2014Female

FOUnders

in tech

www.girlsintech.it

Francesca Lorenzoni

Verona

Francesca is Co-Founder of Archon. She graduated in mathematics and is passionate about the world of drones. She is now developing her idea in the accelerator program Startup Chile.

Archon Software is a multi-drone mission planner used for to design the automatic flights of drones between recharging stations in a fixed geographical area. It also aggregates the acquired images and video to produce the data that the customer wants.

Hardware

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Clara Lobina

Cagliari

Clara is Co-Founder of Botteega. After a master in eco-sustainable architecture, Clara became more and more involved in ecology and is passionate about organic food and farmer’s markets.

Botteega helps people connect with small, high quality producers in their neighborhood, providing them with tools to create and join buyers groups and do local shopping. The aim is to make local communities stronger in their economy, culture and networks, and to reduce pollution and increase biodiversity.

Digital

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Roberta Minerva

Rome

Roberta is Co-Founder and CEO of Brainable. She graduated in Informatics at La SapienzaUniversity, with a thesis on disability. She has been working in the web industry for many years and founded her startup after participating to InnovAction Lab.

Brainable is a video platform that helps rehabilitating people of any age who are affected by cognitive disabilities. The product is also equipped with a video system that lets the doctor monitor the patient’s progress.

Medtech

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Paola Marinone

London, UK

Paola is Founder and CEO of BuzzMyVideos.She is an entrepreneur with experience in small NGOs and large tech multinationals. She has worked for Google in Ireland, Brazil and Agentina. After a sabbatical year she decided to build her startup based in London.

BuzzMyVideos develops & monetizes global audiences through Online Video Content. The startup allows content creators to grow their audience and to monetize on YouTube. It also supports brands to find their target audience with innovative and interactive campaigns.

Digital

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Silvia Lamacchia

Milan

Silvia is co-founder of Customizeday. She is a consultant working in marketing and digital communication since 2007. She is very passionate about photography, travel and technology.

Customizeday is a booking website that allows people to plan an entirely customized trip. In addition to booking accomodation, it also suggests other activities and services.

Digital

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Sara Tinghi

Pisa

Sara is Founder and COO of DaoNews.She studied biology but worked as a project manager on several editorial projects and websites for brands. She then decided to turn her passion into a business and founded DaoNews.

DaoNews is a digital publishing platform that gives publishers and brands the tools to create, acquire, manage, monetize and control their web contents. It also offers bloggers and journalists tools to give visibilityand sell their contents.

Digital

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Lucia Dal Negro

Verona

Lucia is Founder of De-LAB. She is 29 years old and holds a Bachelor, two Masters and a PhD. She has deep knowledge of Inclusive Business, which she acquired while working in London and Berlin. On March 2014 she launched De-LAB.

De-LAB is a consultancy working for the profit sector to develop Inclusive Business models. The startup partners with companies thatare involved in developing countries and actsas an intermediate between the goals of the entrepreneurs and the needs of low-income communities.

Consulting

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Susanna Spinsante

Ancona

Susanna is co-founder of DowSee.She holds a Degree and a PhD in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Marche, where she is Assistant Professor. In 2004 she co-founded ArieLAB Srl and was CEO until 2013, before co-founding DowSee Srl.

DowSee designs and develops ICT solutions for sustainable wireless metering and monitoring of distributed infrastructres, such as water and gas grids. The startup provides advan-ced data analytics solutions to gather critical information from the data, to optimize the management of grids.

ICT

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Diana Piemari Cerada

Lomazzo (CO)

Diana is Founder of Edilizia Insieme. Graduated in management at Bocconi University, Diana had her first work experiences in art and fashion while helping her family in theconstruction business. She then decided to focusher career on the digital contruction sector.

Edilizia Insieme operates as a marketplace for professionals in the construction industry. The idea won 3 prizes in 2013 including the Startup Cup Special Prize by CCIA Lecco. The startup is based in the incubator Comonext, with mentorship of H-Farm and the support of Microsoft Bizspark startup program.

Digital

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Aleksandra Peneva

Salò (BS)

Aleksandra is Founder of Inspiring Software International. Aleksandra is an energy and environment enthusiast. She has experience in business development and strategy.

