Startups

Fancy Pixel is a startup that grew out of experience gained by its founders in the research laboratories of the University of Ferrara. It develops web and mobile applications for all major platforms, the Internet of Things and smart devices.The main product is "LaBazza", the new community for anyone who loves a bargain. Users can report "bazze" (i.e. bargains) found in stores or online and also save money by taking advantage of the reports made by the rest of the community.

Every day Xelia express their creativity, determination, evolutionary capacity, and skills. The company is distinguished by a special attention to the human dimension with methodological reliability, flexibility, strong professionalism, good time-keeping, and cost efficiency. The innovativeness of Xelia emerges from unique work implementations and applied technologies, which mainly come from the Open Source world.

Letzfair is a start-up company founded to provide innovative digital services to international trade shows and exhibitions, in any industry.Our mission is to become the technology partner of every event organizer that aims to improve both visitors and exhibitors satisfaction before, during and after their event. Exploiting all the innovative, cutting-edge features of our Mobile app and web platform, we create the Digital Dimension of trade shows and exhibitions, enhancing and enriching the physical exhibition space.

Added is an innovative startup focussed on the development and production of 3D-printed orthopaedic braces, personalised for individual patients.

Encryption, computer security, algorithms, telecommunications, cloud computing: these are the areas in which CryptoLab, a cryptographic research laboratory founded by Massimo Bertaccini, Alessandro Passerini and Tiziana Landi, operates. Bertaccini was among the winners of the second annual Innovami IPR Prize, which enabled him to apply for the patent on the following online encryption and data security software: the MB09 and MB11. These aim to reduce the use of passwords required for online transactions, resulting in increased levels of identity assurance.

Founded in January 2014, Humarker s.r.l. is an innovative start-up based in Parma. Humarker works to promote Italian culture and heritage through real and virtual structures, and through business models that embrace innovation and experimentation with new technologies. The idea is to enter the market of augmented reality (AR) by developing application frameworks with which to develop and market apps for the Cultural Heritage sector. 

Piazza Arcobaleno is a marketplace for small and micro Italian artisan companies, creating a virtual community of Italian manufacturing to be promoted abroad.

ALFRED24 TECH deals with first and last mile logistics for the e-commerce world. This includes an internal network of dispatch and collection points, package lockers, smart lockers, with additional package services, and condominium lockers.  

CShark S.r.l. was founded in 2018 by Alessandro Fanni in order to create IT solutions at all levels.CShark consists in a team of experts in the field of Information Technology, always available to customers to offer a wide range of services and products in order to handle different issues. We are able to create IT solutions thanks to our internal resources and national and international partnerships.

Pearfid uses innovative technology to produce RFID devices.

Nautilus – Navigation in Space is an innovative startup that aspires towards revolutionizing the space exploration market. By supplying products and services for small satellites (SmallSats) we intend to establish an infrastructural ecosystem that enables small satellites to become the most sustainable solution for achieving interplanetary missions.Our core business is supplying a modular service for interplanetary navigation (Flight Dynamics) of small satellites.

Neptune s.r.l. is an innovative startup, born out of the experience of its founders in industrial projects developed at the telecommunications laboratories of the University of Bologna.

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.

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.

iThalia is an innovative start-up of social media inspiration that has developed a revolutionary patent that creates secure local networks independent of Internet.

Cubbit is Europe's first geo-distributed cloud storage provider. Its technology ensures the security and sovereignty of customer data while cutting costs, cyber risks, and carbon emissions compared to the traditional cloud. Cubbit, a Gaia-X partner, protects 80M+ user files worldwide. Its S3-compatible object storage serves 100+ companies (from enterprises with a turnover of more than €1 billion to SMEs) that have joined the dedicated Next Generation Cloud Pioneers network.

Komete is an innovative company that is transforming the high added value manufacturing sector applying IoT and AI solutions dedicated to manual workstations, critical but frequently neglected areas in production processes. In this setting, the absence of digital instruments leads to inefficiency, delays, and planning problems, with a loss of productivity that can exceed 20%.

INCREMENTA is an innovative startup active in the digital marketing sector with a strong vocation for neuromarketing, which is the application of neuroscience to traditional marketing to investigate the behaviour of consumers in response to advertising stimuli.