Startups

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.

LFA is the owner of the WeMaMy brand, an innovative solution in the customer service sector, distinguished by a strongly customer oriented approach and continuous improvement of customer experience.The core business is founded on careful interception, understanding, and customized response to user needs, through the implementation of advanced technologies.

IXoost is a limited company founded in Modena in July 2012 that designs, assembles and constructs sound systems using components from the world of motorsport, such as F1 exhaust manifolds and other body parts. All pieces are machined and have full Apple support. IXoost has also created an app that allows users to customise the use of the dock. 

Design 24's main product is the Italian-design brand, 24Bottles, which combines aesthetics with sustainability and is aimed at people who are urban, dynamic and fashionable.Made of stainless steel, the bottles are cool, lightweight and eco-friendly. They are available in half-litre and litre sizes. They are made from 18/8 stainless steel, an enormously hygienic and durable material that is easy to clean and resistant to heat.

Targado produces and distributed decorative number plate holders for cars, motorbikes, campers, and other vehicles, focusing on high quality materials, UV and weather resistant finishes, and compatibility with standard EU number plates. The products add style to vehicles, are easy to fit, and are designed to last over time.

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.

GO-OZ is a company with three partners, Pietro Galifi, Stefano Moretti, and Alessandro Furlan, arriving from previous experiences in computer graphics, creation of multimedia systems, and in particular the development of systems and content for virtual reality, a technological sector they have followed for more than 35 years. GO-OZ was founded as a company dedicated to the development of new sensory devices for virtual reality.

A social network that enhances your content, allowing you to aggregate your favourite social networks and show posts to users who are interested in a particular topic, and who you would not normally reach.

Caucaso’s cultural project was born out of a unique convergence between scientific tension and artistic production, focused on cinema and documentary.Created as an informal collective in the early 2000s, Caucaso evolved into an international production company based in Bologna, Italy. During the following years, the Caucaso society established a network of co-productions within both the Italian and international production landscapes.

Bank Station is specialized in financial education. Straightforward language is used for training content (videos, podcasts, texts), organizing seminars, workshops, and live events for schools, companies, and private individuals.

CrossHyde is an innovative integrated digital system capable of video communication with a profiled public using any glass and/or Plexiglas surface without modifying its original nature (transparency). Applied to windows or any other transparent surface, it is capable, when triggered and for a specific time, of transforming a window into a screen for communicating messages defined on the basis of the general characteristics of the audience present, as detected using sensors (e.g. man/woman, age range, etc.).

Institution was founded with the objective of developing innovative systems for cultural creation and participation. The company realize artistic interventions and events in both physical spaces and digital environments, applying state-of-art technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

B Side is a neuromarketing laboratory that tests communication stimuli (advertising campaigns, websites, e-commerce, graphics, logos, etc.) using neurophysiological measuring instruments (eye trackers, electroencephalography, galvanic skin response, facial coding).CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

Studio Croma Animation is an animation studio specialized in the production of cinematic works and audio-visual content for advertising and Internet. They apply the stop-motion technique, using sequences of photographs to create movement and lend personality to objects and inanimate puppets. The creative process that distinguishes their products is characterized by a perfect mix of hand-crafted construction techniques, technology, and digital processing.

INCREMENTA is an innovative startup active in the digital marketing sector with a strong vocation for neuromarketing, which is the application of neuroscience to traditional marketing to investigate the behaviour of consumers in response to advertising stimuli.

Touripp is a new portal for finding and comparing organized tours of all forms and prices available on the Web. You simply enter a destination to see all the offers from the best tour operators present on-line, ordered by price.

Stars & Cows è una start up innovativa nata nel 2015 con l'obiettivo di fornire alle aziende, ai giovani ed al territorio servizi in ambito Risorse Umane e Consulenza professionale, avvalendosi anche di una rete di ex Senior Manager.

An innovative social startup in the field of culture and cultural tourism in general, with an emphasis on Italian language and culture. It carries out research and development into new technologies and digital content for the communication of cultural products and services.