At the end of the application phase, the Terra Next evaluation commission will select up to 10 innovative startups and SMEs that will access the acceleration program, benefiting from an initial investment and a 3-month course based in Naples, at the Naples Campus San Giovanni a Teduccio of the Federico II University, during which they will have the opportunity to grow through mentorship, training, networking and frontal in-depth moments dedicated to the consolidation of the value proposition and the business model, the technical validation and prototyping of the solutions, go-to-market support and fundraising.
The accelerator has so far received 263 Italian and international applications in the first two editions and has selected 15 startups in which it has already invested a total of 1.5 million euros, through acceleration tickets.
Terra Next is the result of the initiative of CDP Venture Capital and is part of the CDP National Accelerator Network - sees the participation of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center as co-creator and promoter and the support of Cariplo Factory, which operationally manages the program.
The accelerator, which benefits from the patronage of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, involves the corporate partners Pastificio Garofalo (core partner), Gruppo Getra, Gruppo Nestlé and Novamont, who provide their contribution in terms of know-how, assets and network for the development of startups, and the companies Aristea, Nolanplastica, Selepack and Tecno, members of Terra Next.
The program also involves the involvement of scientific partners, such as the Federico II University of Naples, the Campania Digital Innovation Hub, the SPRING Italian Circular Bioeconomy Cluster, the Materias deep tech innovation center, the S.R.M. study center. - Studies and Research for the South.
Thanks to the collaboration of these partners, the selected startups will be able to create synergies with industrial entities in the bioeconomy sector, already an excellence of Made in Italy.
