ITA References for Entrepreneurs 2021
Organizations within the Italian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
CDP Venture Capital SGR S.p.A.
CDP Venture Capital – Fondo Nazionale Innovazione aims to make Venture Capital a strategic pillar to Italy's economic growth and innovation, creating the conditions for a comprehensive and sustainable growth of the Italian Venture Capital ecosystem.
Web: https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page
Invitalia is Italy's National Agency for Inward Investment and Economic Development. It is owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy. Invitalia aspires to boost Italy’s economic growth, focusing on strategic sectors for development and employment. It is committed to reviving crisis areas and operates mainly in the South of Italy. Invitalia manages all national incentives that promote the creation of new companies and innovative startups. Invitalia finances small to large projects, targeting entrepreneurs with concrete development plans, especially in innovative and high added-value sectors.
Useful Events in Italy for Investments in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
BIAT, an initiative of the Italian Trade Agency, is the most prominent event included in the “Piano Export Sud”, a comprehensive and ambitious 5 year action plan designed to benefit SMEs, start-ups, university spin-offs and research centers of eight Italian Regions: Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Sardinia and Sicily. The Plan is developed in cooperation with the Italian Ministry for Economic Development (MiSE), in compliance with the European Commission National Operational Plan on Enterprises and Competitiveness 2014 – 2020 (European Regional Development Fund – ERDF).
Smau is the main business matching platform in Italy about innovation chosen each year by over 50,000 entrepreneurs, managers of companies and public administrations to grow and update on topics such as innovation, leading-edge technology, digital and internationalization. Smau has shaped its own format, promoting networking and professional updating, becoming a relationship platform that connects companies with the entire innovation ecosystem: digital players, startups, incubators, accelerators, following the dynamics of open innovation.
ITA - Italian Trade Agency is the Governmental agency that supports the business development of our companies abroad and promotes the attraction of foreign investment in Italy.
The Foreign Investments Attraction Department is a dedicated unit of ITA for facilitating the establishment and the development of foreign companies in Italy. The Department's main activities focus on: promoting business opportunities; helping foreign investors to establish or expand their operations; supporting investors throughout the investment life cycle and offering high-level tutoring services for existing strategic investments. For more information go to https://www.ice.it/en/invest/invest-italy
With a motivated and modern organization and a widespread network of overseas offices, ITA provides information, assistance, consulting, promotion and training to Italian small and medium-sized businesses. Using the most modern multi-channel promotion and communication tools, it acts to assert the excellence of Made in Italy in the world. In the US, the Agency operates five (5) offices in New York, Chicago, Houston, Miami and Los Angeles
US Network Portal: https://www.ice.it/en/markets/usa
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