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Female Founders in Tech - Italy
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2. Micaela Terzi & Emanuela Donetti
About
Micaela Terzi is Journalist and Polis Maker, expert in
Partecipatory Strategies and Web&Communication specialist.
Since 2009 she is Visiting Professor at Politecnico, Bicocca and
Cattolica University in Milan.
Emanuela Donetti is Geographer and Polis Maker, expert in
Mobility Management. She is Professor of Innovation at the
Department of Techniques of Construction, Faculty of Architecture
at Haute École de Paysage Ingegnerie, Architecture of Geneva
(CH).
Founders of Urbano Creativo
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. It designs Smart and Green
Cities, offering innovative services that aim to improve the quality of life in the city.
www.urbanocreativo.it
3. Valentina Tibaldo, Monica Archibugi & Giulia Gazzelloni
About
Valentina is the CTO of Le Cicogne, she is 27 years old and
holds a degree in informatics.
Monica, 25, had the original business idea for Le Cicogne, being
an experienced babysitter. She is the CEO of Le Cicogne.
Giulia is 23 yeards old and is the COO, in charge of the
marketing and business development.
Founders of Le Cicogne
Le Cicogne is an easy and quick system which allows to bring together supply and demand for child care services.
Through the network www.lecicogne.net parents can be contacted by young adults between 18 and 28 years,
previously trained and certified, in trust for services such as baby sitting, baby taxi and baby tutoring.
Le Cicogne are now active in Rome and soon in other Italian cities; the startups has enabled over 400 young
people in order to match work with families seeking assistance.
www.lecicogne.net
4. Antonella Sinigaglia
About
Antonella has a strong creative background (H-art, WPP, Nurun)
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.
She defines herself as a “real geek”, passionate about technology,
interaction design and mobile.
Founder of Fannabee
Fannabee is the must-have app for mega-fans and record collectors. It’s the only one which combine social, mobile,
marketplace, rewards in a single platform.
We engage collectors and give them a professional tool to show to be the number 1 fan!
Through Fannabee fans can manage their collections, trade and sell items and check their Fan Score®!
fannabee.com
5. Cinzia Carta
About
Cinzia holds a Law Degree and a Master Degree in Human Resources; she worked as a HR specialist for an international corporation before travelling to San Francisco with her husband who is a
startupper and their daughter, to deeply breathe the air of Silicon Valley and the startup world. She describes herself as determined and
self ironic, always willing to act and change things without waiting for
the right opportunity to just happen by itself.
Founder of Glaamy
Glaamy is a service for all those people who are always too busy to book a beauty treatment in advance.
Glaamy lets you find the nearest Beauty Salon that is available, without the need to book it in advance.
The Beauty Salons manage their appointment availability on Glaamy, as soon as a customer cancels her
reservation or whenever a slot remains unbooked.
glaamy.com
6. Ilaria e Giulia Mantovani
About
They are two sisters (Ilaria is 25 and Giulia is 27) and they
both worked in the family business in the fashion industry and then
decided to start a our own company. They love Italian fashion and
that’s why they decided to create Corsoalto that promotes Italian
fashion taste and selection in the world.
Founders of Corsoalto
Corsoalto is the very first Italian designer fashion boutiques aggregator. On Corsoalto you can find the best Italian
designer clothes as they’ve been selected by the most important fashion independent retailers of our country. Italy
has a long tradition in the fashion industry and its unique selection is renowned all over the world. Corsoalto allows
customers from everywhere in the world to shop as if they were in the best Italian fashion streets.
corsoalto.com
7. Giulia Valente
About
Co-founder of Tacatì, a Turin-based start-up that wants to create
a better food system and give people easy access to good food
from local producers. She studied Economics at Bocconi and HEC
Paris, then worked in marketing at Philips. Besides Tacatì, she mostly
enjoys skiing down her beloved Alps at full speed.
