Top 45 Hardware Angel Investors in Italy (August 2026)

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• HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
• Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.
• Barberino's - Benessere Italiano — We are an Italian independent men's grooming company. We operates a classic though stylish barber shop chain with an Italian soul in Milan, Rome, Padova and Brescia. Our award-winning Barber Shops recreates places where the gestures, the rituals and the habits behind men's grooming are honored while updated with modern attitude. Ourbarbers are top skilled and carefully trained. We focus on high quality haircuts, beard trims and hot towel wet shave with the mission to offer a relaxing grooming experience. We use and sell exclusively our own products, entirely designed, developed and packaged in Italy by an expert group of artisans, chemists and designers that represent the ultimate Italian excellence. Our product line is the result of our years of on-the-ground experience and hundred of thousands of haircuts and bear trims. We know not only what our customers need but also what our customers wants. The cosmetics are characterized by high performance formulas enriched with the most advanced active ingredients (such as plant stem cells) that are extracted from natural sources. The accessories are entirely handmade using the most precious natural materials, such as horn or wengé wood, according to the most elegant Italian design principles. We offer a 360° customer experience which starts in our store with our barbers and which continue at home with our products!

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• CitizenX — CitizenX is the secure and private platform that helps you diversify your passport portfolio, ensuring a safe future for you and your loved ones.
• Talyn Air — Inspired by two-stage rockets, our innovative eVTOL uses two flight vehicles to transform flight. Fixed-wing performance with VTOL capabilities.
• CaSRevolution — A novel disease-modifying approach against neurodegeneration

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• Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
• Lexroom.ai — Lexroom.ai allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.Legal professionals spend up to 50% of their time in repetitive, low value-adding tasks. That’s why we’re building Lexroom.ai, a product that allows lawyers to complete hours of research in seconds, so they can focus on what really matters.Lexroom.ai perfectly integrateswith lawyers' daily workflow and enables them to speed up time-consuming legal research tasks while increasing output quality, so that they can focus more on value-adding activities.Lexroom.ai is building a bridge between advanced artificial intelligence technologies and legal professionals, through a product specifically tailored to their needs.
• AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.

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• Zakeke — Try out Zakeke's 3D Product Configurator & Customizer plugin for eCommerce. Let customers craft & buy their dream products. Try for free!

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• 2Watch — 2WATCH is the next level Entertainment Hub, a space where media, technology and innovation fuse seamlessly.
• Qodeup — Qodeup is a provider of digital menu solutions for restaurants. Their QR code payment method reduces waiting times to zero for customers, increases turnover, and is eco-friendly. They allow customers to pay the bill directly from their smartphone through their QR code payment system.
• Treedom — Grow a tree and follow the story of the project of which it is a part.

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• Qutwo — We unite Qutwo OS and world-class AI and quantum scientists with the most forward-looking enterprises to develop competitive edge through classical AI, hybrid, and full quantum systems. We tackle the most challenging problems in AI computing.
• Viktor — Viktor is the AI employee that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 3,200+ tools, and does the work. Reports, dashboards, code, campaigns. Start free.
• General Intuition — The frontier lab for acting in space and time.

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• Algor Education — Algor Education is an app for creating online concept maps and mind maps from their own documents in a simple and intuitive way. They automatically synthesize the texts and create concept maps. Algor offers the ability to edit mind maps in the media editor while working with coworkers or teachers. With just a few clicks, you can quickly createmaps, upload any document, and listen to it being read aloud by the speech synthesizer.
• MedSniper — medSniper is the synthesis of a faster, more secure approach to video laryngoscope procedures.
• Ermes - Cyber Security S.p.A. — We believe in empowering people. Just like you. Discover our approach and enable your employees to navigate the web worry-free. Browser: your safe workspace. In a world where the web plays a key role in our daily work routines, our dynamic browser-protection solutions makes the difference, by assesing every web pages as soon as it goes live, providing

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• Atooma — Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma
• AIRMO — AIRMO is supporting the direct emitters, decision makers and financial institutions to efficiently transition to Net-0 by monitoring their direct emissions from space. With our roots in innovation and a commitment to environmental responsibility, we aim to revolutionize GHG monitoring through advanced satellite technology, proprietary LiDARinstrument and data analytics. We exist to monitor and manage humanity's impact on Earth.

