Startups

Hamlet plans to test and consolidate the business model of a multi-sided public digital platform for the creation of outreach services addressed to local authorities, associations, informal groups, existing and new economic operators, community and citizen cooperatives.

Relaia aspire to become a yardstick for end-to-end collective intelligence solutions. We are an innovative startup and benefit company with the participation of the University of Bologna, constructing digital instruments for a future in which the social and relational dimension is included into systems of automation, simulation, and forecasting for planning and strategies in local areas.

AUREAL develops digital solutions for the accommodation and catering sector. The project foresees the creation of a technological platform to support SMEs in operational management and business expansion using artificial intelligence and advanced digital systems.

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.

Horeca Job is an innovative platform that aims to revolutionize the paradigm for finding and selecting personnel for the Ho.Re.Ca (hotel, restaurant, and catering) sector, which is among the most badly affected sectors by the Covid pandemic.Traditional methods based on advertisements and submitting CVs are no longer adequate to rapidly return to full staffing levels and satisfy the new needs of candidates and companies.

Quiroom is an online booking portal (OTA) operating in the tourist sector, that enables hotels to sell "last minute" their rooms that remain empty every night in thousands of hotels around the world.On Quiroom travellers have the possibility of booking empty rooms just before checking-in with discounts of up to 40% compared to standard prices.Quiroom's mission is to create shared value for both parties, guests and accommodation facilities alike.

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 project was conceived to transform the relationship between the tourist sector and the environment, reducing and offsetting the negative consequences associated with visiting tourists and their accommodation, making the latter the custodians of marine ecosystems. Through a web platform and strategic agreements with hotels, individual tourists can offset their own emissions by financing measures to protect the sea and coastline.

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.

Jubatus is an innovative Italian startup that combines sporting passion with engineering. Have you ever thought of running a marathon? Would you like to be able to review your race performance? Being able to relive all the sweat, tiredness, and exaltation of the day with your own made-to-measure video would surely be fantastic. Leave it to us.

This is an innovative start-up benefit company that aims to incentivize and support tourism in the Emilia area by applying digital technologies. We are an incoming tour operator (DMC) and we develop high technological content projects for tourism (VR, AR), as well as offering a wide range of unique tourism experiences for visitors themselves and for international tour operators. 

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.

ITALYLUNCH is the first Italian cooking fast-food outlet in Europe based on the Food & Travel formula. The objective is to provide customers with traditional Italian meals with marked regional characteristics at a low enough cost to be affordable even for those with limited funds.

aMarcello srl is an innovative startup established in 2023 with the aim of revolutionising the fast food sector, combining the fried fish tradition of the Romagnola Riviera with technological innovation applied to its preparation, with the aim of satisfying the growing demand for cheap, high quality, easily accessible food.

NowMyPlace Srl is an intermediation company operating in the experiential travel sector. They currently serve the area around Lake Garda but plan to expand activity to other tourist areas that match their mission parameters. The company interfaces consumers through the e-commerce platform, nowmyplace.com.

Yoyiyo is managed by MTI Srl and offers unique customized travel experiences, unlike standard travel agency packages. They have a team of Italian and Chinese experts with in-depth local knowledge, specialized in luxury travel packages to Italy. The innovation of Yoyiyo lies in its emphasis on direct experiences and interactions for Chinese customers who are culturally, geographically, and linguistically very remote from Western norms.