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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEVERON |
2017 BE validation |
[ Energy management solutions ] | Smarthome & building |
| CLEVERON is a Swiss Startup that invented an intelligent heating system for radiators, in order to regulate the temperature in your building optimally. We combine technology and ecology with the objective of reducing our CO2 and saving energy in a simple and economical way. | |||
| Carbon Removed (Climacrux) |
2020 LU growth |
Carbon capture and storage, Climate technologies | |
| Helps individuals to become carbon neutral and climate friendly by compensating their carbon footprint through carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. | |||
| ClimatePlace |
2009 VD growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Service pooling ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The platform Climat Place seeks to highlight pre-due-diligenced, bankable climate-related projects in order to raise a blend of public and private capital required to make such green development projects a reality | |||
| ClimateRe |
2015 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Low technology |
| ClimateRe promotes and facilitates innovative risk management approaches and develops appropriate insurance solutions to strengthen the resilience of climate-vulnerable communities. | |||
| Climate services |
2013 FR growth |
[ Environmental monitoring ] | Climate technologies |
| Climate Services offers tools and support to help companties and other organizations to manage risk and identify opportunities related to climate change. The company owns the online www.CO2-Platform.ch to quantify CO2 emissions and identify the most attractif projects. | |||
| Climeworks |
2009 ZH growth |
[ climate carbon removal ] | Climate technologies |
| Climeworks develops, builds and operates direct air capture machines. With our technology we capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. The air-captured carbon dioxide can either be recycled and used as a raw material, or completely removed from the air by safely storing it. Our machines consist of modular CO₂ collectors that can be stacked to build machines of any size. Climeworks direct air capture machines are powered solely by renewable energy or energy-from-waste. | |||
| Coat-X SA |
2016 NE validation |
Physical & chemical & nano technologies | |
| Coat-X provides unique solutions for protecting high value-added components against moisture penetration and corrosion. | |||
| Codingmind AG |
2020 ZH validation |
[ Building technology ] | IT Software |
| Coding Mind AG develops and programs solutions for a more efficient, resource-saving and customer-friendly marketing of real estate. --- In addition to SAM - the world's first inspection robot for the real estate industry, Coding Mind also offers products such as REMOTELY360°, which adds new functions to existing 360° tours, exploiting the full potential for digital inspections in a scalable way. | |||
| co-kitchen |
2018 BE formation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Food production & retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Co-kitchen began as a small vegan gastronomy business offering caterings,workshops and event organization based in Bern, Switzerland. Through these experiences, Kremena, the founder of co-kitchen, realized her passion lies in inspiring and empowering people to take charge of their home kitchens by cooking everyday meals which are healthy for themselves, other beings and the planet as a whole. | |||
| collaboratio helvetica |
2017 BE growth |
[ Unknown ] | |
| We create spaces for dialogue, new ways of collaboration and the collective development of approaches to shaping the Switzerland of tomorrow –built on ecological responsibility, humanity and the common good. | |||
| CompPair |
2020 VD validation |
[ Airplanes & transport, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Maritime and waterways transport, Rail transport, Sport, Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| CompPair is a forthcoming university spin-off solving damage issues for the composite materials industry. They develop the next generation of smart and sustainable material products to overcome damages.The new materials enable repeated damage healing after a moderate heat trigger. Their technology is the first competitive one with extremely high commercial potential in terms of multiple repair ability and recycling, while preserving mechanical properties, cost and processing methods as in many industrial systems. By extending their product portfolio to other fibres and resins, they have the ability to disrupt the industry; bringing repair and recycling functionalities to composites while matching current requirements. | |||
| CO-OBJECTIFS 21 |
2017 GE validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Supporting Businesses and Communities of Switzerland in optimizing their performance ENVIRONMENTAL material in waste management and reduction of costs associated with it. To propose innovative solutions. | |||
| Corintis |
2022 VD validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology |
| We are a provider of breakthrough semiconductor cooling solutions. Our solution utilizes a network of microscopically small cooling channels embedded inside the chip, which enables us to extract 10 times more heat compared to the current leading market alternatives, and extract this heat over 50x more energy efficiently. This enables the powerful integrated circuits of the future to break thermal limitations in a sustainable manner. | |||
| Correntics |
2021 ZH formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ ESG Reporting ] | |
| With our data-driven approach and a deep understanding of risk, we help our clients to future-proof their supply chains and improve their resilience in the face of climate change and emerging risks while ensuring the sustainability of business activities. | |||
| Cortexia |
2016 FR growth |
[ Cleaning, Waste & recycling ] | IT data usage, Smartcity, Smart device |
| Cortexia's solution allows the cities to monitor urban littering, improving the city's cleanliness while reducing cleansing costs. Our intelligent vision measurement systems provide an objective measurement and detailed mapping of urban litter. Mobile cameras recognise and map the littering according to categories in the whole city and compute a cleanliness index. | |||
| Cowa Thermal Solutions |
2019 LU validation |
[ Energy storage ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Storage other than batteries |