Inspiring Software International is a spin-off and supplies web-based software solutions for assetmanagement. The startup has a focus onenergy management, energy generation,sustainability reporting and maintenance management and it operates mainly abroad.

Digital

10

Gabrielle Micheletti

Milan

Gabrielle is Founder of Intaste.She is a dual-citizen of the U.S. and Italy and holds a Bachelor in Philosophy. She is a passionate gastronome, wine lover, and entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in marketing and communication in hospitality and retail.

Intaste spreads the love for cheese, oil, wine, salumi, craft beer, spirits and many more artisanal specialties. The app offers the possibility to gain unique experienceswith artisanal producers, by providing the ability to book dairy farm tours and winery tastings.

Digital

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Sabrina Lanza, Federica Sala & Alessandra Giardina

Milan

Sabrina is Senior interior Designer and co-founder. She takes care of project development.Federica is Interior Designer and co-founder. She worked at several architectural studios and has experience in industrial design, residential and retail. Alessandra is Senior Interior Architect and partner. She is expert in using innovative materials.

InteriorBE is an innovative interior design studio that provides 100% Made in Italy solutions. The team is entirely composed of women and digitalizes every process of design, planning and execution, thus providing its clients with a highly customized service.

Digital

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Eva De Marco

Udine

Eva is Founder of L’Orto In Tasca.Eva worked in civil and industrial engineering for ten years. The economic crisis and a not very stimulating work environment prompted her to find an alternative. L’Orto in Tasca was born from her passion for healthy food and her country.

L’Orto in Tasca is a geo-localised application for iPhone and Android devices that shows where local farms are located, their available products (fruits and vegetables) withrelative prices.

Digital

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Michela Nosè

Milan

Michela is Founder and CEO of LocLoc.Born in Verona in 1976 and graduated at the Design faculty of Politecnico di Milano, Michela started her multidisciplinary career as an exhibition designer. She worked for international exhibitions and eventually became a web designer.

Locloc is the first italian P2P renting site, a virtual marketplace where people can rent anything to anyone. Following the principles of the sharing economy, Locloc supports traditional concepts such as sharing, lending, trading and exchange, reinvented through network technologies.

Digital

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Laura De Benedetto

Firenze

Laura is co-founder and CEO of MakeTank. She is a Chemist who did an MBA in Milan, worked as Conference Manager (IlSole24O-RE), consultant (CapGemini Ernst&Young) and marketer (Microsoft and DADA). She founded ToscanaIN, FabLab Firenze and Make in Italy associations.

MakeTank is the marketplace of Italian Makers and designers that create objectsthrough Digital Fabrication techniques (3D printing, lasercut, etc) and Open Source Hardware (Arduino, etc.). MakeTank won the first European Maker Fair TechGarage competition.

Ecommerce

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Paola Ghione

Torino

Paola is Founder of MenoPerCento. Paola is expert in customer satisfaction, competitive analysis and strategies to at-tract and retain customers. She became interested in B2B and B2C sales, strategic marketing, marketing mix and PR activities.

MenoPercento helps businesses market their strategic agreements and consumers discover discounts. It solves the card virtualization problem with a e-ink/nfc universal card, and provides accurate information to discount shops and final users.

Digital

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Maria Serra

Milan

Maria is Founder and CEO of Onclaude. Maria is a creative entrepreneur with the mission to promote and help design-driven innovators to bring their projects to life. She has worked as editor, journalist and PRspecialist in the design industry in Milanand London and is an expert in o-design and open innovation.

Onclaude is a global hub empowering design innovators with strategic tools that enhance synergies through collaborative actions. It is a selected network of designers, companies andorganizations seeking to innovate together through networking opportunities, openinnovation and crowdfunding services.

Digital

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Sissi Semprini

Milan

Sissi is Founder and CEO of originààario. With over 20 years experience as communica-tion strategist, Sissi contributed to found Cohn & Wolfe’s Italian branch. She worked for big and small, Italian and international brands. In 2009 she founded greenbean. Her specialties are branding, communications, sustainability & food.

originàrio is a social discovery & ecommerce platform to help “foodies, wine & beer lovers” from all over the world to discover people, places and stories behind the best Italian food and beverages. It allows users to get an “originario tasting box”, a monthly uplifting food experience to share with friends.

