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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Up Project |
2014 GE growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services ] | Low technology |
| The Ground_Up Project is a deal-sourcing platform for sustainability. | |||
| Grove Boats |
2010 VD established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Transport & Mobility [ Maritime and waterways transport, Mobility & Fleet management, Waste & recycling ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| 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 | |||
| Growcer |
2019 BS validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Bio technologies |
| Growcer perfects Vertical Farming for cost-efficient production. | |||
| Grundstock |
2019 BE validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Platform for locally produced food | |||
| GRZ Technologies |
2017 FR validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, Enabling technologies, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Renewable technologies, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| 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 validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Renewable technologies |
| 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 validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Airplanes & transport, Engineering ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility, Photovoltaics, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Experts in aviation. Building electric driven aircrafts and Battery management systems for aircrafts and critical applications. | |||
| Hades Technologies |
2019 ZH formation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| Automatically detecting defects in sewer inspection videos - not only much faster, but also objective and less error-prone. | |||
| HCP SWISS |
2018 SG validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | 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 technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Energy Production ] | Biomass based energy (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 |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| HEGIAS is democratizing Virtual Reality. With our self developed «CMS» for Virtual Reality we increase the up-to-dateness, and relevancy of industrial content at significantly decreasing cost. «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 |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Heating and cooling energy ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| 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 |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ Healthcare ] | |
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| hiLyte |
2018 NE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy storage ] | Electric batteries |
| 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. | |||
| Hive Power |
2019 TI formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Hive Power provides a SaaS for Smart Grid Analytics, to help Energy Suppliers and Grid Operators in optimising their operations and asset management. The solution includes tools for the forecasting of energy demand, scheduling of hydropower plant, designing new tariff schemes, and optimal management of energy communities and aggregated flexible loads. | |||
| Hivoduct |
2020 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity grids & flexibility ] | |
| Hivoduct transmits electric power with less environmental impact | |||
| HOOC |
2015 VS growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology, Service pooling ] | Communication, Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Secure remote access, remote programming, system networking and remote support. Smart Buildings and house technic | |||
| HopVrac |
2020 NE validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| A local, organic, circular economy and zero waste products, with packaging in reusable containers in Neuchatel! | |||
| Houzy |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Houzy is a young PropTech start-up and offers innovative tools and a strong network of experts for homeowners on its open MyHouzy platform. | |||
| HQ Energie |
2012 BS established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics |
| 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 ZH growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | |||
| Hydromea |
2014 VD validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Environmental monitoring ] | Drone & flight, Enabling technologies |
| 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 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. | |||
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies |
2012 FR validation |
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) |
| 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 GE growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring ] | Bio technologies |
| 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 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | e-bike, e-car, e-cargo, e-mobility |
| 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 VS established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Smartgrid |
| 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 NE growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity ] | Enabling technologies, Photovoltaics |
| 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. | |||
| Inergio |
2020 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Electric batteries, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells |
| INERGIO develops low-cost decentralized energy solution serving consumer, security, off-grid industry and robotic systems. Their lightweight fuel cell power packs are operating based on widely available butane/propane providing a reliable, lightweight and eco-friendly solution at high autonomy. | |||