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🔋 Utilities of the Future: Embracing Innovation in #Energy 🔋 Our latest "Utilities of the Future" panel at the MTB San Francisco Scaleup Summit brought together industry experts to explore the transformative power of #AI and #innovation in reshaping the #utility sector. Catch a glimpse of the insights shared in our teaser, then dive into the full recording for the complete discussion! Led by Ron Erd, CEO of Unlocking Growth , this panel featured: 🔺 Kevin Ruble of Southern California Edison (SCE), who shared how AI is being leveraged for grid management and predictive maintenance. 🔺 Louise-Anne Comeau ICD.D from Emera, emphasizing the importance of new energy markets in shaping sustainable, resilient infrastructures. 🔺 Timo Köster of EWE AG, discussing how decentralized systems and smart technologies are changing the face of utilities. From managing complex data to integrating new, decentralized systems, these industry leaders shed light on both the challenges and breakthroughs that lie ahead for the utilities sector. 🌍💡 Watch the full panel discussion for insights into how these pioneers are preparing for a more sustainable and tech-driven future! FULL RECORDING 📹 https://lnkd.in/d4gHuu-D #SSUMMIT24 #SiliconValley #Utilities #AI Marco Marinucci Alberto Onetti

📸 A day to remember in San Francisco! On October 24th, we had the pleasure of hosting FINCANTIERI's launch event for their Innovation Antenna at our Mind the Bridge Innovation Center, in the presence of the Italian Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago —a significant milestone to drive Dual-Use Technologies at the heart of Silicon Valley. With the support of Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO of Fincantieri, and his expert team, including Claudio Cisilino, Paolo Cerioli, Paolo D'Auria, Michele Tornielli, and Salvatore Emilio Bonaccorso, this event underscored Fincantieri's commitment to innovation that bridges civilian and defense sectors. The day also saw an engaging Innovation Industry Talk focused on dual-use tech, setting the stage for pioneering developments in #ArtificialIntelligence, #cybersecurity, #robotics, and more. A special thanks to everyone who attended for making it an exceptional exchange of ideas, and to our team for their incredible effort! 🌉✨ Curious about the data? Check out our jointly-released report to dive into the landscape of Dual-Use Technologies across NATO and allied nations ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dP66TUNW Marco Marinucci Alberto Onetti #Innovation #DualUseTech #Fincantieri #AI #SiliconValley #Defense

🌱 Attention, recent graduates! 🌱 Curious about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shape the blue and green economy? The #ORa! Academy powered by Joule - Eni’s School of #Entrepreneurship and Comune di Ravenna is about to close its applications! Here's your chance to dive into an intensive, fully-funded, 6-month program starting January 2025! 🚀 What’s in store for you? 🌍 Global insights on #OpenInnovation 🤝 Hands-on learning with top industry partners 🔍 Real-world projects via the #VentureClient Lab 📚 No cost – all supported by Joule! 🔔 Don’t miss out—applications close on October 30, 2024! Tag a friend who would thrive in this experience or apply now to kickstart your future in #innovation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌱 Attenzione, giovani laureati! 🌱 Siete alla ricerca di un'opportunità unica per plasmare il futuro della blue e green economy? Le candidature per la #ORa! Academy di Joule - la Scuola di #Imprenditorialità di Eni e del Comune di Ravenna stanno per chiudere! Entra a far parte di un programma intensivo di 6 mesi (a partire da gennaio 2025) totalmente finanziato e prepara la tua carriera in un modo del tutto unico! Cosa ti aspetta? 🌍 Approfondimenti globali su #OpenInnovation 🤝 Formazione pratica con partner industriali 🔍 Progetti reali tramite il #VentureClient Lab 📚 Un programma gratuito – supportato da Joule! 🔔 Non perdere l’occasione—le candidature chiudono il 30 ottobre 2024! Tagga qualcuno che vorrebbe cogliere questa opportunità o candidati ora per iniziare la tua carriera nell'#innovazione. #BlueEconomy #GreenEconomy #Startup #Education #Training Mattia Voltaggio Alberto Onetti Annalisa Giordano Sara Cropo Narmina Barukhova Serena Orizi

📕 "Dual-use technologies: Going Beyond the Dual-Use Divide" is the title of the new report we launched yesterday in San Francisco in collaboration with Fincantieri, supported by Crunchbase. It's a pioneering study that provides an in-depth look into this rapidly growing sector. 👩🏻💻 Our analysis, focused on NATO and allied nations, mapped approximately 60,000 technology #scaleups across 47 countries. Of these, 15,260 – about 25% – are working on Dual-Use technologies with applications across civilian and military sectors. Within this subset, 885 companies (1.5% of the total) already implement solutions for the #military or #defense sectors. This group includes 170 firms dedicated solely to Defense Tech (Pure Defense Tech) and 715 that began as civilian solutions and later pivoted towards defense (Dual-Use Defense Tech). Right now, only 5% of these companies serve both sectors, highlighting a vast potential for growth. However, in some countries, that percentage is far higher. Interested to learn more? Download the full report below for all the data! ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dP66TUNW #OpenInnovation #DualUSe #DualUseTechnologies #InnovationAntenna #SanFrancisco #SiliconValley #Startups Alberto Onetti Marco Marinucci Pierroberto Folgiero Claudio Cisilino Paolo Cerioli

📢 Whispers Confirmed: FINCANTIERI opens its Innovation Antenna in San Francisco! These past weeks have been pretty busy 🤐 and buzzing with activity here at Mind the Bridge. From our Chairman Alberto Onetti’s flights back and forth to today’s reveal, we’ve been gearing up for an exciting announcement: FINCANTIERI has officially launched its Innovation Antenna 📡 at our Innovation Center in San Francisco, in the presence of the Italian Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago. 👉🏻 This new initiative strengthens Fincantieri’s footprint in Silicon Valley and opens new pathways for pioneering Dual-Use technologies in collaboration with our network. "Through the development of Dual-Use technologies, we can create solutions that address both civilian and military challenges. This allows us to anticipate the needs of both sectors and evolve our offerings." - commented Fincantieri’s CEO Pierroberto Folgiero. 📊 Moreover, together with Fincantieri’s impressive team in attendance - including Paolo Cerioli and Claudio Cisilino - our own Marco Marinucci and Alberto Onetti also shared findings from our latest Dual-Use Technologies report (in collaboration with Crunchbase)—the first to map this high-potential sector, with insights that position dual-use technology as a transformative force in both civilian and military applications. "Today we are seeing a real boom in how venture capital approaches Defense Tech startups - added Alberto Onetti - with billions of dollars being mobilized every year." 🇺🇸 🌎 We’re thrilled to welcome Fincantieri to the Silicon Valley ecosystem and excited to drive innovation together from here. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this exclusive presentation and to our Research team for this new achievement! Read the full news on our website to get more! 👇🏻 #OpenInnovation #DualUSe #DualUseTechnologies #InnovationAntenna #SanFrancisco #SiliconValley #Startups cc Max Brigonzi

What happens when giants like Airbus, SAP, 3M Ventures, and Enel Group team up with #startups to drive real change? 🤔 Spoiler: it's about pushing boundaries with #AI, #sustainability, and much more! 🎤 At the recent Scaleup Summit San Francisco, some of the brightest minds in corporate innovation came together to share how they're shaping the future in a ⭐️ Corporate Startup Stars ⭐️ panel: • Paige Stanton Wilson, COO of Acubed (Airbus’ Innovation Hub) • Domitilla Caputo (SF, LA, SD), Strategic AI Partnerships at SAP • Daniel Seo, Investment Manager at 3M Ventures • Nicola Rossi, Head of Innovation at Enel Group And moderated by our very own Marco Marinucci, CEO of Mind the Bridge. Here are some of the topics they covered: 💡 How global companies foster collaboration with startups 🌍 Leveraging AI, sustainability, and advanced technologies to drive innovation 🤝 The challenges and successes of integrating disruptive solutions within corporates 🎥 Here's a sneak peek of the panel—catch the full conversation on YouTube 👉 https://lnkd.in/dMrDZVXx #SSUMMIT24 #OpenInnovation #Innovation #MTBCSS #MTBSES #CorporateStartupStars

#Startup: che cosa sta succedendo in #Europa? 🇪🇺 Proprio nel momento in cui la Commissione Europea sembra aver finalmente messo le startup e l’innovazione al centro delle sue politiche, si avvertono venti di “restaurazione” dagli Stati membri, dalla Francia all’Italia. E anche in Gran Bretagna l’ecosistema è in ansia. "D’altronde, se nessuna azienda europea con una capitalizzazione superiore a 100 milioni di euro è nata negli ultimi 50 anni, mentre le principali aziende statunitensi (tutte con una capitalizzazione superiore al miliardo di dollari) sono nate proprio negli ultimi cinque decenni, qualche domanda dovremmo porcela". 👉🏻 L'approfondimento di Alberto Onetti per EconomyUp - Digital360 cc Giovanni Iozzia #OpenWorld #OpenInnovation #scaleup #tech #PolicyMakers European Commission

🌏 What a remarkable day in #Sydney! Our latest Tech Scaleup Summit brought together Australia's innovation leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the country's fast-growing startup ecosystem. ⚖️ From the first panel, "Open Innovation: Getting the Balance Right," which explored how corporations can balance internal innovation with external collaboration, to the second, "Open Innovation in Energy Transition & Climate Tech," focusing on the critical role startups play in tackling the climate crisis—it was a day of insightful discussions ⚡️ The summit underscored a powerful message: Australia’s future is rooted in #openinnovation — embracing external technologies, fostering global partnerships, and driving sustainable growth. It’s clear that the country's scaleup ecosystem is on the rise, poised to make a global impact through collaboration, adaptability, and #sustainability. A huge thanks to all our guests and speakers for sharing their expertise. See you next year! 👋🏻 Harshita Gupta (BHP), Rowan Braham (Laing O'Rourke), and Guillem Clemente (ACCIONA); Andriana Mantzouranis (ACCIONA AU & NZ), Dr Robert Trzebski (Austmine), Imche Veiga (Stone & Chalk), Akarsh Kumar Gautam (ACCIONA & Nordex Green Hydrogen) and Jim Cooper (Blue-X). #SSUMMIT24 #OpenInnovation #Australia #Sydney #Startup #Scaleup Alberto Onetti Marco Marinucci Bruno Campi Laib

Scaleup Ecosystems thriving! 🔥 Usually, global innovation activity tends to concentrate in a few key hotspots characterized by a high density of scaleups, capital, and talent. Most other local ecosystems - whether countries, regions, or cities - remain largely off the map. ⏳It takes years for local ecosystems to advance through the necessary stages to become global innovation hotspots. However, targeted policies and initiatives that encourage capital attraction, entrepreneurship, and talent development can help accelerate this process. Today we shed light on 2 new areas leading Australia’s innovation charge: 🔺 New South Wales (NSW) 🔺 Victoria #NSW, home to 709 scaleups that have raised $17.3 billion, is on track to become a “Star” ecosystem in the next three years. #Victoria, with 409 scaleups raising $8.7 billion, is following a steady growth trajectory but is still a few years away from exponential growth.   🇦🇺 Australia’s potential as a global innovation leader is clear. By overcoming its geographic isolation through stronger international connections and maintaining momentum in key sectors, the country is well-positioned to rise as a top-tier innovation hub. For more data, download the full Report for free 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/d8jeXRrq #SSUMMIT24 #OpenInnovation Alberto Onetti Marco Marinucci Max Brigonzi ACCIONA Investment NSW NSW Government Crunchbase

🇦🇺 L’innovazione si cerca lì dove c’è: tre motivi per andare fino in #Australia, un ecosistema in crescita In Australia ci sono circa 1500 #scaleup, che hanno raccolto oltre 32 miliardi di dollari: circa il 2% del PIL del sesto Paese più grande del mondo. La chiusura del passato è stata un limite ma anche un’opportunità e adesso l’ecosistema sta crescendo molto velocemente. 🗣️"Tuttavia la corsa globale all’innovazione e alle startup continua ad accelerare. Senza raggiungere una massa critica o stabilire forti connessioni internazionali, gli ecosistemi locali rischiano di stagnare. Per riempire questo gap, l’Australia sta implementando diverse iniziative per rafforzare i legami transfrontalieri, inclusa l’attrazione di investimenti diretti esteri (FDI)". 👉🏻 L'approfondimento di Alberto Onetti sui dati del nostro ultimo Report Tech Scaleup Australia - via EconomyUp - Digital360 cc Giovanni Iozzia #SSUMMIT24 #OpenInnovation #Tech #Startup #Mining #Construction #Energy