Projects
Maritime Ventures
Maritime Ventures is an initiative created by CDP Venture Capital that involves leading financial, industrial, and institutional players from the innovation ecosystem in Italy. Maritime Ventures aims to accelerate the nautical and port logistics sectors of our country, creating 10 new companies in three years with a fundraising target of approximately 70 million euros.
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Call4Startup Fincantieri
Call4Startup Fincantieri | Green Transition & Operational Excellence is the initiative dedicated to startups and SMEs to identify projects and opportunities in the strategic sectors in which Fincantieri operates, to foster the cross-contamination of technologies, optimize processes and promote sustainable growth.
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Upskill 4.0
Upskill 4.0 was born with the desire to promote the growth of young people and the competitiveness of companies and territories by implementing innovation projects with them, enhancing the skills of ITS. After a series of projects in various Italian regions, in collaboration with Fondazione Cariplo Upskill Milano comes to life, with the aim of supporting the development and innovation of the Milanese urban manufacturing, addressing companies operating in the craft and made in Italy sectors.
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Call for Solutions – Sustainable Food System
Call for Solutions – Sustainable Food System is the initiative launched within the Horizon2020 Food Trails project, which aims to develop more sustainable, healthy and inclusive food policies in 11 European cities: Bergamo, Birmingham, Bordeaux Metropole, Copenhagen, Funchal, Grenobel-Alpes Metropole, Groningen, Milan, Thessaloniki, Tirana, and Warsaw. The call selects innovative start-ups and SMEs to develop, in collaboration with Food Trails’ partner cities, strategic solutions to improve the sustainability of urban food systems.
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Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milano
Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milano was launched in December 2021 by Berkeley SkyDeck (the accelerator of the University of California, Berkeley), the Italian innovation hub Cariplo Factory, and the international real estate, infrastructure and urban regeneration group Lendlease. The acceleration program will take place in SkyDeck’s first European headquarters, in Milan, Italy, at the Milano Innovation District (MIND).
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Sustainability Waves | ESG Italian Startups
The Sustainability Waves | ESG Italian Startups report aims at illustrating the innovations of Italian startups in terms of sustainability according to ESG criteria. Not only that: with Sustainability Waves | ESG Italian Startups we want to discover and share the insights and stories of those entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the processes of transforming development models into sustainable logic, the heroes who, before and more than others, are committed to ensure our planet a future that fits for the next generations.
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Call4Startup Sustainable Innovation
Snaminnova is Snam's Open Innovation program that aims to enhance both the wealth of internal knowledge and experience, and the best innovative startups on the market, to promote an agile, inclusive and, above all, sustainable working methodology. The 2022 edition restarts with an internal innovation initiative called "Central of Ideas" and external "Call4Startup". Both paths are dedicated to Sustainable Innovation, to maximize the contamination and the exchange of know-how between Snam people and the Italian innovation ecosystem.
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Human Innovation Art
Human Innovation Art, organized by Cariplo Factory and Overart with the patronage of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the support of Fondazione Cariplo. Young artists from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts explored, through different languages, the links between innovation and people, the impact of transformative trends on our society, our relationships, our work, our rights and values.
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Terra Next
Terra Next, the acceleration program for startups and innovative SMEs operating in the Bioeconomy sector. The result of the CDP Venture Capital initiative, the program is part of the CDP National Accelerators Network, a network present throughout the country, with the aim of helping the growth of specialized startups in markets with greater potential. Terra Next sees the participation of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center as co-creator and promoter and the support of Cariplo Factory which will operationally manage the program.
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Federated Innovation @MIND
Federated Innovation @MIND is an innovative public-private collaborative model that aims to guide and coordinate the process of creating innovation within the MIND-Milano Innovation District. Currently it brings together different companies, and leaders in their respective sectors, which are working together in a virtuous and collaborative environment, in order to accelerate the translation of ideas into new products, processes and services in the field of Future of Health and City of the Future, which will contribute to the economic revival of the country. The Federated Innovation @MIND model, promoted by Lendlease and with the contribution of Cariplo Factory as the catalyst of the entire ecosystem, through a multidisciplinary and intersectoral approach, intends to go beyond open innovation and traditional corporate innovation, encouraging cooperation between different market players.