E-commerce

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Claudia Spinnato

Palermo

Claudia is Co-Founder and CMO of Panoptes.Graduated in Physics, Claudia has strong expertise and experience in IT, Geographic Information Management, Business Engineering and Marketing Management. She co-founded two other Sicilian companies focused on GI Management and IT planning.

Panoptes Srl develops multi-sensor platforms to be coupled with small sized drones, with the aim of providing services for civil purposes such as technical inspections of industrial infrastructures. mT-Panoptes is the first product: a thermal visible multi-sensor that integrates proprietarysoftware with geospatial and real-time capabilities.

Hardware

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Federica Bianchi

Como

Federica is Co-Founder and COO of Paperbanana.Federica has over 10 years experience in communications after working in advertising, video production as well as for MySpace Italia and Young&Rubicam Group. She claims to get boredeasily, do several things at once, have a bad memory and a lively imagination.

Paperbanana.com is the e-commerce site whereyou can find a selection of stunning wrapping papers, greeting cards and whatever you need to wrap gifts up, with unique designs by international artists.

Digital

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Eliana Salvi

Milan

Eliana is Founder of Pinktrotters.Eliana studied at Bocconi University, Indian School of Business and Universidad de Belgrano.She worked as Finance Manager for 6 years, before discovering herself much happier in managing her own online project that combines her passions: traveling, social activities and fashion.

Pinktrotters is a women-only international onlinecommunity of Chic Travelers. The Pinktrotters travel together to discover glamorous locations and events. The project includes the communityand its social activities, the trip logistics and the e-commerce of chic travel products.

Digital

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Giulia La Face

Verona

Giulia is Founder and CEO of RKm0.Giulia worked as freelancer architect until 2006, when she moved to Portugal to cooperate with the Public Company Porto Vivo, SRU. She worked on the Management Plan of the Historic Centre of Porto, before moving back to Italy and founding her own startup.

Rkm0 is a platform that facilitates the encounter between supply and demand in the context of building renovation. It connects all the professionals involved in architectural renovation (architects, final buyers, construction and real estate companies) and promotes local sustainability.

Digital

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Valentina Cianci & Nicole Novielli

Bari

Valentina is CEO and Co-Founder of Splashmood.She holds a MS in Management from Bocconi University and worked as management consultant. Nicole is CTO and Co-Founder of Splashmood. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and has a strong background in human-computer interaction.

Splashmood is a brand new platform to keepyour eyes on the nightlife and be always in the right spot!

Digital

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Chiara Burberi

Milan

Chiara is Co-Founder and CEO of Redooc.Chiara is a teacher in Bocconi, consultant in McKinsey and in BPI, manager in Unicredit and Non-Executive Director in listed and non listed companies. She has a passion for art, creativity and STEM education, with a focuson female education.

Redooc.com is an ed-tech & content provider that offers gaming education through an online platform focused on STEM subjects (Science,Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). The aim is to offer Math in the simplest way, leveraging on creativity to make it cool.

EdTech

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Silvia Bertini

Verona

Silvia is Co-Founder of Teste di Rapa.Silvia studied Business and Event Management in Verona and worked as consultant for variousagricultural companies in the area. She loves traveling, good food, spending time outdoor and playing volleyball.

Teste di Rapa was founded in July 2013 from the idea of three friends. Customers can select online locally grown products that are weekly delivered directly to their house. The online platform offers fruit, vegetables, pasta, jams, cheeses, wines and beer.

Digital

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Serena Ruffato & Gilda Lombardi

Venezia

Serena is Responsible for R&D at Tooteko. She holds a Post Graduate Master degree in Digital Architecture on the topic “Architecture and the Visually Impaired: Rapid Prototypingfor Integration”. Gilda is responsible for PR at Tooteko. She holds a Master Degreein Semiotics with Umberto Eco.

