Acceleration
The winning teams will have the opportunity to participate in a four-month accelerator programme organised by PoliHub.
The goal of the accelerator programme is entrepreneurial and technological development, aimed at raising capital through the identification of a business model, the identification of the problem/market fit, support for customer discovery, validation of the product/solution fit, the definition of market opportunities, team consolidation and product development.
S2P ACCELERATION TRACKS
For every track, S2P offers a customised pathway based on the relevant industry and the needs of each team, leveraging on PoliHub’s network made up of market experts, professionals from the relevant sector and specialist investors.
Health & Med Tech
- Biomarkers & Diagnostic Tools
- Carriers & Delivery Systems
- Advanced & Digital Diagnostics
- Innovative Care Management & digital Healthcare
- Telehealth
- AgeTech
- Personal wellness and healthy lifestyle
- Healthcare and hospital infrastructure
Climate Tech & Circular economy
- Energy generation
- Energy distribution & storage
- Energy efficiency & management
- Smart mobility & infrastructure
- Chemicals & advanced materials
- Sustainable manufacturing
- Green buildings
- Agriculture & food production
- Water
- Circular economy & waste
- Smart cities
Others
Industries Transformation
- Industry 4.0 & digital manufacturing solutions;
- Additive manufacturing
- Xaas (everything as a Service)
- Transportation & logistics
- SpaceTech
- Data economy
- Mobile, Telco & 5G,
- Cloud infrastructure and services
- B2B software solutions
- Fintech & InsureTech;
- Others
New ways of working and living
- Consumer products and services, Lifestyle
- Food & beverage
- Sportech
- Gaming & entertainment
- Retail, e-commerce, DTC
- Tourism and cultural heritage
- Social innovations
- Others
TIMELINE
JAN
2023
Why Now?
General Business Context, Market Opportunities Identifications
Where?
Problem Discovery and understand the right beach head market
Get Out of the Building
Customer discovery
Get back in the Building
Identify Early Adopters needs and size the competitive advantage
JUN
2023
Demo day
Presentation of the project to investors.
What’s next?
Opportunities with Tech acceleration, E-collider, Investment
JAN
2023
Why Now?
General Business Context, Market Opportunities Identifications
Where?
Problem Discovery and understand the right beach head market
Get Out of the Building
Customer discovery
Get back in the Building
Identify Early Adopters needs and size the competitive advantage
JUN
2023
Why Now?
General Business Context, Market Opportunities Identifications
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEMO DAY?
After Demo Day, a new phase in the project’s life cycle will commence. Many will have have one-to-one meetings with investors and rely on Tech4Planet and Poli360 to obtain a PoC investment of up to € 300,000 with which to accelerate their growth and, supported by PoliHub, undertake a 9-15 month Tech Incubation programme.
During this period, quarterly meetings will be held to check the level of maturity achieved and decide whether the time has come to obtain a € 1 million seed investment to establish the start-up and commence a phase of initial product/solution industrialisation and even more intensive market development activity.
For projects in the Climate Tech and Circular Economy sectors, subject to investment from Tech4Planet, PoliHub’s Business Acceleration Ecollider programme will start, to consolidate the aspects linked to both product development and operational organisation, market development and sales, including through establishing contact with mentors, experts and domestic and international advisors.
POLI360 is the early stage Venture fund born from the collaboration between the Politecnico di Milano and 360 Capital Partners which leverages on research potential and the pool of expertise at the Politecnico di Milano to invest in Proofs of Concept and the scaling up of high-potential S2P projects.
Tech4Planet is CDP Venture Capital Sgr’s technology transfer fund born to support the creation of new startups conceived within laboratories and research centres with a focus on environmental sustainability.
With a total endowment of to € 55 million, it was created in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano, together with the polytechnic universities of Bari and Turin for the del flow generation.
Ecollider is an acceleration program by PoliHub born to enhance the eco-revolution, enabling the future of humanity by empowering tech-entrepreneurs. At Ecollider PoliHub works with entrepreneurs to accelerate sustainable business models and to lead and foster a responsible and ecological leadership, supporting research-based projects.
