Startups

Astreo is an innovative startup dealing with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).According to the latest data, manufacturing plants in Italy mostly run machinery of around 20 years in age.This represents a major brake on business competitiveness.

BellBoy develops innovative solutions for urban light transport. Its products, like folding carrier systems, and integrated baggage transport systems, are designed to simplify movement in cities on bicycles, scooters, and other sustainable means.

K3RX is a deep-tech spin-off from CNR, founded in 2021 in Imola and setting out to develop and market light compound carbon ceramic materials with extremely high resistance to heat and wear. Applications range through the aerospace, car racing, and energy sectors.

Even has developed a complete service to simplify the transition to electrical transport and the experience of EV driving in general.We offer a compact and powerful recharge station delivering up to 22 kW (+100 km in one hour) at a competitive price with installation included and an energy plan designed for electrical car drivers.

ITER IDEA have 7 years of experience in the development of cloud-native applications and serverless solutions.The team has achieved 54k users in the B2C market and over 1.2k B2B users, digitalizing their work with the ITER IDEA suite, which includes solutions for digital reporting, manufacturing, time-tracking, and warehouse logistics.

Overmatic develop innovative solutions for automation in the sheet metal processing sector. The current project involves the introduction of a patented system for automatic tool change over for bending presses, designed to improve efficiency and speed, especially in automated set-ups with robots.

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

ZENIT's business idea of Smart Polycrystals is based on the production and sale of polycrystals for the solid state laser (SSL) machine market. Existing SSL systems have high manufacturing costs and the machines are heavy and bulky. These laser beams are generated by a single-crystal that heats up locally during laser emission, causing the temporary deformation of the crystalline cell, degrading the quality of the beam and reducing its efficiency.

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:

Morelli Tech S.r.l.s. is an innovative startup based in Rimini and founded by Alessio Morelli, Giacomo Caroli, and Luca Battilana. Tech's business activity is focused on the creation of new hardware/software technologies for applications in the vehicle sector and elsewhere, based on augmented reality and centred on the use of AR holographic head-up displays (HUD).

Ulisse Solutions Srl aims to develop new packaging products, with a particular focus on the food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics sectors.The company is concentrated on the development and marketing or an innovative film, made from food processing waste materials, that can extend the shelf life of processed products.

Idea Lignum develops high technological content solutions for the timber, furniture, and sustainable building industries. Its activities include the design and marketing of software and hardware for intelligent machines, artificial intelligence based solutions, augmented reality and IoT, applied in wood processing.

Minerva Systems provides system software that optimizes the design and simplifies implementation of applications that have predictable multi-critical parameters and are based on AI for the next generation of integrated systems.Minerva Systems is a startup and spinoff of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. It operates with a team of around a dozen people in Modena (Italy) and Munich (Germany).

Ivory7 is specialized in the end-to-end development of industrial IoT solutions. The company integrates electronic design, software applications, artificial intelligence, and neural networks to provide systems for advanced orchestration and monitoring in-line with Industry 5.0.