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”INNOVATIVE” AND
FUNDED STARTUPS
”INSTITUTIONAL”
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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The Italian StartupEcosystem:—”Who’s Who”
. Preface by The Italian Ministry of Economic Development 3
. Introduction 5 51. The Italian Startup Ecosystem: the players 7
1.1.”Innovative Startups” 101.2.Funded Startups 111.3.”Institutional” Investors 121.4.Incubators and Accelerators 131.5.Science and Technology Parks 141.6.Coworking spaces 151.7.Startup competitions 161.8.Associations, Online Resources & Communities 17 17
2. The Italian Startup Ecosystem: the regions 192.1.Valle d’Aosta 202.2.Piemonte 212.3.Lombardia 222.4.Veneto 232.5.Trentino-Alto Adige 242.6.Friuli-Venezia Giulia 252.7.Liguria 262.8.Emilia-Romagna 272.9.Toscana 282.10.Marche 292.11.Umbria 302.12.Lazio 312.13.Abruzzo 322.14.Molise 332.15.Campania 342.16.Puglia 352.17.Basilicata 362.18.Calabria 372.19.Sicilia 382.20.Sardegna 39 39
3. Investments in hi-tech startups in Italy 413.1.Investments 423.2.Funded Startups 44 44
. Methodology 47
CONTENTS
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Dear reader,
As you might already know, Italy has recently passed robust and innovative legislation recognising the role the startup ecosystem plays in promoting sustainable growth, technological development and employment, especially for young people.
With the same goal in mind, this publication aims to give you a picture of who in Italy is engaged in making our country more innovative and competitive.
At the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, the institution that drew up and implemented the new leg-islation, we believe that startups can considerably help our country develop a new business culture, create an atmosphere open to entrepreneurship and innovation, increase social mobility and attract investment and tal-ented people from abroad.
We are confident that, while reading through the following pages, you too will be impressed by the richness and variety of the Italian startup ecosys-tem. We hope you will be inspired to explore deep-er by looking up the online version of this project (www.italiastartup.it/whoiswho, a living document subject to continuous update and improvement) and get in touch with some of Italy’s top players in this industry.
As you can imagine, this new generation of innovative companies was born earlier than our policy, which was approved in 2012. Our startup ecosystem had to strug-gle for many years before receiving the public recogni-tion it deserves.
However, you might be glad to know that thanks to our legislation Italy’s startups can now benefit from a huge and diverse range of incentives, support and benefits, including:1. No registration fees for the creation and registra-
tion of a startup;2. Tailored and flexible labour law applicable within
their team;3. Possibility to remunerate team members and con-
sultants with stock options and work for equity respectively, and to
4. split the workers’ salary in two parts, one fixed and one dynamic, the latter depending on the per-formance of the startup;
5. Tax credits for the employment of highly quali-fied personnel;
6. Tax incentives for corporate and private invest-ments in startups for the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, ranging from 19 to 27%;
7. More flexible corporate governance tools;8. Access to equity crowdfunding portals (by the
way, Italy has become the first country in the world to introduce a legal framework for this type of fun-draising);
. Preface by The Italian Ministry of Economic Development
9. Fast-track, simplified and free-of-charge access for startups to a government fund providing guaran-tees on bank loans of 80%;
10. Targeted and tailored support in internationalisation, provided by the Italian Trade Promotion Agency;
11. Fail-fast procedure, allowing the entrepreneur to start a new business project as soon as possible.
Moreover, the recent policy Destinazione Italia (destinazioneitalia.gov.it/english), whose goal is to at-tract foreign investment and improve the competi-tiveness of Italian firms, includes further measures supporting the Italian startup ecosystem, such as fast-
track procedures to provide anyone choosing to start up an innovative business in Italy with a Startup Visa.
These developments attest the continuity and perse-verance of our commitment to supporting innovative startups and startup-related businesses.
We are really determined to make entrepreneurs’ lives easier. Interacting and sharing skills with overseas tal-ent like you can contribute to this goal.
We really hope you enjoy getting to know the world of Italian startups.
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THE ITALIAN MINISTRYOF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Italia Startup and the Politecnico di Milano School of Management’s Osservatori Research Centre, in collabo-ration with SMAU and officially supported by the Min-istry of Economic Development, are pleased to present “The Italian Startup Ecosystem: Who’s Who”. It is a per-manent initiative, whose objective is to provide both the national politico-economic system and international stakeholders with an accurate and continually up-to-date picture of the main players in the Italian startup ecosystem.
The project is closely connected to the first Osservato-rio Italia Startup-Politecnico di Milano, which was also introduced at SMAU: an Observatory that provides a quali-quantitative analysis of the Italian startup eco-system and the dynamics that characterise it. This pub-lication presents the Observatory’s initial analysis of the investments made in hi-tech startups in Italy in the last two years.
