Deep Tech Revolution: three winning startups begin work with the laboratories of Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

As part of the Deep Tech Revolution programme, promoted by Area Science Park, three of the five startups selected at national level have found in the expertise and laboratories of Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste the know-how and scientific instruments needed to develop and scale their research and innovation projects.
The programme, dedicated to supporting frontier research and deep tech innovation, provides a total contribution of €200,000 for each winning startup, divided between direct funding and advanced research services, and access to the infrastructures of Area Science Park and the involved scientific partners.
On 27 February, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste welcomed the three startups for a technical and operational visit marking the launch of their collaborations. The meeting formally initiated cooperation between the entrepreneurial teams and research groups, with the aim of starting the experimental activities that will be carried out in the laboratories over the coming months.

Startups and Research Activities at Elettra
Novac (Modena) will use, within the SCARF project, the expertise of Elettra’s Nanoinnovation Lab in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The planned activities include nanometric characterisation of materials for next-generation structural supercapacitors intended for automotive applications, with the goal of achieving a comprehensive understanding of device performance at key stages of their operational lifetime.
Yeastime (Rome) will benefit from the infrastructures and expertise of both the Nanoinnovation Lab and Elettra’s Structural Biology Laboratory for the US4BIOMA project. The analyses will focus on studying the effects of ultrasonic stimulation on microalgae that can be used to improve alcoholic fermentation processes.
Soundsafe Care (Pisa), a spin-off of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, will access the expertise and instruments of Elettra’s SISSI-BIO (offline) laboratory, dedicated to infrared light-based characterisation techniques, for the ØSCAR 2.0 project. Functional tissue characterisation will support the development and optimisation of a new robotic ultrasound device for non-invasive tissue ablation.

The Role of the Industrial Liaison Office
The activities launched under Deep Tech Revolution will involve the active participation of Elettra’s Industrial Liaison Office, which supports coordination between startups and laboratories, facilitating access to infrastructures and managing research collaborations. The programme provides an operational framework to guide high-technology projects along structured pathways of development and technology transfer.
The visit on 27 February marked the beginning of a joint working phase that will continue in the coming months, in line with the research and development plans defined within the selected projects.