Startups and innovative companies

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy has issued two decrees for the allocation of 108 million euros in order to refinance "Smart&Start Italy", an incentive that supports the creation and growth of innovative start-ups. The measure facilitates business projects to produce goods and services in the field of [...]

Greater support for companies with a high rate of innovation thanks to the memorandum of understanding signed between Invitalia and PNICube , the network of 53 associates, among universities and academic incubators, which promotes the National Innovation Award (NIA) for the entrepreneurial enhancement of research. The agreement aims to make [...]

Venture capital funds are launched to support the ecological and digital transition of startups and SMEs . With its 550 million euros budget, included as part of the NRRP "Support of startups and venture capital active in the ecological transition" and "Financing startups", funding will be provided through the two [...]

The new pan-European fund in support of high-tech startups has started under the ETCI-European Tech Champions Initiative promoted by the EIB Group (EIB - European Investment Bank and EIF -European Investment Fund) in collaboration with Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Belgium. The ETCI will strengthen European risk capital markets at [...]

Istat records a decrease of 5% in the three-year period 2018-2020 compared to the previous one The health crisis has slowed down the innovation race of Italian companies. This is certified by the data of a study published by Istat, according to which in the three-year period 2018-2020 50.9% of [...]

The Trade and Technology Council EU-USA takes the first steps and marks the beginning of a collaboration between the European Union and the United States of America to identify the areas in which it is worthwhile to work together to define common standards and adequate, effective responses on issues relating [...]

The European Commission has launched "Women TechEU", a support measure aimed at supporting 50 women-led start-ups through mentoring and mentoring to accompany female entrepreneurs on a path of training and business development. The first call for proposals will be launched in June 2021 with the support of the European Innovation [...]

The project event of the the "University, Innovation and Businesses" initiative took place last November 11th in Rome, at the headquarters of LVentures; the event is organized by Intesa San Paolo and the universities of Cagliari, Sassari, Catania, Palermo and Viterbo . The event is the culminating point of an [...]

In view of the discussion for the definition of the strategic programme "Horizon Europe", the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the revised version of the document that guides the implementation plan and defines the management of the new program, which will replace Horizon 2020 from 1 January [...]

Innovation does not consist only in the invention of a completely new product or process, but can also be represented by the radical transformation of a mature and consolidated production process through techniques developed in other contexts. For example, the world of beer production in recent decades has introduced incredible [...]