Intesa Sanpaolo’s Northern Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Sardinia Directorate has joined the CIM4.0 National Competence Center as a partner. The collaboration agreement will be national in scope and will be implemented with the support of the Group’s Innovation Center. Intesa Sanpaolo is the only banking partner selected by the European Commission for the National Research Centers under the PNRR on 5 key topics: alternative mobility, ESG and sustainable transition, artificial and digital intelligence, cybersecurity, and medical research.

Support the creation of interconnected networks between industrial districts and territories with the support of valuable partners

Intesa Sanpaolo will provide, through the “network connections” model adopted by the Competence Center, technical and financial expertise to access financing mechanisms. The collaboration will also draw on the support ofIntesa Sanpaolo’s Innovation Center and Neva sgr, for the development of advanced technology startups and the matching of startups and mature companies. In addition, Intesa Sanpaolo will make “Incent now,” the digital platform resulting from the collaboration with Deloitte, available to companies free of charge , which allows them to get information regarding measures and calls made public by national and European institutional bodies as part of the planning of the NRP. Companies will have the possibility to quickly identify the best opportunities based on their own profile and gather the useful information to submit their investment projects competing for the allocation of public funds. In this regard, Intesa Sanpaolo has allocated resources to support 410 billion, of which 270 billion is for companies.

“The collaboration signed today is part of the global strategy on innovation and sustainability pursued by Intesa Sanpaolo to promote the green and digital transition, encouraging the sharing of paths and projects between universities, research institutions, companies and startups. Alongside the offer of financial products and services, we provide technological and industrial consulting to accompany companies in participating in European research and innovation programs. Already 50 percent of innovative SMEs and 30 percent of Italian startups have taken advantage of these opportunities made available to them.”- Stefano Cappellari, Intesa Sanpaolo North Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Sardinia Regional Director

“We are very happy to be able to have Intesa Sanpaolo as a partner of our Competence Center this is a collaboration that will provide Italian companies with services and tools that are fundamental to accelerate the processes of digital and green transformation, while fostering the development of interconnected networks between companies and territories, central to supporting and financing the innovation activities of SMEs. A synergy that will promote the digitization of businesses, between processes and best practices with 4.0 traction and sustainable development.”- Enrico Pisino, CEO of CIM4.0