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• almadom.us — Start-up founded in 2015 in partnership with some important companies in the technology and energy market. We develops innovative solutions to make buildings more and more smart, thanks to an intelligent energy consumption and environmentally friendly device.

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• Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
• Muffin — Muffin connette PMI italiane e consulenti certificati per accedere a bandi, incentivi e finanza agevolata. Una piattaforma completa, costruita per far crescere le imprese.

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• Replate — No more expensive photo shoots. Turn your menu into stunning 3D models and boost its visual appeal.

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• ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.

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• ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.

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• Atooma — Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma

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• TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
• Tot — Tot is a business banking platform for SMEs.
• compri — AI Agents that automate sourcing, supplier management and procurement operations for manufacturing companies. Your new team colleagues.

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• Grexa AI — Grexa AI is creating a one-stop AI assisted mobile app designed to help local business owners grow with their revenue. Grexa helps business owners like clinics and dental practices, home service businesses such as plumbers, HVAC specialists, and pest control services, as well as salons, fitness centers, car service shops, restaurants, real estateagencies, and travel agents to effortlessly and affordably improve their digital presence and customer communication
• Cleevo — Cleevo offers products of cleaning with eco friendly, non toxic solutions to your home.
• Eyewear designed& labs — Eyewear designed& labs is a eyewear startup.

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• Applix — Founded in 2010, Applix is a company focused on mobile solutions for brands, publishers and institutions willing to create their own digital presence in an innovative and relevant way.We are a strategic partner for some of the most important publishers and businesses, specialising in two main lines of business:Digital Publishing: we changepublishing products into digital experiences. Our solutions allow to transform any kind of paper-based publication into an interactive edition available for smartphone, tablet and computer and to manage information in a fluid and innovative way, monitoring all readers’ activities.Mobile & Apps: we offer tailor-made solutions for the needs of each client. We make our experience, our technologies and our innovation skills available to turn any project into a customised mobile product. In 2011 our company gained a €3 million investment, underwritten by Principia 2 fund, by the investment company AngelLab and by the company Hyppo Corporation, laying the foundation for the international roll-out of its products.In 2012 and 2014 we completed the acquisition of Xorovo and bSmart, today business units of the company: the former, speciasing in the development of end user and enterprise solutions for mobile devices, the latter, focused on digital publishing services for education.Our Apps have received several international awards and have been downloaded in more than 120 countries, reaching the top 10 of the Stores ranking in over 50 of them with millions of downloads.
• Skinlabo — SkinLabo is the fastest growing Beauty Industry Disruptor in Europe and US. Our business model is direct to consumer (DTC) and fully digital, leveraging customer acquisition and retention rates well above market benchmarks. Our mission is to make high-quality cosmetics accessible to everyone. For us, high-quality products go hand in hand withhigh-quality service, which we deliver in 16 languages thanks to our team of currently 30 beauty consultants.
• Poke House — Poke House is effectively industrializing the production of “poke bowls” for food delivery platforms. Poke House specializes in bowl food that often includes marinated fish that’s cubed and layered up with sticky rice, pickles, noodles, etc.

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• GoVolt — GoVolt is an innovative startup providing sustainable last mile logistics solutions. The company was born to address the challenge of mobility in modern urban centres and aims to differentiate its service offering within the market while solving a crucial issue for today’s and future generations. The company operates four separate business units:custom B2B delivery services, coroporate dedicated vehicle fleet rentals, third party micro-mobility fleet logistical management and specialized mechatronic maintenance.
• METACASA — The platform that simplifies real estate buying and selling.
• Acadèmia.tv — Acadèmia.tv is an e-learning platform that offers online classes on cooking conducted by various professional chefs. Acadèmia.tv's teachers are among the most illustrious exponents of this world, and through their courses, they transmit recipes and philosophies accumulated over time. Acadèmia.tv's mission is to make cooking more inclusiveand accessible to all.

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• zick learn — zick learn makes learning simple, fast and efficient again. Create and deliver beautiful text message based courses reaching the learners on the main chat apps, where they already are.
• Competitoor — Competitoor is the service for price intelligence. We track the price of your competitors and help you defining your price strategy.

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• CAEmate — CAEmate is an innovative company providing a number of engineering services ranging from FEM numerical simulations to design workflow automation. They specialized in mechanical and civil engineering, design optimization, and high performance computing. They provide consulting services in the fields of numerical analysis and structural andmechanical design. They are happy to support them in all phases of their project, from the preliminary stages to the final design.

