About to arrive Italian Innovation Hub, an initiative sponsored by the Research & Entrepreneurship Foundation and intended to support innovative Startups and SMEs.
The project, located in the Ligurian-Genoese area, was launched with the collaboration of Confidustria Genova. The purpose is to foster the development of innovative entrepreneurship focused on high-potential spin-offs, startups and SMEs in the high-tech sector. Each company possessing the required characteristics will be able to present its candidacy by means of a "Call", at the same time regulating the selection and evaluation procedure.
The Italian Innovations Hub program translates into two initiatives that are expected to have multiple repercussions throughout Liguria. The first, “Programma Regionale Sviluppo Startup”, aims to support the acceleration of entrepreneurial projects and is dedicated only to players in the Liguria Region. The second "National Innovative SME Development Program”, is aimed at tech-based entrepreneurial realities that want to increase their skills and abilities by taking advantage of the support of the large partner companies of the Foundation (Finmeccanica, Telecom Italia, Intesa SanPaolo) and is open to national entities that intend to stabilize an industrial collaboration in the Ligurian territory – Genoese.
Those who manage to pass the selections will enjoy various elements of cash rewards, services, consultancy, training and access to tailor-made services provided by consultants.