Network

Upidea! is a startup program that selects entrepreneurial ideas and startups and supports their development through an acceleration path, using know-how, networking and business skills.

T3LAB is a non-profit consortium that carries out industrial research projects and technology transfer between academia and business in the field of applied electronics and ICT. The Laboratory provides those with whom it collaborates with a whole set of solutions that increase innovation and competitiveness.

The APRE Emilia-Romagna Help Desk is aimed at public or private regional bodies — enterprises, research organisations, individual researchers — interested in participating in European research and innovation programs.

FIRST — Financing for Innovation, Research and Technological Development — is a service designed by ASTER in 1999 with the objective of providing information, insights and guidance on the opportunities and incentives offered by preferential funding.

The project allows for the possibility for startuppers to access the system by entering their own data on the Training Offices site, the selection of the best ideas by the joint committee of Intesa Sanpaolo and Confindustria, access to the necessary training to transform them into a sustainable business and see them publicised along with Confindustria's SMEs and to be included in the "Best Ideas Showcase".

The Directorate General of Emilia Romagna intervenes in various areas related to the development of regional production and distribution, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the regional policies, the promotion of tourism, the promotion of energy policies and the development of the green economy.

Lapam is a federation of associations, the only one of its kind in the province of Modena that represents the entire business world: crafts, trade, small to medium enterprises, agriculture. It represents some 10,000 companies, with 600 employees in 50 locations throughout the region.

Founded in 1979, IRECOOP Emilia-Romagna is a cooperative society that develops human resources and the promotion of a cooperative culture.

Legacoop promuove la nascita e lo sviluppo di nuove cooperative mettendo a disposizione servizi specializzati, una rete territoriale di sportelli di promozione cooperativa e sostegno allo startup, il sito dedicato www.farecooperativa.it, che propone un percorso di approfondimento sulla cooperazione e tutte le informazioni utili alla creazione di nuove cooperative.

The Modena Chamber of Commerce startup information help desk provides initial guidelines on the bureaucratic processes, in particular the administrative procedures, for setting up a business and choosing the right legal status

CNA Innovation, in the technology transfer and innovation area of Siaer Scarl, is the Centre for Organisational and Managerial Innovation and Technology

The Centuria Agency for the Innovation of Romagna is part of the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network and works to foster the contact and interaction between researchers, technicians and experts on topics of interest to companies in the area.  

A centre for innovation and technology transfer, DemoCenter provides information on new technologies using the network of expertise in the Modena area.

The project "Intraprendere a Modena — from idea to business" was initiated in 2001 with the aim of supporting the creation of new businesses in and around Modena