Startups

Established in August 2011 by Pietro Ferraris, Simone Biagiotti and Michele Orsi, map2app is a web platform that enables anyone to create a mobile travel app, or a local guide in the form of a native app for iPhone and Android, and distribute it - getting paid in the process - through leading application stores (Apple Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore).

Creating an app using map2app is as simple as creating a blog. All you need to do is enter the content, choose the look of the app (template or individual items) and publish it.

adoroletuefoto.it is the first Realtime Photo Contest website, a place for photographers to test their skills, share ideas and techniques, as well as teaching and learning from one another. It is a personal photography-gym, an innovative way to learn by playing.

adoroletuefoto.it looks to bring together photography enthusiasts - novices, amateurs and professionals - creating an environment of sharing and comparing where users can improve their skills and photographic techniques over time. 

Established as a limited company in June 2010, Techno GF is engaged in the study, development and application of energy-saving software. Working on the premise that solar radiation behaves in a similar manner to the propagation of radio waves, this startup uses a sophisticated ray tracing program for the prediction of radio coverage in an urban environment, developing it to calculate solar intensity (in collaboration with the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems at the University of Bologna).

People 3.0 is a Cooperative Society of freelancers and small businesses formed in December 2010 that supports companies involved with organisational innovation, using social matrix technologies to introduce participatory and collaborative dynamics in relationships within companies as well as with customers and suppliers.

Harrier is an Industrial Design company that offers design and consultation services for lines of furniture and household accessories.

Research of materials and technological innovation are at the heart of Harrier's products. From design to pre-series production, Harrier guarantees the development and performance of the product, as well as support with the marketing.

Eco-Polis C&S is a University of Ferrara startup, offering creative and innovative services for cities, regions and enterprises, promoting local development projects, rural and urban, while respecting the principles of social equity and environmental and economic sustainability, with the use of smart technologies and methodologies.

Eco-Polis C&S offers products and services to government and/or to private or voluntary organisations operating within government and land management.

DoubleCheck is a business project that addresses food quality control by developing products and services aimed at large companies and individual consumers, with positive effects on quality of life and the environment.

The project sees the patenting of a system for isolating and quantifying environmental and food-based microorganisms.

Established as a general partnership in January 2012, Crank-Up celebrates sports, sports-related activities and the promotion of shared moments through the use of web and digital applications.

The company uses and offers a search service for people who might ordinarily be strangers to sporting activity, who can then get together and play, as well as sharing all relevant event and user information from various disciplines. The service uses an easy-to-use geolocation system with a simple filter system.

Caffeina is an Italian Creative Company that transforms brands in Experience Brands, thanks to the creation of impactful experiences that input new energy in people and brands.

It has a team of over 130 professionals, who work on integrated communications campaigns and digital innovation projects in multidisciplinary teams, that give structure to Strategy, Design, Communication and Technology.

Stem Sel manufactures electrical, electronic and optical machinery and equipment, promoted by biologists. It evolved and was developed in academia, assisted with technology transfer from an academic spin-off. It is based on patented stem cell selection technology with the aim of bringing it to the cell therapy market at a pre-competitive level.