From March 19th to 21th, 2024, Finpiemonte will host in Turin all its project partners from seven different EU member states: in addition to Italy - with Finpiemonte and the incubator TEC4I FVG, project leader - representatives from Austria, Croatia, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia will be present for the second Exchange of Experience of the European project FI4INN, funded by the Interreg Central Europe programme, whose main objective is to encourage public and private financial institutions and policy-makers to adopt a new approach in the design of financial instruments to support SME and start-up innovation.
The idea behind the project is to create a knowledge centre to promote innovation, using both best practices already established and new financial instruments, at an international level.
Finpiemonte will lead the event, hosted at the Circolo dei Lettori in Turin and at the headquarters of Fondazione LINKS, where the experiences of prestigious stakeholders, investors and institutional partners - including, in addition to the Piedmont Region, representatives from the network of Fi-Compass, Finlombarda, Elite-Euronext Group, CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDP Venture Capital, Claris Ventures, the university incubators I3P and 2i3T, and Fondazione Piemonte Innova - on the co-design, management and possible transferability of innovative financial instruments and public support measures, such as regional and structural funds, bonds and basket bonds, venture capital funds and accompanying services for innovative entrepreneurial projects.
More information is available on the Finpiemonte website.