Startups

ITCares is an innovative startup with the great dream of making the world accessible. Tangible usefulness and strong social impact are the essential characteristics of all our projects.

Quinck is a group of capable young people motivated towards contributing to technological and social progress by specializing in the design and development of innovative technologies, in particular the IoT, cloud computing, and software.Applying a flexible approach combining consultancy and R&D of innovative solutions, we represent dynamic and adaptable technological partners for the innovation of products and processes.

Quiroom is an online booking portal (OTA) operating in the tourist sector, that enables hotels to sell "last minute" their rooms that remain empty every night in thousands of hotels around the world.On Quiroom travellers have the possibility of booking empty rooms just before checking-in with discounts of up to 40% compared to standard prices.Quiroom's mission is to create shared value for both parties, guests and accommodation facilities alike.

Caboto create automated solutions for inspecting sensitive infrastructures without custodianship or characterized by high risk.

HyWork is an SaaS solution for managing work shifts, developed to overcome the limits of traditional instruments like Excel, WhatsApp, or paper documentation. The system simplifies organization, reduces errors, and involves workers in decisional processes, reconciling rights and preferences.

Yoomee Srl is an innovative start-up born in 2019 from the network experience of three Emilia Romagna based companies which operate within the scope of ICT since more than twenty years.Yoomee Srl designs and actualizes customized solutions, which employ the Augmented Reality technology and apply it to various environments (industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, knowledge transfer, education, art and tourism) maintaining, as a central feature, the added value of the Augmented Reality which allows an easier access to contents and a higher involvement.

Weeshop is an app that guides consumers for grocery shopping, helping them to analyse what they eat and find healthier and more sustainable alternatives, in an independent, made-to-measure approach. More than 8 out of 10 consumers would like to make healthier and more sustainable choices, but almost 7 out of 10 exhibit a need for guidance in this process (Deloitte study, 2021).We offer the simplest most complete instrument on the market to help them make better choices.

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.

The Whole Platform is an open source technology for engineering the production of software.Based on the idea that programming is an activity concerning the development of domain languages, the Whole Platform provides an Eclipse-based Language Workbench for developing new languages, manipulating them using domain notations and transforming them using a generative model driven approach.

XOOTS is an innovative start-up established in 2023 with the mission of transforming the assessment and recruitment of talents. It enables companies to evaluate their existing employees, rapidly hire quality talents, and enhance skills through the application of generative artificial intelligence, accelerating their digital transformation objectives.

SocialCities was founded in 2014, with an initial team of 5 developers and digital strategists, to create the LocalJob project. Launched as an innovative Startup, it won numerous awards, including TimWcap, Amazon Web Services and Startup Chile.

ADA supports companies and organizations operating as public service providers, enhancing their development and digital innovation processes by drawing on the experience and know-how of those who have already experimented and established successful functional models.

Case Firmate is based on the idea of the "​​sharing economy", or offering an old service in a brand new way. It re-evaluates currently underestimated capital and creates a new division of labour where the owner and buyer of a property become their own agents and the architect offers new designs and provides sales assistance.

Traxit have developed an IoT diagnostic platform that enables the tracing of people and things anywhere in the world. Connected telemetric devices complaint with all safety standards are used in planes, logistics, and road transport. In particular, the patented device for tracing baggage in planes is among the first in the world to be compliant with the regulations of the European Aviation Safety Agency, automatically switching to safe mode during all stages of flight.

Proxima Robotics is a company specialized in the development of highly modular and flexible software for mobile robots, in particular AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) and AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots). Born out of the passion of a team of artificial intelligence and automation experts, the company concentrates on the realization of leading edge software systems, capable of simplifying the management of autonomous vehicles in diverse manufacturing and logistical contexts.

Turtle Srl offers the first sustainability management software that quantifies the environmental, social, and economic impact of companies in diverse sectors, both manufacturers and services. A quantitative approach and close analysis of company data makes it possible to derive reliable information about company sustainability, avoiding communication of non-verifiable and non comparable results.

Kopjra is the brainchild of a group of computer science and law students looking to find entrepreneurial synergy in their respective business areas.The company's core business is currently internet copyright protection, with a view to acquiring the technologies and expertise to enable expansion into trademark, patent and privacy protection.Kopjra is one of the TIM #WCAP Bologna 2014 startup batch, one of the EIT ICT Labs coached companies and has received initial funding from BAN Custodi di Successo.

The patented technology application called TRAILS transforms every street light into an IoT device that is intelligent and interconnected, thanks to the gathering of sound information combined with the use of artificial intelligence.The TRAILS dispersed application helps reduce wastage of light and energy in street lighting by over 40%, supplying only the necessary quantity of light where and when needed.

Youmarell is a new streaming platform that brings building sites within the reach of everyone. Inspired by the Bologna dialect expression "umarell" (elderly men who pass their time watching building sites with great enthusiasm and curiosity), we capture this cultural phenomenon and amplify it for a wider public.