I3P - Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico Torino

I3P supports the creation and development of innovative start-ups with high technological intensity and growth potential, founded both by university researchers and students, and by external entrepreneurs, providing strategic consulting services, coaching, mentoring, fundraising support and spaces. I3P is the best public business incubator in the world, as recognized by the World Rankings of Business Incubators and Accelerators 2019-2020 published by UBI Global, the most important international organisation active in the benchmarking of incubation and acceleration programmes linked to university institutions. The mission of the Incubator of Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) is to support the ecosystem of entrepreneurship, with the aim of generating economic development and employment in innovative industrial chains. I3P adopts a strategy of collaboration with private subjects and institutions, engaged in research and advanced training, in services for technology transfer, in the financing of innovation, in internationalisation. The interaction with Politecnico di Torino is central to the support services offered by I3P. The University and the research and innovation institutions connected to it, represent the main pool of technical and scientific expertise for the development of incubated start-ups and provide access to highly qualified human resources. I3P celebrated the end of 2021 with record numbers: more than €37 million in funding raised, 900 ideas accepted, more than 110 projects launched, 22 start-ups admitted to the incubation process, and 52 companies established or attracted during the year.