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). Discover the companies by using the search filters. Sort the list by clicking on the arrows next to founding year, canton and phase. If your innovation is missing, please add your project here .
| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMP IT |
2021 GE growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | e-vehicle charging, IT Software |
| AMP IT offers tenants of multi-residential buildings, as well as to employees in commercial buildings the possibility of charging their electric vehicles in their parking space. We offer a turnkey service and attractive monthly subscriptions to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles. AMP IT Hub mobile application and charge point management system offers users a pleasant and efficient charging experience. Available in white label, it allows operators of similar services to manage their charging systems efficiently at scale. | |||
| Amplo |
2020 ZH |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, | IT Software |
| The journey to predictive maintenance is not easy. We help you to figure out how to improve customer satisfaction and increase your service margins with the newest technologies. | |||
| am-tec switzerland |
2011 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Consultants for electricity grid management; Core competencies: asset management and infrastructure management. We offer consulting, services and software for strategic and operational asset management (standardized entry-level projects for electricity, water and gas distribution) | |||
| Happy Genie (Antanas) |
2013 SZ growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, [ clothes, Trade and Retail ] | Wearable devices or apps |
| Happy Genie produces stylish and multifunctional bags made from apple waste, designed in Switzerland and handmade in Italy. In addition to high-end fashion, Happy Genie offers fair working conditions throughout the supply chain and also gives a portion of its proceeds to impact organizations. | |||
| Apizoom |
2016 FR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| A beekeeper teamed up with the Signal Processing Laboratory 5 and a group of EPFL students to develop an app that counts the number of Varroa mites in beehives. This parasite is one of the two main threats – along with pesticides – to bees’ long-term survival. Knowing the extent of the mites’ infestation will allow beekeepers to protect their bees more effectively. | |||
| Aquafuture |
2014 BE validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
| At Aquafuture, we support family farms in establishing a new branch of aquaculture operations. Aemme Shrimp is our pilot farm | |||
| Aquanetto Group |
2007 VS established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, [ Cleaning, Waste & recycling ] | Filters & Membranes, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| AquaNetto solutions rely on ultraviolet irradiation in combination with complementary technologies to disinfect and treat fluids (water and air) and surfaces. AquaNetto promotes and supports socially and ecologically sustainable projects according to well defined criteria with the goal of achieving the highest possible value on site. To this end, AquaNetto provides open-architecture, efficient, and environmentally friendly solutions for the treatment of water, air, and surfaces in the private, public, industrial and commercial sectors. | |||
| Aquazoom |
2015 ZG validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Electricity ] | Hydro energy |
| AquaZoom removes barriers to fish migration while producing power - economically restoring rivers everywhere. We strive for electricity production in complete harmony with nature. Therefore, we grew to leading pioneers in micro hydropower and aim to share our patented water vortex technology worldwide. | |||
| Arrhenius |
validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, | |
| Arrhenius AG operates a negative emission technology to mitigate global warming.by growing and burying microalgae. | |||
| Arviem |
2008 ZG established |
Transport & Mobility, [ Transport & logistics of goods ] | e-cargo, e-mobility, Enabling technologies |
| Arviem service is to tracks parameters affecting a cargo content's quality based on the specific needs of clients. Tracking the location and monitoring the condition of cargo verifies the quality of incoming components and monitors the fulfillment of safety and environmental regulations. | |||
| Ässbar |
2013 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Catering, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency ] | Low technology |
| It all began as a simple idea. Yesterday's bread and baked goods were to be given a second life. And instead of ending up in the garbage can, they were to be consumed. The Äss-Bar project is still considered a pioneer in the field of the anti-foodwaste movement in Switzerland. | |||
| Atlas Sensing Labs |
2017 BS startup, but phase not clear |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ air quality, Environmental monitoring ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Atlas Sensing Labs provides environmental monitoring systems, exposure modeling/mapping methods, and consulting services primarily in the area of air quality and public health. Exposure assessment is conducted based on measurements (e.g., gases/particles in outdoor/indoor/occupational settings) and models in support of decision-making towards healthful environments locally and globally. | |||
| Atome |
2018 GE validation |
Construction & buildings, [ Construction of buildings ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| Atome's know-how is based on a unique concept combining modularity and green energy production. Our patented wood-frame module allows us to adapt to any kind of request, from industrial buildings to single-family homes and building elevations. | |||
| Attolight |
2008 VD established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Attolight started off to revolutionise cathodoluminescence (CL): design top of the line CL instruments that deliver superior performance, maximum ease-of-use and make quantitative cathodoluminescence possible. The Company firmly believes in the potential of cathodoluminescence and aims at establishing the technology as a standard in-line inspection method in semiconductor industry. Attolight is a company with global presence with systems in Europe, Asia, and North America. The Company is headquartered at the EPFL Innovation Park where the Attolab is located as well. Attolight "New Cathodoluminescence" solutions support the state-of-the -art research and developments in LEDs, Solar Cells, High Mobility Transitors, new opto-electronical devices, nano-structured semiconductors. | |||
