Date

June 13, 2018

Place

Milan

The Commission on Clean Tech

 

 

 

More than 600 UniCredit Start Lab project applications have been evaluated, and the Commission on Clean Tech will meet on June 13, 2018, to select the winning proposal from among eight finalists.

 

The startups selected to participate in UniCredit Start Lab 2018 will receive:

 

  • customized banking advice from a UniCredit manager

  • guidance from professional mentors, consultants and entrepreneurs, who will help them develop their businesses by offering skills and providing access to networks

  • management training for both domestic and international operations through UniCredit's Startup Academy

  • introductions to potential investors, if requirements are met

 

The winner will also receive a cash prize of €10,000.

 

 

The eight finalists are as follows:

 

ENERBRAIN - a device that makes buildings smart thanks to an intelligent system that is easy to manage and quick to install, which does not require changes to energy plants or complex structural works. The solution includes air quality sensors (wireless and battery powered), a cloud platform and wireless actuators installed in centralized heating and cooling systems

 

GLASS TO POWER  - a company that realizes windows modules with transparent and colorless photovoltaic panels, which will produce about 50W/sqm and can be integrated without any aesthetic problem in the architecture of the buildings. The patented technology allows to reach the set goals of the EU Directive 2010/31/EU for new buildings that will have to be near zero energy consumption starting from 2020

 

GR3N - a new depolymerization technology for some plastics, including PET and polyester, which closes the life cycle, just like today for aluminum and glass. The technology is based on a patented  microwave reactor as well as on a purification process enabling the treatment of high contaminated materials which cannot be processed with the current recycling technologies

 

LABORATORI FABRICI -  a company that is the first producer of smart natural air purifiers, that maximise the plant's natural fitoremediation ability to eliminate pollution indoors. Laboratori Fabrici's products are smart plant pots of design: made in italy, they feature a doublepot system with self-watering and advanced sensors that monitor air quality, humidity and temperature, and that share data in real time to a dedicated app via Wi-Fi 

 

LINKY INNOVATION - a new electric skateboard equipped with a patented folding system that makes it the only electric vehicle in the world that can be transported in a backpack. The idea arises from the increasingly concrete need to find solutions that facilitate travel in metropolitan cities

 

LUCHE - a smart tile, named Veranu, that converts, by piezoelectric effect, the kinetic energy of the steps into clean electric energy. This energy is able to convert to supply low-power devices and LED lights. The generated signal can be used as a presence sensor, detecting and counting the steps of the people, recording the routes made and the duration of lay off on an area in order to increase security in those places when installed.

 

TEST1 - a company that proposes the patent of the PU-FF sponge, a unique product in the world for the reclamation of environmental disasters in Oil & Gas and for any type of oil spill. PUFF is able to absorb any type of hydrocarbon for about 30 times its own weight and is reusable, through wringing, over 100 times allowing the recovery of intact hydrocarbons. 1 Kg of PUFF absorbs about 3 tons of hydrocarbons

 

WISEPOWER - a company that produces micro energy generators that harvest vibrational energy. These devices, installed without batteries and cables, are used for a predictive monitoring systems that combines hardware and software to offer a complete service of prevention, damage reduction and timely intervention in case of need. Usable for SHM of wind turbines, viaducts, transmission lines and also for industrial automation monitoring

 

Stay tuned to find out who wins!

 

 

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