Startups

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:

Naquadria s.r.l. has a proprietary TIER III Data Center certified to ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018 and GDPR compliance. 1000 m² divided into two rooms built in 2016 and 2021 in which the most modern technologies are concentrated. The mission is to create customized solutions, with a focus on information security and innovation.

AlmaPlasma is a company that aims to design, manufacture and market advanced technological solutions in the field of atmospheric pressure thermal and non-thermal plasmas, developed by the Industrial Applications of Plasma (IAP) group at the University of Bologna.

HIGHVERTER provides an energy storage service that combines the easy access of second-life batteries with the reliability and safety of an innovative technology.

WLHemp is developing an industrial production cycle for hemp, with an integrated approach that starts with cultivation, all the way to the processing and marketing of semifinished goods.

Stramba has designed a new type of rigging wing that can offer incredible performances.We have great partnerships with the Industrial Engineering Department of the Università di Bologna, with Q-id, style and design focal centre for important brands, the Cantieri Zuanelli and other professional players in the field.Stramba's main mission is to adapt this new technology to all areas of nautical businesses to bring to the market all the benefits and advantages it can offer.

ReFuel Solutions was born out of the urgent need to decarbonize the transport sector for goods and people. A functioning vehicle with a number of years of life remaining cannot simply be scrapped due to the substantial environmental impact of scrapping and the expense of substitution.ReFuel has invented a product for such vehicles, instead adapting them to satisfy the new environmental requirements: BiodieselKit.This innovative technology guarantees maximum exploitation of the potential of biofuels.

An innovative startup founded in September 2013, UP2GO s.r.l.s is the brainchild of five founding members, professionals from various fields that include pharmaceuticals, food, real estate, consulting, telecommunications and technological innovation.

For 15 years Optit has been offering IT solutions based on advanced mathematics, data science, analytics, and optimization in support of company innovation.We improve efficiency and effectiveness for medium and large sized companies in diverse sectors (energy, refuse, logistics, retail sales) through innovative support systems for decision making.

The innovative startup Monitor the Planet® based in the Ravenna area was born in 2018 and offers surveying and mapping services with the best technological instruments in the world including total stations, 3D laser scanners, drones, etc.Monitor the Planet has soon expanded to North Italy by opening in Asti and Treviso. We grew to 150 customers and became a benchmark for Italy, with over 300 projects for surveying and mapping services with innovative technologies.

FARERACCOLTA is a marketing project that creates a "CLEAN ECONOMY". The project aims to use a percentage of the advertising budgets that businesses invest in the communication of information and turn it into an experience that allows people to do good deeds, making savings and satisfying their own needs in the process.The value of communication is converted into products, services and technologies that improve the lives of people and the regions in which they live.

VAIMEE is an innovative startup and spinoff from the University of Bologna established in 2020. Its technology enables development of modular data-driven applications in an extremely safe and scalable environment.Based on Open Source technologies, VAIMEE's horizontal Milkydataway solution is very flexible and can be implemented in any context, especially in domains characterized by heterogeneous, unstructured, and dynamic data.

Ecocircular s.r.l. is an innovative startup that produces rubber and plastic treatment plants (even from waste) using proprietary patents and technology.

At Pinpoint we believe that in order to shape a better tomorrow, we have to face the problems of today. Manufacturing industries are facing a double challenge:

eDriveLAB is a spin-off of the University of Parma that innovates within the vehicular mobility sector.

The company was founded in 2017 from the idea of a pool of engineers with over 15 years of direct experience in the wholesale energy and environmental markets. Its primary mission is to spread and uphold the policies of environmental sustainability though research, development, and the spread of innovative solutions (not only technological) addressing both energy consumers and operators.

Modular lithium batteries for special applications: off-road, agriculture, worksites, nautical, aerospace.

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.