Nine startups selected to participate in the 'Ti Presento una Startup' program by Confindustria Bergamo

On 22 September 2020, the programme "Ti Presento una Startup” concluded, which connects the most innovative startups on the national and international scene with companies to promote a model of open innovation.

The programme, now in its second edition, was organised by the Gruppo Giovani Imprenditori di Confindustria Bergamo in collaboration with the Categoria Merceologica Materie Plastiche e Gomma di Confindustria Bergamo.

This year, the focus area was the plastic and rubber sector. SPICI supported the selection activities of the innovative startups that participated in the matching day on 22 September.

The companies, divided into 4 categories (digital transformation, product quality innovation, smart production and circular economy), were:

• Circle Garage: offers a professional Data Platform that allows SMEs and large companies to centralise the management and coordination of various IT resources.

• GS4Plastic: develops innovative ideas, projects, and packaging starting from recycled materials.

• Krill Design: designs and implements Circular Economy projects for companies wanting to turn their waste, mainly organic, into functional eco-design objects for their internal needs.

• Caracol: provides Additive Manufacturing services to companies in various industrial sectors.

• AISent: focuses on research and development of algorithms and solutions based on Artificial Intelligence. Its latest project is an autonomous quality control system.

• Lasertecno: offers innovative tools and solutions for the production process of cables, tubes, profiles, and general mechanical processing.

• R3DT: provides a user-friendly Virtual Reality tool for engineering applications.

• Wastly: is a web portal for the commercialization of Secondary Raw Materials (SRM), the product of recycling valuable waste (urban and special).

• BLU ELETTRO: offers an innovative device particularly indicated in the rubber moulding sector.

At the matching day, among others, were present Diego Lussana, Vice President Gruppo Giovani Imprenditori di Confindustria Bergamo; Paolo Rota, President Categoria Materie Plastiche e Gomma di Confindustria Bergamo; Prof. Stefano Pogutz, Head of Vertical, Sustainability - Bocconi 4 Innovation, Department of Management and Technology, Università Luigi Bocconi Milano; and Alessandro Arioldi, President Gruppo Giovani Imprenditori di Confindustria Bergamo.