| We develop compact thermal energy storage systems based on phase change materials for building services engineering and industrial plants. Our technology can be ideally combined with renewable energy sources and increases their own consumption by linking supply and demand of energy through our storage systems. COWA-Caps increase the storage capacity of water-based thermal energy storage systems by exploiting the melting and solidification processes of the filling material (phase change material PCM). COWA-Caps filled with PCM can be easily inserted into existing or new hot water, buffer or cold storage tanks. By selecting the PCM, the storage tank temperature can be ideally adapted to the application. | |||
| Cymmersion |
2016 AG stagnant |
[ Information technology ] | Gamification, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Our main focus is on the development of immersive applications, especially Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. | |||
| Daphne Technology |
2017 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Maritime and waterways transport, Transport & logistics of goods ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Daphne Technology SA is developing a catalyst-free scrubber technology to help the petrochemical, power and transportation industries to reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented nanotechnology based solutions can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels. | |||
| dashcom |
2016 FR growth |
[ Building technology ] | Smarthome & building |
| dashcom is a Swiss company, providing solutions at the cutting edge of technology. Our success drivers are; the user experience, the state-of-the-art technology and the data science for the benefits of the users. | |||
| Decentlab GmbH |
2008 ZH established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Construction & buildings,Food, Farming or Forestry,Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas),Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ air quality, Building technology, Energy efficiency, Environmental monitoring, Farming & agriculture, Water Management ] | Enabling technologies |
| Decentlab GmbH has developed a measurement and monitoring system that delivers data to the computer without cabling. Data on the condition of bridges or trees, for example. Participation: Decentlab is a Swiss company providing wireless sensor devices and services for distributed, cost-effective monitoring solutions. The sensor devices communicate wirelessly over LoRaWAN® and are designed for ultra low power consumption, capable of operating on batteries for several years. The devices are built for industrial applications and are ready to be deployed in any harsh indoor or outdoor environment. The service framework provides convenient access to measurement data and enables seaml | |||
| Decision Trees |
2008 SG growth |
[ Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | Hydro energy, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Decision Trees as a connector between scientific research and practitioners uses cutting edge methodologies of Stochastic Optimization and offers customized software and consultancy to energy producers and traders. | |||
| DePoly |
2020 VS formation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| DePoly has developed a novel solution allowing the chemical recycling of PET plastic. They won the venture competition in 2019 and are in the process of founding. | |||
| Futuricum (Designwerk Products) |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | Battery, e-cargo, e-vehicle charging |
| electric trucks are a solution not an alternative. Performance, ecology and economy combined. | |||
| Designwerk Technologies |
2009 ZH established |
[ Engineering, Information technology ] | e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
| Designwerk sells charging stations (mobile and fix) and specialized in the development of electric vehicle and truck systems and battery. On clients behalf, they develop complete systems from the study to the prototype with regard to mechanics, electronics, software. | |||
| deskbird |
2020 SG validation |
Behavioural change [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| deskbird is the most flexible solution to use inspiring workspaces - where and when you need them. Find relevant workspaces around you and use them fully flexible. You are only charged for the time effectively used, e.g. two hours. Our goal is to support freelancers, startups and established companies on their journey towards the new way of working #NWOW | |||
| dhp technology |
2015 GR growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| dhp created HORIZON which is a solar folding roof system which turn parking lots and logistics areas into electric power plants. HORIZON unfolds when the sun shines and automatically retracts into a storage unit afterwards. | |||
| digitalSTROM |
2008 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | Enabling technologies, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Lighting, Smarthome & building |
| digitalSTROM AG offers a Smart Home Technology for every home connecting all electronic systems for optimizing use. Its application is intuitive and easy to install, the technology communicates via the existing power lines and networks all electronic devices and well as broad-band devices. | |||
| dimpora AG |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Engineering, Functional clothes, Resource sufficiency, Sport, Waste & recycling ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Enabling technologies, Filters & Membranes, Material & Products based on biomass, New chemical materials, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| We produce eco-friendly functional membranes for the outdoor textile industry. Our 2D products involve a conventional lamination of the dimpora membrane onto a textile. The waterproof fluorine-free membrane is mainly based on polyurethane and undergoes our template removal approach to create the necessary porosity, thus achieving an excellent breathability. We are also currently scaling up our first biodegradable membrane. | |||
| Direct Coffee |
2016 BS validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| We want to build bridges: between coffee drinkers here in Switzerland and coffee farmers in Ethiopia. With coffee that represents your values. Better than organic. More than fair. CO2 neutral. | |||
| Solarbalkon (Direct Coffee) |
2016 BS growth |
[ Electricity, Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
| Fight climate change from your balcony with a super-light solar panel that can be plugged into the socket. | |||