Startups

VIS Ethic Research is specialized in managing clinical trials for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. It provides support for public and private bodies, CROs, healthcare providers, and scientific companies, accompanying them through all development stages, from planning and start up, to operational and documentary management, to assessment of quality and standards compliance.

SeriPet is an innovative startup that is transforming the pet health sector with a scientifically advanced and fully customized approach. The aim is to offer effective made-to-measure solutions, exceeding the limits of general food supplements and actually improving the quality of life of pets.

Inner.ME è il primo progetto italiano di People Care finalizzato a diffondere la cultura dell’autenticità in modo trasversaleall’interno delle aziende. L’applicazione mobile, destinata ai knowledge workers e dotata di 4 percorsi di crescita, principi di mindfulness e strumenti di life coaching, accompagna l’utente in un viaggio per ritrovare sé stesso e sviluppare consapevolezza dei propri talenti.

The first integrated wellness ecosystem in Italy that considers all aspects of life of individuals: emotional sphere, nutrition, exercise, personal grooming, care for the local environment, work and economic standing.

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.

HelixPharma was created in January 2017 as a University of Ferrara spinoff with the objective of facilitating the technology transfer of research carried out by University researchers on Snail Mucus in collaboration with companies in the Neutraceutical sector .This raw material, known from time immemorial but whose properties have never been studied in depth, has allowed us to open the way to new uses for it and to develop semi-finished products with high technological value.

dQube Ltd, in collaboration with 14spm, launched  dQube 3Dentistry Store & Share, born from an heterogeneous team composed by engineers, dental technicians, dentists, graduates in economics (marketing) and Legal experts.

The main pillar of OFFICINA TECNOLOGICA is the creation of sophisticated solutions that exploit the potential of machine learning and natural language processing (NLP), offering our customers an unprecedented level of support. The company's central mission is to provide customized, highly efficient answers, going beyond the limitations of traditional help desks and call centers.

The company provides advanced assistance services for vulnerable people in private homes and protected facilities, based on digital technologies and highly innovative intelligent systems.We design and implement integrated systems for monitoring, safety, communications, home automation, and environmental control, using sensors, video cameras, voice-activated devices, biometric systems, and medical telemetry. 

Icarus is an innovative startup founded in 2023 and specialized in providing continuous customized medical support through advanced artificial intelligence. Our mission is to improve the post-diagnostic and postoperative quality of life of patients, reducing medical costs and ensuring 24h assistance.

We are all different but medical therapies are not customized: producing a pharmaceutical takes years and costs millions. The solution is Bioprint3rs, a single machine for infinite customizations. By using a 3D printer, it is enough simply to change the formula in order to automate all the research and development processes and then immediately initiate industrial production.

Skylocker redefines the concept of an on-site company laundry. A small initial investment and favourable monthly rental fees translate into an exclusive service for workers and an added value for the company. It provides maximum efficiency for employees and a growing value for the company.

In vitro cell cultivation is a widely applied technology worldwide in the fields of pharmacology, cosmetics, diagnostics, and research, normally using foetal bovine serum (FBS) as a nutrition source. However, its use is subject to the limitations of high and constantly rising costs, and some ethical issues since the production process is mainly based outside of the European continent.

Metodo DS creates innovative socks, socks with toes, in hemp, and also reflexology models that, when worn in shoes, stimulate the reflexology points simply by walking.Metodo DS owns the patent for the machine used to produce them.

Farma360 is a startup developing a digital platform to support independent chemist's shops by improving their stock management, optimizing orders, and reducing waste. The use of technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning allows integration of B2B and B2C functions to connect chemist's, producers, and consumers.

Bioverse is a start-up that develops and markets electromedical equipment specially designed for emergency and low resource contexts.Bioverse's mission is to reduce a gap in the health service, by exploiting the approaches of reverse engineering and frugal innovation.The main product of Bioverse is Corax, an innovative device that monitors ambient conditions for patients with repressed immune defences, and in particular children suffering from burns.

AlmaPlasma is a company that aims to design, manufacture and market advanced technological solutions in the field of atmospheric pressure thermal and non-thermal plasmas, developed by the Industrial Applications of Plasma (IAP) group at the University of Bologna.

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.