WHO WE ARE

Regenstech IS AN INNOVATIVE START-UP AND A BENEFIT CORPORATION ORIGINATED from the intuition and experience gained by MARIA SILVIA PAZZI AND ALFREDO MONTANARI – founders of REGENESI, a circular-native brand pioneer in green fashion. 

Maria Silvia Pazzi

GET TO KNOW
MARIA SILVIA PAZZI

CEO & Founder

Founder of Regenesi and Regenstech, with 15 years of experience in startups and applying circular economy principles in the typical sectors of Made in Italy. 

GET TO KNOW ALFREDO MONTANARI

MD & CO-Founder

Co-founder and Managing Director of Regenesi and Regenstech. He has served as Associate Dean and General Director of BBS, as well as Director of Human Resources for industrial and service groups.



Advisory Board

Since 2019 we started building an R&D Team – made up of consultants, industrial partners and university research centres, capable of designing and implementing in all its process, transformation and chemical treatment components an integrated solution to transform civil and industrial waste materials from the fashion sector.






Paola Fabbri

Head of R&D Team &
Technical Advisory Board

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology at the University of Bologna. Active in international design and research. Author of >100 scientific publications, >400 conference presentations, 4 patents.

 

Marco Vacchi

Technical Advisory Board

He is a counselor and honorary president of IMA S.p.A., founding member of the Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna Foundation, and former president of Banca di Bologna. He served as vice-president of the National Federation of Knights of Labor from 2007 to 2013.

STEPS FORWARD IN OUR JOURNEY
TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

2024

Regenesi is selected among the 100 success stories of the Circular Economy Report by POLIMI Observatory.
Maria Silvia Pazzi wins the B-Factor Award from the Marisa Bellisario Foundation. 

2023

Regenesi is selected among Forbes’ 100 Sustainability Champions.
Maria Silvia Pazzi wins the Women At The Top award, part of the Open Innovation category promoted by Il Sole24Ore, Financial Times and Sky tg24.

2022

Regenesi wins the Sustainable Fashion Award at Monte Carlo Fashion Week. 

From 2021

Maria Silvia Pazzi is recognized between the “50 Unstoppable Women”

2019

Regenesi is selected among the Green Heroes, an initiative by Alessandro Gassmann with Annalisa Corrado and the scientific support of Kyoto Club.
Regenesi wins the “Best Performer Circular Economy” award promoted by Confindustria, Enelx and Luiss Business School and the “Best Inventor and Best Innovator in Italy” award promoted by ITWIIN.

2018

Regenesi is selected among the “100 Italian Stories of Circular economy” published by Enel and the Symbola Foundation.

2017

Regenesi wins the “Responsible Innovators” award of Emilia-Romagna Region and opens the first TedX on sustainability in Italy during the G7 Environment.

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