Radar · Waste & Water Management in Switzerland
Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Switzerland
The 79 best Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ITS Kanal Services.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
79companies tracked
$322.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
18have raised
Sources & further reading
- prnewswire.com
- openpr.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × SWITZERLAND
Our analysis of 100 Waste & Water Management companies
$3.6b in tracked funding; 67% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
100companies analysed
67%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2010median founding year
135kcombined LinkedIn audience
56%of audience held by top 3
7companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adwatis Developer of ionized mineral water for dermo-cosmetic and medical applications | — | — | — | 2016 | Masahiro Okajima Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 2 | Aqua-4D Water Solutions Provider of waste & water management services | — | — | — | 2004 | Eric Valette CEO & Chairman | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 3 | aquanetto ag AquaNetto promotes and supports socially and ecologically sustainable projects. | — | — | 2 | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | AquaSwiss Provider of desalination and water treatment services | — | — | — | 2008 | Sanjeev Varma CEO | — | 6 patents Low‑temperature heat‑sink evaporation‑condensation desalination systems | — |
| 5 | Arpe (Environmental Services) Provider of sewer rehabilitation and maintenance services. | — | — | 100 | 1986 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | big sack Big Sack is a logistics company that provides supply chain, storage, and transportation services. | — | — | 5 | 2021 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyGoogle Maps+31 | — | 1 expansion |
| 7 | BioApply Retailer of compostable, reusable, and paper-based packaging solutions and related products | — | — | — | 2006 | Frederic Mauch Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Bucher Municipal Supplier of municipal products | — | — | — | 1807 | Jacques Sanche CEO | DrupalPHPYouTube+21 | 18 patents Design and integration of municipal street‑sweeping vehicles and specialized axles | — |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland
#1
Series C · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2018 · 56 employees$45.4Mraised▾
Series C · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2018 · 56 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 11.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. FHC China International Culinary Arts Competition and Jin Jiang Cup Professional Skills Competition) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series C$45.4M
- Dec 2020Seed—
Investors
Convent Capital, PeakBridge, Edmond de Rothschild
Tech stack
AosCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#2
Late Stage · Carouge, Geneva · founded 2005 · 500 employees$76.9Mraised▾
Late Stage · Carouge, Geneva · founded 2005 · 500 employees
Provider of integrated waste management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jan 2024PE—
- 2017Conventional Debt$76.9M
- Dec 2015PE—
- 2015Conventional Debt—
Investors
Paprec, Swiss Equity Capital Partners, UBS
Tech stack
AxeptioGoogle Tag ManagerGsapIisJqueryJquery Migrate
#3
Acquired · Kriens, Lucerne · founded 2021 · 550 employees$135.8Mraised▾
Acquired · Kriens, Lucerne · founded 2021 · 550 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Responsables de succursale
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. AITV Künzli et iTS Bern) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$135.8M
Founders & team
Investors
UBS
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHubspot
#4
Series C · Ecublens, Fribourg · founded 2011 · 39 employees$18.9Mraised▾
Series C · Ecublens, Fribourg · founded 2011 · 39 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Daxtachem) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Series C$13.4M
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$59.5K
- May 2021Series B$5.5M
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$1.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Celeste Management, EIC Fund, Emerald Technology Ventures, Europa
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Workspace
#5
Series A · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2015 · 13 employees$16.7Mraised▾
Series A · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2015 · 13 employees
Developer of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment technology
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Series A$10M
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$49.8K
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$58.2K
Founders & team
Investors
Hello Tomorrow, EIC Fund, Venture Kick, ENGIE New Ventures, Montrose, Sipchem
#6
Early Stage · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2022$41.4Kraised▾
Early Stage · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2022
Hakone Kuori-tei is an informal hot spring inn located in a tree-filled residential area on a hilltop. It offers a traditional wood building experience and is in close proximity to Akizuki Castle Ruins.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$41.4K
Founders & team
Investors
Bluelion
#7
Series D · Preverenges, Vaud · founded 2013 · 27 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Series D · Preverenges, Vaud · founded 2013 · 27 employees
Provider of waste recycling services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2023Series D$4.5M
- Oct 2020Seed—
Investors
Trinseo, FIT
#8
Series B · Lugano, Ticino · founded 2013 · 18 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Series B · Lugano, Ticino · founded 2013 · 18 employees
