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Pitch Session by Italian Startups
13 influential startups introduced
On October 10, 2019, DTC held a pitch session for notable Italian startups in collaboration with the Italian embassy.
Recently, Italy has passed several policies to support startup creation for technological innovation and continuous growth to address issues such as improving youth employment, promoting industry-academic collaboration, and attracting talented personnel to their capital. One notable policy by the Ministry of Economic Development was Decreto Crescita 2.0 (“Growth Policy 2.0”) in 2012 which is updated every year.
This event was held to deepen the relationship between Italian startups garnering national recognition with Japanese companies interested in cutting-edge technologies and talent.
The first session was an introduction of DTC’s unique offering, startup data platform “TechHarbor” which can search and analyze the latest technological trends or detailed information on specific emerging startups. TechHarbor’s analysis revealed that the majority of Italian startups were founded in between 2013 to 2015 with a focus on the software, media entertainment, and internet services industries. Although Japanese companies have invested in Italy, the majority of Japanese investors were automotive manufacturers interested in startups focused on automotive part manufacturing.
The second session was a pitch session held by 13 rising Italian startups. These startups are focused on offering solutions in the areas of food tech, agritech, and improving quality of life in an aging society.
Company Introduction
<Sustainability>
Name |
Industry (Details) |
Offering |
BETTERY SRL |
Energy, environment, clean economy |
Shorter charge time, 30% lower cost |
Is CLEAN AIR Italia S.r.l. |
Clean economy, environment, energy integration, IoT |
Relies on water flow to purify air in the workplace, utilizing only a tenth of the required electricity and maintenance time of comparable filters. |
NET CITY LED S.R.L. |
Smart lighting, energy efficiency |
LED lights with integrated surveillance camera for the road or other public places. The lights have a 5G base to share data across a public network. |
IUV S.r.l. |
Agritech, raw materials, food tech |
Using a degradable material as an alternative to plastic. Can be used to store fresh food, seasoning, confectionary, grain, dairy products, etc. |
<Medical>
Name |
Industry (Details) |
Offering |
OACP SRL |
Biotech, diagnostic tech, genome science |
Improving time for a diagnosis from 72 hours to 2 while maintaining accuracy for breast cancer, lung cancer, brain tumors, etc. |
Mr Doc srl |
Medical care, AI |
(AI faces challenges conducting medical diagnoses due to need for large amount of data and difficulty processing noise). Mr. Doc is an AI that observes the patient’s facial expressions and finger movements with a smartphone camera to identify cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypoxia, and anemia. |
Omnidermal Biomedics |
Healthcare, Medical, AI |
Wound Viewer takes images of skin ulcers and applies AI algorithms to analyze their area, volume, tissue type, depth, and presence of infection. Clinical data is stored in a cloud for remote access. |
PlumeStars srl |
Pharmaceutical |
New orphan drug for cystic fibrosis infection with EMA and FDA approval |
<ICT>
Name |
Industry (Details) |
Offering |
Poleecy Insurtech Srl |
Insurance tech, AI, blockchain |
App purchases low price, short term insurance contracts instantly, using blockchain and geotracking for fraud prevention and contract preservation. |
LoanXchain |
Fintech, blockchain |
Use blockchain and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) standards to tokenize various receivables and promote liquidity in the market |
Metaliquid |
AI, deep learning, image analysis |
Understand the characteristics of videos that are broadcasted in real time for tagging and time stamping. Can archive the materials to classify and organize difficult-to-classify data and increase added value. |
NEXTOME |
ICT Industry 4.0, Indoor positioning |
Personal guide when in indoors such as office buildings or factories as well as pinpoint location of security staff in your smartphone |
Hi-Interiors srl |
Design tech, IoT |
Use the app to specify bed lighting, aroma, shape, privacy settings, and songs to play to optimize your sleep. |
The event concluded successfully with a networking session between the participating companies and invited guests.
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