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Techstars Partners With Compagnia Di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT And Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center To Grow Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Turin, ItalyTechstars to activate a series of entrepreneurship-focused events and programming in Turin over the next three years TURIN, Italy, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced a partnership with Turinese foundations Compagnia Di San Paolo and Fondazione CRT, and the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, to create an international hub for innovation in Turin, Italy. Techstars is joining Compagnia Di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center in their recently announced three-year commitment to the development of Turin as an international ecosystem for innovation and establishment as a successful innovation model throughout Italy and Europe. Through this effort, Techstars will bring a series of innovation and entrepreneurship-focused events and programming to the region during 2019, 2020 and 2021 with the goal of building new opportunities for Italian and European entrepreneurs. These initiatives will further develop and activate the Turin ecosystem, particularly through the Officine Grandi Riparazioni (OGR) innovation hub, a historic building recently transformed by Fondazione CRT into a center of excellence for contemporary culture and innovation. Through the partnership, Techstars will bring the following activations to the Turin community:
"Techstars profoundly believes that mentorship and entrepreneurship are key factors that power the future of any community. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Techstars to help facilitate lasting global connections in Turin," said Jenny Lawton, Techstars Chief Operating Officer. "By partnering with Compagnia Di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, and the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, we are supporting the development of the innovation ecosystem in Turin and across Italy. We're inspired by our partners' vision, and the commitment and resources they are bringing to the table for this initiative. Our shared efforts will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on the growth and development of the Torino community and their entrepreneurial ecosystem. " "We are accelerating and consolidating our support for the local and national innovation chain," said Alberto Anfossi, Secretary General of Compagnia di San Paolo. "We intend to be drivers in developing high impact innovation processes, including those of a social nature. To this end, we have set our whole system of competence and knowledge into motion, benefitting from our close collaboration with academies and research bodies. In this way, innovation takes on a holistic aspect in which the collaboration between institutions brings about increasingly significant results. In this perspective, the Techstars brand and model makes it possible to blend the joint commitment of three great institutions in favor of a strategy that repositions our territory to one of strong innovation." "The partnership that begins today with Techstars joins those that have been signed over the last 12 months, to strengthen the vision of the new OGR Tech space as a gateway to global excellence and as an epicenter of a new international ecosystem dedicated to tech and business innovation," said Massimo Lapucci, Secretary General of Fondazione CRT and Managing Director of OGR. "But this is only the beginning. In September, Techstars will organize the Techstars Summit with us here in Turin - for the first time concentrated in one single city - bringing to the OGR the best of its global network of entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and institutional actors. Today, a series of activities will begin for the next three-years, including an accelerator program on Smart Mobility, landing for the first time in Italy at the OGR. This European exclusive with Techstars is in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Compagnia di San Paolo. Our international program will generate a strong impact for the support and development of entrepreneurial talent and excellence." "Innovation is a key element for supporting the country's economy," said Maurizio Montagnese, Chairman at Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center. "Our group has long been committed to promoting the growth of this ecosystem, which is increasingly central to the development of Italian businesses. Countries with a focus on innovation show greater GDP growth, while in Italy the annual capital requirement per startup is estimated at around 1 billion euro, 75 percent of which is not covered by specialized operators and by the financial segment. This partnership, which is the result of the careful and strategic vision typical of banking foundations, pursues the dual objective of making the city of Turin an international innovation hub and acting as a stimulus for the new economy of the country, thereby increasing networking between universities, businesses, young people, and investors." About Techstars About Compagnia Di San Paolo About Fondazione CRT About Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center About OGR Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/897891/Techstars_Logo.jpg |