Imprenditori senza confini: Italia e Svizzera Bergamo, IT

POST BY Davide Corna:

Imprenditori, investitori, innovatori 📍 Oltre 100 partecipanti hanno preso parte all’incontro di ieri al Kilometro Rosso: una giornata di connessioni concrete tra Italia e Svizzera, pensata per creare ponti, ispirare idee e far nascere nuove collaborazioni.

Con Pragmatik Innovation abbiamo voluto creare uno spazio libero – e soprattutto utile – per ispirarsi, confrontarsi e costruire ponti.

📌 Abbiamo ascoltato storie di chi ha avuto il coraggio di cambiare rotta, scalare mercati internazionali, reinventare modelli di business 📌 Abbiamo parlato di startup, tecnologia, finanza e impatto, con chi queste sfide le affronta ogni giorno.

Desidero ringraziare tutte le persone che hanno reso possibile questo evento e che mi hanno affiancato con entusiasmo e competenza.

Raffaella Borea per la moderazione attenta e coinvolgente. Giorgia Pati per averci introdotti all’ecosistema ticinese e al lavoro di AITI Up!, la divisione innovazione di AITI – Associazione industrie ticinesi.

Enrico Dal Monte, Giulio Salgaro, Jaime Agramontt, Calogero Amato, Ermes Zamboni, Riccardo Brigatti per aver condiviso visioni e progetti. Andrea Bellini, Massimo Borghesi, Alessandro Tosi per la preziosa prospettiva sul ruolo degli investitori.

Il nostro obiettivo è contaminare idee e persone per generare valore reale 👏 L’evento “Imprenditori senza confini: Italia e Svizzera” è stato solo l’inizio. Alla prossima!

🎯 Future Founders Wanted!

Excited to launch the first edition of FutureFounders Program, a free intensive course for 60 aspiring entrepreneurs.

Created by Bocconi 4 innovation in collaboration with MUSA scarl, Politecnico di Milano, PoliHub – Innovation Park & Startup Accelerator, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione UNIMI and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, the program will be run by Augusto Coppola and is aimed at all future entrepreneurs who want to start their own business but don’t know where to start.

What’s at stake:
👉 4 months of seminars and workshops in Milan + online sessions on topics such as entrepreneurial mindset, business concept definition, prototyping, lean thinking, digital marketing, sales tool, pitch techniques;
👉 The opportunity to create real startups from scratch, experiencing the typical difficulties associated with the early development phase of business ideas.

Who should apply?
👉 Aspiring startup founders, preferably (but not exclusively) from the university environment (students, alumni, researchers, professors).

Applications are open until February 23, the program starts in March.

all the details here: https://www.b4i.unibocconi.it/future-founders-program/

oggi InfinityGen è ufficialmente una realtà! 🚀

Scrive Lorenzo Bellina:

Dopo quasi 10 mesi da quando tutto è iniziato, oggi InfinityGen è ufficialmente una realtà! 🚀

L’idea è nata da un problema concreto nel settore ceramico, di cui ho parlato con Gabriele Dominici davanti a un tè caldo. Da quella conversazione è partita la nostra sfida: trovare una soluzione innovativa.
Dopo mesi di lavoro, abbiamo trasformato il concetto in un progetto concreto, presentandolo a un’azienda leader del settore, dimostrando il valore della nostra tecnologia.

Nel frattempo, abbiamo partecipato al programma di accelerazione Boldbrain Startup Challenge a Lugano, un’esperienza formativa che ci ha permesso di crescere e confrontarci con numerosi esperti. Raggiungere la finale è stato un traguardo importante, ma il vero valore è stato tutto ciò che abbiamo imparato.

Dopo tanti viaggi tra Friuli, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia e Ticino, e mesi di lavoro costante, siamo fieri di annunciare che InfinityGen è ora ufficialmente registrata in Svizzera!

🔹 Cosa facciamo?
InfinityGen trasforma il processo di acquisizione di immagini per superfici come ceramica, carta da parati, pannelli decorativi e pavimenti.

Molte realtà di questi settori si affidano a fornitori esterni, affrontando tempi lunghi e scarsa personalizzazione. InfinityGen offre una soluzione innovativa, permettendo alle aziende di:

✅ Creare immagini personalizzate in linea con la loro brand identity
✅ Generare texture ad altissima risoluzione fino a 32K pixel
✅ Espandere collezioni esistenti senza ripetizioni
✅ Ridurre tempi, costi e impatto ambientale, garantendo pieno controllo sul processo creativo

Siamo solo all’inizio, e non vediamo l’ora di portare questa innovazione nel settore!

