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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEDsafari |
2016 VD growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Enabling technologies, LED, Photovoltaics, Sensors |
| 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 VD formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy ] | e-car, Electric batteries, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution |
| Autonomous electric vehicles, hydrogren fuel cells driven by cold fusion. There is no working prototype, yet. | |||
| LES BATOILLES |
2019 FR growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| 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 VD established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Lighting |
| 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 VD validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Innovative solutions for more recycling like foldable, light bins, compressing rubbish, new materials etc. | |||
| Libattion |
2018 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | |
| Libattion is an innovative lithium battery provider accelerating the global shift to a more sustainable energy storage technology. | |||
| LINDA Swiss |
2018 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Drone & flight |
| LINDA acquires and processes data of its customers infrastructure data. The customers benefits of low prices and highest infrastructure data. | |||
| Liot (VOLTEX) |
2018 TG formation |
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 |
| 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. | |||
| Live Track AG |
2019 SG formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Environmental monitoring, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Transport & logisticsof goods, Waste & recycling ] | Fleet management, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors, Smartcity, Waste management technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| SMART. INTELLIGENT. AND EFFICIENT. Live Track AG reinvents the management of silos and containers and the associated disposal and supply logistics. Thanks to an open platform that is independent of hardware manufacturers and the intelligent analytic of real-time data, we optimise the frequencies, routes and loading of vehicles. This solution saves you time and money and significantly reduces CO2 emissions | |||
| Loriot |
2015 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Internet platform for hosting IoT solution, focus can be on energy efficiency in buildings | |||
| LuckaBox |
2017 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Service pooling, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Shipping |
| 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 VD growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | Lighting |
| 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 ZH growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| 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 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Heating in buildings |
| Magripol manufactures ecological and natural insulation for all needs of the construction industry. | |||
| Match my Bike |
2019 VS growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smart device |
| Match my Bike is a platform for sharing bikes between individuals. Thanks to a smartphone application and a connected padlock, cyclists can book two-wheelers in different cities within the community. In exchange, they make their bikes available when they are parked at the station. | |||
| MeduSoil |
2018 VD formation |
Construction & buildings, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Unknown ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| 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. | |||
| MEMBRASENZ |
2019 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy management solutions ] | |
| MEMBRASENZ is engaged into development, production and commercialization of gas-separating membranes to be used in alkaline electrolysers and other energy conversion systems. | |||
| Methanology |
2020 SH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| METHANOLOGY's technology liberates from fossil fuels. The use of this technology is the key to creating an independent, decentralized energy system. METHANOLOGY's Willpower system converts carbon dioxide from ambient air into high quality methanol, which is easy to store and can be used as fuel for heating purposes. | |||
| Microlino |
2015 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car |
| Realization of small and light cars that are at the same time protected from the weather and that have enough space for groceries shopping. Production is scheduled to start in 2020. | |||
| MIRO Analytical Technologies |
2018 ZH validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Resource efficiency ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Sensors |
| 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 VS growth |
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 |
| Software and consulting for optimizing economic decisions around utility investments in capacity, storage and grid | |||
| Mithras Technology |
2018 GR formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Mithras‘ technology can use free energy, like Temperature differences between humans and environment, to power selfsufficient systems. This opens up an almost unlimited and dynamically growing market. | |||
| MOBBOT |
2018 FR formation |
Construction & buildings [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..) ] | 3D Printing, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| The patented technology is based on cutting-edge equipment and methods of manufacturing a reinforced 3-dimensional concrete structure by using 3D printing. The printer includes an industrial robot with a print head that utilizes a novel method of depositing concrete to obtain a smooth surface in a single manufacturing step. The method allows the print head to design complex one-off shapes which can be printed in minutes with no waste. | |||
| Mondays |
2018 ZH growth |
Health & House & Body Care [ Healthcare ] | Low technology |
| 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. | |||
| MOOST |
2016 SG validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Heating and cooling energy, Hotel, Information technology, Restaurants ] | Cooling technology, Heating in buildings, Internet of Things, IT data usage, IT Software, LED, Lighting, Sensors, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| We turn Smart Home data into actionable insights. We make Smart Homes smart. We help our users all around the world save energy, feel more secure, sleep better and save time. We do so by combining smart devices from leading companies into mini-automations. Mini-automations get complex or annoying jobs done for you at your command. MOOST is the world's first solution that does not require any technical expertise nor expensive installations. Our automations are ready-to-use, configured for your individual home and super easy to install and adapt. | |||
| Mootral |
2018 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| 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 LU validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| 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 ZH growth |
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 |
| 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 ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| 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 BS growth |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants, Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | |||