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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: 𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 Techstars 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 🚀 More than 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 from 𝟓𝟔 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 participated in our 𝟓 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬, building companies in 𝟏𝟖 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, spanning from the US, all of Europe, and all the way to Vietnam! In September we hosted our very first 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 to toast to the 5 year journey behind. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! 💚 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐇𝐘! We are proud of what they accomplished, despite the obstacles of pandemics, wars, and ever changing investment landscapes. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. A special shoutout goes to the founders who faced setbacks and "didn’t make it", but keep pushing, continuing to build and evolve 🥊 But we didn’t do the journey alone! This is also an excellent opportunity to say 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔: > To our 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, Fondazione CRT, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, for renewing our partnership twice > To the +𝟑𝟓𝟎 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, who have supported our founders since day 1  > And to all the amazing 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 who worked hands-on with the teams 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡. -- Thank you Andrii, Ana, Petru, Evgeny, Alexey, Benedek, Benedek, Christopher, Domenico, Roberto, Taisa, Alessandra, Firas, Carlotta, Carlo, Giulio, Giorgio, Davide, Michele, Barys, Damiano, Bryan, Stefano, Emanuele, Nicola, Arianna, Ekaterina, Carlotta, Francesca, Martin, Virginia, Sheila and Caterina for making this first alumni reunion a special one ✨

𝐀 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦! ⁣ ⁣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬💡⁣ Virginia and Martin from our team shared best practices for founders, to make sure their application stands out among the thousands we receive and review. There are some really special tips in there 👀 It was amazing to see so many founders from all over the globe joining the session, we are excited to see your applications! 🌏 Special thanks to Jessica Kaing for co-hosting this session with us 👏

🔥 FUNDING-ALERT: Camfin S.p.A. invests in TUC.technology 🔥 Congratulations to our 2020 alumni TUC.technology from Torino for advancing the challenges of digital transformation in the automotive industry and achieving this significant partnership! Congratulations to Sergio Pininfarina and Ludovico Campana for reaching this milestone! 🚀

Carlotta from Bestie Bite (Techstars Torino 2024 alumni) shows us how to excel at 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 pitching and making the most of those casual meeting moments that happen at events like Italian Tech Week 🚀 P.S. Awesome opportunity for all startups out there to apply to The Europas ⬇️

🚨 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 - 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 🚨⁣ ⁣ Congratulations to Voovo from our 2024 cohort for closing their $500K pre-seed round just 4 months after Demo Day 👏 Kudos to Benedek, Benedek and Christopher for reaching this milestone. We are excited to see what's next for the team revolutionizing how students study, one flashcard at a time!

⚡ 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝?⚡ Got a talent for 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and a love for making a difference? These teams are looking for their next team members with a passion for cold calls and hot leads 🔥 NUBO, New Urban Office | #Milan | Hybrid 💻 Be part of the 'make working from anywhere, well… work!' movement as Business Development Manager at NUBO: https://lnkd.in/deZyHaSs Pack I #Barcelona or Remote 🇪🇸 Up for making waves in Spain and creating an impact in other people's work lives? Join the Pack team in their first HQ in Barcelona or remotely as BDR: https://lnkd.in/dkvdviYF Wibo | #Turin | Hybrid 👀 Pitching to the next generation of managers on learning from Fortune 500 execs sounds exciting? Wibo is looking for a Sales Development Rep: https://lnkd.in/d3hz4qNr Family+Happy SB | Soluzioni di Talent Engagement e Welfare | Turin | Hybrid 👶 We all know balancing work and kids is a full-time job—help families manage the maze of everyday life as a Sales Account Rep at Family+Happy: https://lnkd.in/dbj-NQiy (𝐀 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥) 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🌍 UTwin | #Turin | Hybrid 🪄 Ready to turn data into digital magic? Join UTwin as a BIM Coordinator/Expert: https://lnkd.in/dUuM6G_i CYCLE I #Netherlands, #Austria, #Germany I On-Site 🚲 Cycle is looking for rockstar, wheel-passionate bike mechanics in different locations https://lnkd.in/dtgvR9Vd Urban SDK I #Jacksonville, #Florida, US 🚗 From Implementation and Training Specialist, to Sales Representative and Account Executive and Senior Python Data Engineer - check out the many open positions at Urban SDK from our very first class in 2020: https://lnkd.in/dk8Xiv2g

