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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOC | 2015 | Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology, Media, Services pooling ] | communication, enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| VS | Secure remote access, remote programming, system networking and remote support | ||
| HQ Energie | 2012 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics |
| BS | HQ Energie AG is an engineering company in the energy sector with a focus on renewable energies and efficient building technology. They create turnkey photovoltaic systems. | ||
| Huxley Design (Elephbo) | 2016 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| ZH | We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | ||
| Hydromea | 2014 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Environmental monitoring ] | enabling technologies |
| VD | Hydromea SA is a deeptech start-up from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, with the goal to bring the latest advanced technology from microengineering and robotics to the environmental water quality market. By leveraging automation, data management and multi-robot systems with AI, Hydromea aims to provide high-resolution in-situ data (which to date cannot be obtained by other means), cost-effectively and fast. The high-resolution and real-time data obtained simultaneously across a defined volume of water brings unparalleled value to numerous industries – from mapping the extent of an oil spill or turbidity profiles during delta works and port construction to nitrate plume detection, closed space surveys and management of bath and potable water | ||
| Hydroswiss | 2011 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Waste management technologies |
| TI | 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. | ||
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies | 2012 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy efficiency, Engineering, Waste & recycling ] | Climate technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Hydro energy, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| FR | HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies SA - is a swiss development stage company specializing in research, development, creation and implementation in the sphere of clean energy production, production of boehmite nanopowders & maintenance of ecological safety of industrial enterprises. | ||
| ID-Gene Ecodiagnostics | 2014 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Environmental monitoring ] | Bio technologies |
| GE | ID-GENE provides fast, sensitive and reliable genetic tests for environmental bioassessment and biomonitoring from all types of environmental samples: water, sediment, soil. We cover all habitats from terrestrial and freshwater to coastal marine and deep-sea settings. Our versatile analytical tools are appropriate for all types of organisms from bacteria to protists, plants and animals. | ||
| ImagineCargo | 2014 | Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | e-bike, e-car, e-cargo, e-mobility |
| ZH | Sustainable package delivery; ImagineCargo relies on the Bike plus Rail plus Bike concept. Instead of by plane and delivery van, documents and parcels are transported to the station by bicycle, reloaded in high-speed trains and delivered to their destination by bicycle. | ||
| Imperix | 2013 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Smartgrid |
| VS | Imperix develops high-end control equipment and prototyping hardware for power electronics, drives, smart grids and related topics. Its products are designed to enable cutting-edge innovation in corporate and academic environments. They are especially valued for their ability to accelerate the implementation of laboratory-scale power converters and facilitate the derivation of high quality experimental results. | ||
| INDEOtec | 2007 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity ] | enabling technologies, Photovoltaics |
| NE | Indeotec specializes in the design and integration of PECVD, PVD and LPCVD reactors, vacuum system, very high frequency VHF plasma excitation and system automation. Indeotec is driven by innovation, technology and committed to providing practical and top quality solutions that save time and improve the transfer of technology in the solar PV, TFT-LCD and MEMS segments. Our staff is comprised of a team of talented and experienced professionals with in-depth knowledge of thin films manufacturing equipment and device development and optimisation. | ||
| INNOmaterials | 2013 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | Acoustic materials & technologies e.g. noise, vibration mitigation, Material & Products based on biomass, new chemical materials, Physical or chemical technologies |
| JU | INNOmaterials is a very new company, based in Switzerland and Luxembourg, whose concept is to help industries solve their technical problems. We also offer them new materials, using our extensive professional experience gained in industry. We also organize external developments through an international R & D network, possibly supported by local or international subsidies. | ||
| 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 | GridSense is a turnkey home energy management system (HEMS) which understands the energy flows in a household and distribution grid, and optimises this across all appliances. GridSense controls the energy from heat pumps, water heaters, charging stations for electric vehicles, PV inverters and batteries autonomously and predictively, in a decentralised way. | ||
| Innovational (Glice) | 2012 | Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Sport ] | new chemical materials |
| LU | 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. | ||
| Innovenergy | 2013 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | Electric batteries |
| BE | Intermediate salt battery system between prosumers and grid, for example IndieWatt mobile salt battery for farmers in the alps. | ||
| Innovida Swiss Technology | 2016 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Resource efficiency ] | heating in buildings |
| TI | Innovida Swiss Technology SA is dedicated to innovation. The growing need for comfort at home and in public spaces creates a continuous demand for low-cost, low-environmental impact solutions. Our company's mission is therefore to develop new ideas and innovative technologies to create products that effectively meet these needs while respecting the environment, thus contributing to the preservation of the planet Innovida produces high efficiency and silent heat pumps for pools and building heating, based on an innovative Platform, patented in the world. | ||
| 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 aims to simplify sunlight concentration for photovoltaic systems (CPV) by drastically changing the way of tracking the sun throughout the year. We combine the advantages of standard solar panels mounting structure, with the high efficiency of concentrated photovoltaics. Currently in the R&D phase with some patents pending, we aim to rapidly bring our product to market. | ||
| InstaHeat | 2016 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Heat energy ] | Heat industrial usage, heating in buildings |
| ZH | InstaHeat is a technology-based Company located in Zürich. We developed a new kind of heating device being able to heat any conductive fluid instantly and precisely to the desired temperature with very high efficiency. The device generates the heat directly within the fluid, eliminating the need for a heating element. The technology allows a compact design so that it fits into various machines. | ||
| Inventsys | 2017 | 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 | ||
| K-Elec | 2018 | Transport & Mobility [ Road transport ] | e-car, Electric batteries, e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| VD | The K-ELEC project, focused on the electric mobility of the future, offers a kit and retrofit service to transform end-of-life gasoline vehicles into electric vehicles, while reusing as many components as possible. It is thus possible to avoid the destruction of viable components, to switch to the electric, which is less expensive to buying a new vehicle. | ||
| Keller Technologies | 2000 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Resource efficiency ] | Smarthome & building |
| 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 [ Many fields, Mobility & Fleet management, Road transport ] | smartcity |
| 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. | ||
| Komp-ACT | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency ] | motor & actuator |
| VD | KOMP-ACT has a revolutionary modularized technology that enables actuators to provide programmable forces with high accuracy. KOMP-ACT’s actuators are energy efficient, clean, lightweight and small; all that with similar prices of the inferior technologies currently available in the market. | ||
| Koord | 2016 | ||
| FR | The target of this company is the development, manufacture and marketing of products for third parties or for themselves in the field of mechatronics. | ||
| 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 | kWIQly interprets automatic meter reading data and identifies energy waste. 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, with very good heat properties. | ||
| LEDCity | 2017 | 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. | ||