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Prometeo
Prometeo is the initiative promoted by AstraZeneca and open to the Italian health ecosystem. The project is in line with the priorities identified in the innovation agenda of the Life Sciences & Healthcare thematic area of Federated Innovation @MIND.
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Bando Evoluzioni
Bando Evoluzioni, born from the collaboration between Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione Cariplo, has the goal to encourage the digital transition, the implementation and consolidation of skills in digital innovation for entities operating in the social economy. The partnership envisaged for the accompaniment of institutions in all their phases is made up by Cariplo Factory, Intesa San Paolo Innovation Center and the LINKS Foundation.
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Coopen
Coopen is a participatory path promoted by Innovazione per lo Sviluppo, the program by Fondazione Cariplo program and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo with the aim of promoting innovation in the international cooperation sector. Coopen avails of the technical support of Cariplo Factory, Tiresia, JengaLab and Effecinque.
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Internet of Things
Eni - in partnership with Cariplo Factory - launches Call for startup Industrial IoT, a new open innovation initiative with the aim of identifying and implementing innovative solutions for monitoring industrial assets and for the integration and processing of data from sensors of the machineries. The main goal of the project is to select the best innovative solutions for the two areas of interest: Make sense of things and Make sense of data.
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Progetto ECO: Economia di Comunità
Fondazione Cariplo promotes the project ECO: Economia di Comunità to contribute to a sustainable economic development of the reference territory, in line with the indications of the European Union and the SDGs. The project aims to relaunch green employment, increase ability to attract investments related to sustainability and strengthen local networks. To achieve these objectives, Fondazione Cariplo has launched a Call for ideas to promote green and community business initiatives.
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Call4Startup Innovative Learning
Snaminnova is the Open Innovation initiative that aims to enhance Snam's internal wealth of knowledge and experience, through an Open Innovation program dedicated to the company's people and the best innovative startups on the market, with a series of thematic Call4Startups.
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Spazio Eventi
The former Ansaldo area - old factory, is an engine of experimentation and creativity within the Tortona district of Milan. Cariplo Factory preserves the spirit of excellence and innovation of the old factories. Once a place of industrial excellence, today it thrives on the energy of innovators, startups and companies engaged in circular and digital transformation. An ideal industrial architecture to enhance conferences but also presentations, fashion shows and concerts.
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Communications Data Mining
Eni - in partnership with Cariplo Factory - launches Communications Data Mining, a new open innovation initiative focused on data analytics with the aim of preventing, monitoring and optimizing communication processes and interactions with stakeholders.
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Pow(H)er Generation
Cariplo Factory has always been committed to the issue of gender equality. A highly topical international issue, included among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, a series of interconnected goals that are the basis of a better and more sustainable future for the entire community. For this reason, we want to give a voice to the Founders and CEOs of innovative startups/SMEs with Pow(H)er Generation - How to make a difference, a report that illustrates their enterprise, strategic vision, results and the impact generated by their businesses. Are you an entrepreneur who works in an innovative reality? Take part in the Pow(H)er Generation - How to make a difference report and make your story known.
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Next Energy
Next Energy is an initiative promoted by Terna, Cariplo Foundation and Cariplo Factory. The initiatives main objectives are to promote the development of talented young professionals, to support the development of innovative projects in fields related to the theme “A leading role in energy transition” through the research and adoption of new solutions and technologies able to make the electricity system flexible and responsive to changes, improving its safety, efficiency and sustainability.
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Circular Economy Lab
The Circular Economy Lab is an innovation initiative that arises from the partnership between Cariplo Factory and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center to contribute to the evolution of the Italian economic system and disseminate new models of value creation in the collective interest, accelerating the transition towards models of circular economy. The Circular Economy Lab was created in 2018 by the will of the Fondazione Cariplo and Intesa Sanpaolo.
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The voice of Cariplo Factory
The voice of Cariplo Factory, the appointment face-to-face with the Cariplo Factory team in order to give voice to innovation by stimulating dialogue between the world of large companies and startups, supporting the development of the country system and the interaction of our community.
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#Open2TheFuture
#Open2TheFuture is the Fastweb Open Innovation call developed in collaboration with Cariplo Factory with the aim of collecting innovative ideas and transform them into concrete services and solutions capable of responding quickly and easily to the needs of families and businesses by exploiting the potential offered by digital, which is proving to be a crucial element for the functioning of the society as never before.
