Development opportunities for your startup

Growing your startup is an ambitious goal involving various aspects and which we want to help you achieve by putting different tools at your disposal, such as  match-making meetings with firms and investors, contacts of an international network  acceleration programs and access to funding. 

Solutions available for startups and innovative SMEs

We are at your side providing experience and services for development and growth

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Fabio Santini – Hevolus

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Emiliano Caradonna – Qwarzo

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Adriana Santanocito. – Ohoskin

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Giorgio Castagno - Robota

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Alessia Gloder  - Astradyne

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Cristina Mollis - The Okapi Network

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Felice D'Angelo - ItaliaRimborso

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Thomas Traspedini – WeGlad

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Leonardo Chiechi – Digitarca

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Camilla Conti – AdapTronics

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Carlotta Santolini – Mariscadoras

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Jonathan Polotto – Involve Space

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Paolo Forattini – LocalGreen

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Gianluca Manfredini – NDG Group

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 “Having Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center as a partner has many advantages: knowledge of the startup market and the possibility of generating business opportunities, for example at SMAU London 2024 we closed important deals thanks to its support.”

Fabio Santini – Hevolus

“ In Intesa we were able to meet people of great importance and of great depth who made us the challenge, but also enriched in a direct way and at the level of experience, ability to propose and formulation of content"

Emiliano Caradonna – Qwarzo

“Up2stars has been a truly important experience to understand our weak points of the and understand how to effectively exploit the strong ones to enter the market which has marked a sort of turning point”

Adriana Santanocito. – Ohoskin

"With Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, we started a path that was fundamental for our company. We have managed to develop the necessary tools to create a business plan consistent with a development plan that is leading us to great success"

Giorgio Castagno - Robota

"Intesa Sanpaolo certainly gave us a lot of visibility. On the one hand, it put us in touch with other startups in the sector, from which friendships and collaborations were born. On the other hand, with people interested in our reality as potential investors".

Alessia Gloder  - Astradyne

"The collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is fundamental for us because it puts us in contact with important players, such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, of which we have recently become partners thanks to them. And also to work on Open Innovation models".

Cristina Mollis - The Okapi Network

“ At this stage, the role of Intesa Sanpaolo was crucial because it was the only financial institution in the territory to believe in the project granting us in 2022 a funding of almost 500,000 euros, entirely used to start marketing campaigns aimed at tracking the conversion rate"”

Felice D'Angelo - ItaliaRimborso

"Intesa Sanpaolo has been very useful in giving us strategic advantages. For example, it opened the doors to many high level Networking contacts that led us to pass the selections for an accelerator in Tel Aviv"

Thomas Traspedini – WeGlad

"The advantage of having a partner such as Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is that it is able to quickly get you an audience that listens to you. It’s definitely a booster that can help us project into the next five years"

Leonardo Chiechi – Digitarca

"We needed a loan for a ban. Thanks to our local branch of Intesa Sanpaolo, we were able to conclude the transaction very quickly. We also set up a corporate financial planning, always with the collaboration of Intesa"

Camilla Conti – AdapTronics

"Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center has given me the opportunity to know other startups with which to collaborate, create events and eventually grow in our business" 

Carlotta Santolini – Mariscadoras

"In the Innovation Center I found a lot of concreteness and pragmatism, as well as answers to the various needs by getting in touch with investors or internal staff who who actually responded to our needs"

Jonathan Polotto – Involve Space

"Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center has created opportunities to start new collaborations, such as an event in Turin that allowed us to get in touch with PAM”

Paolo Forattini – LocalGreen

“Thanks to Innovation Center I had the opportunity to prepare the innovative idea very professionally, above all thanks to the training courses that helped me and the team to grow”

Gianluca Manfredini – NDG Group

Startup Tales

Discover the stories of the best startups of the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

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New call4startup for the 2025 edition

Applications for the acceleration program supported by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center are open until 20 November