In the first three years of activity of Zero, the cleantech accelerator of the CDP national network, thirty startups whose development was supported, selected from over 850 applications from over 50 countries, and have raised a total of over 3 million euros.
These are some of the results illustrated by Cdp VentureCapital and its main partner Eni, through its business school Joule, at the "Demo Day: 3 years of ImpactInnovation" event.
In particular, in the third edition of Zero, 11 startups were accelerated, with innovative solutions ranging from the energy efficiency of spaces and environments, to the development of new materials from industrial waste, up to the implementation of energy communities and ESG certification.
"Zero inaugurated the National Accelerator Network, an innovation infrastructure which today has 18 operational accelerators and one on the launch pad throughout the country, which have overall contributed to the development of 300 new businesses and aggregated more than 185 partners and investors in the most strategic markets for the Country", comments the CEO and general director of Cdp Venture Capital, AgostinoScornajenchi.
"In these three years of activity as part of the acceleration program - declares the head of Joule, Eni's school for business, Mattia Voltaggio - we have seen over thirty startups operating in the cleantech sector and launched five experimentation agreements with the business lines Eni, in various sectors. We have always had the opportunity to involve our people in the selection, mentoring and testing phases of solutions, producing a positive 'osmosis' effect in terms of technological development but also of entrepreneurial mindset".
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