Tooteko was born with the goal of making art accessible to the blind and the visually impaired by integrating tactile exploration with audio data. Tactile models of artworks are transformed into speaking models, thus allowing an interactive exploration activated with a simple touch.

Hardware

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Marialba Pandolfini

Lecce

Marialba is Founder and CEO of TouranGo.it.Marialba graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in Tourism. With over nine years of experience in the online travel Industry, it was a natural progression to create her own startup, where she oversees every aspect of tour operations.

TouranGo.it is an easy-to-use online marketplace for boutique travel experiences in Puglia, Italy. It connects explorers with local experts and makes it easy to discover authentic experiences as it offers customized tourswith the expertise and knowledge of locals.

Digital

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Valentina Tranquilli

Rome

Valentina is Founder of Ulook.In love with the Mobile Industry since eight years,Valentina has a strong experience in Digital Marketing and Mobile Products. She worked on different startup projects related to Mobile Advertising and Mobile Commerce before launching her fashion social app.

Ulook is a fashion app that enables users to snap their own look, post it and tag productsand brands. It is also possible to share outfits on social networks, like and comment, search for products. Soon it will also be possible to purchase items from the app.

Digital

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Lisa Danese

Venezia

Lisa is Founder of VEASYT.Lisa is a research fellow at the Department of Linguistic Studies, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia. She is specialized in linguistic simplification and in Italian Sign Language. She believes in the importance to improve accessibility thanks to web services.

VEASYT develops digital solutions for accessibility, mixing technology and linguistic studies to break communication barriers. VEASYT Tour is a multimedia cultural guide accessible to the visually impaired and deaf people. VEASYT Live! is a video remoteinterpreting service for verbal and signlanguages.

Digital

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EdiTION

Micaela Terzi & Emanuela Donetti

Como

Micaela is Journalist and Polis Maker, expert in Partecipatory Strategiest and Web & Communication. Since 2009 she is VisitingProfessor at Politecnico, Bicocca andCattolica University in Milan. Emanuela is Geographer and Polis Maker, expert in Mobility Management, Professor of Innovation at the Haute àEcole de Paysage Ingegnerie, Geneva.

Urbano Creativo was founded with the purpose to assist local governments and private companies in the management and communication of the transformation of the city and its inhabitants, through the use of modern technologies and ICT products of last generation.

Digital

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Monica Archibugi, Valentina Tibaldo & Giulia Gazzelloni

Rome

Monica is the CEO of Le Cicogne. She had the original business idea, being an experienced babysitter. Valentina is the CTO and holds a degree in informatics. Giulia is the COO. She is in charge of marketing and business development.

Le Cicogne is an easy and quick system that allows to bring together supply and demand for child care services. Through the online plat-form parents can find young adults between 18 and 28 years, previously trained and certified, to help them with services such as baby sitting, baby taxi and baby tutoring.

Digital

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Antonella Sinigaglia

Roncade, TR

Antonella is Founder of Fannabee.Antonell has a strong creative background with over ten years of building online experiences for some of the world’s most recognized brands. She is expert in concept development for media, mobile and entertainment markets.

Fannabee is the must-have app for mega-fans and record collectors. It’sthe only app that combines social, mobile, marketplaceand rewards in a single platform. Through Fannabee fans can manage their collections, trade and sell items and check their Fan Scoreà!

Digital

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Cinzia Carta

Cagliari

Cinzia is Founder of Glaamy.Cinzia holds a Law Degree and a Master Degree in Human Re sources; she worked as a HR specialist for an international corporation before travelling to San Francisco with her husband and their daughter, to deeply breathe the air of Silicon Valley and the startup world.

Glaamy lets you find the nearest Beauty Salon, without the need to book a beauty treatment in advance. The Beauty Salons manage their appointment availability on the platform, and they are able to deal with customer cancellations and unbooked slots.

Digital

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Ilaria e Giulia Mantovani

Milan

Ilaria and Giulia are the Founders of Corsoalto. They are two sisters (Ilaria is 25 and Giulia is 27) and both worked in the family business. After that experience they decided to start their own company in the fashion industry.

