Startups

Pikkart, the company that brings together Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence.

Pikkart Srl started in Modena as a small project of the long-standing software house Progetti di Impresa together with a group of researchers from the University of Modena, and has grown to become first a startup specialized in mobile solutions that use augmented reality, then a scaleup that develops sectoral solutions combining AR and artificial intelligence.

At Pinpoint we believe that in order to shape a better tomorrow, we have to face the problems of today. Manufacturing industries are facing a double challenge:

Plentiness.com is an online boutique selling sustainable, toxic-free, organic products for inside-out personal care: cosmetics, supplements, superfoods and a selection of lifestyle products.

The main elements of innovation consist in the development of a customized app and of a range of services that takes into account purchasing habits and personal health data.

The two founders have more than 15 years of media and e-commerce experience in fashion, consumer goods and magazine sectors. 

The company originates from the Interdepartmental Research Centre Biopharmanet-Tec at the University of Parma, at the hub of Emilia Romagna's high tech network, and produces innovative medicines in powder form for administration by inhalation of antibiotics and chemotherapy.

Plumestars was selected for inclusion in the SeedLab acceleration program 2013, came second at Innovaday 2013, and got down to the final five of 620 startups at the Gaetano Marzotto Prize in 2013, where it won the Unicredit Talent of Ideas award.

Pluvi tackles the issue of the easy breakage and environmental impact of traditional umbrellas by applying a patented innovation that makes them stronger, easily repairable, eco-sustainable, and 100% recyclable.

PMFACTORY srl offers industrial support for the development of new products.

We take care of the product's style, mechanical planning, simulation, production, operations and project management. We work indipendently to develop the product from its concept phase to its production; or by collaborating with the internal teams on specific tasks.

Pointer is an innovative startup that implements a proprietary mobile marketing platform that enables brand names to take advantage of artificial intelligence for transmitting customized and effective communication campaigns.

The platform collects data on user behaviour and preferences to generate profiled and measurable initiatives in real-time.

An ICT startup offering web services related to tourism publishing and the promotion of places, thanks to a team of location-based information service specialists.

The company's namesake site PoiStory.it (currently in test phase) allows users to share descriptions of places and events, creating in the process personalised tour guides.

Pomodoro develops innovative web and mobile solutions aimed primarily at the Pharmaceutical and Green-Economy sectors.

For the Green sector it has developed a new social network - WeCity - to spread the culture of sustainable mobility. The positive message is disseminated and promoted through the playing of a game in which users are rewarded depending on how often they use environmentally sustainable means of transport.

It is also developing a new bike-sharing project whereby users manage the sharing of bicycles from within a dedicated community.

PRES-X is a company that studies and industrializes innovative new methods to support additive manufacturing processes.

It was born out of 20 years' experience in materials and processes, and profound know-how in the aeronautical and biomedical sectors where 3-D metal printing is constantly gaining ground. However, the technical and management needs of companies in these fields are currently not adequately served by traditional technologies, which are proving inadequate for manufacturing the most recent products.

Prometheus is an innovative startup, born in 2017, that focuses on biotechnologies and medical devices for regenerative medicine.

Its first product is Ematik, a customised patch to cure skin wounds, created starting from the patient's blood. The identified solution cuts in half the healing times, without side effects and scars.

The patch can be produced with Ematik Ready, a manual kit or Ematik Lab, a completely automatic system that standardises the process.

Respyra is a device purposely designed for eliminating viruses and bacteria from the air, while it is also effective for eliminating dust, odours, mould, fungi, and pollen.

Thanks to an innovative photocatalytic purification system it can decontaminate indoor air of all pathogenic agents and pollutants through an oxidization process at ambient temperature using the oxygen present in the air and with light produced by specific UV lamps.

Quinck is a group of capable young people motivated towards contributing to technological and social progress by specializing in the design and development of innovative technologies, in particular the IoT, cloud computing, and software.

Applying a flexible approach combining consultancy and R&D of innovative solutions, we represent dynamic and adaptable technological partners for the innovation of products and processes.

Quiroom is an online booking portal (OTA) operating in the tourist sector, that enables hotels to sell "last minute" their rooms that remain empty every night in thousands of hotels around the world.

On Quiroom travellers have the possibility of booking empty rooms just before checking-in with discounts of up to 40% compared to standard prices.

Quiroom's mission is to create shared value for both parties, guests and accommodation facilities alike.

RE-SPORT is an innovative startup and a spin-off with the participation of the University of Bologna. We develop innovative technologies for the recycling and development of sports equipment and everyday products in plastic and compound materials.

RE-SPORT develops all the necessary steps towards the recycling of multi-material items at the end of their lifecycle, from proof-of-concept to design of finished systems, combined with the assessment of environmental impact and economic factors in the process.

Builti Srl was created in 2018 with the development of the “RE.SIS.TO. Project” in collaboration with the University of Bologna.

The company operates in the field of the development, application, and management of systems of structural diagnostics, monitoring and implementation of advanced rapid analysis models, in support of civil engineering (strategic and relevant buildings, infrastructure, domestic and industrial construction) and of restoration (buildings and historical structures).

REA s.r.l. - Reliable Energy Advisors' operations in the renewable energy sector can be divided into three important areas:

REALVT SRL was founded in June 2019 and is an innovative start-up in the production of multimedia content for physical training with a virtual trainer. It includes customized software for management of audio-video devices and creation of automatic schedules for programmed delivery.

Recover Ingredients converts by-products from the food industry into high added value materials for the production of innovative natural cosmetics and intelligent fertilizers for agriculture.

Our products are realized applying green processes, uniting high performance with high safety standards for the protection of consumers and the environment.

Cosmetics

Red Points Italy s.r.l. is the Italian offshoot of the Spanish startup of the same name that was established in Barcelona in 2011. It is the creator of an innovative software platform that is able to quickly remove web content that violates:

a) copyright and intellectual property: removal of photos, video, literary works, musical works, phone software and apps, video games

Redess Srl is the first Italian and European certified organic supply chain for SUMAC.

The potential markets for our innovative sumac based products include: food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and industrial applications (biocides and insecticides).

Redess have the benefit of collaborating with the universities of Parma, Milan, Camerino, and Palermo.

ReFuel Solutions was born out of the urgent need to decarbonize the transport sector for goods and people.

A functioning vehicle with a number of years of life remaining cannot simply be scrapped due to the substantial environmental impact of scrapping and the expense of substitution.

ReFuel has invented a product for such vehicles, instead adapting them to satisfy the new environmental requirements: BiodieselKit.

This innovative technology guarantees maximum exploitation of the potential of biofuels.

Established in 2010 by a team of researchers, ReMembrane is a biotechnology company offering highly innovative products and services to biological laboratories. Specifically, ReMembrane develops highly reliable and efficient experimental models in cell culture technology.

Products and services

Online services are operational and are divided into:

Aims to free available resources by reducing the energy consumption of buildings.

Using analysis models, Renavitas is able to evaluate the technical, economic and financial impact of an intervention on home energy efficiency, and recommend interventions for clients that quickly begin to reap benefits in terms of savings. 

The main aim of REsoH+ is to promote the development of technologies capable of producing energy (H2, heat and electricity) from renewable sources efficiently, encouraging their expansion on the market thanks to the use of lower environmental impact techniques compared to traditional methods.