Startups

Alga&Zyme Factory is an R&D company focussed on the development of innovative biotechnology solutions for systems and processes that improve environmental and economic sustainability within the agro-industrial, agro-energy, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical sectors.The innovation of Alga & Zyme Factory consists in the combination of two previously independent areas of production - production of microalgae for biomass, and the synthesis of hydrolytic enzymes in tobacco plants - in order to:

Hipert SRL is a spin-off from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. It was initiated in 2020 by Prof. Marko Bertogna and emerged from the HiPeRT laboratory, where research groups were seeking to exploit the performance/power of parallel processing platforms in a predictable manner, and in application contexts in which temporal constraints are critical.

Tulips is a website where you can order your shopping online and have it waiting for you in store or have it delivered to your home.

The company operates in the sale of high quality foodstuffs using refrigerators equipped with external monitors that dispense products using credit cards, apps, or other electronic instruments.Each product on sale is tagged for real-time signalling to the data server of sales and fridge shelf time.

The very best of Food&Beverage: this is what Sluurpy is. Since 2018, our goal has been to drastically reduce the distances between consumers, restaurants and brands. To date, we  put 1.5 million registered users in contact with brands, producers and restaurants: from gastronomic stars to takeaways, from local producers to large chains throughout Italy. 

Cammeo DiVino is an innovative start-up to help relaunch Italian companies. This makes digital culture sustainable for the food and catering industry through targeted courses, also under an annual subscription affordable for any agricultural producer, along with free made-to-measure business instruments.

Makadamia is an e-commerce operator in the foodstuffs sector that aims to become a yardstick for everyone in search of a healthy and tasty daily snack, or top quality ingredients for their own recipes.The underlying elements of this project are customization, eco-sustainability, and high quality raw materials. 

Born to Bake Academy emerged from an idea of Francesco Gigliotti, a professional caterer, with the direct involvement of researchers at the University of Bologna, Agricultural Faculty, and entrepreneurs from the agricultural world.

inThinkers aims to revolutionise human and business relationships, simplifying and constantly renewing them by supporting positive, ethical, innovative, and sustainable social change.

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.

Antiaging Italian Food srl is an innovative startup working in the nutrition and wellness area with a particular focus on antiaging nutrition. The company's core business is the development of software and advanced nutrition solutions designed to promote longevity and well-being.

Agrisene deals mainly in the production and marketing of innovative highly technological products and services and specifically:

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.

Welly is an innovative startup with the objective of reinventing the food delivery world in the spirit of sustainability. With our experience analysing the carbon footprint of foodstuffs, we are able to offer restaurants simple digital solutions for calculating the environmental impact of their menu and enable compensations through the most important European foundations.

Neurality has realized an SaaS for analysing images and video applying artificial intelligence techniques with the aim of extracting crucial information for the businesses in which they are used. After successful applications in the medical world, the Neurality methods are expanding to other markets, including industry and agri-food.

TomaPaint is an innovative startup with the objective of marketing a bio-resin extracted from agro-industry waste tomato (mostly skins), which forms the main component of bio-paints or bio-coatings, for use in the food packaging sector. The founders of TomaPaint derive from different training backgrounds:

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.