Mission
PoliHub’s mission is to support highly innovative startups with scalable business models to foster cross-fertilization between the academy, the various startups and consolidated companies focused on innovation. PoliHub facilitates the exchange of experiences, knowledge, reciprocal contamination and entrepreneurial networking, making available Politecnico di Milano’s enormous store of information and centers of excellence: MIP, PoliDesign and Cefriel; aimed at collaborating with businesses.
History
PoliHub sprang from the Business Accelerator’s years of experience, founded in 2000, thanks to contributions from important public and private entities, including the City of Milan, which has always been an active supporter of youth and technological development. The Polytechnic University of Milan, one of the best in Italy, felt the urge to create an entity which could host and foster young high-tech businesses able to transform scientific research into industrial applications. FluidMesh, Laserbiomed, Neptuny, ResTech and Telerilevamento Europa have been particularly successful. Our most recent successes have been Empatica and FABtotum, companies that have grown remarkably over the years, earning significant national and international market recognition.
POLIHUB QUANTIFIED
WORLD TOP 5 UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATOR
WORLDWIDE
+1200
IDEAS COLLECTED IN 2018
10
Major Acquisitions
+8000
m2 Incubation Spaces
21mln€
Cumulative Startup Funding
31.7 mln€
Cumulative Startup Turnover 2018
WHAT WE DO
Scouting
Entrepreneurial idea and innovative project selection
Tutorship
Team consolidation and prototyping
Mentorship
Business model design and market analysis
Advisor
Support in search for financing and scale-up
Open Innovation
We help companies find the best new ideas out there and to collaborate with the startups
Team
Andrea Sianesi
President
Claudia Pingue
General Manager
Stefano Mainetti
Executive Advisor
Guido Gerlotti
Senior Executive Consultant
Domenico Pannofino
Startup Advisor & 5G Project Leader
Stefano Mizio
HEAD OF STARTUP ACCELERATION PROGRAMS & INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Nicola Rodriguez
STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Michele Panzia Oglietti
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Francesca Cailotto
Front Office Manager
Paola Tilenni
Social Media Manager
Serena Ottaviani
Administration Office Manager
Ornella Sartori
HR Specialist
Stefano Orlandi
ICT Manager
Alessandro Asaro
Head of Digital Communication
Lorenzo Boldrini
Startup Programs Expert & Corporate Project Manager
Giacomo Della Valentina
Head of District Development & Corporate Projects
Luisa Stritoni
Finance & Business Controller
Giacomo Frigo
STARTUP BUSINESS ANALYST & CHINA PROJECT COORDINATOR
Marco Zanellato
Administration Office Assistant
Giacinto Schiavulli
STARTUP BUSINESS ANALYST & CORPORATE PROJECT MANAGER
Achille Monteforte
Communication Designer
Francesca Sapuppo
EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGER
Martina Ulzega
Event ManagerSHAREHOLDERS
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano holds half of the share capital.
The rest of the share capital is equally distributed between Cefriel, MIP and Poli.design.
Governance
Rector of Politecnico di Milano
Ferruccio Resta, Rector and Rector’s Delegate for the Promotion of Research and Technology Transfer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLIHUB SERVIZI S.R.L.
President – Gianantonio Magnani
Board Members – Cabirio Cautela, Orazio Viele, Eugenio Gatti, Stefano Mainetti, Andrea Sianesi
Advisory Board
Gianantonio Magnani, Alfonso Fuggetta, Ferruccio Resta, Andrea Sianesi, Giuliano Simonelli
CONTROLLING BODY POLIHUB SERVIZI S.R.L.
Statutory Auditor – Sergio Vaglieri
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY POLIHUB SERVIZI S.R.L.
Giancarlo Enrico Besia
LOCATIONS
Milan
PoliHub – Startup District & Incubator
The Startup District & Incubator is the Polytechnic University of Milan’s central business incubator site, located on the Bovisa Campus at Via Durando 39, Milan.
Como – Lomazzo (CO)
ComoNext
PoliHub and Fondazione Politecnico di Milano with the collaboration of the local branch of the Polytechnic University of Milan operate via ComoNext, inaugurated in 2010 to favor competitive development and renewal of innovation in the territory.
Cremona
CoBox
In Cremona, PoliHub and Fondazione Politecnico di Milano with the collaboration of the local branch of the Polytechnic University of Milan operate via CoBox, created with consortium CRIT (Cremona Information Technology) to provide a space for sharing ideas and projects, to give them form and transform them into business ventures in the ICT world.