InnovIT Acceleration Program

From May 22nd to 25th 2023 in San Francisco was organized the first edition of SMAU | Italy RestartsUp. Intesa Sanpaolo Group and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center were partners of the event, held at INNOVIT*, in collaboration with ITA - Italian Trade Agency and many other important corporates and local players.

The event aimed to develop open innovation projects, co-innovation activities, new commercial relations, industrial and financial partnerships creating a bridge between the Italian Innovation Ecosystem and the San Francisco and Bay Area Ecosystem.

An Exclusive Investors Session was organized by Intesa Sanpaolo and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center on May 23rd giving the opportunity to the five Italian startups (Flowtech – artificial empathy; LIOCREO – Low intensity freeze drying; REIWA Engine in robotics, AI and industrial automation, GREEN INDEPENDENCE - affordable & accessible green energy and clean water at source, Infinity ID - in the automatic identification sector) carefully selected by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center thanks to an Open Call launched by SMAU, to meet a selection of Corporates and investors from the US market.

Intesa Sanpaolo delegation was accompanied by Vincenzo Antonetti - International Network IMI Corporate & Investment Banking and Marianna Ronzoni - Head of Startup Evaluation & Acceleration at Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center. Together with them, 7 colleagues belonging to the Corporate & Investment Division attended the tour with the aim to explore new business opportunities, live an immersive experience into the Silicon Valley ecosystem and become ambassadors of the Open Innovation approach for the Division.