(Telestock) – Venture Capital Investments for Tech Startups at the heart of the debate of the second edition of “Roma Venture Forum 2024” organized by the association of the innovation ecosystem of the Capital, Roma Startup, together with SACE.
Give her actions to attract international class operators to Rome to create synergy between the prospects and strategies for Venture Capital by moving from traditional finance to innovative finance: Gelsomina Vigliotti, Vice President of the EIB – European Investment Bank – shared the operating principles of an ecosystem and the reasons why Italy needs a second geographic hub of Venture Capital serving the center-south; Roberta Angelilli, Vice President of the Lazio Region, highlighted the strategic interest of the Region by anticipating the measures in the launch pad that could favor a role for Rome in consolidating this asset class around a significant number of new operators; Alessandro Profumo, former CEO of large companies such as Unicredit and Leonardo and entered the Venture Capital, motivated the strategic importance of this asset class; Antonio Frezza, Chief Marketing, Sales PMI and Property Solutions Officer of SACE and the CEO of Cdp Venture Capital Agostino Scornajenchi, presented the strategic actions of their respective companies to enable a recovery in investment growth, which has been severely contracting in Italy in recent months; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lazio Innova and Roma Startup discussed how to foster permeability between the local and international supply chains of capital and business, connecting ecosystems and exchanging culture; and a rich panel of Venture Capital operators made up of supervised funds, investment holdings and large companies active in Corporate Venture Capital, all based in Rome, revealed how the sector is already finding fertile ground in the Capital of Italy.
“We are truly happy to host in SACAnd for the second year this important event dedicated to Venture Capital, created together with Roma Startup, a point of reference for the national innovation ecosystem. Today brought together all the key players of the Innovation System to strengthen the dialogue, in consideration of the increasingly strategic role that innovative companies and startups have for our Country System – declared Antonio Frezza, Chief Marketing, Sales PMI and Property Solutions Officer of SACE – We know well how important investing in innovation is, in fact, as emerges from our Doing Export Report 2024: those who invest in technology export 3 times more than those who do not invest. And having more competitive companies also means having a more competitive, more productive and more resilient Country System”.
“The Rome Venture Forum is a moment of discussion between operators of fundamental importance” declares Gianmarco Carnovale, President of Roma Startup who moderated the morning of work “as it lays the foundations for a growth path of the supply chain that we represent as an association, and of which investment is a component, which must move in a more coordinated way with the institutions, sharing system objectives”.