Summary
- Profile Type
- Business request
- POD Reference
- BRIT20251013015
- Term of Validity
- 13 October 2025 - 13 October 2026
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Supplier agreement
- Commercial agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- SintesiMInerva is an Italian social enterprise with over 700 employees (including fragiles people) and over 16 million € revenues, operating in a wide range of socual services (heathcare, assistance to families and communitie, supporto to elderly and vulnerable people, cultural and social wellbeing). It is looking for innovative solutions to improve its offer to elderly and vulnerable people under commercial or supplier agreement or partners in R&D project to develop new solutions.
- Full Description
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SintesiMinerva is a social enterprise committed to designing and managing healthcare and social services for individuals, institutions, and local organizations. Deeply embedded in the Tuscan region, the company develops projects aimed and improving the well-being of the communities. Most projects are developed collaborating with local institutions and associations.
History and Foundation
SintesiMinerva was established through the merger of two social enterprises: Sintesi, focused since 2001 on the employment of disadvantaged individuals, and Minerva, which provided services for the elderly and operated within the social and healthcare sectors since 1999. In 2021, these two entities combined their strengths to form a new cooperative.
Standards and Certifications
SintesiMinerva adheres to the highest standards of safety, gender equality, inclusion, legality, and sustainability. This commitment is reflected in over ten certifications from independent auditors.
ISO 9001: Quality Management System
ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety Management System
ISO 14001: Environmental Management System
UNI/PdR 125: Gender Equality Certification
ISO 30415: Diversity and Inclusion Certification
SA8000: Social Accountability Certification
ISO 37001: Anti-Bribery Management System
ISO 15017: Funeral Services Standard
ESG Report
Legal Rating plus other national certifications
In 2024, the company achieved a revenue over 16 million Euros and welkome expanded its workforce by hiring 190 new employees, bringing the total number of staff to over 700 in June 2025.
SintesiMinerva operates with a wide range of activities, including:
• Healthcare and Administrative Services: job orientation, nursing and healthcare assistance for families, help desk services for healthcare organizations, cemetery management, and more.
• Services for the Elderly and Vulnerable: initiatives such as the Atelier Alzheimer, with workshops including cognitive, motor, and sensory stimulation activities for older adults affected by mild cognitive decline who still maintain mobility. House of Memories, a day centre open all year round, five days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for Alzheimer affected patiens experiencing loss of independence or difficulties in daily life, offering physical activities and cognitive stimulation aimed at strengthening remaining abilities and promoting independence: Activitie gymnastics classes, cooking and singing workshops, personal care, domestic tasks, and gardening. Social urban housing projects at two locations with 12 apartments.
• Technological Innovation: development of SintesiMinerva 4.0, a digital platform designed to optimize offered socio-health services and management of users, and the launch of the E-Care telemedicine project for home monitoring of elderly health parameters.
In July 2024, SintesiMinerva introduced the 4Habits app, created in collaboration with Xmetrix and funded by Fondazione Cassa Risparmio Firenze, aimed at improving the lifestyle and health of the elderly.
• Cultural and Social Well-being: operation of bookstores (San Paolo shops in Empoli and Castelfiorentino), organization of cultural events at the Green Bar in Empoli’s Serravalle park, and management of the Dimorto Buono social agriculture center in Empoli. - Advantages and Innovations
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SIntesiMInerva is seeking innovative devices and tools for home care and support for vulnerable individuals, with a particular focus on older adults, as well as technologies specifically designed to work with people affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
The proposed solutions may aim either to facilitate the home management of care recipients or to be implemented within day centres and workshops directly managed by the organisation.
In addition it is interested in taking part in research and development projects focused on developing innovative solutions within its areas of operation, bringing its expertise and the opportunity to test these solutions directly in the field. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- The proposed solutions so as the possible R&D projects must take into accout the specific targer of SintesiMinerva who is mainly composed of elderly and vulnerable people. The solutions have to be sustainable for this target that is easy to use and not too invasive in order to be acceptable and a real support for them and the care staff. On the other hand solutions must be sustainable from a value for money point fo view since the the purpouse of SintesiMinerva is not just to test but to integrate the solutions in its services that may be sometimes supported from the national health system, and in same cases from specific project, but even entirely at the expense of families.
- Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequality
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- In case of R&D project the partner must have all the necessary tech skills to realize the innovation
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- University
- SME <=10
- SME 50 - 249
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Supplier agreement
- Commercial agreement
Dissemination
- Market keywords
- 05010002 - Cognitive aid
- 05003005 - Drug delivery and other equipment
- 05007004 - Monitoring equipment
- 05010003 - Patient rehabilitation & training
- Sector Groups Involved
- Health
- Targeted countries
- Afghanistan
- Aland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe