Bologna Startup was founded by Federico Strollo in 2012 to help grow the city's startup ecosystem, bringing together startuppers, professionals and various institutions.
VZ19, a diffusely owned cooperative society based in Pieve di Cento (BO), was founded by local professionals and entrepreneurs with the shared desire of creating a meeting place for the most brilliant and talented ideas in the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara and Modena.
The Italian Entrepreneurship Institute is a private non-profit, created to promote local entrepreneurial spirit and innovation with national and international initiatives and research.
Hurricane Start is a community of people interested in both economic and social innovation (whether they are freelancers, entrepreneurs or simply curious).
The initiatives it promotes are mainly concerned with training and it places students at the heart of everything it does, aiming to educate them, support them and get them personally involved with innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Contamination Lab is a physical site and a digital platform that promotes the bringing together and training of participants. It is an informal open space where participants can interact, find collaborators and work together in spaces that can be adapted to suit participants' needs.
Cesenalab is an incubator and business accelerator in the digital, web and new media sectors. It offers a range of free, high quality services: offices, business angel consulting, links with researchers, investment funds contacts, training, legal and commercial assistance.
Spazio Grisù is a facilitator and an accelerator for high quality creative businesses that are selected via a public call: 12 local creative businesses have already been chosen from 50 applicants and accepted by Spazio Grisù.
