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our Øto1 programmes
From university technology transfer projects to market-ready products, these programmes offer opportunities for discussion with entrepreneurs, growth hackers, export and communication experts, and coaches to help you gain the necessary skills.
We believe that growth must always be nurtured, both for startups and for ecosystems.
seed
Coaching sessions in which startup ideas and new founders are guided in discovering and developing their potential, with the aim of being ready to present their idea and face future investors.
- needs assessment
- operational support call with the beeco*Øto1 team
- investment readiness support
grow
Accompaniment path to the first or subsequent investment round through the support of beeco and mentors selected among the best in Italy in the agrifoodtech sector.
- needs assessment
- operational support call with the beeco*Øto1 team
- tailored training sessions with experts selected based on specific needs
- access to the mentor network
- support towards the investment round
Pick
Structural growth path with the beeco team and the best experts in the agrifoodtech field, which also includes technical support and work on branding and promotion.
- needs assessment
- operational support call with the beeco*Øto1 team
- tailored training sessions with experts selected based on specific needs
- access to the mentor network
- support towards the investment round
- advanced coaching sessions
- technical support
branding and communication strategies - participation in calls and events
Our method adapts to startups, SMEs, and companies with different needs and maturity levels.
Tell us your story and we’ll help you understand which path from Øto1 fits you best.
testimonials
the founders of the startups are the true protagonists. here’s what it was like for them to take part in Øto1.
Nicole Verdile
co-founder @NUTRIsim
A young and dynamic team, able to listen, translate, and enhance an idea. Thank you for turning an idea into a story worth telling.
Rosemary Cripwell
co-founder @Agri-E
We received invaluable support from beeco during the PoC phase of our project. They played a key role in helping us develop our name, define our branding strategy, and explore exciting funding opportunities.
Ermelinda Falletta
co-founder @VisioNing
Perseverance, resilience, determination, uniqueness, dedication. These are the five words that sum up what it meant for VisioNing to have beeco as a partner.
Adrian Matencio Duran
co-founder @Dewy Hydrogel
The beeco 0to1 programme helped us understand the importance of a good marketing, sales, and presentation strategy for our business proposal to investors and future clients. We hope to apply this knowledge for a long time and recommend it to future startups!
we have helped
Biorsaf is an innovative startup committed to the digitalisation of HACCP with the B-Safe product range, for the digital management of safety and quality processes.
The BS-Food platform improves efficiency in the agri-food sector. BS-Work optimises workplace safety, while BS-Water focuses on water quality in high-risk environments. Finally, BS-Custom makes it possible to customise business processes, improving traceability and reducing operating times. All the solutions, based on cloud computing and IoT, optimise resources and ensure regulatory compliance.
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HortoMio is an edtech SME specialising in the design and creation of laboratories and educational programmes in the agritech and nutraceutical sectors.
It brings into classrooms hydroponics and Agriculture 4.0 solutions dedicated to schools of all levels, promoting a new approach based on STEM skills and creative problem solving, supporting research, development, food, and civic education. Not just tools, but comprehensive experiences and training courses that truly help understand these technologies and their positive environmental impacts.
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Glutensens ensures food safety with an innovative device that detects gluten in real time in the food service sector.
Thanks to advanced research at the University of Milan, this simple, fast, and effective solution integrates advanced electrochemistry and AI algorithms: an essential bio-device for people with coeliac disease, as it detects minute traces of gluten in just a few minutes. The digital response is stored in the cloud and can be linked to HACCP systems in restaurants, canteens, laboratories, and industries.
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Agri-E is a startup that transforms agricultural waste into sustainable bioethanol, reducing CO₂ and energy costs for greener farming.
Bioethanol production through fermentation is a well-established practice that uses biological processes to convert starch-based materials into sustainable energy. The use of Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) technology and engineered yeasts reduces production costs and increases energy efficiency, promoting self-sufficiency for Italian farms. The goal is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, valorise waste, and create a virtuous cycle for the benefit of farming communities.
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VisioNing is a deeptech startup that treats and recovers value from agro-industrial wastewater with patented low-consumption technologies, reducing costs and environmental impact.
It combines a spontaneous bioelectrochemical process with a photocatalytic system powered by solar energy to ensure complete decontamination, regardless of the pollutant load. The process purifies water and recovers and reuses the valuable nutrients it contains. Among its advantages is the production of electricity, useful for monitoring the process.
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Rethain is an innovative startup that transforms digestate into opportunities, reducing management costs and creating sustainable fertilisers and biostimulants demanded by the market.
Their solution consists of an integrated process for recovering and valorising nitrogen from digestate which, through the use of part of the biogas produced, is converted into high-value bioproducts such as microbial and/or biostimulant fertilisers. Organic waste thus becomes a valuable resource, improving sustainability and the efficiency of anaerobic digestion processes.
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Tartufis improves truffle cultivation with sustainable technology that reduces costs and contamination risks while increasing the quality of mycorrhised plants.
It offers advanced solutions to make cultivation more efficient and accessible, combining mycelial inoculation techniques and ensuring a high-quality product. Tartufis provides an innovative and scalable approach for nurseries and growers, contributing to a market increasingly focused on sustainability and product excellence.
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Dewy has developed a biodegradable hydrogel that helps drought-prone vines by releasing water and active nutrients at an affordable price.
Their product, called Nanosponge, is made from starch derivatives and improves soil health without spreading microplastics. This solution is sustainable, adaptable, and more cost-effective than traditional hydrogels, supporting crop resilience to climate change—especially in stressed areas or where soil composition does not promote water retention.
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NUTRIsim has developed an artificial intestine that optimises animal diets, improving sustainability and animal welfare in farming.
Their innovative in vitro device, called Nutritional Trial Simulator, transforms the feed industry’s approach to fish nutrition. By simulating the fish digestive environment, NUTRIsim enables companies to rapidly test new feed formulations, reducing reliance on animal testing and the costs and time associated with research.
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Leda Biotech produces sustainable proteins from duckweed for innovative, low-impact feeds, reducing dependence on price fluctuations.
These feeds come from a more autonomous and efficient agricultural supply chain model. In fact, this type of cultivation, thanks to technologies inspired by space research, ensures stable, low-impact nutrition. It allows farmers to produce, directly on-site, a feed rich in proteins, vitamins, and fibre, with no waste and resource savings.
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PeptoFarm develops sustainable peptide-based solutions to protect crops, replacing conventional pesticides with biotechnological innovation.
The next-generation interfering peptides produced by this University of Milan spin-off replicate up to ten times faster than usual and are designed to control or eliminate pathogens. They can be used as active ingredients in field crop-protection solutions, while the team is also exploring biomanufacturing methods that enable sustainable, competitive, large-scale production.
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HM Fortify is an innovative startup that has developed a safe and tolerable formula that supports the growth of premature babies without ethical compromises.
Their team of experts in neonatology and neonatal nutrition has developed a fortifier for breast milk. Its exclusive formulation offers an optimal balance of nutrients, promoting the growth and digestion of newborns with very low birth weight, improving on the formula used by other companies which, in a wide range of cases, creates problems that can be permanent for the baby, or even lead to death.
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