Founder of Tacatì
Tacatì is an ecommerce platform that allows people to buy their groceries online directly from small-scale, local
shops and producers and have everything delivered to their home, office or nearest pick-up place. Our aim is to create a better food system that is respectful of the environment, of the local economy and of people’s needs.
tacati.com
8. Lucia Rampanti
About
Lucia was born in Genoa, she lived in Verona, Milan, Grenoble,
Turin, always trying to find her own way. She graduated magna
cum laude in Architecture at the PoliMi. She performed successfully
during her paths in the excellence programs of Collegio di Milano,
Alta Scuola Politecnica and Accademia Adrianea, which allowed her
growing in very diverse contexts.
Founder of Upendu
Upendu is an app for the exchange of expertise and material goods between people who share the same passions. It is the social commerce platform for barter. We found that the market need is the lack of expertises and
materials for newbies and experts that are involved in hobbies, leisures and pastimes. Our vision is a world of communities based on sharing and mutual trust.
upendu.com
9. Emanuela Zaccone
About
Emanuela is data analysis and Social TV enterpreneur.
In 2013 she co-founded AIDA Monitoring, an Italian startup focused
on customized solutions for Social Media and Web Monitoring and
predictive analytics. In 2011 she also co-founded - and she’s the
Social Media Strategist - of TOK.tv, the San Francisco based startup
that realized the first «voice enabled second screen apps».She has
6+ years of experience in Social Media Marketing and Analysis field.
As Social Media Strategist and analyst she worked for big Italian
companies (Eridania, Telecom Italia and LUISS University).
She completed her Phd in 2011 between the universities of
Bologna (Italy) and Nottingham (UK), with a project about Social
Media Marketing, audiovisual products and user engagement.
Founder of AIDA Monitoring
AIDA Monitoring offers, through custom dashboards and key performance indicators, personalized real time Web
and Social Media monitoring solutions. We build analysis models that translate data into actions making sense out
if data.
aidamonitoring.it
10. Clizia Welker
About
Clizia is business designer and startupper with a research-oriented
mindset,. she got a Master in Business Design, a MSc in Languages and a minor in European culture and Languages. She has an
international background, working and studying in different crountries
like the Netherlands where she worked as Project Manager in the
media&communication field. She had competences in brand identity, design strategy, user experience, project management, service
design.
Founder of Bestiacce
Bestiacce is a platform for pet lovers that stands for a new, sustainable and smart approach to adopting and
taking care of pets. Bestiacce creates a link between potential adopters and Italian dog and cat shelters, identifying
the right match for every adopter by crossing info on the owner’s lifestyle and the pet’s character. At the same time,
Bestiacce offers a range of customized post-adoption services and it will host an e-commerce site where pet owners can buy food & accessories that are selected on the basis of quality, sustainability, design.
bestiacce.com
11. Valentina Montagna
About
Valentina is Co-founder of Urlist and UI&UX designer.
She has worked for Edizioni Zero (the the most-read event and
lifestyle magazine in Milan) and for many others as freelancer (4mmg
and Molotro). She studied at Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera
and holds a Master of Arts in Graphic Design and Communication
Design from Politecnico di Milano.
Founder of Urlist
Urlist wants Internet users to organize their searches into lists, selecting the best web resources based on their
expertise and passions. Everyone has authority on something: they just need a way to curate their own corner of the
Web.
urli.st
12. Luisa Chiddo
About
Luisa is 29 years old, food photographer and stylist, chef and sommelier. Luisa holds a Degree in Law and she is in charge of the food
and wine choice at 3wine.
Founder of 3wine
3wine is a wine e-commerce platform. Every month a combination of three wines with three courses for a full
dinner is proposed and delivered to you.
3wine.it
13. Valentina Maria Cianci and Nicole Novielli
About
Valentina has worked in Accenture for 3 years and was marketing
and sales manager at Bookingshow before launching Splashmood.
She studied in Bologna, Milan and Los Angeles (UCLA) and hols a
Master Degree from Bocconi. CEO in splashmood.