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• Aryel — At Aryel, we help brand and agencies across the globe to create, distribute, and measure high-impact ads through any premium publishers and channels.
• Relief — RELIEF s.r.l. aims at introducing on the market miniaturized devices for the treatment of urinary incontinence. In particular, the company proposes a technology that is simple, highly innovative, unisex, effective, low-cost and acceptable from the patient viewpoint.
• Neuromod Devices — Neuromod is the global medical device company that developed Lenire, the FDA Approved tinnitus treatment device.

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• CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
• Octostar — Octostar is the AI-powered investigative intelligence platform for law enforcement, national security, and financial institutions. Connect the dots and discover the facts across petabytes of data.
• Smartness — Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel.

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• Scloby — Scloby is an innovative cloud POS with advanced features suitable for any type of business.Created for shops, restaurants, bars and beauty salons, it can be customized for every need.With the Scloby Cloud POS, managing your business will be simpler, more practical and faster. All you need is a tablet or a computer and you are ready to go!Moreinfo at https://scloby.com

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• qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
• QisstPay — QisstPay makes eCommerce easier by allowing you to better convert customers with a seamless checkout experience. You can add and test any payment method; payment processors, BNPL, Crypto, Financing, and more.
• CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.

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• MacRebur — > The Macrebur website
• Next Industries — High-performance geotechnical sensors and IoT-based solutions for geotechnical applications, ground monitoring, SHM, infrastructure safety.
• IMS — Leading connected insurance provider, using telematics data to help insurers improve pricing, policyholder engagement, risk & claims management

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• Brain Co. — AI platform and applications for the world's most important institutions
• Niteshift — Niteshift is a software development company that builds the full-stack cloud platform for coding agents. enabling background coding agents that can simulate and close loops on complex tasks end-to-end.
• Entrepreneurs First — We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.

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• ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.

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• Atooma — Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma

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• Netic — The AI revenue engine for essential service industries that keep America running.
• Reflection AI — Make intelligence open and accessible to all
• Volantis — Volantis specializes in developing AI-driven semiconductor solutions. The company focuses on creating advanced systems that support high-performance computing for various applications, including networking, data centers, and edge computing. Volantis provides integrated hardware and software platforms designed to optimize processing power, energyefficiency, and scalability. Their technology aims to enhance the capabilities of existing infrastructure, making it adaptable to emerging computational demands. The company's solutions cater to industries that require robust, efficient computing power at scale.

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• Antlos — Antlos is a peer-to-peer online marketplace that offers all-inclusive experience-driven boat holidays, published and managed directly by local Skippers, who are the captains and owners of the boat. Based on the principles of a Sharing Economy, Antlos makes yachting simple, affordable and accessible to everyone.Every Skipper may publish severallistings and be contacted by registered users willing to book a holiday. Guests can choose from different destinations and experiences offered and safely pay online via credit card, Paypal and Bank Wire. The Skippers can start earning from the rental of their boat without having to pay any agency fees and clients can book their holidays easily and safely thanks to Antlos' flexible cancellation policies and clear terms and conditions.Antlos was born in Venice and grown in H-FARM Campus. The team is composed of young professionals, passionate and expert on travel and the maritime industry, coming from different work experiences. Recently Antlos has been merged with the Swiss company which runs Sailogy.com.
• Pathflow — Pathflow is real life Analytics. Through a camera based system we study how customers move and behave inside a location, we match this analysis with marketing and sales data and we generate dashboards with objective data and analysis.We are focusing on the retail market to provide businesses with a tool that will allow them to really knowtheir customers and their shopping habits.
• Competitoor — Competitoor is the service for price intelligence. We track the price of your competitors and help you defining your price strategy.

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• Kippy — Kippy Europe: GPS trackers for dogs & cats. Real-time location, activity tracking & health monitoring. Keep your pet safe across Europe.
• Prestiamoci — Prestiamoci is the first community of loans between individuals born in Italy, allowing you to make profitable investment and to obtain loans with installments transparent.With Prestiamoci the providers invest and get Claimants, returning to its original role of the bank safe. Loans shall be paid by people to trustworthy people who want toachieve their life projects, grow their professional activity, better manage expenses and major purchases
• The WishList — The Wishlist is a unique Italian company, which introduced the concept of gift box applied to objects rather than experiences.

