Start Cup Bergamo 2019 | The best business ideas awarded. Winner: “U-Miles,” an intelligent speed bump that generates clean energy. Special Pesenti Foundation Prize awarded to MedHic, a platform for healthcare companies.
October 15, 2019 – The final event of “Start Cup Bergamo 2019” took place today in the Aula Magna of the University of Bergamo – Sant’Agostino Campus. The entrepreneurial training and support initiative by the University of Bergamo, now in its 10th edition, concluded with awards for the top 3 projects selected from 13 finalists.
Special Pesenti Foundation Award
Special Pesenti Foundation Prize awarded to MedHic, by Matteo Albergoni, a web platform serving Italian healthcare companies.
Once again, Fondazione Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti partnered with Start Cup Bergamo, and provided a special contribution for the “Project with the highest social impact”:
€2,500 to MedHic, a web platform that supports Italian socio-healthcare companies by enabling the exchange of expiring or urgently needed medications between hospital pharmacies.
The winners
1st Place:
U-Miles, winner of the €10,000 first prize, is an intelligent speed bump that converts car traffic into electrical energy. The team – Luca Simonetti, Simone Sala, and Valerio Paris, led by Andrea Colombi – impressed the jury. Finalists in the 2018 edition, this year the four students from Bergamo (aged 20–25) secured the victory.
U-Miles
2nd Place (€5,000):
APParecchio, a project from the first edition of HC.Lab (Health Contamination Lab), a training path for health sector innovation. APParecchio is an app and website designed to manage school cafeteria meals and prevent food waste during production.
3rd Place (€2,500):
4eye, an innovative portal supporting people with disabilities, their families, and individuals in need of quality-assured, specific services. It allows them to book vacations or plan leisure activities in accessible, inclusive hospitality facilities.
An unexpected recognition, the “Youngest Entrepreneurial Team” plaque, was awarded to the 3D Saving team:
Andrea Parati, Simone Amidone, Stefano Chiesa (fifth year at Marconi Institute in Dalmine), and Giulia Gambarini (team leader and first-year university student).
Project Profile – Special Pesenti Foundation Award Winner
MedHic is an exchange platform that serves a wide network of hospital companies collaborating to manage expiring or urgently needed medications.
A key feature of MedHic is an integrated tool connected to hospital IT systems, allowing the automated upload of soon-to-expire medications to make them available to the community. MedHic addresses the real needs of hundreds of hospital pharmacists. The digital exchange of medications between healthcare institutions offers several benefits:
• Emergency management: The platform connects hospital hubs in real time and automatically selects the nearest ones.
• Waste reduction: By extending a drug’s useful life. It prevents obsolescence and preserves residual value, while allowing hospitals to receive newer medications.
• Lower disposal costs and environmental benefits.
TEAM
Albergoni Matteo
Management Engineering student; works in administration at a printing company..
Folcini Giovanna
Education Sciences student; teaches physical education and special education at Racchetti-Da Vinci High School in Crema.
Chioda Luca
Management Engineering student; works as a quality and continuous improvement engineer.
Nidasio Alberto
Computer Engineering student; involved in various programming projects..
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