The map is a complementary tool, which is online, dy-namic, and regularly updated, that represents a start-ing point from which to monitor the ecosystem. It will be made available in two formats:• aprintedpublicationthatsummarises–usingdigi-
tal infographics for Italy as a whole and for each individualRegion–themainplayersthatmakeupthe startup ecosystem in Italy; the first publication will be distributed at SMAU Milan 2013, but will be
updated and reprinted several times a year in cor-respondence with the other regional sessions of the SMAU Roadshow;
• an onlinemap, updated regularly, subdivided intothe same categories as the publication, where it is pos-sible to consult the profile of each recognised player, including internet site and contact information (www.italiastartup.it/whoiswho).
The ecosystem members displayed on the map belong to the following categories: “innovative startups” (ac-cording to the definition established by law through Decreto Sviluppo Bis), funded startups, “institutional” investors, incubators and accelerators, scientific and technological parks, coworking spaces, startup com-petitions, associations, online resources & commu-nities. Inspired by similar initiatives in other coun-tries, this project provides a picture that identifies the main players in Italy, subdivided into regional areas, that portrays the full extent of the national ecosystem in real time.
All ecosystem players that are not shown on the map, but wish to be included, are invited to click on the but-ton “tell us who you are” available on the Association website (www.italiastartup.it).
To underline the extent of internationalisation that un-derlies this project, with strong backing from the Min-
. Introduction
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istry of Economic Development, the publication and the online map are published in English.
This important project is the first of its kind in Italy. It was established with the aim of creating a structure within a complex, heterogeneous and rapidly evolving sector and is a strategic asset for the country.
By supporting this important initiative along with its partners, Italia Startup confirms its role not only as an entity charged with developing a constructive dia-logue with the institutions but also as a frontline play-er in the realisation of a solid and competitive Italian startup ecosystem, aiming to turn Italy too into a real “startup nation”.
FEDERICO BARILLIITALIA STARTUP
ANDREA RANGONESCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTPOLITECNICO DI MILANO
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FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
LAST UPDATE, OCTOBER 14TH 2013
See Methodology for the definitions of all the categories of ecosystem members
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
NUMBERS
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FUNDEDSTARTUPS
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34
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COWORKINGSPACES
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”INNOVATIVESTARTUPS”
INCUBATORSAND ACCELERATORS
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS” * * According to the definition of ”innovative startup” established by law through Decreto Sviluppo Bis
”INSTITUTIONAL”INVESTORS
“INSTITUTIONAL” INVESTORS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
ONLINE RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
SCIENCEAND TECNOLOGYPARKS
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1.1.”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FOR THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE PLAYERS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.ITALIASTARTUP.IT/WHOISWHO
Last update, October 14th 2013.It is continuously updated and can be consulted, together with a vast range of information on each startup, at http://startup.registroimprese.it/report/startup.pdf
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1.2.FUNDED STARTUPS
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1.3.”INSTITUTIONAL” INVESTORS
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1.6.COWORKING SPACES
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1.8.ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
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2.1.VALLE D’AOSTA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
000200
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL 31513903
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111 5 2 8 5 10 1 1
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2.3.LOMBARDIA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
232 39 19 18 5 14 12 5
362213196030
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
113 17 3 6 3 8 6 0
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2.5.TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
62 0 0 4 3 1 0 0
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COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.6.FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
48 1 1 4 2 2 0 0
035431
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Ts•
Ud•
Pd•
Ts•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.7.LIGURIA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
030000
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Ge•
Ge•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.8.EMILIA-ROMAGNA
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
135 4 1 11 1 6 1 1
3931234
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Bo•
Fc•
Ra•
Mo•
Pr• Fe
•Bo•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
Fi•
Si•
Ar•
Gr•
Li•
Lu•Pi
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Pt•
Fi•
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2.9.TOSCANA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
92 7 1 12 4 5 2 2
68101336
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”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.10.MARCHE
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
61 2 1 1 0 2 1 0
330132
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An•
Pu•
An•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.11.UMBRIA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
11 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
008102
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Tr•
Pg• Ap
•Pg•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.12.LAZIO
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
120 10 3 8 3 6 5 1
159881010
FOR THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE PLAYERS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.ITALIASTARTUP.IT/WHOISWHO
Rm•
Rt•
Fr•
Rm•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.13.ABRUZZO
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
17 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
000201
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Pe•Aq
•Aq•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.14.MOLISE
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
000000
FOR THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE PLAYERS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.ITALIASTARTUP.IT/WHOISWHO
