Global Partners

 
 
Orrick is a leading global law firm with a particular focus on serving companies in the technology, energy and financial sectors. We are recognized worldwide for delivering the highest-quality, commercially-oriented legal advice and for our culture of innovation and collaboration. Founded in San Francisco a century and a half ago, Orrick today is named by Law360 as one of the “Global 20” leading firms. Our platform offers clients a distinctive combination of local insight and global reach across 25 offices. Orrick practices in five core areas: Corporate, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance, Intellectual Property and Litigation. Known for our work in the technology sector, we act for many of the world’s top public companies as well as more than 1,200 start-ups.
 
 
Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie SA is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 436 billion (EUR 402 billion) in assets under management and custody at December 2015. Pictet & Cie SA is a partnership owned and managed by eight general partners with unlimited liability for the bank’s commitments. The Pictet Group, based in Geneva, employs more than 3,900 staff. The group has offices in the following financial centres: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Dubai, Florence, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Turin, Tokyo, Verona and Zurich.

 

Host Partners


The Enterprise Europe Network helps ambitious SMEs innovate and grow internationally. 

The Torino Chamber of Commerce is the prime institutional representative of the local economic system and aims to develop the local economy through effective interventions. The public organization is the voice of more than 225,00 companies working in the province, and gives concrete support on many general issues. These main functions are integrated through a diversified array of activities focusing on training, technological innovation, information and consultancy for companies involved in foreign trade, the fostering of business relations at home and abroad, the creation of services and financing of projects designed to assist new businesses, and the promotion and organization of important events for the economic and social evolution of the area of reference.
 Founded in 1945, The Piemonte Regional Association of Chambers of commerce, industry, handicraft and agriculture is a civil law association that brings together the Chambers of commerce of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbano Cusio Ossola and Vercelli.Unioncamere Piemonte serves and represents the interests of the Regional Chamber System and pursues the Chambers’common goals;it promotes the joint exercise of functions, services and expertise amongst the associated Chambers; and it ensures the relations with Regione Piemonte are coordinates. To this end, it carries out networking activities at the service of the associated Chambers of commerce, sets forth regional Chamber system’s policies and identifies future strategies and development directions. Unioncamere Piemonte also supports and promotes the general interests of the economic system and fosters initiatives that favour the development and internationalization of the region’s economy.

Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone, with a market capitalisation of 40.7 billion euro. Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in Italy in all business areas (retail, corporate, and wealth management). The Group offers its services to 19.2 million customers through a network of more than 5,300 branches well distributed in Italy and in over 40 countries.


Invitalia is the National Agency for inward investment and economic development, owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy. Focusing on strategic sectors for development and employment the aim is to boost the country’s economic growth especially in the Southern Regions. It manages national incentives that encourage the creation of new companies and innovative startups enhancing investments in pioneering areas, in fact; Invitalia Ventures S.p.A. is Invitalia’s asset management company (SGR) that manages the Italia Venture I Fund, allowing to actively coinvest with national and international VC and as such enforces Venture Industry and Italian innovative startups. Smart&Start Italia is a government-funded scheme that encourages new businesses in the digital economy and the expansion of results from the research system. The support consists in an interest-free loan to cover capital investment and operating costs related to starting the business. Moreover, Invitalia supports strategic and innovative initiatives in the tourism, industry and environmental protection areas with the use of specific Development Contracts. 
 

Lazio Innova is the Financial Development Agency of the Lazio Region whose main mission is to design, implement and manage actions and financial instruments for the regional economic growth, the access to credit, the territorial development and the support of innovation.
Its areas of intervention are environment & energy, culture, Innovation, research and start-ups, Internationalization and Social inclusion.

Lazio Innova supports and sustains both enterprises and the local public authorities providing services for startups and business development, venture capital, internationalization services, financial and guarantee schemes and management and provision of regional, national and European funds.
Lazio Innova also manages the participation of Lazio Region at Expo 2015.

   

The Startup Europe Team works for entrepreneurs to be more connected within the European ecosystem, where talent, investment and learning can be easily captured. We believe Europe's growth is going to be determined by savvy startups, and we want to support this startup growth. Startup Europe is based on four pillars:

- Connecting people through our array of networks, such as investors, accelerators, female entrepreneurs, corporate networks, universities and #EUTechWriters.
- Connecting the ecosystem by 5 Projects (Digistar, ePlus Ecosystem, Start-upScaleup, TwistDigital and WELCOME) and by supporting regional initiatives such as Startup Europe Week or Startup Europe Regions Network.
- Helping startups to soft-land in other markets such as Silicon Valley, India and The United Arab Emirates (coming soon).
-Celebrating entrepreneurs' success (Techallstars and Europioneers).

