WHO WE ARE
Innovation Center, the frontier of innovation

Valorization of know-how
Where there is potential, we maximize it. We incentivize the development of innovative trends by arranging laboratories devised to create and hone skills.
Startup Development
When presented with a good idea, we endeavor to bring it to fruition. Our support for startups translates into coaching and networking activities, partnerships and financing.
Open innovation for businesses
We incentivize collaboration by helping businesses look around for partners and by developing open innovation platforms: sharing projects and talents fosters the development of innovation.
Spreading the culture of innovation
For us innovation means above all cultural change, which is why we spread the value of innovation culture through meet-ups and communication tools. Furthermore, we valorize relationships with the local territories and the main players in the market to enhance our strategic positioning as "ecosystem integrators".
Maurizio
Montagnese
President
Guido
de Vecchi
Executive Managing Director
Viviana
Bacigalupo
Innovation Planning and Governance
Alessandro
Balboni
Innovation Business Development
Luca
Pagetti
Startup Growth Financing
Luigi
Ruggerone
Trend Analysis and Applied Research
Massimiano
Tellini
Circular Economy
Filippo
Vecchio
Communication, Culture and Marketing of Innovation
Keeping up with innovation is simple. Thanks to Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center's service you will receive a round-up of the most important news regarding innovation and technology, selected specifically for you according to your interests. Don't miss our daily selection including industries, technologies, innovation ecosystems and much more.
Every day you’ll know what is happening in the world of innovation, regarding both your reference Industry and broader technologies and sectors.
Only the most important news will be chosen for you, eliminating background noise thanks to the use of keywords, search agents, specific algorithms and the work of specialized analysts.
You’ll be able to bring innovation to your company to set following innovations in motion, from the process to the development of the product up to the organization.
The service is also available in White Label, just insert your company’s logo and brand identity
You’ll be able to monitor over 500 of the best national and international web sources and national and international newspapers daily
Content personalization, plus the possibility to create new topics ad hoc, as well as the 30 already present.
Every day you’ll get the innovation news desired and of greater interest and relevance according to the issues you reported or selected from the more than 30 already present among Industries and Technologies and current and future trends. You can also request to send over 1,000 email addresses a week
The Open Innovation Service created by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center to help your business get to know and select innovation through an acceleration program for startups, chosen and selected according to your areas of interest.
The search and selection of startups will take place through the use of an innovative ecosystem which includes: incubators, accelerators and national and international hubs, also setting up a specific communication campaign.
You can also request the business plan analysis and key variables service sharing the most widely used methods and metrics for evaluating startups.
You can choose to train your managers boosting competences in the fields of research, selection and acquisition of innovation of your company.
You’ll be able to explore and select startups of your interest via an acceleration program built around your needs.
You’ll also be able to take advantage of financial analysis and manager training services.
The program structure will be defined together: channels, instruments and selection phases, training startups and promoting an innovation culture.
The program structure will be defined together: channels, instruments and selection phases, training startups and promoting an innovation culture. The 20/30 best startups taking part in the kick-off call will face one another in a competitive format, which will conclude with the selection of the winner/winners among the best 8.
The service provided by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center that facilitates the creation of business opportunities for your startups or innovative SME's, that offers highly innovative services potentially interesting for businesses, in support of your commercial positioning.
Knowing your market will be easy: you’ll get support in analyzing your reference market and in finding business opportunities.
You’ll get support in sales positioning, in seeking capital and industrial partnerships
You’ll be able to give your technological solutions visibility, presenting them at Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center’s Demo Center and during national and international events.
We’ll support you in developing your business through assessment, scouting, seeking potential partners and promotion.
The agreement is not exclusive and lasts 12 months from the subscription date.
Through our services of assessment, scouting, seeking potential partners and promoting of your highly innovative services.
Thanks to Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center you can easily discover the best technologies and innovative solutions for your company so as to create new businesses that focus on innovation and increase your competitiveness in the market.
A highly personalized service to help you find the most useful technologies to meet your industrial and investment needs.
Guaranteed privileged access to strategic partners’ sources and data such as: incubators, research centers, universities and specialized firms. Both national and international.
