Innovative startups, UniCredit has the support program – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 24, 2015 at 18:39.

At the start at Luiss Enlabs Termini Station the 2015 edition of UniCredit Start Lab, the program to support innovative startups developed by UniCredit and now in its second edition. Register of companies in the hand and thanks to reports from the network of UniCredit branches throughout Italy, the team Country Development Plans of UniCredit has contacted more than 600 companies made up less than 4 years.

Among the main innovations of 2015, special attention to the facilities provided by UniCredit due to the Central Guarantee Fund for Innovative Startup, issue addressed during the meeting with Stefano Firpo, Head of the Secretariat technique of the Ministry for Economic Development.

There will also be opportunities to support startups already shown during 2014: “grant” money, co-investments in equity, managerial training sessions and mentorship, events “vertical” to search for corporate counterparties and potential investors. The opening work Garibotti Paola, Head of Country Development Plans of UniCredit and Luigi Capello, CEO of LVenture Group.

A witness to the goodness of the initiatives put in place in the first edition – which saw nearly 800 participating companies, 43 companies selected and directly supported, four companies recognized deserving of grant money and the first company co-financed for a total of 590,000 euro – some of the main protagonists of the success of UniCredit Start Lab: Roberto Magnifico, Board Member of LVenture Group, partner of UniCredit Start Lab in co-financing in equity; Roberto Macina, CEO Qurami, first company to benefit from the co-financing in equity ee Mantegazzini Francis, CEO MGH7 Venture Capital and Creator of Expo Startup.

Also this year, UniCredit Start Lab turns to reality with high technological content and innovative operating in 4 areas of Life Science, the Clean Tech, Digital and Innovative Made in Italy. The best companies in each category will be selected according to a scoring model developed by UniCredit which will evaluate the characteristics of entrepreneurial projects, the target market, team skills proponent and the quality of financial and descriptive information in support of the business plan. To evaluate the startup will be real exam boards composed of entrepreneurs, professional investors, managers and technicians.

The startup intending to participate in the edition 2015 of UniCredit Start Lab may enroll up to 30 April on the site www.unicreditstartlab.eu

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