Portfolio
Axyon AI
Team: : Daniele Grassi, Giacomo Barigazzi, Jacopo Credi
Foundation Year: 2016
Axyon AI applies machine learning to the field of Asset Management, by developing predictive models that banks, hedge funds and trading desks can use to uncover alpha opportunities in financial markets. The Data-as-a-Service model that Axyon offers allows clients to seamlessly integrate the signals and strategies provided into their workflows and investment decisions, also thanks to the explainability of the predictions – no black-box effect.
The company was founded in Modena in 2016 by three entrepreneurs who had already collaborated on previous ventures.
TOT
Team: Doris Messina, Bruno Reggiani
Foundation Year: 2020
Tot offers an all-in-one platform for micro-enterprises and SMEs to manage their banking and administrative processes digitally. Online bank account, credit/debit cards and SEPA payments are among the modules offered by the platform. Born from an open innovation project by Banca Sella, the company operates in a segment often overlooked by banking incumbents, which struggle to provide a digital product tailored to the needs of small businesses.
The company was founded in Milan in 2020 and is led by a team characterized by complementary skill sets and experience in the fintech and banking spaces.
SHOP CIRCLE
Team: Luca Cartechini, Gian Maria Gramondi
Foundation Year: 2021
Shop Circle is a leading technology company in the development and marketing of apps for e-commerce brands. By providing a unique and integrated software suite of apps to online sellers, Shop Circle supports online brands in achieving sustainable and continuous growth. With a constant focus on innovation, Shop Circle serves over 100,000 companies worldwide. Shop Circle was founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs Luca Cartechini and Gian Maria Gramondi.
Qomodo
Foundation year: 2022
BNPL solution for offline merchants
SUSTAINABLE BRAND PLATFORM
Team: Enzo Savelli, Gianpaolo Volpe Pasini, Alex Albini
Foundation year: 2022
SaaS data collection and analysis platform for the measurement, and subsequent improvement, of the Co2 footprint and other sustainability parameters of medium and large companies in the fashion industry. The solution is articulated on two complementary modules, aimed at suppliers and fashion brands, with the objective of ensuring transparency and traceability along the manufacturing supply chain.
QODEUP
Team: Fabio Marniga and Stefano Allegra
Foundation year: 2019
Qodeup was founded in Brescia by Fabio Marniga, a serial entrepreneur, and Stefano Allegra, a software engineer. Accelerated by B4i – Bocconi for innovation, the company completed its first financing round in 2021: among the investors Bocconi University and a group of competent and passionate business angels.
SMARTPRICING
Team: Luca Rodella, Eugenio Bancaro e Tommaso Centonze
Foundation year: 2020
Founded in 2020 in Riva del Garda (TN). Smartpricing offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that can be easily integrated with the most famous hotel software packages, the so-called Property Management Systems and Channel Managers, and allows the dynamic optimization of the accommodation rates with room-by-room granularity. Machine learning algorithms lie at the core of Smartpricing solution, which can process different data types, including market, occupancy and price trends in the specific geographical area and the hotel historical data. The goal is to ensure maximum occupancy of the structure at a revenue-optimizing price, based on the characteristics of the hotel and the reference market.
Hlpy
Team: Valerio Chiaronzi, Graziano Cavallo ed Enrico Noseda.
Foundation year: 2020
Founded in 2020 in Milan, since February 2021 it has been offering insurance companies, car manufacturers and car rentals a B2B2C solution that allows car drivers to activate a roadside assistance request in less than 60 seconds via their smartphone and to receive real-time information on the assistance process. hlpy started operations in Italy by sealing agreements with major players in the insurance vertical, in the rental sector and with car manufacturers; by the end of 2022 it will have managed over 40,000 assistance missions. The hlpy business clients can rely on a network of over 650 rescuers managing a fleet of over 3,000 emergency vehicles throughout Italy and all digitized through the hlpy platform. Techshop invested €600,000 in a round which was also participated by primary angel investors and some existing shareholders of hlpy.
TILEDESK
Team: Andrea Sponziello, Andrea Leo, Michele Pomposo
Foundation year: 2020
Tiledesk is an advanced customer service platform, based on building dialogue between a company and their customers through messaging, with multiple interfaces and service levels: chatbots, messaging apps and human operators. The ease of integration of Tiledesk’s software and the smart support provided allow enterprises to increase the satisfaction of their customers, while increasing the ROI in a future proof CS solution based on messaging. It is developed entirely in open source, a strategic choice that allows the community to develop new features autonomously and, at the same time, to enterprises with specific needs to customize the software on-prem.