   
   
   
   

 

Bronze Partners

 


Octo Telematics is the global brand leader in telematics services for insurance companies, car makers, car rental companies and fleet managers, with 13 years of flawless execution in the insurance industry. Its integrated technology enables greater car connectivity as well as pioneering a fast-growing range of specialist applications. Octo Telematics partners with more than 150 companies all over the world and serves 4 million worldwide active customers on the road, with an average growth rate of over 150.000 new subscribers per month. The company manages the biggest telematics database in the world, holding 242 billion data points of mobility, with a rate of increase of 320,000 data points per minute, a 108 terabyte database and more than 400,000 road accidents reconstructed through algorithms.

 
Pi Campus is a seed investment fund based in Rome Italy, it was born as a the corporate venture arm of Translated, one of the first internet based translation service. Pi Campus invests between 25K and 500K in seed rounds. Pi companies have a 6 months free access to the Pi Campus District a unique villa-style working environment for growing companies in green area of Rome, Italy. As a philosophy, Pi Campus focus in hard tech problems that can disrupt traditional markets with an elegant solution.
 
 

Rai Way S.p.A. was incorporated on July 29 th, 1999 by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A., Italy's state-owned television and radio broadcaster, which owns, directly and indirectly, 100% of the ordinary shares of Rai Way.On February 29 th , 2000, RAI contributed to Rai Way, the assets, liabilities and employees engaged in the business of planning, installing, operating, managing, and maintaining its transmission and broadcasting network of voice, video and data. This business was previously, from January 1999 to February 2000, a separate business unit within RAI named Divisione Trasmissione e Diffusione  and, before January 1999, an integral part of RAI.

 

Through the spin-off, Rai Way aims to fully exploit the tremendous potential of its transmission and broadcasting network and commercial expertise. Rai Way's strategy is to become the wireless broadband network infrastructure provider of choice for the broadcasting and telecommunication industries in Italy.

 
   
   

 Local Support Partners

 

AIFI (Italian Private Equity Venture Capital and Private Debt Association) was created in May 1986, in order to promote, develop and represent institutionally the venture capital and private equity activity in Italy. The Association is an organization composed of different entities which, throughout direct investment of their own funds or through the management and advisory of independent funds (closed-end funds) are private equity and venture capital investors with the objective of purchasing, managing and divesting in unquoted companies.

Business Angels Europe (BAE) is the European Confederation of Angel Investing, representing the European Business Angels' Federations and Trade associations in Europe. BAE brings together the most active and developed countries operating in the angel market in Europe.
Business Angels Europe is the Voice of Angel Investing in Europe.
- Ensuring a supportive fiscal and regulatory framework for angel investig across Europe.
- Creating a connected ecosystem for angel investing across Europe, working with key players across the finance and business marketplace
- Promoting the growth of the angel market in Europe and raising awareness of angel investing to individuals with the capacity to invest, bringing both finance and experience to small businesses.

 


I3P is one of the main European university incubators. It hosts start ups in a variety of industries (IT/digital, Cleantech, Medtech and Industrial), founded by either members of the academic community, or by other entrepreneurs.

I3P provides startups with a thriving environment and a full suite of value-added services, including strategic and technical consulting, fundraising, recruitment and business development, in order to help entrepreneurial teams boost their business. Each year, I3P receives on average 350 applications, works on 120 projects and supports the incorporation of 40 new startups, of which 20 are admitted to its incubation process. I3P is a non-profit company founded by Politecnico of Torino, Metropolitan City of Torino, Torino Chamber of Commerce, Finpiemonte, City of Torino and Torino Wireless Foundation.

 

 

Media Partners

 

The 24 ORE Group is the leading Italian multimedia publishing organization, operating in the economic, financial, professional, and cultural information sector. More specifically, Il Sole 24 ORE, the leading newspaper in business, financial and regulatory information led by Roberto Napoletano, and key driver of the high brand profile of the Group's operations as a whole, is Italy’s second-major newspaper with 382,032 copies, and the Country’s top digital newspaper with 226,158 copies.