Startups

BellBoy develops innovative solutions for urban light transport. Its products, like folding carrier systems, and integrated baggage transport systems, are designed to simplify movement in cities on bicycles, scooters, and other sustainable means.

SMACE, Smart Work in a Smart Place was founded in Ferrara in December 2020 based on an idea of Marta Romero and Andrea Droghetti to transform remote working into a work benefit.SMACE is a B2B solution for the management of work-spaces for company teams. By aggregating third party premises as alternatives to the office or home, together with a series of services suited to the work carried out by the groups, SMACE represents an ideal solution for externalizing management of the hybrid office.

ITIMERE SRL use their brand “La Macchina del Tempo” [The Time Machine] to manage a Virtual Reality Museum in Bologna. Here the public use special visors for various VR experiences in historical reconstruction, immersing themselves in first person and interacting with the environment in an active way.

Meraky proposes a circular economy model within the fashion and design sector, focusing on research and development of materials that have fulfilled their primary function and that are not normally used in the production of accessories.

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.

Travelware is an innovative startup dedicated to the development, production, and marketing of innovative hi-tech services that facilitate digitalization and innovation in the tourist sector. Through the conception and development of a technological platform, Travelware aims to promote sustainable tourism and showcase the historical and environmental patrimony of tourist destinations.

MarshYellow supports other startups in their growth process through consultancy, training, networking, and mentoring.It offers two main programmes: CProgram is a hybrid incubator that combines an on-demand video course, dedicated mentoring, and weekly networking activities.

IXoost is a limited company founded in Modena in July 2012 that designs, assembles and constructs sound systems using components from the world of motorsport, such as F1 exhaust manifolds and other body parts. All pieces are machined and have full Apple support. IXoost has also created an app that allows users to customise the use of the dock. 

People 3.0 is a Cooperative Society of freelancers and small businesses formed in December 2010 that supports companies involved with organisational innovation, using social matrix technologies to introduce participatory and collaborative dynamics in relationships within companies as well as with customers and suppliers.

Nestart arose as a spin-off from Bordoni Bonfiglio srl, a structural metalwork company that forms and laser cuts metal components for various sectors. Each day, Bordoni's production generates waste sheet metal offcuts. Nestart was established to treat these leftovers not as waste but as a potential for transformation into prestige items.

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.

Founded in January 2014, Humarker s.r.l. is an innovative start-up based in Parma. Humarker works to promote Italian culture and heritage through real and virtual structures, and through business models that embrace innovation and experimentation with new technologies. The idea is to enter the market of augmented reality (AR) by developing application frameworks with which to develop and market apps for the Cultural Heritage sector. 

Luna is aimed at anyone who has an innovative idea and wants to achieve it together with a young and dynamic team. We can create projects and offer solutions with state-of-the-art technology for both SMEs and large companies.

ENDU is a kind of Trip Advisor for events, a service and sharing hub for fans, a marketplace for operators and a marketing tool for those operating in this and other sectors.

Leafbox is an online search engine for finding tourist facilities (restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, farms, wellness centres and spas, etc.) and an e-commerce tool for buying tourist and leisure time services, as well as vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, pet-friendly and eco-friendly catering services. 

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.

Cue Press is the first entirely digital publishing house dedicated to the performing arts.Channeling the best of the production work in the field and redesigning the idea of "niche" in a global market, Cue Press bases its competitive advantage on the value of the contents it offers and the uniqueness of the technological infostructure.

CrossHyde is an innovative integrated digital system capable of video communication with a profiled public using any glass and/or Plexiglas surface without modifying its original nature (transparency). Applied to windows or any other transparent surface, it is capable, when triggered and for a specific time, of transforming a window into a screen for communicating messages defined on the basis of the general characteristics of the audience present, as detected using sensors (e.g. man/woman, age range, etc.).