Corsoalto is the very first Italian designer fashion boutiques aggregator. On Corsoalto you can find the best Italian designed clothes selected by the most important fashion independent retailers of the country. Corsoalto allows customers from everywhere in the world to shop as if they were walking in Italian streets.

Digital

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Lucia Rampanti

Milan

Lucia is Founder of Upendu.Lucia was born in Genoa and lived in Verona, Milan, Grenoble and Turin. She graduated in Architecture at the PoliMi. She completed the excellence programs of Collegio di Milano, Alta Scuola Politecnica and Accademia Adrianea, which allowed her to grow in different contexts.

Upendu is an app for the exchange of expertise and goods between people who share the same passions. It is the social commerce platform for barters and envisions a world of communities based on sharing and mutual trust.

Digital

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Emanuela Zaccone

Frosinone

Emanuela is Founder of AIDA Monitoring.In 2011 she co-founded TOK.tv, the San Fran-cisco based startup that realized the first voice enabled second screen apps. She completedher PhD at Bologna (Italy) and Nottingham (UK) University with a project about social media marketing.

AIDA Monitoring offers personalized real time web and social media monitoring solutions through custom dashboards and key performance indicators. The company builds analysis models that translate data into actionable insights.

Digital

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Clizia Welker

Parma

Clizia is Founder of Bestiacce.Clizia holds a Master in Business Design and a MSc in Languages. She worked and studied in different countries such as the Netherlands, where she worked as Project Manager in communications. She has experience in brandidentity, design strategy, UX and service design.

Bestiacce is the platform for pet lovers with a smart approach to pet adoption. The startup connects potential adopters with Italian shelters,identifying the right match by crossing theowner’s lifestyle with pet’s character. It also offers post-adoption services and an e-commerce for high quality food & accessories.

Digital

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Luisa Chiddo

Verona

Luisa is Founder of 3wine.Luisa is 29 years old and holds a Degree in Law. She is food photographer and stylist, chef and sommelier. At 3wine she is in charge of food and wine selection.

3wine is a wine e-commerce platform. Every month a combination of three wines with three courses for a full dinner is delivered to users.

E--commerce

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Nicoletta Donadio

Chile

Nicoletta is Founder of Fanchimp. Nicoletta is graphic designer and social media manager. She already co-founded a couple of startups, such as HiNii., Challenge in and http://cocktailstartup.com, a startup association based in Turin.

Fanchimp is a social media management tool for small, online seller such as Etsy and Ebaysellers. The company helps them managetheir social media presence with a tool that lets them schedule contents and select interesting news to share with their followers.

Digital

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Annalisa Balloi

Milan

Annalisa is Co-Founder and CEO of Micro4yoU.Annalisa is specialized in microbial ecology and bioremediation; she is a PostDoc Researcher at the University of Milan.

Micro4yoU develops innovative microbial-based green technologies for the agro-food and the environmental sector. Micro4yoU developed Micro4Art (a line of products composed by living microbial cells that remove chemical alterations from stone surfaces) and Micro4Bee (to protect honeybees’ health).

Biotech

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Giovanna Marena & Sara Nervi

Milan

Giovanna and Sara are Co-Founders of PinkUp. Giovanna graduated in Political Sciences in Milan and worked in Marketing for several multinationals. Sara graduated in Business Management at the University of Trieste. She is a risk analyst and worked at Monte Paschi Asset Management.

Pink Up is a multi-device platform of applications dedicated to the most delicate moments of women’s life such as marriage, pregnancy and motherhood.

Digital

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Anna Elisabetta Ziri

Bologna

Anna Elisabetta is Co-Founder of Nemoris S.r.l.She is a software developer, feature designer and mediator. She worked for several years developing the C++ for Think3, and she managed new feature projects in CAD environment.

Nemoris S.r.l. is specialized in semantic documentstorage. The company developed ILexis, a software that automatically acquires the significant data from a text document andstore them thanks to a flexible structure.

ICT

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Maria Lorenza Dadduzio & Flavia Giordano

Bari

Maria Lorenza is CMO of CucinaMancina. She has more than 5 years experience in marketing and communication stategies applied to food and territory promotion.Flavia is CEO of CucinaMancina. She has more than 5 years experience in project management and innovation projects.

