A new model of support for innovative businesses that arise within the Politecnico di Milano ecosystem to amplify entrepreneurial opportunities.

The University has structured targeted paths for students and researchers, to accompany innovative ideas and research projects from the academy to the market, exploiting the synergy between the Technology Transfer Office, Career Service, and PoliHub.

The Startup Opening Year 2025 event, inaugurated by the Rector Donatella Sciuto and the Delegate for Technology Transfer and President of PoliHub Marco Bocciolone, marks the starting point of this new vision, also hosting the awards ceremony of the 16th edition of Switch2Product, in which over 500 candidates participated with 184 projects evaluated.

The 26 finalist startups of this edition will access an incubation process; 9 projects have already received a €30K grant. Hu.Moss, H7 shelter, Evoli, SafeTouch, Ear-Resistible were awarded by the Polytechnic of Milan. Partner of the initiative Deloitte, which has decided to assign an economic contribution based on merit to Deep4IT. 3 grants from the Chamber of Commerce of Milan which were assigned to: TO Sense, AHEAD, and 3D Hyper-Scan.