Italian Trade Agency + gener8tor Global Startup Program 2025 Showcase

​The Italian Trade Agency & gener8tor are proud to host the Global Startup Program 2025 Showcase. This cohort of passionate founders are committed to solving problems across a number of verticals including HealthTech, PropTech, Manufacturing/HardTech, and more!

​Please join us for a time of celebration, pitches from the cohort, and networking.

​5-5:30pm: Beverages & Bites

​5:30-6pm: Opening Remarks

​6-7:30pm: Cohort Pitches

​7:30-8:30pm: Additional Networking

​Showcase Companies:

​4Habits turns proven science into daily habits that extend healthy life through an AI-driven behavior change platform. The mobile app serves individuals, employers, and insurers who use its personalized guidance to prevent chronic and neurodegenerative diseases while strengthening resilience and overall well-being.

​BM Diagnostics empowers lives by making Heart Health monitoring easy with Heartbeat Test, a rapid, portable diagnostic tool using lateral flow technology to detect early cardiac markers (troponin I, CKMB, Myoglobin) from a simple finger prick. Integrated with an AI-powered app, Testwise, it enables real-time interpretation and personalized heart risk assessment.

​HexErgy automates and streamlines the entire lifecycle of decentralized energy models such as Community Solar, Peer 2 Peer, and Virtual Power Plants using a blockchain powered platform. By overcoming regulatory fragmentation across states and digitalizing participant acquisition, billing, and compliance, HexErgy enables developers and ESCOs to cut costs, boost ROI, and remain profitable even as federal incentives decline.

​Kaigos builds AI-powered robotic welders that automate welding in small and mid-sized factories, replacing hard-to-find skilled labor with easy-to-deploy robotic systems. Customers simply demonstrate the weld once, no programming required, and the robot learns and executes the task autonomously.

​Keplera develops AI-powered solutions that make legal work faster, smarter, and more accessible. Its flagship platform, LexHero, leverages advanced artificial intelligence to automate the entire lifecycle of legal documents — from intelligent drafting and collaborative review to digital negotiation and secure signing.

​Meddle enables companies to seamlessly collect, connect, transform, enrich, visualize, analyze and orchestrate IoT and IT data flows across fragmented systems through an intuitive and scalable automation engine. Meddle is the first iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) built to bring no-code automation to IoT and connected devices - starting with industry, and now scaling across sectors.

​Mountain Maps generates tailor-made original itineraries in the mountains with verified and up-to-date information. The AI-native outdoor mobile app allows users to navigate the mountains throughout the seasons. Users can prompt a question with their hiking needs and preferences such as: route difficulty, type, duration, "panoramic" nature, stroller needs, etc.

​Penguin Engineering develops smart performance modules that enhance vehicle power and reduce fuel consumption through plug-and-play devices that are fully controlled via mobile app. Penguin’s technology connects directly to the engine sensors, optimizing response and efficiency and is launching a new cruise control system and developing an adaptive version that automatically adjusts a car’s top speed based on local limits using GPS and phone camera data.

​Ruralis supports property owners with vacation rentals, helping them optimize revenue while cutting the daily workload. Property owners use Ruralis to connect their listings to over 100 travel agencies (ex: AirbnB, Expedia) through an intelligent platform that automates pricing, payments, taxes, communication, and even provides insurance.

​SPS Fulfillment helps online brands manage procurement, import, warehousing, and fulfillment from one place. SPS Fulfillment offers an all-in-one logistics platform that replaces the chaos of emails, spreadsheets, and outdated logistics partners with one connected system offering brands full visibility, lower costs, and faster deliveries.

​The 6-week program supports these innovative companies in expanding into the U.S. market, offering mentorship, investor meetings, and networking opportunities within New York City's dynamic ecosystem. The ITA initiative, launched in 2019, has already supported over 150 Italian startups in 10 countries, promoting international partnerships and strengthening the Italian presence in the main global technology hubs.

​We look forward to seeing you!