Startups

Forme is specialized in solutions for bio-architecture and photovoltaic plants. They provide certified materials and photovoltaic energy systems for both residential and industrial contexts, also dealing with design, installation, maintenance, and technical training.

Approximately 11 bn tons of waste are produced in the world each year, only 25% is reused or recycled. In Italy, special waste produced by businesses stands at about 154 mln tons (source: ISPRA, 2019).

BeeComs is a product that exploits the most favourable combination of digital and proximity technologies, enabling manufacturing companies to make concrete long-term savings by reducing production waste. Our digital system offers complete solutions to the 3 major needs of manufacturing companies: analysis, production, and safety, all in a single customized package that is flexible, extremely effective, and easy to use.

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Banca della Calce (Lime Bank) offers materials and services for sustainable architecture and architectural restoration. It is a reference supplier for private citizens, technicians, and companies that strive to use healthy ecological building materials. We offer high quality lime and certified derivative products manufactured in Italy. We are based in Bologna but operate all over the country and abroad.

Wood Innovation develops innovative production methods based on bamboo, aiming for sustainability and digitalization.By introducing new technologies (advanced glueing system, 3D printers, workstations, and software), the startup plans to improve the quality, efficiency, and competitiveness in the eco-sustainable materials sector.

RADOFF is an innovative startup founded to eliminate the harmful effects caused by radon gas in the environment.

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

UP Urban Planning Ltd is an engineering company that deals in a multidisciplinary way with local urban transformation  through the use of decision support tools and urban data to integrate multiple contexts. The planning activity is always focused on avoiding the creation of a duality between sustainability projects and users behaviour, a duality that is often the source of inequity. Urban Planning is thus making use of economic and financial strategies in order to translate the idea into reality.

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.

Kiez is an agency involved in urban regeneration, promoting processes of transformation of space with high social sustainability.Kiez is an agency of professionals capable of managing all aspects of regeneration, from strategic design to finance sourcing, from spatial planning to involvement of local communities, all the way to prototyping services and assessing social impact.

Mainly aimed at companies in the metal industry who intend to reduce the time and cost of component processing by exploiting the flexibility of latest generation laser systems.

Builti Srl was created in 2018 with the development of the “RE.SIS.TO. Project” in collaboration with the University of Bologna.The company operates in the field of the development, application, and management of systems of structural diagnostics, monitoring and implementation of advanced rapid analysis models, in support of civil engineering (strategic and relevant buildings, infrastructure, domestic and industrial construction) and of restoration (buildings and historical structures).

Prolibo S.rl. is an innovative start-up aimed at the study, production and sale of biological purifiers with discontinuous sequential reactors powered by renewable energy sources, as well as traditional and renewable energy production facilities, the collection and treatment of waste, and the design and development of projects with high technological innovation on behalf of companies.

Fluid-A is an innovative startup that specialises in the design of fluid machines, energy conversion and exchange systems and data acquisition systems.

SERENGEO is an innovative startup that provides consulting and design services in the field of geoengineering. Its goal is to transfer to industry the skills and knowledge gained in university research in the fields of mining engineering, environmental engineering, rock mechanics and geothermal energy. 

FAST10 is a spinoff accredited by the ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, specialized in screw fastening systems. FAST10 was born out of more than 15 years of experience by the founding partners in research and industrial consultancy regarding mechanical fastening systems.Screw fasteners are used in all industrial products, greatly conditioning cost and reliability. FAST10 provides an integrated service including:

Existing practice in the door and window frame market oblige final users to choose between sound shielding and air quality derived from good ventilation, without considering the energy consumption of certain mechanized systems.Sound maTERia make door and window frames applying passive metamaterial technologies that are energy self-sufficient, high performance, and made from recycled materials. Our windows can be adapted to any shape and size and enable public and private organizations to create quieter healthier interior spaces.

Mechbadger is an innovative startup who have created a product for the construction and agricultural spheres, the MP01.MP01 is born out of a synthesis of experience in diverse fields and Mechbadger's mission of creating highly customizable hi-tech devices that offer excellent support for professionals in building, agriculture, and aerial maintenance.