Creating the Ideal Environment for Innovative Startups

The quality, the commitment, the creativity, the vision, the skills of the new generation of Italian entrepreneurs are very high even when compared with entrepreneurs of other countries, plus Italians have a unique sense to match tradition and innovation and this is a key aspect considering the technologies are changing in every single sector.

by Emil Abirascid
Startup journalist and blogger
The new Italian legislation on innovative startups is not only a regulatory framework but an organic and coherent industrial policy launching new instruments and  measures to support the whole lifecycle of a company: since its incorporation to its growth, development and maturity stages.
The benefits garanteed to innovative startups and certified incubators are summed up in the chart below.
Immagine
Source: Italian Ministry of Economic Development
The executive summary of the legislation on innovative startups is available at this link.
WHO
The main sectors of innovative startups in Italy are: services to enterprises (softwares and IT consulting, R&D services, information services); industrial manufacture (computers, electronics and opticals, machinery, electric equipment); commerce.
WHERE
Lombardy is the region with the highest number of innovative startups, followed by Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Veneto and Campania.
The major concentration of startups is in the provinces of Milan, Rome, Turin, Naples and Bologna.

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Please take a look at the following list of links concerning some of the measures in favor of the startup ecosystem in Italy and relevant data.

MISE - Ministry of Economic Development
Italia Startup Visa (Italian Government policies to attract and retain innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world)
Italian Startup Act (summary)
List of innovative startups
ISTAT - National Statistics Institute
Chambers of Commerce Statistics - Startup Registro Imprese
Italian startups on Angel List
Restart, Italia!