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Digital HR
"Digital HR: Innovating for Growth" the Call for Startup created by Cariplo Factory and Eni, which aims to select innovative ideas to optimize the engagement and feedback process within the company, improve digital solutions for managing relationships and support the continuing education sector.
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ICC per InnovaMusei Call Get it!
The initiative was born on the initiative of Fondazione Cariplo, Lombardy Region and Unioncamere Lombardia, with the collaboration of Cariplo Factory, the Fondazione Cariplo's Open Innovation, Talent Management and Corporate Social Responsibility Hub. As part of InnovaMusei, this Call - which is part of the Get it! Program, promoted by the Giordano Dell'Amore Social Venture Foundation, a Foundation that invests in innovative projects with a social, environmental and cultural impact and promotes the culture of impact investing in Italy and Europe, carried out in collaboration with Cariplo Factory.
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Born to be crowd
Cariplo Factory together with BacktoWork, the main equity crowdfunding platform in Italy, to support startups in equity crowdfunding campaigns and in the process of raising capital by private and professional investors.
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Startup vs Covid-19
Speed is a decisive and determining element in the DNA of any startup, which does not have to adapt to this factor because it has already internalized it. The speed to flatten the infection curve, the speed in increasing the accommodation capacity of hospitals, the speed of finding effective tools to prevent and oppose the virus. Cariplo Factory describes the speed of Italian startups.
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Food Policy Hot Pot
Food Policy Hot Pot is an open innovation project created by Cariplo Factory to encourage social, technological and organizational actions, in order to respond to the priorities of the Milan Food Policy by enabling collaborative processes between research projects, startups, SMEs and large companies.
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ING Challenge
ING Challenge, the call for startups dedicated to the best Italian digital startups. A moment of discussion and study dedicated to the world of digital innovation, a great showcase for ideas.
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#EUvsVirus
A European response to address the challenges related to Covid-19: #EUvsVirus is a hackathon that was created with the aim of connecting civil society, innovators and investors from all over in Europe, and stimulating the conception and development of innovative solutions capable of countering the Coronavirus emergency. Organized by the European Commission, with the support of the European Parliament, #EUvsVirus takes place digitally from April 24th-26th, involving all member states.
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Fresh Start
Fresh Start is a window on change: how to approach it, develop it, guide it, exploit it and, finally, derive value from it. Not only through the vision and role of innovation, but also by providing a small "toolbox" to keep on hand and use as needed.
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This is me Hackathon_21
This is me Hackathon_21, initiative created by Dizme Foundation in collaboration with Cariplo Factory, Algorand, Fabrick, Infocert, Legal Hackers, Sweet Legal Tech, Ben, next generation currency, blockchain4innovation, B Heroes, A.P.S.P. and CRAD. The This is me Hackathon_21 initiative aims at identifying original ideas and innovative solutions, promoting the development of a new identity model for a real control of our privacy and personal data.
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CES 2020
Cariplo Factory is a partner of TILT, an initiative by Italian Trade Agency, which promotes Italian innovation in the international market through meetings with innovation experts, training workshops and international events. The beating heart of the initiative is the historic international event in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show, scheduled from 7 to 10 January 2020.
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Trace
Trace is an initiative of Cariplo Factory and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center which was born with the aim of mapping, narrating and implementing circular transformation programs for Italian companies.
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Smart City, Mobility & Transportation of tomorrow
The city of the future? An intelligent, integrated and interconnected urban area capable of developing a large part of the country's economic value: Cariplo Factory, in partnership with Cisco, Edison, Ferrovie dello Stato, Generali Jeniot, Moodis and LVenture Group, aims to enhance the ideas of startups and young innovators through the skills and experiences of great market players.
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Companies Talks
Cariplo Factory & Milano Digital Week present Companies Talks, the story of the most famous dot-coms that have changed our lives. A cycle of theatrical performances to discover the charismatic stories of those who, starting from a dream, has been able to transform an idea into a global company.