Cb•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.15.CAMPANIA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
49 11 1 6 4 0 1 0
30106311
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Na• Sa
•
Na•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
2.16.PUGLIA
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
51 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
323102
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Le•
Ba•
Ba•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.17.BASILICATA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
000300
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Pz• Mt
•Pz•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
Cz•
Kr•
Cs•
Vv•
Cz•
2.18.CALABRIA
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NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
15 4 0 1 3 1 1 0
328104
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”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
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2.19.SICILIA
NUMBERS
PERCENTAGE OF ITALIAN TOTAL
30 4 0 6 1 6 1 0
393604
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Pa•
Sr•
Ct•
Cl•En
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Me•
Ct•
”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
Ca•
Ss•
Ca•
325306
FOR THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE PLAYERS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.ITALIASTARTUP.IT/WHOISWHO
2.20.SARDEGNA
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”INNOVATIVE STARTUPS”
FUNDED STARTUPS
“INSTITUTIONAL“
INVESTORS
INCUBATORS
AND ACCELERATORS
SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
COWORKING
SPACES
STARTUPCOMPETITIONS
ASSOCIATIONS, ONLINE
RESOURCES & COMMUNITIES
36 6 0 3 2 1 1 0
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TOTAL INVESTMENT IN HI-TECH STARTUPS IN 2012 AND 2013
DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENTS BY INVESTOR TYPE
3.1.INVESTMENTS
112 ≈110
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2012 2013*
Mill
ion
€
Year
* Values for 2013 are estimated
71%
29%
2012
"Institutional" Investors
Business Angels, Family Offices, Incubators and Accelerators
TOTAL: 112 Million €
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DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENTS BY SECTOR
9%
16%
73%
2% 2012
Life Sciences
Cleantech and Energy
ICT
Other
TOTAL: 112 Million €
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DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDED STARTUPS BY INVESTOR TYPE
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDED STARTUPS BY SECTOR
3.2.FUNDED STARTUPS
39%
65%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
"Institutional" Investors Business Angels, Family Offices, Incubators and Accelerators
TOTAL FUNDED STARTUPS: 167
2012
17%
7%
72%
3%
Life Sciences
Cleantech and Energy
ICT
Other
TOTAL FUNDED STARTUPS: 167
2012
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DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDED STARTUPS BY REGION
BACKGROUND AND AGE RANGE OF STARTUP FOUNDERS
60% 22%
18%
North
Centre
South and Islands
TOTAL FUNDED STARTUPS: 167
2012
TOTAL FUNDED STARTUPS: 80
83%
17%
Managerial Technical
26%
44%
30%
< 30 years > 40 years 30-40 years
Founder profile refers only to those startups that obtained financing from ”Institutional” Investors
2012
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The results presented in this report issue from two main research activities carried out by the Osservato-rioItaliaStartup–PolitecnicodiMilano:• the creation of a map depicting the Italian startup
ecosystem;• anassessmentof investments inhi-techstartups in
Italy.
Italian startup ecosystem
The members of this ecosystem belong to the following categories:1. “innovative startups”: startups listed in the special
section of the Business Register held by the Cham-bers of Commerce;
2. funded startups: hi-tech startups that obtained fi-nancing in 2012 and/or 2013 from at least one of the players in the “institutional investors” category;
3. “institutional” investors: investors that manage cap-ital for third parties and invest in startups through a structured process that involves an evaluation team, regardless of their legal nature (Sgr, Sicar, SpA, etc.);
4. incubators and accelerators: public and private incubators and accelerators that provide associated services to support startups (mentorship, network-ing, etc.) in addition to rental space;
5. coworking spaces: work spaces specifically intend-ed for startups that may also provide some addi-
tional services;6. startup competitions: all competitions taking
place in 2013 were considered (already concluded or planned by the end of the year);
7. science and technology parks: public and private organisations whose primary aim is to promote the growth and development of highly techno-logical enterprises and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and innovation from the Universi-ty and research centres to the businesses based there.
The creation of the ecosystem map involved two activities: • Acensus survey of the main players in each category
based on a review of secondary sources (online re-sources, press search, etc.);
• Interviews with each identified player to understand their actual role within the ecosystem.
The ecosystem map published in this Report is a snap-shot of the ecosystem up to the 15th of October. How-ever, given the nature of the studied phenomenon, the mapping activity will be an open and dynamic pro-cess, with regular updates to the online version of the ecosystem that will be available at the following link: www.italiastartup.it/whoiswho.
All ecosystem players that do not appear on this first release of the map, but wish to be included, can provide
. Methodology
us with information about their organisation through the Italia Startup website (www.italiastartup.it) by clicking on the button “tell us who you are”.
Investments in hi-tech startups in Italy
Quantification of these investments was carried out through primary sources. Direct interviews were therefore conducted with: • allinstitutionalentitiesplusthemainincubators/ac-
celerators, Family Offices and Business Angels;• all startups funded in2012and2013by theabove-
mentioned investors.
Where possible, the amount actually paid during the year was considered, rather than the total amount committed.
Data collected from the 2012 IBAN survey was added to the data collected through these primary sources (cf. for additional information please consult the following link: www.iban.it/Sintesi_Survey_2012.pdf ).
The Work Group
Coordination
Andrea Rangone, Politecnico di Milano Federico Barilli, Italia StartupMattia Corbetta, Italian Ministry of Economic Development
Researchers and analysts
Andrea Cavallaro, Politecnico di MilanoBeatrice Rossi, Politecnico di MilanoAngelo Cavallo, Politecnico di Milano Riccardo Dal Prà, Politecnico di MilanoMario De Santo, Politecnico di MilanoSimone Trivini Bellini, Politecnico di Milano
Collaboration
IBAN–ItalianBusinessAngelsNetworkAIFI–AssociazioneItalianadelPrivateEquityeVentureCapital
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