The 50 finalist projects may be selected by a Jury composed of Organizers and Partners to receive cash grants provided by the TTO of Politecnico di Milano (S2P Grant) and the initiative’s Partners. These financial contributions will be complemented by in-kind services to effectively support the growth of the startups.
Grant S2P
The Technology Transfer Office of the Politecnico di Milano offers 5 grants of 30,000 euros
Special Grant
Officine Innovazione is a Deloitte entity that promotes the culture of innovation and provides innovation development and management services. It works through partnerships to guide the evolution of the business community in Italy in a logic of Technology Transfer and Open Innovation dedicated to startups.
A Special Grant of 30 thousand euros will be assigned to the winning initiative, in order to support the growth of highly innovative early-stage startups with a project in line with the proposed themes.
The Chamber of Commerce of Milan Monza Brianza Lodi accompanies and supports aspiring entrepreneurs and startups in their growth and development journey, with tailor-made services, group and one-to-one thematic meetings with experts, calls for contributions, competitions and much more, thanks to the services of the Milan Chamber of Commerce system. Find out more about the services of the Milan Chamber of Commerce system dedicated to startups.
To be in line with their strategy, the Chamber of Commerce focuses more on areas related to sustainability: green energy, smart mobility, sustainable manufacturing, green building, agritech and foodtech, circular economy, sustainable tourism, sustainable and alternative mobility.
The Chamber of Commerce provides 3 Grants of 30,000 euros each, with the aim of supporting the birth and growth of new deeptech startups.
The Special Grant “Bike Economy”, worth 20,000 euros, aims to support innovation and improve the competitiveness of the bicycle sector, with particular attention to three areas:
Production and distribution: innovative solutions (including incremental ones) to improve the production and distribution of bicycles, components and accessories. Also included are software solutions for supply chain management, the promotion of the use of bicycles and e-bikes, and the enhancement of the on-board or bicycle-related experience.
Safety: concrete and innovative ideas to increase the safety of cyclists, pedestrians, bicycles and infrastructure.
Circular economy: sustainable solutions related to repair, maintenance, reconditioning, regeneration, recycling of materials, modular and eco-friendly design, bike sharing and take-back and reuse programs (“take-back).
PIONEER PARTNERS
Partner organizations supporting the program and participating teams up to the acceleration track.
After spending more than 50 years in business, Bugnion S.p.A. ranks among the leading Italian and European intellectual property consulting companies. Their primary goal resides in protecting and enhancing the results of research, innovation and creativity of their clients.
Bugnion assists teams in defining and implementing a correct IP strategy, capable of enabling and supporting your innovation and business strategies, through the obtaining, defense and enhancement of exclusive rights (patent, design, KHW, trademark, etc.) associated with intangible assets. They offer 10,000 euros in fees for IP services.
SAES is an Italian Advanced Material Company which has gone through 80 years of history always keeping the goal of improving people’s quality of life. With a consolidated presence in various market sectors, SAES is now opening up to the world of deeptech startups with the RedZone Open Innovation program.
SAES will give the best Materials Science Startups present in S2P the opportunity to access RedZone, the acceleration program dedicated to advanced materials.
R&P Legal is a full-service law firm with more than one hundred and fifty professionals, six offices in Italy and collaborations with leading international firms, which offers innovative and valuable legal solutions.
R&P Legal provides 5 vouchers of 3,000 euros for legal services.
GROWTH PARTNER
Organizations that share their technological and research expertise to support the programme.
SERVICE PARTNERS
Companies that make specific services available at advantageous conditions for the participating teams.
