumartix is unveiling new generation power light source. Lumixo plasma lamp reduce dramatically the operating and maintenance costs thanks to producing directly spectrum AM1.5 or AM0 (without filter) and the very long lamp life time up to 40'000 hours. | ||
| Magripol | 2010 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | heating in buildings |
| VD | Magripol manufactures ecological and natural insulation for all needs of the construction industry. | ||
| Mein-Küchenchef | 2015 | Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | enabling technologies |
| BE | The company sells ready-to-serve meals that vary seasonally and can be preserved for up to four weeks by the Sousvide type of preparation without artificial preservatives. The aspect of No food waste and regional production runs through the entire value chain of Mein-Küchenchef. | ||
| Mil-tek | 2002 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | enabling technologies |
| VD | Leading supplier of space-saving, air-driven waste and baling presses for minimizing and recycling cardboard, plastic, polystyrene and general residual waste. | ||
| MIRO Analytical Technologies | 2018 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Resource efficiency ] | |
| ZH | MIRO Analytical Technologies has been founded as an Empa spinoff to bring the latest mid-infrared gas sensing technology based on quantum cascade lasers (QCL) to the market. | ||
| Misurio (energyon) | 2008 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Information technology, Many fields ] | Electric batteries, enabling technologies, Hydro energy, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| VS | Software for optimizing economic decisions around utility investments in capacity, storage and grid | ||
| MobileThinking | 2013 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Games, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| GE | Development of Android and iOS mobile applications and innovative solutions | ||
| Molok Recycling Company | 2001 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | |
| VD | OptiWaste offers a comprehensive range of waste management solutions (underfloor containers, semi-underfloor containers, overhead containers, barriers for recycling yards, etc.). | ||
| MoSan GmbH | 2016 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| LU | Mosan is a rapid-deployable sanitation solution for challenging environments as slums and refugee camps. It contains a urine-divertig dry toilet and ecological system that consideres human excreta as a valuable ressource. | ||