Innovation ecosystems supported by Innovation Center

An innovation ecosystem is a structured and collaborative environment made up of startups, businesses, institutions, incubators and accelerators, universities, research centers, and other industry stakeholders. All these actors are connected and work together that exchange skills, technologies and opportunities and to transform experimentation and collaboration into real value. On this page, we discuss projects and programs designed to enter these ecosystems: a space dedicated to those who want to connect with key players, initiate strategic collaborations, and transform their local challenges into opportunities for shared growth.

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center's role in innovation ecosystems

Within innovation ecosystems, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center connects startups, companies, research centers, universities and institutions thanks to a team that continuously increases its skills and strategic partners, creating the conditions to bring innovation supply and demand together and promote contamination between different know-how.

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center supports the emergence and development of innovative supply chains through support for high-potential startups, open innovation programs with businesses, and new financing solutions.

This ability to aggregate different actors allows us to activate structured models of open innovation and generate value for territories, businesses, and communities. Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center thus becomes an engine of connection: it coordinates initiatives, facilitates partnerships by supporting the growth of a more dynamic, resilient and connected business fabric and contributing to the strengthening of the country's innovative capacity.

Ecosystems with specific focuses to respond to different needs

We promote match making between the supply and demand of innovation, institutions and resources of the territory by enabling companies, communities and startups to identify opportunities for partnerships and the creation of new sustainable and positive impact industrial chains for all stakeholders.

Terra Next – The Bioeconomy Accelerator of the National CDP Network

Italian Lifestyle Acceleration Program

VitalMatch Accelerator

Other active collaborations

National technology transfer poles

A national technology transfer hub is a structure that aims to transform scientific research results into concrete market applications, often promoted by public bodies, universities, or large operators. It promotes the transition from laboratory to enterprise, supporting patents, prototypes, startups and research-industry collaborations. In summary, “translates” scientific innovation into usable products and services.

Incubators

An incubator is an organization that helps startups in the early stages of development. It offers workspaces, mentoring, training, access to funding and networking. The aim is to increase the chances of success of new businesses, by providing skills and resources at the most critical early moments.

Supply chain venture building

A Supply Chain Venture Building is a startup creation model focused on a specific industrial supply chain (for example., energy, agrifood, fintech). A venture builder doesn't just support existing startups, but actively creates them, starting from concrete needs in the supply chain and involving large companies, investors, and technical expertise. The aim is to develop new businesses already integrated into the sector, with greater strategic coherence and scope for growth.

Galaxia - Aerospace (multiple locations)

Galaxia is a National Technology Transfer Hub dedicated to the development of new deep tech companies in the aerospace sector, promoted by CDP Venture Capital within the national Technology Transfer network together with the Obloo tech factory and launched in 2023.

The hub involves universities, research centers, and industrial partners with the aim of transferring technologies from the research space to the market and fostering the emergence and growth of innovative startups. Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is a corporate partner together with Neva sgr and FCSP.

Tech4Planet - Environmental Sustainability – Multiple Locations

Tech4Planet is the second National Technology Transfer Hub launched by CDP Venture Capital Sgr to transform projects developed in research laboratories dedicated to environmental sustainability into companies. It was founded in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Milan, the Polytechnic of Turin and the Polytechnic of Bari.

The goal is to foster the emergence of deep-tech startups from research centers and universities, support researchers in creating future national and international innovation champions, and enhance research results. Neva is a co-investor and the Ce Lab is a technical partner.

Bio4dreams - Life Sciences - Milan

Bio4dreams is a certified incubator of innovative startups in the very early stage and an accelerator and company builder in the Life Sciences.

It helps people enhance the products of their scientific research, working with all stakeholders in the innovation chain to create sustainable, pragmatic, long-lasting, and internationally renowned business paths. Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is a partner of this incubator.

Maritime Ventures is the Venture Building program dedicated to the maritime economy, born on the initiative of CDP Venture Capital with the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT). Cariplo Factory and Bridgemaker (DE) manage the project in Joint Venture.

Dedicated to the nautical and logistics-port chains of Genoa and Trieste, it is a path of conception, development and investment in new startups. Partners include Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, the Municipality of Genoa, Confindustria Genova, and the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The program includes an initial investment in equity through CDP Ventures' Boost Innovation Fund, Neva Sgr's SEI Fund.

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