Specialist consultancy

dpixel is an innovation company focused on digital technologies. Its mission is to analyse technological trends, innovative ideas and new technologies in order to identify entrepreneurial talents who can bring new solutions to the market.

STARTUPiacenza is the information, reception, orientation, animation and territorial promotion help desk that nurtures startups and the newly self-employed, with a focus on innovative and creative activities in Piacenza.

Upidea! is a startup program that selects entrepreneurial ideas and startups and supports their development through an acceleration path, using know-how, networking and business skills.

Officine ON/OFF is an innovative project from the Youth Policy Department of the Municipality of Parma. It is promoted and managed by the social cooperative Gruppo Scuola in collaboration with the ON/OFF Social Promotion Association.

FIRST — Financing for Innovation, Research and Technological Development — is a service designed by ASTER in 1999 with the objective of providing information, insights and guidance on the opportunities and incentives offered by preferential funding.

The APRE Emilia-Romagna Help Desk is aimed at public or private regional bodies — enterprises, research organisations, individual researchers — interested in participating in European research and innovation programs.

Bologna Startup was founded by Federico Strollo in 2012 to help grow the city's startup ecosystem, bringing together startuppers, professionals and various institutions.