Startups

Bulltec doesigns and builds electric sorting machinery for potatoes, onions and other vegetables.Our equipment is innovative, accurate and versatile, with limited costs and very low maintanance needed.The electric sorting machinery by Bulltec are equipped with an intuitive management software and an extremely accurate optical sorting system that allows for a rapid selection of potatoes, onions and other vegetables - even if of irregular shapes.

Alga&Zyme Factory is an R&D company focussed on the development of innovative biotechnology solutions for systems and processes that improve environmental and economic sustainability within the agro-industrial, agro-energy, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical sectors.The innovation of Alga & Zyme Factory consists in the combination of two previously independent areas of production - production of microalgae for biomass, and the synthesis of hydrolytic enzymes in tobacco plants - in order to:

 The innovativeness of Nutrascience is due to:Study and development of new functional foods and nutraceuticals. Study and development of new functional ingredients and manufacturing processes for zootechnical industry. The research activities of the company respond directly to some of the most relevant  Horizon 2020 program priorities.The new products Nutraceutica is developing will increase the health and nutritional value of food and nutraceuticals.

VAIMEE is an innovative startup and spinoff from the University of Bologna established in 2020. Its technology enables development of modular data-driven applications in an extremely safe and scalable environment.Based on Open Source technologies, VAIMEE's horizontal Milkydataway solution is very flexible and can be implemented in any context, especially in domains characterized by heterogeneous, unstructured, and dynamic data.

iFarming develops field monitoring systems based on innovative technologies. Relying on years of applied research, it introduces IoT potential in agricultural decision-making and enhances sustainable, as well as affordable and remunerative precision farming.

AgriLab are active in soil-less cultivation and combine advanced technologies like aquaponics and electroculture to produce high quality organic basil without pesticides and consuming significantly less water. 

WHATaECO is an innovative female startup and the first low impact B2C e-commerce that promotes ethical and sustainable brands throughout the European Union. The site is powered 100% with clean energy, the logistics is based on drop shipping without a warehouse, with transport halved and compensated, and rigorously plastic-free packaging. The site currently markets a range of over 3000 ethical and sustainable products from more than 170 Italian and foreign brands.

OpenTEA is a start-up company providing customised services for the development of e-learning courses within its own web platform, www.opentea.eu. 

The company operates in the sale of high quality foodstuffs using refrigerators equipped with external monitors that dispense products using credit cards, apps, or other electronic instruments.Each product on sale is tagged for real-time signalling to the data server of sales and fridge shelf time.

ALGAE spa was founded in 2018 as an innovative start-up operating in the micro-algae and cyanobacteria (especially Spirulina) market. The company's operating base is on the Soliera plain, where a team of researchers have developed their own "tank-based photo bio-reactor (PBR)" technology, with micro-algae ecosystems recreated in each individual unit.

Turtle Srl offers the first sustainability management software that quantifies the environmental, social, and economic impact of companies in diverse sectors, both manufacturers and services. A quantitative approach and close analysis of company data makes it possible to derive reliable information about company sustainability, avoiding communication of non-verifiable and non comparable results.

Neurality has realized an SaaS for analysing images and video applying artificial intelligence techniques with the aim of extracting crucial information for the businesses in which they are used. After successful applications in the medical world, the Neurality methods are expanding to other markets, including industry and agri-food.

MON5 is a leading specialized company dedicated to the field of Operational Technology (OT) and critical infrastructure cybersecurity. With a strong commitment to safeguarding vital systems and networks, MON5 offers comprehensive solutions and expertise tailored to the unique challenges faced by organizations responsible for critical infrastructure.