Startups

Air Factory is an innovative start-up based in Piacenza and incubated at the Urban Hub. We design and develop services to validate and certify the performance quality of environmental data from test laboratories that monitor atmospheric emissions.

DoubleCheck is a business project that addresses food quality control by developing products and services aimed at large companies and individual consumers, with positive effects on quality of life and the environment.The project sees the patenting of a system for isolating and quantifying environmental and food-based microorganisms.

Health Strategy develops software solutions for the health sector, with the purpose of supporting the management and strategic needs of outpatient clinics and health facilities. The startup's solutions aspire towards the streamlining and improvement of the health system through digitalization, optimization of internal processes, and strategic control of health facilities.

The company activity consists in research, development, production, and marketing of cosmetics for personal care and beauty, based on Italian milk whey of animal origin, obtained through a cheese making process. The innovation lies in the use of liquid rather than freeze-dried whey as the main ingredient, unlike products currently on the market, completely substituting water.

NEEDO is an on-demand nursery school that can be set up anywhere for any period of time in response to the needs of families, companies, or small communities. The aim is to help reconcile home and work schedules and female employment. It is an educational service that puts together a complete package of services: an enclosed space (making use of regenerated marine containers from a circular-economy perspective), a sustainable approach, educational design, trained and qualified teachers, canteen, and all services.

U-Watch is the tracking system which allows to monitor, contact and protect people, with a specific focus on people affected by chronicle deseases.

FitStadium is a training app devised by the Cesena team of the same name.The startup was founded by Denis Brighi and Luca Domeniconi, graduates in Computer Engineering at Cesena, and Milos Jankovic, a Telecommunications Engineering graduate at Bologna.FitStadium's primary objective was to offer all fitness enthusiasts an online meeting point: so in September 2012, the FitStadium.com social network was launched.

GeneSys Bio comprises a team of four individuals with the mission of revolutionizing the diagnosis of infective diseases and resistance to antibiotics.

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:

Da.Di Srl is an innovative startup specialized in the development and marketing of nutraceutical products, food supplements, and natural para-pharmaceuticals, referring to the wellness and functional nutrition market.The company operates in a rapidly expanding market, driven by the specific nutritional needs of an increasingly ageing population with increased awareness of functional nutrition in the fitness sector.

Ulisse Solutions Srl aims to develop new packaging products, with a particular focus on the food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics sectors.The company is concentrated on the development and marketing or an innovative film, made from food processing waste materials, that can extend the shelf life of processed products.

ADA supports companies and organizations operating as public service providers, enhancing their development and digital innovation processes by drawing on the experience and know-how of those who have already experimented and established successful functional models.

eSteps acts to counter increasing motor disability in the lower limbs, providing monitoring solutions before, during, and after hospitalization. It applies biomechanical and telerehabilitation protocols along with sports telemonitoring. These combine with hi-tech customized, sustainable solutions that prioritize patients and sportsmen.

Stem Sel manufactures electrical, electronic and optical machinery and equipment, promoted by biologists. It evolved and was developed in academia, assisted with technology transfer from an academic spin-off. It is based on patented stem cell selection technology with the aim of bringing it to the cell therapy market at a pre-competitive level.