Selection
Understanding the sector, the people and the project before committing capital.
Platforms
Four areas, one approach
Ecological transition, vertical farming, cybersecurity and system integration: four distinct platforms, read as parts of a single industrial design.
Ecological transition◆Vertical farming◆Cybersecurity◆System integration◆Ecological transition◆Vertical farming
01 / The platforms
One perimeter, four sectors
Select a sector of the diagram — with click, touch or keyboard — to read its description.
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Ecological transition
Initiatives aimed at a more sustainable use of resources and energy, as a concrete expression of the group's responsible investment principles.
From project development to Renewable Energy Communities, from agrivoltaics to storage and green hydrogen: the platform combines renewable energy, software and blockchain technology.
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Vertical farming
Technology-driven food production models, designed to be resource-efficient and close to where food is consumed.
With Oonion, a strategic partner of the group, an integrated system combines renewable energy and innovative agricultural technologies: vertical and hydroponic growing, urban farming, local supply chains.
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Cybersecurity
Activities focused on protecting digital infrastructure and information systems, in a context where security is an enabling condition.
The platform brings together Legal Logger's expertise in blockchain security solutions, the IANUA artificial-intelligence communications platform, and data-room solutions for due diligence.
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System integration
Expertise dedicated to connecting complex technological systems within organisations and making them work together.
With Restart, the group modernises companies' technological, IT and telephony infrastructure: telephony and unified communication, IT services, networks and structured cabling.
02 / Ecological transition
Renewable energy and software
Renewable energy comes from inexhaustible natural sources — sun, wind, water, biomass. Differen combines it with the pursuit of innovative solutions and software development: an approach that generates competitive advantage, recurring revenues and investment dedicated to technology as well as to plants.
Project development
Identifying opportunities, designing projects and obtaining the authorisations and permits required to build and operate the plants.
Renewable Energy Communities
Differen promotes local energy production by supporting the creation of RECs: citizens, businesses and institutions producing, sharing and managing renewable energy together, strengthening distributed generation.
Photovoltaics and blockchain
A business unit dedicated to advanced photovoltaic projects. Blockchain tracks energy production, distribution and exchange in a decentralised, immutable way — effective in energy communities and agrivoltaic systems.
Agrivoltaics
Integrating energy production with agriculture cuts emissions, preserves farmland and optimises water use thanks to shading; for farmers it means new income sources, lower operating costs and diversification.
Energy storage and management
Projects based on BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) and EMS (Energy Management Systems) to balance supply and demand, reduce operating costs and improve the quality of the power grid.
Green hydrogen
Produced by electrolysis of water from renewable sources only, it is a promising lever for decarbonising hard-to-electrify sectors: fuel cells, energy storage, feedstock for the chemical industry.
CDO Liguria member — differen is a member of Compagnia delle Opere Liguria, a network of businesses and organisations in the region.
03 / Vertical farming
Energy and agriculture, together
With Oonion, a strategic partner of the group, Differen promotes an integrated system combining renewable energy and innovative agricultural technologies, turning urban spaces into productive, sustainable ecosystems: greener, more resilient and more self-sufficient cities.
Vertical and hydroponic farming
Growing systems that optimise space, water and nutrients, for efficient, low-impact production.
Integrated energy and agriculture
Technologies combining renewable sources and agricultural systems to reduce energy consumption and improve environmental sustainability.
Urban farming
Productive green spaces in urban contexts, for local agriculture that enhances biodiversity and fosters food security.
04 / Cybersecurity
Security, data and blockchain
The platform brings together specialist expertise in protecting data and IT infrastructure, with blockchain as a cross-cutting technology: a secure, transparent, decentralised ledger that traces the origin and supply chain of products, reducing the risk of fraud (life cycle mapping).
Legal Logger
A company specialising in blockchain security solutions, with an office in the United States: technologies for protecting data and IT infrastructure and advanced cybersecurity software.
IANUA
The artificial-intelligence platform integrated into business communications: virtual phone assistants, intelligent handling of email and conversations, dedicated agents for company processes.
Designed to work inside everyday tools, with data confidentiality and transparency about the use of AI as baseline requirements.
Data room and backup
Reliable solutions for managing and protecting shared folders in due-diligence processes: controlled access, full traceability of operations, document confidentiality.
The offering is completed by backup and retention services, for operational continuity and long-term data integrity.
05 / System integration
The Restart experience
Restart offers tailor-made solutions for the strategic, efficient management of company resources: in-depth analysis, customised strategies to improve productivity and reduce costs, control of risks and opportunities. The goal is to modernise companies' technological, IT and telephony infrastructure. Discover Restart and the ReACT method →
Telephony and unified communication
Design and delivery of integrated communication systems, for maximum efficiency and collaboration across teams.
Information technology
A full range of IT services, from consulting to the implementation of customised solutions for managing IT infrastructure.
Networks and installations
Design, installation and maintenance of data networks and structured cabling, for optimal connectivity and performance.
06 / The reading
How we read the platforms
Each platform follows its own logic, but every assessment applies the same criteria and the same discipline.
Complementarity
The platforms reinforce one another: energy serves technology-driven farming, security protects the systems, integration makes them work together.
Shared technology
Digital and infrastructural expertise circulates across the platforms, so that no initiative has to rebuild on its own what the group already masters.
Industrial oversight
Every area is followed with an industrial logic: measurable plans, operational presence and constant verification of results over time.
07 / JourneyFrom capital to enterprise.
From capital to enterprise.
And back.
Development
Supporting the initiative with patient capital and operational expertise.
Integration
Connecting the platforms so that value created in one strengthens the others.
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A single design
The four platforms are presented as complementary parts of a single perimeter, not as unrelated stand-alone units: it is the overall reading, more than the individual sector, that defines Differen's approach.
09 / Next step
The principles behind the platforms.
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