Nicole is the CTO and co-founder of splashmood. She is research
fellow at University of Bari (CS) and previously was Chief Research
Officer at Qiris. She holds a Master of Science in CS and a PhD
Founders of Spashmood
Splashmood is a live platform to gamify and enhance a party.
splashmood.com
14. Nicoletta Donadio
About
Nicoletta is a graphic designer and social media manager. She
incorporated her first startup four years ago: HiNii. She is co-founder
of (i) a startup association based in Turin: http://cocktailstartup.com
and (ii) a start up named Challenge in. Today she is co-founder of
Fanchimp, a company started and developed in Chile.
Founder of Fanchimp
It’s a social media management tool for small companies, in particular for online seller like Etsy and Ebay seller. We
help them manage their social media presence with a tool that permits them to schedule contents and select interesting news to share with their followers
fanchimp.com
15. Annalisa Balloi
About
Annalisa is specialized in microbial ecology and bioremediation;
she is a PostDoc researcher at the University of Milan. Co-founder
and CEO of Micro4yoU.
Founder of Micro4yoU
Micro4yoU (spin-off company founded in 2010), develops innovative microbial-based green technologies for
different sectors: 1) agro-food; 2) environmental sector. Micro4yoU currently owns 2 patents: Micro4Bee and
Micro4Art. Micro4Art is a line of products composed by living microbial cells, which have the capability to remove
chemical alterations from stone surfaces, mainly developed in urban areas. Micro4Bee is a product thought for protecting honeybees’ health.
www.micro4you.eu
16. Giovanna Marena and Sara Nervi
About
Giovanna graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Milan
and winner of a scholarship to the annual Publitalia Master of Sales
and Marketing. In the past she worked in the Marketing and New
Business areas of several multinational companies (among others,
L’Oreal, Unilever, Best Foods and Walt Disney). Today she is manager and co-founder of PinkUp S.r.l.
Sara graduated in Business Management at the University of Trieste. She is a risk analyst who worked for four years for Monte Paschi
Asset Management Sgr. She is the founder of «Coccole Soft» and
co-founder of PinkUp S.r.l
Founders of Pink Up
“Pink Up” is a multi-device platform of mobile applications dedicated to the most delicate moments of women’s
life such as marriage, pregnancy and motherhood. The mobile data and results are fully integrated into the website.
Mobile applications take full advantage of the features of smartphones while the website allows a more reasonable
and organized use of data.
pinkup.com
17. Eleonora Viviani
About
Eleonora graduated in Industrial Design at the Milan European
Design Institute. She worked as web designer for Mtv and The Walt
Disney Company. Today she is CEO and Co-founder of Stereomood.
Founder of Stereomood
Stereomood turns your mood into music. With a click of a button you’ll have a ready-made playlist that constantly
change thanks to the users interaction (tags, love, ban) all the playlists pool the music from the web’s top music
blogs. Today Stereomood is also a great iOS and Android app that allows you to turn your mood into music on the
go!
stereomood.com
18. Anna Elisabetta Ziri
About
Anna Elisabetta is a software developer, project leader, feature
designer and mediator.
She worked for many years developing the C++ for Think3, managing new feature projects in CAD environment. She is co-founder of
Nemoris S.r.l.
Founder of Nemoris S.r.l.
Nemoris S.r.l. is a startup incorporated in 2011 and specialized in semantic document storage. ILexis, the software developed by Nemoris for the legal area and its engine Nexus which can be personalized in different areas,
acquire automatically the significant data from a text document and store them thanks to a flexible structure extremely efficient.
nemoris.it
19. Maria Lorenza Dadduzio & Flavia Giordano
About
Maria Lorenza is art director and visual designer of CucinaMancina. She has more than 5 years experience in marketing and communication stategies applied to food and territory promotion.
Flavia is CEO and content manager of CucinaMancina. She has
more than 5 years experience in project management and innovation
projects.
Founders of CucinaMancina
CucinaMancina is a social food community providing solutions to improve different eaters life quality: food intolerant, allergic, vegetarian, cholesterolemic, diabetic. CucinaMancina offers internet and app based services with user
generated content: (i) a multi-filtered recipe book, customizable by users; (ii) a GPS store locator to find shops &
restaurant that fit each diet; and (iii) a social fooding services to support the different eaters community.
cucinamancina.com
20. Lisa Gucciarelli
About
Lisa graduated in 2006 in Design and Management of Events
and Business in the Arts and Theater. She is a member of the
FreeSHOUT!? association. She worked as artistic director and responsible for communication of GingerZone, a multipurpose space
in the Florence area, involving artists and creativities in the realization
of site-specific interventions.
Founder of Buru Buru
Buru Buru S.r.l. is an e-commerce platform dedicated to the world of contemporary craft. Buru Buru S.r.l. was
born to give exposure to independent makers, small craft realities and fashion & design firms.
Buru Buru’s products come from Italian artisans’ studios. Every object connect who created it to people around the
world that are searching for inspiration in the design of a lamp, in a t-shirt’s weft or in silk-screen printing’s colours.
buru-buru.com
21. Eugenia Pirro
About
Eugenia graduated from Bocconi University in the 2006. She worked for 8 months in New York for a fashion merchandising company.
She worked for Borsa Italiana in Communication and Press Office
Area for 1 year. Co-Founder of Boutiqueonclick.com
Founder of Boutique on Click
Boutique on Click is an e-commerce store that revolutionizes the retail world.
Boutique on Click creates a one-stop-shop of the world’s most sought after Italian boutiques and brings them right
to your fingertips. With us you have the opportunity of acquiring unique products selected just for you. The products
are not found via traditional selling channels. We break the mold of conventional shopping by bypassing commonly
known brands and bringing you the latest and best designers to help you putting together the most exclusive and
sophisticated look.
boutiqueonclick.com
22. Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli
About
Francesca is a stage director and a prizewinner playwright. She is
specialized in the relationship between pedagogy and contemporary
theater. Co-founder and Creative Director of Timbuktu.
Elena is the CEO of Timbuktu. In the past she worked as researcher at Baba Consulting, as associate director at Fabrica and as
journalist at Il Post
Founders of Timbuktu
Timbuktu creates digital toys for creative learning that promote imagination as a tool to know and change the
world. These mobile toys let children learn through creative play in a peaceful and relaxing mode. Timbuktu also
publishes an iPad monthly magazine for elementary schools kids called Timbuktu Magazine.
timbuktu.me
23. Sofia Barattieri di San Pietro
About
Sofia is graduated in Business Law. After having acquired her skills
in the business and finance world, she sought to pair this experience
with her deep understanding of fashion and shopping and developed the innovative ecommerce start up, Motilo. She currently lives in
London.
Founder of Motilo
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. Motilo will be launching a full redesign in the fall of
2013, further improving its place in the social shopping market.
motilo.com
24. Elsa Montemagno
About
Elisa was born in Switzerland and then moved to Italy. She soon
started travelling all around the world, attending several courses in
order to enrich herself and her passion for yoga. Today she is a yoga
teacher and the founder of an online yoga project, called Yujooh.
Founder of Yujooh
Yujooh is a new way to practise yoga with regularity thanks to the opportunity it gives you to attend lessons both
live or online, comfortably at home or from any other place you like. Online Real Time lessons are available as well,
so that students will be able to directly interact with their teacher during the lesson.
yujooh.com
25. Monica Samori
About
Monica has MSc in Architecture. Since 1993 she has collaborated with the production designer and art director Franco Velchi creating film sets and exhibition stands. From 1998 starts dealing with
design and construction managing of holiday villages and tourism
resorts for the Ventaglio Group as well as with interior design for
private customers.