CucinaMancina is a social food community that provides solutions to improve the life of “different eaters” such as intolerants,, vegetarians, cholesterolemics and diabetic. The platform offers users’ generated content, a multi-filtered recipe book and a store locator to find alternative shops & restaurants.

Fo od

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Lisa Gucciarelli

Firenze

Lisa is Founder of Buru Buru. Lisa graduated in 2006 in Design and Events Management in the Arts and Theater. She is member of the FreeSHOUT!? association, and worked as artistic director at GingerZone, a multipurpose space in Florence for artists and creatives.

Buru Buru is an e-commerce platform dedicated to the world of contemporary craft. The startup was born to give exposure to independent makers, small craft realities, fashion and design firms.

E-commerce

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Eugenia Pirro

Ferrara

Eugenia is Co-Founder of Boutique on Click.Eugenia graduated from Bocconi University in 2006 and worked in New York for a fashion merchandising company. She also worked in the Communication and Press Office for Borsa Italiana.

Boutique on Click is an e-commerce store that creates a one-stop-shop of the world’s most sought Italian boutiques. Customers have the opportunity to purchase unique products and the most exclusive and sophisticated look.

E-commerce

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Francesca Cavallo & Elena Favilli

Los Angeles

Elena is CEO of Timbuktu. Elena was researcher at Baba Consulting, associate director at Fabrica and journalist at Il Post.Francesca is Creative Director of Timbuktu. Francesca is stage director and is specialized in pedagogy and contemporary theater.

Timbuktu creates digital toys for creative learning that promote imagination as a tool to change the world. These games let children learn through creative play in a peaceful and relaxing mode. Timbuktu also publishes a monthly iPad magazine for elementary schools kids called Timbuktu Magazine.

EdTech

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Sofia Barattieri di San Pietro

London, UK

Sofia is Founder of Motilo. Sofia graduated in Business Law. and worked in the business and finance world. She then decided to pair her experience with her understanding of fashion and shopping.She currently lives in London.

Motilo is an online space where you can shop with your friends, discover new content and create looks from a carefully curated edit of products from the world’s best retailers.

E-commerce

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Elsa Montemagno

Fano, PU

Elisa is Co-Founder of Yujooh.Elisa was born in Switzerland and then moved to Italy. She soon started travelling all around the world, attending several yoga courses until she eventually became a yoga teacher.

Yujooh is a new way to practise yoga with regularity thanks to the opportunity to attend lessons both live or online, from home or from any other place you like. Real-time lessons are also available, so students are able to interact with teachers during the lesson.

Digital

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Monica Samori

Pavia

Monica is Founder of Super Bacana!.Graduated in architecture in Brazil, she haslived in Italy since 1993 and has collaborated with the art director Franco Velchi in creation of film sets and exhibition stands. In 1998 she started dealing with design andconstruction for resorts of Ventaglio Group.

Super Bacana! offers the advice of a small team of architects that will provide ideas and solutions for those who wants to give a newlife to their homes or to a single room, who need new ideas for their workspaceor want to give a new look to their shop. Everything online.

Design

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Barbara Labate

Catania

Barbara is founder and CEO of Risparmio Super.She previously worked in the mobile market and holds a Columbia Univerisity Master Degree and a Fulbright Scholarship. She attended a Political Science University.

Risparmio Super is the first grocerycomparison site in italy that finds the cheapest store in the neightborhood.

Digital

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Mary Palomba

Rome

Mary is Founder of Maison Academia.After the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples she started working as graphic designer. Later she became Account Manager in a Communication Agency, and worked with fashion clients.

Maison Academia is a Made in Italy fashion brand, created by emerging fashion designers from all over the world, through the website.

Fashion

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Valentina Morigi

Milan

Valentina is CEO and Co-Founder of TraveLinkin.She completed her Bachelor in Economics atUniversity of Bologna and a Master in Finance at Catholic University of Milan. After a research experience in Houston, Texas, she started working at PwC within the transactions department.

TraveLinkin is a smart solution to the problem of unprofitable and unpleasant business journeys.It connects business travelers through a web professional network connected to LinkedIn.

