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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEDsafari | 2016 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | enabling technologies, LED, Photovoltaics |
| VD | LEDsafari is a clean-tech social start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland that develops innovative digital products to help solar companies and organisations to manage their staff and assets. LEDsafari addresses three types market: Innovative solar kits for education in schools, Online digital platform for staff and channel partner (HelioLearn©) and Low cost & Plug and Play IoT sensor for online monitoring of the solar devices (HelioHealth©). | ||
| 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. | ||
| LES BATOILLES | 2019 | ||
| FR | A reusable bag from recycled material produced locally for vegetables and other shoppings to replace plastic bags and an online shop to sell locally made items. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Le Thiec ASD | 2018 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| VD | Innovative solutions for more recycling like foldable, light bins, compressing rubbish, new materials etc. | ||
| 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. | ||
| LMTS Switzerland (Flash) | 2018 | Transport & Mobility [ Road transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| Flash is an e-scooter rental company | |||
| 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 | ||
| LuckaBox | 2017 | Transport & Mobility [ Services pooling, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Shipping |
| ZH | LuckaBox provides a customer-centric logistics platform for enterprises to manage on-demand and last-mile deliveries like same day delivery within 90min or at a preferred 2h time slot. Thanks to our extensive network of professional courier partners, we cover all big cities in Switzerland. Today, LuckaBox already offers access to more than 30% of the Swiss population. | ||
| 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. | ||
| magnebotix | 2014 | Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Physical or chemical technologies |
| ZH | Magnebotix produces and markets the MFG-100 & MFG-100-i (reference 1) magnetic field generating system developed in the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Mastercoldbrewer (re-coffee) | 2017 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | low technology |
| SG | Coffee - Drinks that are manufactured without the effects of heat. This lead to preserved aromas and vitamines. The products are fair and mostly organic. | ||
| MeduSoil | 2018 | Construction & buildings, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Unknown ] | Construction: Resource and material optimized |
| VD | Medusoil is an EPFL spin-off and applies world's first ground bio-stabilization technology to mainstream construction problems. By coupling traditional construction practice with lab-developed, nature-based biochemical carriers we reduce application costs, minimize equipment requirements and increase long-term resistance against failures and environmental threats. | ||
| 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. | ||
| MIRO Analytical Technologies | 2018 | Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Resource efficiency ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| 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. Measures simultaneously up to 10 most important green-house gases and pollutants and allows easy use through an intuitive interface on a 7 " touch screen display. | ||
| 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 and consulting for optimizing economic decisions around utility investments in capacity, storage and grid | ||
| Mondays | 2018 | Healthcare & Bodycare [ Healthcare ] | low technology |
| ZH | Mondays is a Femtech company, an online subscription for environmentally friendly, plastic free period products. At Mondays we know shopping for periods products is a hassle no one needs. And making environmentally friendly choices when buying period products, simply takes up too much time for most people to bother. Mondays allows women to purchase sustainable, 100% plastic free period products, have none of the guilt and save time in the process. A one-time registration and your period products will arrive on your doorstep in time every month. | ||
| Mootral | 2018 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| VD | MOOTRAL is an AgriTech company based in Switzerland that develops innovative solutions for companies and governments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agricultural sector. Our first technology is Mootral Ruminant, a natural feed supplement that significantly reduces methane emissions from ruminants. Mootral Ruminant is based on a proprietary combination of organosulfur compounds from garlic and bioflavonoids extracted from citrus. Our research over the last 10 years under both lab and commercial farm conditions shows a minimum 30% reduction in emitted methane. | ||
| 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. | ||
| MPower Ventures AG | 2017 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity, Energy storage, Financing and financial services, Information technology ] | Electric batteries, Photovoltaics |
| ZH | Participation: MPower Ventures finances and distributes affordable solar systems to a market of 1.3 bn potential customers in emerging markets. MPower enables them to power their homes and businesses independently from the electricity grid or fossil fuel-based electricity production systems. | ||
| Mr. Green Recycling-Service | 2010 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| ZH | The start-up company Mr. Green spares people in Zurich the walk to the collection point: they pick up glass, aluminum cans, pet and batteries from home and dispose of them | ||
| myCamper | 2015 | Recreation, hotels & restaurants, Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BS | MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | ||
| MycoSolutions | 2004 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Forestry ] | Bio technologies |
| SG | Custom made biological fungi products to enhance growth for trees and other plants. | ||
| myFacility | 2018 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | Internet of Things |
| AG | myFacility makes existing buildings more energy efficient and smarter by optimizing the buildings technology systems with state-of-the-art IOT infrastructure. Our goal is to significally bring forward the energy transition in the building sector. | ||
| myNewEnergy | 2013 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Internet platform for buying ecological added value of electricity products or switching to high quality products with the own provider. | ||
| MyStrom | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, lighting, smart device, Wearable devices or apps |
| BE | myStrom (by Swisscom AG) provides Smart Home products like smart plugs, WiFi Switch, WiFi Blub to create digitalized house (via App) Customers is private households but they also sell to other companies | ||
| myStromer | 2010 | Transport & Mobility [ Electricity efficiency ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| BE | myStromer AG develops and markets innovative e-bikes. The strength of the company lies in the development of and mechanical components, electric components, software, and the complete system integration. | ||
| mywatt | 2015 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics |
| VD | Wattable product, solar panel table. | ||