Advanced Materials

Italylunch (BO)

ITALYLUNCH is the first Italian cooking fast-food outlet in Europe based on the Food & Travel formula. The objective is to provide customers with traditional Italian meals with marked regional characteristics at a low enough cost to be affordable even for those with limited funds.

Zeprojects (BO)

Zeprojects is an innovative female startup founded in Bologna in 2019 from the passion for innovation applied to architecture and design of the founders, Francesca di Giacomo and Silvia Motori. This is the only hub in Italy to offer an architectural design service integrating IoT technologies, AI, and highly innovative materials, all aimed at improving the quality of life of individuals, which is the primary goal of all our work.

Alexandria (BO)

Alexandria produces and sells reusable antimicrobial bottles implementing a silver technology to eliminate unpleasant odours and tastes in the liquid contents.

They preserve the health and drinks of consumers, eliminating bacteria, microbes, spores, and algae. The effect functions constantly over the entire surface and endures over time without ever disappearing.

Structural Analitycs (BO)

Structural Analytics develop technologies based on more than twenty years’ academic and professional research, applying a genetic matrix software dedicated to civil engineering for the development of added value services for asset safety managers.

This solution is state-of-art in the world scientific scenario. It is proprietary and patentable for the “unmanned” processing of data and information for monitoring and surveying structures and infrastructures, including the use of AI algorithms and procedures.

Eso Recycling (RN)

ESO RECYCLING is rooted in a business idea of Nicolas Meletiou, who, during his extensive experience in the sector, has always believed that refuse could be exploited to become a resource.

Long before anyone was talking about the circular economy, Nicolas Meletiou was dreaming up and designing recycling and reassessment of office and sports waste.

Re-Sport (BO)

RE-SPORT is an innovative startup and a spin-off with the participation of the University of Bologna. We develop innovative technologies for the recycling and development of sports equipment and everyday products in plastic and compound materials.

RE-SPORT develops all the necessary steps towards the recycling of multi-material items at the end of their lifecycle, from proof-of-concept to design of finished systems, combined with the assessment of environmental impact and economic factors in the process.

Sound maTERia (BO)

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.

LPTech (FE)

The state of art in cranioplasty (implanting sections of skull) is hampered by numerous issues: the high cost of operating theatres and implant prostheses (average total of €12,000), an extended learning curve for surgeons, aesthetic and functional imperfections, and non-repeatability in emergency cases.

Born to Bake Academy (BO)

Born to Bake Academy emerged from an idea of Francesco Gigliotti, a professional caterer, with the direct involvement of researchers at the University of Bologna, Agricultural Faculty, and entrepreneurs from the agricultural world.