Founder of SUPERBACANA interior design Low Cost
Super Bacana! offers the advice of a small team of architects that will provide ideas and solutions for those who
wants to give a new life to their homes or to a single room, for those who need new ideas for their workspace or
want to give a new look to their shop. Everything online.
superbacana.it
26. Barbara Labate
About
Barbara is the CEO of Risparmio Super, first grocery comparison
site in italy.
She previously worked in the mobile market and holds a Columbia
Univerisity Master Degree,a Fulbright Scholarship and a Political
Science University Degree
Founder of Risparmio Super
Risparmio Super is the first grocery comparison site in italy that finds the cheapest store in the neightborhood.
risparmiosuper.it
27. Mary Palomba
About
Mary attended the Naples’ Academy of Fine Arts and a Course of
Graphics and Adv. Then she started working like graphic designer
becoming Account Manager in a Communication Agency where
she worked in the fashion industry. She is an expert in adv and communication. She founded Maison Academia with Maurizio Palumbo
Founder of Maison Academia
Maison Academia is a Made in Italy fashion brand, created by emerging Fashion Designers from all over the
world, through the website www.maisonacademia.com.
maisonacademia.com
28. Valentina Morigi
About
Valentina completed her Bachelor in Economics at University 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, preparing financial due
diligence reports for M&A.
She is now CEO of TraveLinkin.
Founder of TraveLinkin
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. TraveLinkin wants to value to journeys,
allowing users to choose the preferred travel mate and increasing business opportunities on the fly
travelinkin.com
29. Selene Biffi
About
Selene is a social Innovator and entrepreneur. She launched her fi
rst social venture at 22 with only 150 euros.
A few years - and many ventures - later, she is now part of the
taskforce for innovative startups of the Italian Minister of Economic
Development; she also launched the fi rst school for storytellers in
Afghanistan and is currently working on a new business idea to bring
science education to the world.
Founder of Plain Ink
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.
Compellingly communicating vital notions of topics such as public health, sustainable livelihoods and human rights,
our stories capture imaginations, teach practical skills and spark direct action on the ground.
plainink.org
30. Marta Rettani
About
Marta was born in the US and raised in Milan, Italy.
From the very beginning, she showed a big interest in new technologies. Today she rus her own business: Immediatic, a digital agency,
where she is Art Director & Interface Designer. She is now founder
of Trendee Me.
Founder of Trendee
Trendee is a mobile app that allows people to take pictures of their own wardrobe, to arrange items into categories, colors and brands, to create outfits and to share their personal style.
trendee.me
31. Letizia Zingoni, Ilaria De Dominicis & Isabella Stanca
About
Ilaria holds a joint Ph.D. in Management at the University of Catania
and Columbia Business School, and a MsC with honors in Management Engineering from University of Naples Federico II. She is
currently Project leader at The Boston Consulting Group.
Letizia is a VC expert with extensive investment, consulting and
public service experience in the US and Italy. She graduated in business and law at Bocconi University in Milan, and she is a CFA holder.
She speaks fluently English and Chinese.
Isabella graduated in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. She
works in management consulting at Booz and Company in Milan.
Founders of Istarter
iStarter is a business incubator and accelerator that provides extensive mentorship and advice to startups through a highly diversified network of young professionals and senior advisors. It focuses on helping Italian entrepreneurs to start up their businesses, to launch their inventions at an International level and to foster Innovation in Italy.
Selected entrepreneurs are invited for an acceleration period in the offices in Torino and are scouted on their products and business plan and help them get funding from Italian and International ventures.
Istarter.it
32. Adriana Santanocito & Enrica Arena
About
Adriana is Fashion Product Manager, specialized in textiles fabrics
and new technologies for sustainable fashion.
Enrica holds a Master in Development Cooperation, with postgrad
specialization in Communication for International Relations. She is
also specialized in marketing, sustainability and CSR.
Founders of Orange Fiber
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.
orangefiber.it
33. Elisa Fazio
About
Elisa Fazio was born in Catania in 1981 and is now the CEO of
FLAZIO SRL.
She has always been interested in technology and web applications
that make internet world easily accessible to everyone.