The solutions found will be selected and analysed at a technological and financial level to favor transfer
You’ll be able to find groundbreaking technologies developed in your industrial sector of reference or in new sectors of interest to you.
You’ll be able to increase your competitiveness
or launch a new business thanks to research in innovative technologies.
You’ll get detailed information about the technological targets and an evaluation about it.
Thanks to the research of innovative technologies you’ll be able to increase your competitiveness or launch a new business. According to the complexity of the requisites the service will reach you about 20-40 days after signing the contract.
Artificial Intelligence Lab ha sede a Torino e opera in collaborazione con il partner scientifico Fondazione ISI , ente di ricerca privato che conduce ricerche radicate nell'area della scienza dei sistemi complessi, un campo che l'istituto ha contribuito a plasmare per oltre tre decenni. Diretto dal Prof. Mario Rasetti, l'istituto opera nei settori all'avanguardia della scienza dei sistemi complessi e della scienza dei dati, con un approccio strategico interdisciplinare e una decisa attitudine verso l'innovazione e l'esplorazione dei nuovi campi della scienza, del sapere, del progresso e della tecnologia. Artificial Intelligence Lab ha come principali ambiti di attività l’applicazione dell’Intelligenza Artificiale in ambito Gruppo ad esempio nei campi della Gestione del Rischio di Credito, degli Investimenti e della Finanza e nel campo Assicurativo, ma anche in altre industries a supporto di clienti (committenza esterna).
Neuroscience Lab ha sede a Lucca e opera in collaborazione con il partner scientifico Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca, istituzione universitaria, di ricerca e alta formazione diretta dal Prof. Pietro Pietrini che si è distinta per la qualità e la capacità innovativa della sua ricerca e del suo programma di dottorato e per la sua natura interdisciplinare caratterizzata dalla complementarietà di metodologie desunte da materie quali l’economia, l’ingegneria, l’informatica, la matematica applicata, la fisica, le neuroscienze cognitive e sociali, la storia politica, l’archeologia, la storia dell’arte e l’analisi e la gestione del patrimonio culturale. Neuroscience Lab ha come principali ambiti di attività l’applicazione delle neuroscienze all’interno del Gruppo nei campi delle Risorse Umane, della Formazione, del Marketing e della Ergonomia Cognitiva, ma è attivo anche con committenze esterne (es. esperienze neuroscientifiche in ambito museale).
This is where you will find the announcements of the calls currently open. If no calls are presently active, you can still
submit your startups
on the Startup Initiative platform..
For the Open Innovation of the Circular Economy Lab programs you can apply on the
Trace platform directly.
In its second edition, is a call dedicated to the innovation, addressed to startups and scaleups in the fields of media, entertainment and gamification.
The 14th edition of BioInItaly, the call for the selection of projects in the Circular Bioeconomy, Red Biotech, Medical Devices fields, is open. It’s organized by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Assobiotec and Cluster Spring. Applications close on February 07th.
"Circularity goes digital" starts, an initiative that aims to launch acceleration processes for the adoption of the circular economy by italian companies, through digital technologies and open innovation, in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Cariplo Factory and Microsoft.
The first phase began with the selection of startups.
Selection of startups gets under way for the second edition of Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator, the acceleration program dedicated to Smart Mobility technologies, arising from collaboration between Techstars, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CRT.
Applications will be open until 11 October 2020, the program will be held from 25 January to 22 April 2021.
Immediate is the very first call focused on media, aimed at startups and teams who want to develop their ideas in the field of communication, entertainment and gamification.
enterprise 4.0
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enterprise 4.0
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3DNextech has developed a device specifically designed for post production in additive manufacturing. It facilitates automation in finishing processes, resulting in considerable savings in time and costs. In addition to treating the surface of objects, it improves both mechanical characteristics and appearance.
enterprise 4.0
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enterprise 4.0
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Wsense is a high tech Italian company specialized in monitoring and communication systems offering pioneering, patented solutions in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT). Wsense wireless technology ensures secure multimodal underwater communication between underwater platforms, surfaces and robotics.
agritech
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agritech
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Bluetentacles is a plug&play solution for revamping agricultural irrigation systems which, thanks to the integration of Artificial Intelligence and IoT, enhances production via intelligent management of water resources.
enterprise 4.0
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enterprise 4.0
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A spin-off of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Mediate Srl is an innovative start-up in the field of collaborative robotics. The core business lies in developing new application-driven I4.0 pilot robotic systems to be used for integrating and experimenting with low economic impact, technical-financial validation in firms and subsequent scale-ups.