Digital

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Selene Biffi

Milan

Selene is Founder of Plain Ink.Social Innovator and entrepreneur, Selenelaunched her first social venture at 22 with only 150 euros. She is now part of the taskforce for innovative startups of the Italian Minister of Economic Development; she also launched the first school for storytellers in Afghanistan.

Plain Ink helps children and adults in low-literacy communities in Afghanistan, India and Italy to overcome poverty and social exclusion through interactive comics, imagery and oral stories that are locally sourced and produced.

EdTech

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Marta Rettani

Milan

Marta is Founder of Trendee Me.She was born in the USA and raised in Milan, Italy. From the very beginning, she showed a big interest in new technologies. She worked as Art Director & Interface Designer for Immediatic, a digital agency.

Trendee Me is a mobile app that allows people to take pictures of their own wardrobe, arrange items into categories, colors and brands, create outfits and to share their personal style.

Fashion

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Letizia Zingoni, Ilaria De Dominicis & Isabella Stanca

Turin

Letizia, Ilaria and Isabella are founders of iStarter.Letizia is a VC expert with extensive consulting and public service experience in the US and Italy. Ilaria holds a joint Ph.D. in Management at Catania University and Columbia. Isabella graduated in Business Administrationat Bocconi and holds an MBA from Columbia.

iStarter is a business incubator and accelerator that provides extensive mentorship and advice to startups. It helps Italian entrepreneurs to start their businesses, to launch their inventions at an international level and to foster Innovation in Italy.

Incubator

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Adriana Santonocito & Enrica Arena

Milan

Adriana and Enrica are Founders of Orange Fiber.Adriana is Fashion Product Manager, expert in textiles fabrics and new technologies for sustainable fashion. Enrica holds a Master in Development Cooperation. She is specialized in marketing and sustainability.

Orange Fiber is an entrepreneurship fashion project which aims at creating sustainable fabrics from citrus waste. Through nanotechnologies and R&D processes it creates functional textiles that release vitamins while wearing them.

Fashion

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Letizia Quaranta

Verona

Letizia is Founder of Bilingue per Gioco. She is a Telecommunication Engineer who spent 10 years abroad, working in Berlin and London; she also completed her MBA at INSEAD. In 2007 her son was born and she started her blog about raising a child between Italian and English.

Bilingue per Gioco is a blog that has became the most important platform for all those families who are raising their children withbilinguism in Italy.

EdTech

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Elisa Flazio

Catania

Elisa is Co-founder of Flazio.She has always been interested in technology and web applications that make internet world easily accessible for everyone. she took a degree in Engineering, acquiring expertise in Geographic Information Systems.

Flazio.com is an innovative and easy-to-use Visual CMS , which enables users to create and manage their websites autonomously. The heart of Flazio platform is the “CompStore”, a collection of appealing web components, free or premium.

ICT

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Elisabetta Bianchini

Pisa

Elisabetta is Co-Founder of Quipu.Electronic engineer with 10 years of experience in cardiovascular bioengineering, she is expert in design and project management in the field of non-invasive diagnostic systems based on images and signals processing.

Quipu develops high-tech systems for early and accurate diagnosis of cardiovascular risk. Quipu provides automated non-invasive systems that are able to assess innovative cardiovascular biomarkers by image and signal processing.

MedTech

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Silvia Minutolo

Turin

Silvia is Co-Founder of Archisbang.She is an Architect who studied and carried out her professionals experiences in Turin. In 2008 she was one of the founding partners of Archisbang Lab, an informal architectural group. In 2012 Archisbang became what it is today.

Archisbang is a young firm of architects interested in artistic research related to digital world. The aim is to develop original projects between art and design,from digital processing to customizable and communicative products.

Design

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Valeria di Rosa & Martina Facco

Milan

Valeria and Martina are Founders of Tweetbook.Valeria is Content and Community Manager and graduated in Communication in Milan in 2007. She takes care of online content and social networks.Martina is Grafic Designer. In 2010, she completed a Master Degrees in Visuals and Multimedia at the IUAV University of Venice.