After classical studies at high school, she took a degree in Engineering, acquiring expertise in Geographic Information Systems.
Founder of Flazio
Flazio.com is an innovative and easy-to-use Visual CMS , which enables end users to create and manage their
websites autonomously with a “What you See is What You get” approach.
The heart of Flazio platform is the “CompStore”, a collection of appealing web components, free or premium, developed by the Flazio Team or by third party developers.
flazio.com
34. Elisabetta Bianchini
About
Elisabetta is an 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.
She is Co-founder of Quipu, a high-tech spin-off company of the
Italian National Research Council and Pisa University, dedicated to
cardiovascular risk prevention.
Founder of Quipu
Quipu develops high-tech systems for early and accurate diagnosis of cardiovascular risk. There is scientific
evidence that the classical way cardiovascular condition is evaluated is not enough to efficiently prevent disease:
Quipu can provide automated non-invasive systems able to assess innovative cardiovascular biomarkers by image
and signal processing. Their first product is the “Cardiovascular Suite”, which has been CE certified and is now on
the market.
quipu.eu
35. Letizia Quaranta
About
Letizia is a Telecommunication Engineer who spent 10 years abroad, working in Berlin and London; she also completed her MBA at
INSEAD, one of the top 10 Business Schools in the world.
In 2007 she decided to go back to her hometown in Verona, Italy.
This is when her blog “Bilingue per Gioco” is created, as her son is
raised between two languages, Italian and English.
Founder of Learn with Mummy and Bilingue per Gioco
Learn with Mummy is a franchising for Engish game groups, both for children and parents. It is a useful tool to
bring English into kids’ everyday life.
Bilingue per Gioco is a blog that has became the most important platform for all those families who are raising their
children with bilinguism in Italy
bilinguepergioco.com
36. Silvia Minutolo
About
Silvia was born in 1983, 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 with Silvia, Alberto
Perino and Marco GiaiVia; it joined Treatabit/I3P. From 2013 she
manages Cityvisionsdesign.com and 2FACES projects.
Founder of Archisbang
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.
Archisbang promote its creations within its own “Atelier” in Turin (Italy) and on several one-brand websites dedicated to each collection.
archisbang.com
37. Valeria Di Rosa & Martina Facco
About
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 Graphic Designer; she has been working in Milan since
2009. In 2010, she completed a Master Degrees in Visuals and
Multimedia communications at the IUAV University of Venice.
Founder of Tweetbook
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. Users can then publish their story in a Tweetbook and export it in PDF and Epub
formats. It’s also possible to share the Tweetbook with your friends and read it on-the-go on your tablet or e-reader.
trytweetbook.com
38. Clara Parona
About
Clara is an interaction and game designer. After a master degree
in Design, she started working for several interaction design labs vibrant, multinational and dynamic environments. She worked also at
Ubisoft bulding three (now released) game titles as game designer.
In 2012 she co- founded Bad Seed, a game development start-up
mainly focused on providing mobile entertainment.
Founder of Bad Seed
Bad Seed create videogames. They are a few months old Startup designing our games to be addicting experiences, bringing never seen before game mechanics on mobile platforms. Most of the team us already worked
together as a team in Ubisoft for several years on famous console titles. They just graduated from GamesFounders,
the first gaming accelerator program in Europe, but the journey is far to be over! Once back home they won Mind
the Bridge competition as one of the most innovative Italian startup of the year.
badseed.co
39. Arianna Bassoli
About
Arianna spent several years doing research in interaction design,
worked at Media Lab Europe and did my PhD at the London School
of Economics. She was a technology advisor for the Italian Ministery
of Education. Founder of frestyl, a Berlin based startup.