Service
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Service
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Matipay is the innovative payment system that guarantees a simple and complete user experience thanks to the instant connection between vending machines and the mobile App with the virtual wallet that can be topped up via cash dispenser, credit card or PayPal.
Financial
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Financial
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Through a single, intuitive screen, the user can monitor expenses and invest savings automatically. By organizing accounts, cards and payment systems, Oval Money lets you keep expenditure under control at all times and make the best decisions with the help of AI suggestions.
Service
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Service
Sector
Bookable via app and website, the service allows you to always keep cars and motorbikes bright and shiny, without having to worry about taking them to the carwash. A Wash Out employee will clean the vehicle anywhere it is parked: at the office, at home or in front of the gym, saving the client considerable time.
Components
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Components
Sector
Blubrake is a market leader specialized in technologies applied to braking systems for lightweight electric vehicles. The company has developed a unique ABS (anti-lock braking system) for e-bikes that can be completely built into the frame, making the driving experience safer and more enjoyable on any type of e-bike, from the city bike to the trekking one, from the mountain bike to the cargo bike. A light and invisible technology to guarantee maximum safety on your e-bike.
2nd March 2021
The Venture Capital Monitor, a complete annual report that captures the situation of investments in innovation in our country, was presented during the press conference on 25 February. The study demonstrates how venture capital is a real boost to development and how, despite the difficult period, it is constantly growing with the birth of new players and new ecosystems.
The report analyzes the results of venture capital investments with an updated mapping of the data and, compared to previous years, adds an in-depht analysis of Business Angels and the early stage market.
The Venture Capital Monitor was drawn up by AIFI (Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt) in collaboration with LIUC - Business School, and saw the support of the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and participation in the steering committee of Guido de Vecchi. As de Vecchi states “even in a very special year, we have continuously contributed to achieving the results reported by the VeM.“
26th february 2021
The report Open Innovation in Italy - The key factors for the success of the innovation activity of an Italian company, prepared by COTEC - Fondazione per l'Innovazione, in collaboration with Enel Foundation and the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli - LUISS, was presented on 24 February. This year the report was dedicated to open innovation, one of the most effective methods to bring innovation in companies and thus increase their profitability. The report analyzes in depth the state of open innovation in Italy and presents interesting stories of innovation. Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center has contributed with the presentation of its Startup Initiative program, the Iren Startup Award case history and an editorial by Chairman Maurizio Montagnese, that talks about the mission and projects of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center.
9th february 2021
The Circular Economy Lab has given its contribution to the latest Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s paper Universal circular economy policy goals: enabling the transition to scale, released on 28th January 2021. This report aims to create a common direction of travel in policy development for a faster transition to a circular economy and indicates five universal policy goals:
#1. Stimulate design
Enable all products to be designed, accessed, and used in ways that eliminate waste and pollution.
#2. Manage resources to preserve value
Promote the development of business models that keep products and materials in the economy at their highest possible value.
#3. Make the economics work
Create economic incentives and set regulatory requirements that enable circular economy solutions to become the norm.
#4. Invest in innovation, infrastructure and skills
Invest public money and stimulate private sector investment to develop the skills required to create circular economy opportunities.
#5. Collaborate for system change
Work across government departments, nationally and internationally to build policy alignment and durable change.
The launch event took place on the 2nd February and have seen the participation of Massimiano Tellini, Director Global Head of Circular Economy at Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center.
2nd february 2021
Techstars, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, CRT Foundation and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center announced the 12 startups selected from hundreds from 4 continents and 54 countries around the world that, from 25th of January, have officially joined the Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator 2021, the first startup acceleration program in Europe dedicated to Smart Mobility.
The program, for now all virtual, will last 13 weeks and will culminate on the Demo Day of 22 April 2021 with the presentation of the results to a wide audience of venture capitalists, business angels, investors, entrepreneurs and institutions.
