Early stage

STARTUPiacenza is the information, reception, orientation, animation and territorial promotion help desk that nurtures startups and the newly self-employed, with a focus on innovative and creative activities in Piacenza.

CNA Emilia Romagna represents the region's small to medium enterprises and the self-employed. It offers its associates representation, information, support and services, communicating directly on their behalf with all of the various social, economic and political institutions in the region.

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.

Officine ON/OFF is an innovative project from the Youth Policy Department of the Municipality of Parma. It is promoted and managed by the social cooperative Gruppo Scuola in collaboration with the ON/OFF Social Promotion Association.

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.

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.

CNA The National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a free association of businesses and entrepreneurs that are politically, culturally and economically independent.