Startups

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.

Aims to free available resources by reducing the energy consumption of buildings.Using analysis models, Renavitas is able to evaluate the technical, economic and financial impact of an intervention on home energy efficiency, and recommend interventions for clients that quickly begin to reap benefits in terms of savings. 

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Banca della Calce (Lime Bank) offers materials and services for sustainable architecture and architectural restoration. It is a reference supplier for private citizens, technicians, and companies that strive to use healthy ecological building materials. We offer high quality lime and certified derivative products manufactured in Italy. We are based in Bologna but operate all over the country and abroad.

Borgo Etico is not just a simple shop on tap. It is also raising awareness of informed purchasing, primarily through the elimination of unnecessary packaging, thus promoting the reuse and recycling of materials. This represents an opportunity to promote waste reduction at the source, by buying only the required amount of unpackaged products. People will be educated in the reuse of packaging (bags, jars, plastic containers, etc.), whilst simultaneously saving money and reducing environmental impacts.

NostrAEnergy offers consultance services in the field of energy saving, through the design, production and marketing of innovative processes of energy qualification and mitigation to climate change in civil and residential buildings.

Ri.Circola is an innovative startup that develops digital instruments and strategies for measuring and reducing the environmental impact of professional activities. It transforms operating data into concrete environmental indicators, making sustainability measurable and integrable into company processes.

ZENIT's business idea of Smart Polycrystals is based on the production and sale of polycrystals for the solid state laser (SSL) machine market. Existing SSL systems have high manufacturing costs and the machines are heavy and bulky. These laser beams are generated by a single-crystal that heats up locally during laser emission, causing the temporary deformation of the crystalline cell, degrading the quality of the beam and reducing its efficiency.

BathBact is offered as a green alternative to chemical treatment of wastewater. A cocktail of microbes is used to degrade contaminants and recuperate the waste.Our first product is a mobile tank completely free of chemical substances and capable of breaking down waste through the action of aerobic microorganisms.

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.

UP Urban Planning Ltd is an engineering company that deals in a multidisciplinary way with local urban transformation  through the use of decision support tools and urban data to integrate multiple contexts. The planning activity is always focused on avoiding the creation of a duality between sustainability projects and users behaviour, a duality that is often the source of inequity. Urban Planning is thus making use of economic and financial strategies in order to translate the idea into reality.

Zero3's services include system design, environmental consulting, production feasibility analyses, thermographs and thermographic diagnosis. They offer a product line branded 03 Stabilizer® relevant to decarbonisation, environmental sustainability, and energy transition.

DIFLY, a leading company in Italy in the drone sector, provides comprehensive, high–value aerial services for companies and public authorities, including:photogrammetry and geomappingenvironmental and river analysisphotovoltaic field inspections and analysisprecision agriculturestructural and infrastructure inspectionsevidence collection, investigations, and OCP (crime scene investigations)

Pomodoro develops innovative web and mobile solutions aimed primarily at the Pharmaceutical and Green-Economy sectors.For the Green sector it has developed a new social network - WeCity - to spread the culture of sustainable mobility. The positive message is disseminated and promoted through the playing of a game in which users are rewarded depending on how often they use environmentally sustainable means of transport.It is also developing a new bike-sharing project whereby users manage the sharing of bicycles from within a dedicated community.

Mechbadger is an innovative startup who have created a product for the construction and agricultural spheres, the MP01.MP01 is born out of a synthesis of experience in diverse fields and Mechbadger's mission of creating highly customizable hi-tech devices that offer excellent support for professionals in building, agriculture, and aerial maintenance.

FARERACCOLTA is a marketing project that creates a "CLEAN ECONOMY". The project aims to use a percentage of the advertising budgets that businesses invest in the communication of information and turn it into an experience that allows people to do good deeds, making savings and satisfying their own needs in the process.The value of communication is converted into products, services and technologies that improve the lives of people and the regions in which they live.

Seabreath srl is developing a new multi-chamber oscillating water column system to generate energy from sea waves.The project is on the verge of entering phase TRL7 with experimentation at sea and a search for partners.

Approximately 11 bn tons of waste are produced in the world each year, only 25% is reused or recycled. In Italy, special waste produced by businesses stands at about 154 mln tons (source: ISPRA, 2019).

HIGHVERTER provides an energy storage service that combines the easy access of second-life batteries with the reliability and safety of an innovative technology.

Kinsect have developed an industrial process for producing protein flour for animal feed, based on large scale insect breeding.The startup is in a sector that is growing rapidly in response to a need for protein sources. The EU imports more than 60% of the protein used for animal feed and a recent general increase in prices has been caused by growing demand from breeders, falling fish yields from the sea, expansion limits on agricultural land, and also climate change.