New ELITE Lounge for 24 highly innovative Italian start-ups

Intesa Sanpaolo's new ELITE Lounge dedicated to start-ups: the financial acceleration and training process is set to admit 24 highly innovative Italian start-ups, supporting their access to private and public capital markets.

Innovation and sustainability will be the drivers of the course, designed to expand opportunities for growth, investment and global competitiveness, with training modules dedicated to internationalisation, strategic innovation, corporate culture, good governance and finding the right financial resources.

The start-ups participating in the new ELITE Lounge come from all over Italy and operate in various industrial sectors of excellence in the Italian economy, such as aerospace, robotics, healthcare and digital wellness.

The initiative is part of the broader partnership between Intesa Sanpaolo and ELITE, Euronext's ecosystem that helps small- and medium-sized enterprises grow and access private and public capital markets: over five years, more than 300 companies have enjoyed access to the Intesa Sanpaolo Lounge, as well as 81 start-ups starting in 2020.