“Together with financial resources, another important ingredient of a thriving start-up ecosystem are entrepreneurs who are ready to engage in new projects,” stated Oecd in an assessment report of the Italian Startup Act, the policy including heterogeneous tools aimed at …
If there is a universal guide to innovation that every company should read, it is in the letters to shareholders that Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, writes every year. In particular, in the latest (published in April), the CEO of …
2018: record year for VC investments in the world 2018 was a record year for the venture capital market not just in Italy but globally. According to Kpmg, VC investments have reached 254 billion dollars worldwide – a sharp increase …
Italian start-ups closed rounds for an overall amount of 480 million Euros in 2018. Deals that were worth at least 3 million euros amounted to a total of 408 million Euros. Italy is preparing to reap the benefits of government …
Italy counts more than 10,000 innovative startups. This is good news for the Venture Capital market, since it means that VC funds can pick and choose from a wider basket, thus increasing their portfolio quality. The growing number of start-up …
The new Budget Law comprehends several innovative measures that, if well directed by the Implementation Decrees that should see the light at the end of March, will give new impetus to the Italian market of Venture Capital. These measures all …
Something is deeply changing in the relationship between banks and FinTech. Banks started to see FinTech startups as a threat only in 2010, but it wasn’t until five years later that they understood a simple truth: that instead of fighting …
Here’s the story of Mymenu, which is growing and innovating, focusing on senior and business customers, in a global food delivery industry that is still far from break-even and that represents an open bet for venture capital. Mymenu is not …
From the nights spent coding in a basement to entering one of the major Italian ICT players: this is the surprising story of Fabrizio Scuppa A basement in a suburban house and a geek with a vision. If it sounds …
Foldable monitors, technology’s “pink quotas” and beautifully crafted Made-in-Italy products that can gain their space in a China-dominated world The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the most important and long-living (since 1967) consumer electronics fair ended last week. More than 4,000 …