Tweetbook is a platform that allows to read and publish the best stories shared on Twitter.With Tweetbook, it’s possible to find the most interesting tweets and compose them into a personal narration, then add titles, comments and pictures.

Digital

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Clara Parona

San Francisco

Clara is founder of Bad Seed. She is an interaction and game designer. After a master degree in Design, she started working for several interaction design labs. She worked also at Ubisoft bulding three game titles as game designer.

Bad Seed is a startup that creates videogames. The team graduated from GamesFounders, the first gaming accelerator program in Europe, and won Mind the Bridge competition as one of the most innovative Italian startup of the year.

Gaming

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Arianna Bassoli

Berlin, DE

Arianna is founder of frestyl. She has spent several years doing research in interaction design, worked at Media Lab Europe and did her PhD at the London School of Economics. She was a technology advisor for the Italian Ministery of Education.

frestyl is a platform dedicated to live music that allows fans to discover cool shows and organizers to better promote their events. It also includes a mobile application for event discovery and web tools for organizers to offer and manage exclusive VIP experiences fortheir customers.

Digital

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Miriam Manassero

Alessandria

Mirian is founder of ALva. She is 25 year old and comes from Piedmont. She has a Degree in Law and a greeen spirit. Miriam is involved in everything that is eco-friendly, biologic and respectful of the environment. Thanks to her love for ice-cream, AL.va was born.

AL.va produces electric powered refrigerators with zero enviromental impact . It is a quadricycle created to distribute fresh and frozen food and traditional home-made ice-cream. It has aninnovative cold storage system which allows to maintain temperature inside the cold tank.

CleanTech

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Chiara Davanzo

Milan

Chiara is founder of ZEST. Enthusiastic marketer with 11 years of experience in the fashion industry (Borbonese, Stefanel, Geox) with a broad international exposure. She has a strong personal interest in CSR and environmental issues, so in 2012 she co-founded ZEST Sustainable Ideas.

ZEST is a start-up company with a strong commitment to sustainability, social development, ecology and the environment. Its mission is to develop projects to help businesses accelerate and benefit from society’s shift to sustainability and social innovation.

Consulting

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Gioia Pistoia & Francesca Romano

Rome

Gioia is co-founder and CMO of Atooma. She previously worked as mobile marketing manager in some agencies. Francesca is co-founder and CEO of Atooma. She is a UX Designer and studied System Design at ISIA in Rome and Computer Science at La Sapienza University.

Atooma is your mobile personal assistant to make your smartphone (and your life) smarter. Atooma put your smartphone work for you by automating routine tasks such as photo sharing or wifi switch.

ICT

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Alice Valenti

Milan

Alice is founder of Scicche. After a degree in Economics of Art, Culture and Communication and a Master of Science in Management at Bocconi University of Milan, Alice worked for l’Oreal in the Luxury brands, and was sales representative in the Scandinavian countries for Graniti Fiandre.

Scicche is a design company, born from the willingness to search, discover, promote and sell design objects. The core business is talent scouting to find new designers all over the word witht the aim to import in Italy amazing design pieces still unknown to the public.

Design

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Piera Nathalie Scalco

Padova

Piera is co-founder of Moku. She holds a MSc in Computer Engineering with a minor in Management. She started a PhD in Management before realizing that her true path was entrepreneurship. The idea of moku was born during university as she wanted to change the way the informative system worked.

Moku is a collaborative document management and note-taking web app. You can upload your docs (PDFs, MS Office, iWork, images) and take rich notes over transparent layers. A moku is a collection of docs that you can share with your friends and colleagues.

ICT

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Cecilia & Ludovica Ago

Milan

Cecilia & Ludovica are co-founders of Dress-on.Cecilia has a background in fashion; she worked first for a major fashion maison and then for a buying office in Milan. Ludovica studied Business at University College ofLondon and started working for an international investment bank. They are twin sisters.

Dress-on is a network of Italian independent boutiques united in a single platform. Through the boutiques’ experienced buyers it offers a unique selection of international and emer-ging designers. Dress-on wants to recreate the experience of a shopping stroll on thebest fashion streets.

Fashion

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