Of the 12 startups selected by Techstars - leading global accelerator that has already supported over 2,300 new startups with 43 programs worldwide - 4 are Italian, 3 English, 2 Israeli, 1 American, 1 Portuguese and 1 Latvian: Blink, Cargofive, Crispify, Deliverart, Duet, eTEU, Imperium Drive, Kedeon, Latitudo 40, Prognostic, Trailze, and Wiseair. The range of industrial sectors covered by the proposals is very wide: supply chain, logistics, automotive, air quality, industry 4.0, micromobility, and satellite monitoring.
As stated by Maurizio Montagnese, “this year too, despite the limitations imposed by the health emergency, we expect that the excellent realities selected from all over the world will be able to grow and implement new projects in our country.”
16th december 2020
2020 has been a year in which innovation and technology both offering solutions to international challenges such as Brexit and Covid-19.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, will host a virtual panel in which important representatives of the UK corporate, banking and innovation scene will take part; this will be followed by a pitch session dedicated to Italian technological companies capable of providing innovative solutions in response to the current international scenario.
The webinar will take place on December 16, 2020 at 10.00am GMT (11:00 am CET); the round table - moderated by G.M. Volpicelli, senior editor at Wired UK - will see the participation of IBM, Intesa Sanpaolo and London&Partners. Afterwards, the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center will introduce the pitch session dedicated to 4 Italian startups able to offer innovative technological solutions.
24th november 2020
In times of pandemic, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center made its contribution with two important projects of its Laboratories.
The first, by the Neuroscience Lab, studied the impact on individuals and the community of the period we are experiencing, analyzing what happens in our brain in situations of anxiety and fear and trying to give precise indications to avoid situations of psychological suffering. This is the study called “COVID-19 Pandemic: the impact on socio-emotional well-being from a neuroscientific perspective”.
The Artificial Intelligence Lab, in collaboration with the epidemiology laboratory of the Sacco Hospital in Milan, has classified the genomic sequences of the virus collected in various hospitals, managing to quickly isolate around 1500 genomic sequences, identifying mutations and highlighting three different strains of the virus. An important step to learn more about the pandemic and to fight it, but also a beautiful example of public-private collaboration in research.
12th November 2020
On November 12th, the public event of the Alleanza per l’Economia Circolare was held online. During the meeting the new Position Paper 2020 was presented, in the presence of the Deputy Minister for Economic Development Stefano Buffagni.
The Alleanza per l’Economia Circolare, of which Intesa Sanpaolo is also a member together with 17 other Italian companies, gathers and disseminates knowledge, involves people, associations, interest groups and addresses the government and Europe. The goal is to carry on the real circularity that aims to minimize the consumption in all its forms.
The Alleanza’s new Position Paper 2020 presents the road map towards a circular economic model: five objectives and 23 detailed actions aimed at making full use of the potential for economic, social, environmental and decarbonization development linked to the circular economy. A 7% increase in investment, a 10% reduction in raw material costs, as well as 700.000 new jobs in Europe by 2030 and a 56% drop in CO2 emissions by 2050.
The Position Paper 2020, composed of 16 sheets with projects and good practices that demonstrate the effectiveness of circularity and the concreteness of the commitment of all Alleanza members. It deepens their experiences focusing on: key value chains in the consumer goods, circular bioeconomy, chemistry and engineering, energy and utilities, finance, fashion and luxury, shipbuilding industry, catering and tourism sectors.
The event was also an opportunity to welcome the new member, Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.
The main circular economy projects and the points of view of companies were also shared, told by CEOs and Presidents of some of the Alleanza companies. The event was an opportunity to discussion with representatives of the Government, in order to shed light on the evolution of policies for the circular economy and the next steps.
4th November 2020
On 15 and 16 October took place in Rome Next Generation, the event organized by Talent Garden and dedicated to innovation, which brought to the stage and in live streaming, the experience of hundreds of key players of the Italian innovative ecosystem. The aim of the meeting was to redefine the country's future, starting from three fundamental assets: food tech, education and cultural heritage.
During the event, Guido de Vecchi, Managing Director of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, has been interviewed. He spoke about the Group's commitment to finance the transition from the linear to the circular economy model and the strategic importance of the food sector in our country, with an unmatched tradition and heritage in the world.
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