Startups

 Alma Virtual Lab was founded to bring the benefits of the new immersive technologies into sectors where development of knowledge and skills is central (education, instruction, professional training), and where artistic and technical culture (museums, theatres, events) can be divulgated in an innovative way.

Aqrate is the answer for anyone who wants to optimise the costs of translation. An innovative approach that focuses on content analysis to increase economic efficiency by introducing new qualitative controls.

22hbg SRL was established in Ferrara in October 2011 as a Digital Systems Integrator and since then has invested in research and development in the field of radio technologies to create dedicated and customised hardware and software solutions.

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.

Seerene is an innovative project by Titanium Ideas and the first app dedicated to health mobility. A system of three 3 apps and innovative algorithms establishes a perfect interface between users who need social/healthcare transport, and organizations that offer these services.An innovative, first of its kind digital ecosystem usable via mobile apps that enables quick intuitive booking of social/healthcare transport through an entirely online channel.

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.

Youmarell is a new streaming platform that brings building sites within the reach of everyone. Inspired by the Bologna dialect expression "umarell" (elderly men who pass their time watching building sites with great enthusiasm and curiosity), we capture this cultural phenomenon and amplify it for a wider public.

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.

VIBRE is a startup that was founded in Cesena and operates in the sector of brain-computer interfaces.The startup, founded by a team of bio-engineers, software engineers and clinicians, aims to make brain-computer interfaces available for mass consumption, giving companies in the sector the opportunity of developing products and applications that are fully or partly controlled by the brain.

Develop-Players is an innovative startup with a social commitment and a spinoff enterprise with the participation of the University of Bologna. They develop serious games designed for enhanced learning by students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs).SLDs are neurobiological in origin that generally emerge at school and have an enduring impact over the lives of individuals.

The idea of iGrest emerges from the challenge of providing innovation in a historically non-technological sector such as that of parishes.As usual, the "problem" to solve was right in front of our eyes, but we had never "seen" it. Those who have children know very well that from June to September they have a major problem: schools end, work does not. How about the children? The answer is: Summer Oratory!

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.

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

Djinne aims to revolutionize cultural tourism through a multisided freemium platform that provides customized digital tourist guides. In a collaborative approach we enable users to share stories and information. This enables travellers to discover the most authentic locations, the most intense flavours, and the most unusual stories.

Ondafilm is a film production, post-production, and distribution house that uses the 360 degree cinema format. We apply an in-depth knowledge of cinematic techniques to present both narratives and company or tourist scenarios. Our strength lies in the application of a film production logic for all our products, be these commercial or narrative based.

AffittoGiardino's mission is to create circular opportunities where anyone can organise unique events with the comfort of their own house.We target two types of people: the former find it hard to find exclusive locations that can offer privacy and organisational freedom; the latter are individuals who look for ways to earn a little extra cash and own private places outdoors or indoors.

Egoundesign® is a design and production studio based in Bologna, founded in 2020 by four young entrepreneurs under 35.It is a modern workshop for skilled artisans, combining the experience and know-how of its collaborators with an approach driven by enthusiasm and curiosity, proudly embodying the spirit of "Made in Italy".Awards & Recognitions

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.