Italia Startup Association: The Italian Startup Ecosystem

Abstract

The challenge that Italy is facing in the last years is how to foster the development of its innovative industrial ecosystem in order to become a point of reference within the main innovation global players. The goal is exciting and day after day an increasing number of actors in Italy is actively working in creating the environmental conditions necessary to help the technological rebirth of our Country starting right from innovative start-ups. In this scenario a key role is played by Italia Start-up, the Italian Start-up Association founded in 2012. Specifically, the Association represents all the actors of the italian start-up ecosystem and actively promotes the networking among its members that, scattered throughout the peninsula, are the driving force for technological breakthrough of our Country.