| Skwoll |
2018 VS established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Wearable devices or apps |
| We encourage moments of conviviality around a drink. We optimize the experience in bars and restaurants, and we have created an ecosystem of applications that unites a community who enjoy going out. Therefore, they have created a community app. | |||
| Authena |
2018 ZG validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, [ Information technology ] | Internet of Things, IT blockchain or algorithms |
| For a more connected, transparent, authentic world: Authena provides Powerful plug-and-play technology to identify, track, and authenticate individual products via IoT and blockchain. | |||
| Aveny |
2019 BS established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology, Many fields ] | Communication, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Aveny developed the Brightway LCA calculation engine, a toolkit for next generation LCA applications. Aveny offers user-friendly LCA tools for SME, advanced LCA software for research institutes and consultants, customized LCA solutions for large companies, and Brightway toolkit licenses to LCA software developers. | |||
| Axino |
2016 SO growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, [ Food production & retail, Resource efficiency ] | Internet of Things, Smart device |
| Axino offers its grocery customers the ability to make faster and easier product safety decisions .This is done through a system that uses IoT sensor technology in combination with AI algorithms. This allows companies to prevent product loss due to power issues and save on energy costs for refrigeration. | |||
| Babylat |
2020 BE validation |
Health & House & Body Care, [ Healthcare ] | Bio technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Babylat Enricher device is a first automated, small-scale tabletop device for protein enrichment of human milk. The proteins are extracted from human milk and after extraction this concentrated protein fraction is added to human milk to increase its protein value without any health risks. | |||
| Foodathome |
2020 FR established |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Food Delivery Service | |||
| Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung |
2007 UR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Electricity, Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies, Bio technologies |
| The Gotthard-Basis tunnel in Southern Switzerland causes drainage of the drilled-through rock. Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung uses the warm and clean mountain water exiting at the north portal as a natural resource for food production. The breeding of edible fish such as the Gotthard pike-perch and the generation of the necessary thermal energy are the main focus here. | |||
| Beaver Schutzsysteme |
2002 LU established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical |
| eaver® flood preparedness systems have been successfully deployed in emergency situations more than a thousand times over the years, in Switzerland and elsewhere. The Beaver storm and flood preparedness system is composed of two adjacent inflatable dam elements (bladders) that are filled with water. | |||
| Primal Bee Systems (BeeHelpful) |
2017 TI validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
| Beehelpful has developed a new patented class of hives (Primalbee) that improve the health of bees, increase pollination capacity and reduce the chemical treatment of hives. | |||
| Belair Solutions |
2008 ZH unknown |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | Enabling technologies |
| Toilet ventilation system specifically for energy savings. | |||
| BioApply |
2004 VD established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, [ Waste & recycling ] | Waste management technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| BioApply, enabling biodegradable and biobased alternatives to plastic. Since 2006, BioApply develops biobased, compostable and biodegradable packaging solutions. BioApply solutions address the needs of both retail and waste management sectors. BioApply is based in Switzerland and is also present in Lisbon, Portugal. | |||
| Biosimo |
2022 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| We are a chemical engineering start-up aiming to develop and operate processes to produce bio-based platform chemicals. Our customers are chemical, industrial and consumer goods producers looking for ways to manufacture their products without using oil-based materials. With our bio-based chemicals, every-day products like textiles, glues, and films can become greener without changing design, supply chain, or market price. | |||
| Boostbar |
2020 ZH growth |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants, [ Catering ] | Low technology |
| Boostbar provides a completely modular and fully-personalized tech-enabled food & beverage solution. | |||
| Borobotics |
2023 ZH formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), [ Engineering ] | Robotic |
| The team at Borobotics has developed an autonomomous compact drilling robot which can be used to extract geothermal energy. The main advantages of using their borerobot "Grabowski" are, that it is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than previous drilling methods. In addition the robot is more compact. This way drilling can also be carried out in places where this was not possible before. | |||
| Bottle+ |
2022 SG validation |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Resource efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Bottle+ launches the reusable water bottle that allows you to make sparkling water anytime, anywhere - designed in Switzerland and completely plastic-free. | |||
| Boum |
2021 BE growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, | |
| Boum supports urban gardening with innovative solutions, combining ecology and technology to empower people to grow plants successfully in cities. Their products address key challenges such as poor watering practices and limited green spaces, offering nature-inspired irrigation solutions, sustainable substrates, and customized plant options supported by an intuitive app. | |||