🤔 Over the past few weeks we've been talking with hundreds of founders interested in applying to Techstars who asked us about: ⏳ How long does it take to prepare an application for Techstars? 👀 What do you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 pay attention to when reviewing applications? 📄 Do I need to submit endless documents to complete the application? Yep, these are critical questions, but there's 𝘔𝘜𝘊𝘏 more to know for founders to make sure that their application stands out from the crowd. 👉 And here's how to find out: Founders, join our 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 8𝐭𝐡, 5 - 6𝐩𝐦 𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓 to learn what you can do to get ready before starting the applications process, which are the parts of the applications you really should invest time in to complete and more good-to-know Do's and Don'ts around the process. 🎟️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/dnyH3dzf The session will be led by Martin and Virginia from our team, together with Jessica, Pipeline Manager at Techstars! Who knows better than our alumni on how to submit a great application ⁉️ Tagging our 2024 class CEOs, who just a year ago went through the very same process. Carolina, Carlotta, Benedek, Giorgio, Laura, Anna, Atanas, Firas, Taisa, Matija, Ekaterina & Laura, do you have any tips for the next generation of founders? Share know in the comments and help a fellow founder out 💚

Next stop: Bucharest 🇷🇴 👉 Meet Martin from our team at How To Web, Eastern Europe's leading startup and technology conference. After meeting hundreds of Italian 🇮🇹 founders over the past weeks in Rome and Turin, our tour now takes a turn to Central and Eastern Europe, where we have already invested in several successful companies and #founders from the region: Volteum, GO TO-U, INPUT SOFT, Lawyerd, NRGI.ai, Kedeon, Sirius, Sheeva.AI, eTEU, Plain | Techstars '24, Voovo and VisionAnchor 🚀 We are committed to growing these numbers significantly to bring more founders from the region to Italy and help them prepare, grow, and ultimately scale globally 🌎 Who are the founders from the region we should definitely meet with? Tag them in a comment below ✍

Italian Tech Week is one of our favorite events of the year! When OGR Torino is buzzing with founders, investors and many more, we are buzzing with excitement 😎 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭?⁣ ⁣ 💫 Hosting our super practical 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 for founders, moderated by Martin from our team and with valubale feedback from our pitch experts Elisa Biava, Giuseppe Scopece, Michele Mattei and Virginia Pigato 🎤 Seeing our team on stage! Martin will be joining the 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 hosted by TIM and Virginia moderates the session on '𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬' 💬 Attending lots of great sessions. Have you created your schedule yet? Don't miss out on: 👉 Insights on 'Unlocking Italy's Startup Potential: A European VC Perspective' with Alessandra Mazzilli, Andrea Gennarini, Alessandro Luciano and Gelsomina Vigliotti 👉 An expert panel on leveraging IP assets moderated by our mentor Valerio Capasso, featuring also Maria Cristina Odasso from our OGR neighbours LIFTT 👉 Deep dive into the collaborative potential of human-machine interaction together during the session on 'Humans and Machines: collaborators, not competitors' 💚 And we'll round up the week by bringing together many of our alumni who are coming from all over the world back to Turin for the next days to join Italian Tech Week and for our alumni reunion 👉 In the meanwhile, we hope to meet lots of founders! Are you building a startup and are interested in Techstars and our upcoming Techstars Transformative World Torino program? You'll easily find our team with the Techstars T-Shirts around the venue, come and say hi! Let's go 🚀

🔥 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐓-𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 🔥 Nickelytics 🇺🇸, 2020 alumni of Techstars Torino, got acquired by Kiwibot. Congratulations to Judah and the whole team for reaching this milestone (again 😉) This isn't the first acquisition for Kiwibot in 2024, as the company is scaling up for global expansion. We are excited that Nickelytics is part of that path! And it isn't the first acqusition for Nickelytics either. Remember the news from August 2023, announcing the acquisition of the company by T72 Club? Way to go, Judah and team 🚀 What's next?! https://lnkd.in/dgjGkvA9