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CDP Venture Capital is an asset management company (70% CDP Equity and 30% Invitalia) with €2 billion in resources under management. It aims to make Venture Capital a backbone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for the overall and sustainable growth of the Venture Capital ecosystem. It operates with a series of funds that aspire to support startups at all stages of their life, making both direct and indirect investments.

"The ZERO Accelerator is part of CDP's strategy to create a Nationwide Network of Accelerators that are physical on the Italian territory, focused on high-tech districts, with the aim of supporting the development of skills and entrepreneurship that can grow and become Italian champions of innovation.​"

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Eni is committed to the energy transition with concrete actions to achieve total decarbonization of products and processes by 2050.​

Joule is Eni's School for Business, a unique initiative in the field of training and entrepreneurship that starts from the value of the individual to nurture a new generation of entrepreneurs and promote a new concept of business based on sustainability, circular economy, and energy transition, applicable to all cross-cutting sectors, not necessarily limited to energy.

"We are partnering with ZERO because we aim to contribute to the creation of a tool for Italy's resurgence and the development of innovative and sustainable startups at a pivotal moment marked by significant challenges and profound transformations. Our intention is to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem with a give-back ethos, while simultaneously acquiring new skills and technologies.​

We hope ZERO will become a reference point for Venture Capital, Corporates, and Institutions, effectively fostering the growth and development of low-carbon businesses operating within Italy."

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Zest is one of the leading players in Europe dedicated to fostering the growth of the innovation ecosystem. ​

Zest is the market leader in Italy for pre-seed and seed Venture Capital investments, startup acceleration and scale-up support. It offers a wide range of services with high technological and entrepreneurial value, providing a complete 360-degree experience. ​

Zest is the strategic partner to enable Italian companies and institutions to move into the 5.0 era, through Open Innovation & Corporate Venturing projects. With offices in Rome, Milan and Turin, Zest was born from the merger between Digital Magics and LVenture Group, pioneers of Italian Venture Capital with over 20 years of experience in the market.

"We strive with ZERO to contribute to the challenge of our country's green transition by launching the Italian green companies of the future. This is why we co-invest in the selected startups, accelerating their growth and applying the proven methodology of our LUISS EnLabs Acceleration Program. Thanks to the collaboration with CDP, Eni, ELIS and all corporate partners, we want to create the ideal supply chain for the development of new innovative and sustainable entrepreneurship."

"This path we are embarking on will help enhance the ELIS Consortium Corporate community in an Open Innovation perspective among different players, going to combine the acceleration model with that of co-innovation, for a concrete approach to the market, with a learning-by-doing approach.Together with ZERO's new stakeholders, Partners, industry experts and young consultants from the ELIS Consortium, we will increase the volume of impact we are going to generate together.​"

Consortium ELIS is a non-profit limited liability consortium company. To date, it has more than 80 large companies, about 20 Italian SMEs and university research centers.For more than 25 years, every six months the ELIS Consortium has been led by one of the consortium member companies, which acts as a leader to carry out projects in technological innovation or on issues of public interest, promoting the role of corporations to create impact on business and society, through the values of coopetition and new education trends.​

Partner

ACEA is one of Italy's leading industrial groups, listed on the stock exchange since 1999. It is involved in integrated water service, electricity distribution, public and artistic lighting, energy and gas sales, power generation mainly from renewable sources, and waste treatment and valorization. It is the leading national operator in the water sector with about 10 million inhabitants served, among the main Italian players in energy distribution, and among the largest operators in Italy in the environment sector with about 1.8 mln tons of waste managed annually.

"Sustainability is our strategic imperative and innovation its main enabling lever. We want to support the growth of the best green-tech startups that embrace the challenges related to the circular economy and decarbonization, the same challenges we are measured against every day in running our businesses. We contribute to ZERO, the first Cleantech accelerator in CDP's network of Accelerators to get fast access to the best innovations in these areas. Our goal is to activate concrete partnerships with the startups that will be selected, to be protagonists, together, in the transition to a sustainable future."

"We are participating in ZERO because we want to help create a tool for the restart of Italy and for the development of innovative and sustainable startups, in a historical moment that presents great challenges and profound transformations, with the aim of supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in a logic of give-back and at the same time acquiring new skills and technologies.​

We want ZERO to become a point of reference for Venture Capital, Corporate, and Institutions and to be able to foster the growth and development of low-carbon companies operating in the Italian territory."

The National Research Council (CNR) is a national public research organization with multidisciplinary expertise, supervised by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR). Founded in 1923, it is responsible for carrying out scientific research projects in the main fields of knowledge and applying their results for the development of the country, promoting innovation, internationalization of the “research system” and fostering the competitiveness of the industrial system.​

Microsoft enables organizations to realize their digital transformation projects with new innovation scenarios. The company's mission is to support people and organizations around the world to achieve more through technology and digital.​

"We are proud to be part of ZERO in promoting sustainable development of the country. Cloud computing and technological innovation will play an increasingly important role in enabling companies and organizations to achieve sustainability goals, which is why we choose to stand alongside startups, providing dedicated tools, mentors and training."

"SACE chooses to partner with ZERO to support innovation, promote sustainable development and support the growth of high-potential startups by fostering connections with established corporate entities. This collaboration represents a concrete commitment toward building a more sustainable and competitive future for Italian companies and the national economy.​"

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SACE is the Italian insurance-financial group, directly controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, specializing in supporting businesses and the national economic fabric through a wide range of tools and solutions to support competitiveness in Italy and around the world.

Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects for the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. The company's vision, 'Engineering for a Sustainable Future,' aims to generate sustainable value for all its stakeholders by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into its strategies and business processes. Saipem is committed to supporting its clients in their energy transition journey toward Net Zero, leveraging increasingly digital tools, technologies, and environmentally sustainable processes. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, Saipem operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 30,000 people of more than 120 nationalities.

"We decided to join the ZERO accelerator because it aligns with Saipem's vision of 'Engineering for a Sustainable Future,' focusing on generating value and delivering cutting-edge solutions for the energy transition through technological innovation. Achieving this goal requires the development of an ecosystem that fosters skill evolution and the adoption of advanced technologies capable of addressing the challenges of the energy sector while reducing environmental impact. ZERO is an excellent tool for enhancing Italian entrepreneurship, particularly in the clean technologies sector, contributing to the creation of a more inclusive and responsible economy focused on sustainable innovation."

"With our participation in the ZERO program we renew our contribution to sustainability and the development of skills and entrepreneurship in Italy in the CleanTech sector. Vodafone, which has always been committed to building a connected, inclusive society that is mindful of the planet's natural resources, continues to promote technological solutions that enable people and companies to reduce their environmental impact."

Vodafone Italy is part of the largest telecommunications group in Europe and Africa. The Vodafone Group has committed to zeroing its greenhouse gas emissions and emissions from purchased electricity by 2035 and to achieve zero emissions (net zero) by 2040.

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ESA -lab's mission is to accelerate the future of Earth observation (EO) through transformative innovations, i.e., innovations that completely transform or create entire industries through new technologies, with the goal of strengthening the global competitiveness of European EO industrial and research sectors.​

"ESA, through Phi-Lab, is participating in ZERO with the goal of supporting promising start-ups that are already incubated using Earth Observation (EO) data or developing technologies in this area. The intent is to stimulate commercialization and innovation in EO, with a particular focus on the CleanTech sector. Zero provides an opportunity to support innovative and sustainable companies that contribute to a greener and more responsible future. Earth observation technologies are a tool that offers fundamental new opportunities with the potential to have significant impacts on several sectors."

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