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• Atooma — Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma
• Siamosoci — Siamosoci is the directory for italian start ups. Siamosoci srl Italy provides transparency to the market of italian start ups. the new companies can list in the directory including videos and multimedia support. they can include capital request for their own financing needs.Siamosoci srl Italy facilitate the matching between local investors andthe start ups.

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• Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.

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• TAC S.r.l. — Entra nel futuro del networking con Smart Card personalizzate. Tecnologia NFC e QR. Porta il tuo Business con te.
• CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.

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• Remuner — Say goodbye to spreadsheets. Remuner is the sales compensation software that automate your commissions and drive performance.
• Niino.it — Niino is a digital healthcare logistics platform provide easy, rapid, and transparent access to non-urgent medical rides, transforming a historically fragmented and analog sector into an automated, digital-first experience.
• CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.

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• Replate — No more expensive photo shoots. Turn your menu into stunning 3D models and boost its visual appeal.

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• Wiman — Find all the Free WiFi hotspots available in your travel destination and elsewhere in the world.

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• Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
• IDOVEN — Idoven has developed the world’s first AI cardiologist -Willem- that augments both a cardiologist’s and non-cardiology expert clinician’s ability to identify, triage and diagnose patients at scale through APIs. The company counts clients such as AstraZeneca, Abbott, Novartis, GE Healthcare, FIFPRO, Google, Santander and Real Madrid Foundation.Idoven is backed by top-tier investors and business angels including Insight Partners, Northzone and Wayra (Telefónica), Iker Casillas, Pau Gasol, the Accel Starters program, EIC Accelerator, Horizon 2020, ERC and EIT Health. The company has been awarded with numerous distinctions for its AI technology in Europe and the US, including the the European Seal of Excellence 3x from the European Commission, granted by Horizon 2020, European Research Council ERC 2x (RIA) Europe’s most prestigious research grant, supporting excellent researchers in carrying out ground-breaking, high-risk, high-gain, frontier research projects, EIC Accelerator, and EIT Health. Idoven was ranked #1 Spanish HealthTech company in 2020 by NEOTEC. Idoven has been Google for Startups Resident at Google Campus Madrid and part of the Google for Startups Global Alumni Program. The company has won the prize Emprendedor XXI from CaixaBank, the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and has been awarded at South Summit 2021 as the Most Disruptive Startup, and Best Health and Wellbeing Startup. Selected by CB Insights as one of the top 150 global companies in Digital Health for 2022, and top 50 global companies in Digital Health for 2023. Idoven was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2025.
• Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).

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• CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.

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• almadom.us — Start-up founded in 2015 in partnership with some important companies in the technology and energy market. We develops innovative solutions to make buildings more and more smart, thanks to an intelligent energy consumption and environmentally friendly device.

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• ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.

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• Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.
• Saarey — The world's largest online collection of South Asian classical music, with ustads and pandits exclusively performing rare renditions in khayal, dhurpad, thumri and more.

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• Gardenstuff — GardenStuff manifactures technological and design articles for plants anf flower integration: Gardening, plant pots, tools, bulbs, flowerpots, planters, plants, fertilizers

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• Sooneat — Sooneat is an online ordering platform that connects closeby food and retail businesses to allow customers to order whatever they like, whenever they like and have a single checkout experience. Sooneat enables businesses to improve customer satisfaction while boosting revenue: your customers will be able to order dishes from multiple restaurantsdirectly from their mobile or tablet, select for pickup or delivery, make one single payment and simply sit back and enjoy their food. No more standing in multiple lines!Sooneat works both with businesses and partners including shopping centers, resellers, and agencies. It offers branded solutions and works on restaurants, shops, events, caterers, theatres, stadiums, and much more! Thanks to its flexibility, if you can think it, we can adapt it.watch Video Spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr__SimEihsTRUSTED PARTNERS Burger King, Old Wild West, I Love poke, etc..Here you can find our Media Kit: https://bit.ly/3cKrtC5

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• CAEmate — CAEmate is an innovative company providing a number of engineering services ranging from FEM numerical simulations to design workflow automation. They specialized in mechanical and civil engineering, design optimization, and high performance computing. They provide consulting services in the fields of numerical analysis and structural andmechanical design. They are happy to support them in all phases of their project, from the preliminary stages to the final design.