Politecnico di Milano: A new model of support for innovative businesses

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.

B4i – Bocconi for innovationB4i – 12 startups, 1 stage B4i’s Demo Day!

Imagine: months of hard work, countless pivots and sleepless nights – and then, the spotlight. At B4i’s the culmination of our Acceleration and Pre-Acceleration programs – we watched 12 ambitious entrepreneur take their first big leap: pitching in front of investors, industry leaders, and other founders.

🚀 Here’s who they are:

Pre-Acceleration Startups:
🔹 Sandy | A smart, portable alarm for travelers and digital nomads.
🔹 Insight | AI-enhanced 3D visualization for colonoscopy procedures.
🔹 Plutonios | AI-driven digital concierge for hotels.
🔹 Bacan | A digital freight forwarder simplifying wine & spirits logistics.
🔹 Free Eat | A platform connecting people with food intolerances to the best “free-from” products.
🔹 EVA Surgica | Augmented reality navigation for surgeons, improving precision and patient care.

Acceleration Startups:
🔹 Forte! | AI-powered assistant for music producers, automating audio workflows.
🔹 Rilemo (ex. Previeni) | Portable AI imaging device for real-time medical diagnostics.
🔹 Prefe | A dashboard for grocery pricing insights, helping businesses and consumers save.
🔹 Spods | An AI co-pilot transforming talent acquisition.
🔹 Dimot MA | A platform streamlining market access in the life sciences industry.
🔹 Hello Dexter | An AI-driven sales intelligence platform boosting performance.

The 2024 Boldbrain finalists have been selected!

🚀 The 2024 Boldbrain finalists have been selected! Join us in congratulating the 10 teams that have made it to the final stage of our accelerator:

🔹 Deutelio AG
🔹 FarmAid
🔹 Fima Global Sagl
🔹 GraphSight
🔹 HISOLab
🔹 InVirtuoLabs
🔹 InfinityGen
🔹 ReSportApp
🔹 Snaption Sagl
🔹 SynthEnergy

👉 Don’t miss your chance to see them pitch live and vote for your favourite project at the Award Ceremony on December 4th! Register now: https://lu.ma/award-bb24

Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino has been officially recognized as a site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich.

Last week, Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino | Site of Park Zurich has been officially recognized as a site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. This move strengthens Ticino as a hub for cutting-edge R&D, bringing together startups, established businesses, and academic institutions.The park includes three key Competence Centers:
🛩️ Swiss Drone Competence Center (Riviera Airport, Lodrino): Development and testing of autonomous flight technologies.
🧬 Life Sciences Competence Center (Bellinzona): Advancing biofabrication and animal-free drug testing.
👗 Lifestyle Tech Competence Center (Lugano): Exploring digital transformation in fashion, food, wellness, and design.

🌐 Not only does this milestone enhance Ticino’s attractiveness for high-tech industries, but it also strengthens the broader innovation ecosystem of the hashtagGreaterZurichArea by fostering collaboration across regions, creating high-value jobs, and reinforcing Switzerland’s reputation as a global leader in hashtaginnovation and hashtagtechnology.

🔎 Learn more about the exciting developments at Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino: https://okt.to/qDdYx6. Explore why Ticino is a key part of Greater Zurich’s thriving tech ecosystem: https://okt.to/Ff7XYp.

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Boldbrain Startup Challenge

🙏 A huge thank you to our amazing coaches! Thank you for empowering our startups to reach their full potential throughout the 2024 Boldbrain journey.👏 Shoutout to Dario Caleffi, PhD Fabio Arturo C., Federico Castelnuovo, Stefano Giovanni Maria Colombo, Matteo Denicolò, Caterina Diglio, Gabriel Haering, Jerome Jaminet, Francesco La Palombara, Simone Manneschi, Nicola Mona, Andrea Moroni Stampa, Dr. Michela Ornati, Stefano Tommaso Pelli, Emanuele Pizzatti, Maria Rosaria Polito, Saverio Russo, Lars Schlichting, Beate Schuerle, and Fabrizio Traversa, PhD for going above and beyond!

Join our Award Ceremony to discover the 10 finalists and vote for your favorite startup!
📅 December 4th, 2024, from 17:30
📍 Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano
👉 Register now at https://lu.ma/award-bb24

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