Trentino Sviluppo will participate again this year with five startups from the local area in Smau Milano, scheduled to take place at FieraMilanoCity on October 11 and 12. With more than 50 thousand companies from all product sectors involved in its events each year, Smau is the reference platform in Italy to dialogue on innovation themes. The goal of the event, which is part of a Roadshow consisting of several stops in important European cities, is to develop business relationships, industrial and financial partnerships, open innovation projects and foster interregional and international cross-fertilization processes.
Trentino: land of innovative startups
Trentino is the province with the highest percentage of innovative startups in Italy, thanks also to the efforts and investments put in place by the public administration to stimulate the development of new tech companies. Tangible proof of this commitment are precisely the startups participating in Smau this year. Some of them were in fact born and grew with the help of the numerous acceleration and support paths made available by the various actors of the "Trentino System," such as Investor Day and Trentino Startup Valley. Others, on the other hand, are established (or have been) in Trentino Sviluppo's two technology hubs, particularly Progetto Manifattura, dedicated to sustainability, life science and sport-tech.
The 5 startups from Trentino at Smau Milan 2022
The call launched by Trentino Sviluppo was aimed this year at Trentino startups and SMEs active in two specific sectors, considered of primary importance for the development of the territory: Technologies for the environment and energy saving and Technologies for health and wellness. The selected companies are characterized by a high innovative charge, possess a product or service already industrialized and ready for the market, and are looking for industrial or financial partnerships.
Antifemo
'We decided to participate in Smau because we want to establish new industrial partnerships that can supply us with specialized equipment for our applications. We are also open to investors interested in entering the company's share capital'.
Fabrizio Nardo - Founder & CEO
Antifemo owns the patents and know-how of NP-bioTech technology, a catalytic process that can stabilize biomass, such as sewage sludge and agro-food waste, into biofertilizers in a very short time. The startup is settled in Progetto Manifattura and its technology has joined the "European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform," the EU portal that collects good practices for the circular economy.
HE-Powergreen
'Smau is attended by the leading actors in the innovation ecosystem in Italy. It therefore represents a great opportunity for us to start new partnerships and find possible investors for our projects'.
Massimiliano Vialli - President
The startup has patented an innovative system for generating small-scale energy from water flowing in man-made water channels. It is a solution that combines reliability, negligible environmental impact, low costs and adaptability to different realities thanks to a modular approach that allows the system to be declined according to the needs of society (B2B) or individuals (B2C).
MINT
'We participate in Smau because we think it is an excellent showcase through which to market our products. We are also looking for investors for a new solution that is being developed'.
Davide Galetti - Co-Founder
MINT is a startup specialized in IoT applied to precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. It has developed a solution for the world of golf that allows, through sensors and cameras integrated on lawn mowers, to detect and promptly report the presence of any pathogens, such as the "Dollar Spot" fungus. MINT was born in Progetto Manifattura and participated in the Trentino Startup Valley acceleration path.
UltraAI
'Smau will be attended by important companies in our sector and investors to whom we will present our technology. But not only that. There will also be interesting discussion tables where health innovation will be the topic of interest and in which we will certainly participate. This is an opportunity not to be missed'.
Jonni Malacarne - CEO & Sales Manager
UltraAI is a startup that specializes in building Artificial Intelligence-based systems to support medical diagnosis using ultrasound. It developed in the midst of the pandemic the first protocol for monitoring the health status of the lung with respect to Covid-19 pneumonia, which is used by more than 600 operators worldwide. The company this year participated in Investor Day, an initiative promoted by Trentino Sviluppo to offer the best SMEs and innovative startups in the area a personalized training and coaching course aimed at meeting investors.
UpSens
'Smau is an excellent opportunity to find new partnerships with companies working in the air treatment sector and realities from the services sphere, such as multi utilities, interested in expanding their offer towards their customers'.
Ketty Paller - CEO & Co-Founder
UpSens is a startup that develops and produces connected sensors for monitoring environmental quality in indoor spaces. It has developed the QuAir connected sensor that, in addition to temperature and humidity, measures CO2 concentration. The QuAir product line, which has already been developed and is dedicated to the B2B sector, offers the following benefits: control of the healthiness and comfort of indoor environments, efficiency of air treatment systems, and optimization of energy consumption. UpSens is settled in the Technological hub of Trento.