Provider of waste recycling services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2021Series B$7.4M
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$56.9K
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$58.1K
- Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$11.8K
Investors
Chevron, Standex, EIC Fund, UniCredit Start Lab
#9
Seed · Chene Bourg, Geneva · founded 2018$2.4Mraised▾
Seed · Chene Bourg, Geneva · founded 2018
Provider of soil waste services
Funding rounds
- Jul 2022Seed$2.3M
- Aug 2021Seed$109.2K
Founders & team
Investors
Bpifrance, Fongit
#10
Deadpooled · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2012 · 2 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2012 · 2 employees
Provider of waste water treatment services
Funding rounds
- Jul 2018Series A$1.3M
- Jan 2018Series A$1M
- Jan 2015Series A$2M
- Dec 2014Seed$1.8M
Investors
Luzerner Kantonalbank, Investiere, StartAngels Network, Venturelab, Zurcher Kantonalbank, Verve Ventures
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpKinstaCloudflareHttp/3
#11
Series A · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2006 · 1 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Series A · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2006 · 1 employees
Provider of waste collection & disposal services
Funding rounds
- Jan 2014Series A$1.8M
- Feb 2013Series A$4M
Investors
WAM
#12
Funding Raised · Ecublens, Fribourg · founded 2020 · 9 employees$155.5Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Ecublens, Fribourg · founded 2020 · 9 employees
Provider of composite recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$155.5K
Founders & team
Investors
Venture Kick
Funding & investor landscape
$322.3Mtotal disclosed funding
15companies funded
35disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
UBS2 rounds
Notable founders
Urs Aschwanden
CEO · ITS Kanal Services
Simon Kuenzi
Chief Executive Officer R andD and Operations · bNovate Technologies
Simon Kunzi
Founder & CEO · bNovate Technologies
Gael Peng
Co-Founder · TreaTech
Raquel Varela
Co-Founder · TreaTech
Sarah Harbarth
Co-Founder & CEO · KUORI
Mathieu Pillet
Founder & CEO · Edaphos
Pascal Gallo
Co-Founder · Composite Recycling
Beat Luthi
Founder · Photrack
Julien Thiel
CEO · Deasyl
Anna Laromaine
Co-Founder · OsmoBlue
Elodie Dahan
Ex- Co-Founder · OsmoBlue
Prism market signals · Switzerland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 716,443 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Waste & Water Management coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Switzerland
How research on Water Treatment is moving in Switzerland
A read on the academic research around Water Treatment — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 262 Switzerland-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200920192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 24% → 47% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology90
- ETH Zurich52
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne46
- Institute of Environmental Engineering45
- Victoria University17
leading researchers
Urs von Gunten · Alina Pruss · Stéphan Ramseier Gentile · Stéphane Zimmermann · Eberhard Morgenroth · Serge Stoll · Małgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman · Christopher Ziemba
▲
Breakthroughs34 · 13%
▲ 7%→17% share
▲2.4× share momentum4 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (7%→17% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption2→7
Landmark Rapid, Selective Heavy Metal Removal from Water by a Metal–Organic Framework/Polydopamine Composite · 428 cites
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Advancements134 · 51%
▲ 48%→54% share
▲1.1× share momentum5 median citations56% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (48%→54% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption4→15
- Filtration (mathematics)3→12
- Wastewater9→17
- Environmental engineering3→11
- Membrane2→9
Newly emergingChemical engineering 0→5 · Waste management 0→5
Landmark Reducing the Discharge of Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment: The Benefits of Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Pla · 589 cites
▼
Concerns63 · 24%
▼ 30%→20% share
▼0.7× share momentum21 median citations44% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (30%→20% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality5→10
- Chlorine1→5
- Water supply2→6
- Adsorption1→4
- Sewage treatment2→4
Newly emergingMembrane 0→5
Landmark Elimination of Organic Micropollutants in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgraded with a Full-Scale Post-Ozonati · 844 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Switzerland
Where water treatment is researched across Switzerland
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Zurich54 · +0.38
Lausanne49 · +0.28
Geneva22 · +0.21
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in Switzerland?
Radar tracks 79 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in Switzerland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland?
The Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland on this list have raised a combined $322.3M in disclosed equity funding across 15 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Switzerland?
ITS Kanal Services is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Switzerland, with $135.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland are funded?
15 of the 79 Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in Switzerland?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in Switzerland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Switzerland Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in Switzerland Waste & Water Management companies on this list include Europa, Venture Kick, EIC Fund, FIT, Venturelab.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.