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B Heroes
B Heroes is an acceleration path aimed at companies with a high innovation content with operational headquarters in Italy. The initiative is documented through a television format to promote the spread and promotion of the culture of entrepreneurship in Italy. The acceleration program will have a duration of approximately 3 months and the selected company will have access to a minimum investment of 800 thousand euros.
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Fastweb Digital Academy
Fastweb Digital Academy was born to strengthen the employment prospects of young people through an offer of experiential training courses on digital skills required by the current and future job market. The courses, a combination of frontal teaching and laboratory methods, are taught by specialists and professionals in the sector. Initiative in collaboration with Cariplo Foundation and Fastweb.
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Get it!
Get it! is an initiative promoted by the Giordano Dell’Amore Social Venture Foundation, a company that invests in social impact projects and promotes the culture of impact investing in Italy. The project was developed and implemented by Cariplo Factory, the innovation hub created by the Cariplo Foundation to support the growth of new generation talents and entrepreneurs.
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Open Innovation for Circularity
Open Innovation for Circularity is an initiative promoted by the Sustainability Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy. The project aims to promote the meeting and collaboration between Italian startups and SMEs with innovative solutions in the circular and corporate economy that are part of the Sustainability Committee.
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99eLode
The 99 e Lode initiative, promoted by iO Donna, in collaboration with Cariplo Factory and Fastweb Digital Academy, aims to enhance and support female talent, offering to 99 young women, graduated with a grade between 100 and 110, the opportunity to participate in a free week of training and guidance on the most requested digital skills on the market.
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Milano Digital Week
The city as a platform, an element of the development of the individual and the entire community. For four days Milan becomes the capital of innovation, creating opportunities for meeting and knowledge and moments of reflection on the digital transformation that is revolutionizing our way of living, working, moving and having fun. Milano Digital Week is an initiative promoted by the Municipality of Milan and created by Cariplo Factory, IAB Italia and Hublab.
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Palestre Digitali
Palestre Digitali is the training project created by Accenture Italia, the Italian Accenture Foundation, Cariplo Factory, Young Women Network, Randstad, Assolombarda, Samsung and Job Farm. The initiative was born to increase the employment opportunities of young unemployed talents today through the development of the skills necessary to undertake a professional career in the digital field, an emerging area in the national job market.
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BioUpper
BioUpper is the first Italian Life Sciences platform that supports the best entrepreneurial projects through a structured approach providing access to trainings, resources and relationships within the innovation ecosystem and the medical/scientific sector. The goal of BioUpper is to support the best projects in order to transform them into actual business initiatives, thus actively contributing to the economic development of the Country and promoting youth employment. BioUpper is the initiative promoted by Novartis Farma and Fondazione Cariplo, in collaboration with IBM Italy, powered by Cariplo Factory and supported by Comin & Partners.
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Call For Music Innovation
Call For Music Innovation is the project born from the collaboration between Music Innovation Hub and Cariplo Factory. The initiative is dedicated to the best startups and innovative SMEs, able to offer creative industries models and development projects for new music consumption experiences.
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Talenti Inauditi
Talenti Inauditi is a project of Cariplo Factory dedicated to people who want to re-enter the world of work. A group path and an innovative methodology to rethink one's professional identity and look at the job market from a new perspective. The initiative is created in collaboration with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Plan C.
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Summer Camp
Sport, fun, technology: this is the DNA of our Summer Camp dedicated to children aged 8 to 13. An experience outside the box and without labels to experience the creative and expressive dimension through the practice of different languages.
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Open Innovation Art
The transformation of economic processes has produced a reformulation of the very concept of innovation: within this framework, the creative spark of Open Innovation is triggered, an inspiring principle for ten young artists of the School of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera who have created 30 works exhibited in exhibitions inside the spaces of Cariplo Factory.
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growITup
growITup is an initiative created by Cariplo Factory in partnership with Microsoft Italy aimed at stimulating the growth of the best Italian digital startups. growITup is an advisor to Indaco Venture Partners SGR in the digital segment.
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Smart City, Mobility & Transportation of tomorrow
The city of the future? An intelligent, integrated and interconnected urban area, capable of developing a large part of the country's economic value: Cariplo Factory, in partnership with Cisco, Edison, Ferrovie dello Stato, Generali Jeniot, Moodis and LVenture Group, aims to enhance the ideas of startups and young innovators through the skills and experiences of major market players.
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