Founder of Frestyl
frestyl is a platform dedicated to live music that allows fans to discover cool shows and organizers to better
promote their events. The new version of the product will include a mobile application for event discovery and web
tools for organizers to offer and manage exclusive VIP experiences for their customers and obtain analytics.
frestyl.com
40. Miriam Manassero
About
Miriam, 25 years old, startupper from Piedmont. She has a Degree
in Law and a greeen spirit. Miriam is involved in everything that is ecofriendly, biologic and respectful of the environment. Thanks to her
love for ice-cream, AL.va was born.
Founder of AL .va
At AL.va we produce 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 an innovative cold storage system
which allows to maintain temperature inside the cold tank. On its roof it has a fotovoltaic panel.
al-va.it
41. Chiara Davanzo
About
Chiara is an enthusiastic marketer with 11 years experience across
all aspects of marketing & communication in the fashion industry
(Borbonese, Stefanel, Geox) with a broad international exposure.
Having a strong personal interest in CSR and environmental issues,
in 2012 Chiara co-founded ZEST Sustainable Ideas, whose mission
is to develop and champion projects to help businesses accelerate
and benefit from society’s shift to sustainability and social innovation.
Founder of ZEST Sustainable Ideas
ZEST is a start-up company with a strong commitment to sustainability, social development, ecology and the environment. We think of ourselves as an eco-friendly lab, a community for green living ideas. What really matters for us
is to improve the quality of life on a “glocal” (global and local) scale.
myzest.eu
42. Gioia Pistoia and Francesca Romano
About
Gioia Pistola
Cofounder and marketing officer at Atooma. After working as mobile
marketing manager in some agencies, she founded her startup.
Francesca Romano
UX Designer, creative entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Atooma.
She studied System Design at ISIA in Rome and Computer Science at La Sapienza University. She recently attended the Entrepreneurship Development Master at the LUISS Business School and User
Experience Master.6+ years of experience designing and implementing creative and intuitive user interfaces for software and websites.
Founders of Atooma
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 life switching on or off the wifi in certain places, post your
photos on facebook or twitter if you are in holiday, call your favorite number with a simple shake, everything automatically.
atooma.com
43. Alice Valenti
About
Alice, after a degree in Economics of Art, Culture and Communication and a Master of Science in Management, both 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. Later on she started her own company Scicche.
Founder of Scicche
Scicche is a design company, born from the willingness to search, discover, promote and sell design objects.
The core business is talent scouting: we look for young, innovative and new designers all over the word and import
in Italy amazing design pieces still unknown. Parallel to this activity we develop design projects with young Italian
designers, we foster designers thanks to awards (like “Premio Scicche”) and we design and produce jewelrly and
accessories.
Scicche is the world “chic” written as it is pronounced in Tuscany, where the company has its origin.
scicche.it
44. Piera Nathalie Scalco
About
Piera is 26 years old and got a MSc in Computer Engineering with
a minor in Management. After graduating, she did a year of civil service and then she started a PhD in Management. However, she soon
realized that her true path was the entrepreneurship one.
The idea of moku was born during university and came from her
student needs. She wanted to change the way that the informative system worked (huge amounts of printed slides and handouts,
waste of time and money, very little collaboration between students),
so she left her PhD and put all energy into moku, together with her
friends and classmates Simone and Michele.
Founder of Moku
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 where you can put your material and share it with your friends and colleagues: the docs are
available to every participant of the moku and everyone can add other files.
We are developing a feature that synchs the audio recordings to the notes
moku.io
45. Cecilia & Ludovica Ago
About
Cecilia and Ludovica are two 27 years old twin sisters.
Cecilia has a background in fashion; after studying Fashion Deisgn
at the Polimoda Institute in Florence she worked first for a major
fashion maison and then for a buying office in Milan.
Ludovica studied Business in at University College of London and
started working for an international investment bank.
Founders of Dress-on
Dress-on is a network of Italian independent boutiques united in a single platform. Through the boutiques’ experienced buyers and long dated experience Dress-on offers a unique selection of international and emerging designers each representing their own special identity. Dress-on wants to recreate the experience of a shopping stroll
through the best fashion streets with a single checkout and shipping fee.
dress-on.com