Startups

Purò Srl develops solutions based on free oxygen (ozone) for hair care and regeneration, starting from a scientific discoveries tested at the Carlo Bo University of Urbino.The company has patented a "Cosmetic hair method using ozone" in Italy, the USA, Europe, and Japan, and registered the European brand Purò.

The first integrated wellness ecosystem in Italy that considers all aspects of life of individuals: emotional sphere, nutrition, exercise, personal grooming, care for the local environment, work and economic standing.

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.

The future of sport is already here: create your Digital Sports Identity (DSI) with SportId™. Use your DSI to develop your technical skills accessing qualified instructors from every sporting discipline in line with sports federation parameters, while enjoy simplified and customized access to all the services provided by the first Digital Sports Ecosystem (DSE) in the world.

LEBSC is an innovative startup that deals with research and development for the creation of innovative materials, biomaterials and micro- and nano materials in the chemical, biomedical, environmental, dental, cosmetic fields. LEBSC uses innovative techniques of synthesis that allow to obtain new materials with characteristics identical to those that are available in nature.LEBSC provides chemical, chemical and physical, environmental, asbestos and microbiological analysis.LEBSC designed two innovative systems:

O-Damp is an innovative startup established as a spin-off from the University of Bologna, dedicated to the development of advanced technologies for personal protection in the motorbike, sport, and workplace safety sectors.

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.

FOCALIS is an innovative startup that develops, produces, and markets medical devices for septic and/or aseptic prosthetic revision procedures. The activity concentrates on integration of existing technologies with new, original solutions capable of rendering surgical operations safer, more effective, and less invasive.The FOCALIS approach aims to reduce the need for replacing prostheses and the risk of relapse, in response to a real need in the orthopaedic sector.

ArzaMed is an innovative start-up in the health technology sector founded by Alberto Ghiribaldi and Andrea Pari. They use cloud technology to develop and market software capable of simplifying the work flow of doctors with the aim of improving the course of treatment of patients.The customers are typically specialist medical clinics, outpatient clinics, medical teams, day clinics, and hospital departments.

A startup active in the development of 5 axis milling solutions for the dental sector. The company designs and realizes systems addressing the demands for quality, productivity, and reliability in workshops of both small and large dimensions.

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:

Prometheus is an innovative startup, born in 2017, that focuses on biotechnologies and medical devices for regenerative medicine.Its first product is Ematik, a customised patch to cure skin wounds, created starting from the patient's blood. The identified solution cuts in half the healing times, without side effects and scars.The patch can be produced with Ematik Ready, a manual kit or Ematik Lab, a completely automatic system that standardises the process.

NEEDO is an on-demand nursery school that can be set up anywhere for any period of time in response to the needs of families, companies, or small communities. The aim is to help reconcile home and work schedules and female employment. It is an educational service that puts together a complete package of services: an enclosed space (making use of regenerated marine containers from a circular-economy perspective), a sustainable approach, educational design, trained and qualified teachers, canteen, and all services.

SeriPet is an innovative startup that is transforming the pet health sector with a scientifically advanced and fully customized approach. The aim is to offer effective made-to-measure solutions, exceeding the limits of general food supplements and actually improving the quality of life of pets.

BoneArmed was founded in 2023 in Bologna, operating in the orthopaedic biomedical sector. The startup produces and markets an implantable medical device for treating knee arthritis, applying a completely innovative approach from the perspectives of both cause of arthritic pain and the implanting of the device.

VIS Ethic Research is specialized in managing clinical trials for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. It provides support for public and private bodies, CROs, healthcare providers, and scientific companies, accompanying them through all development stages, from planning and start up, to operational and documentary management, to assessment of quality and standards compliance.

FitStadium is a training app devised by the Cesena team of the same name.The startup was founded by Denis Brighi and Luca Domeniconi, graduates in Computer Engineering at Cesena, and Milos Jankovic, a Telecommunications Engineering graduate at Bologna.FitStadium's primary objective was to offer all fitness enthusiasts an online meeting point: so in September 2012, the FitStadium.com social network was launched.

U-Watch is the tracking system which allows to monitor, contact and protect people, with a specific focus on people affected by chronicle deseases.