Our Value Proposition
Collaborate across disciplines
We spark new connections, complementing each company’s R&D
Deploy quickly using MIND
We fuel projects using MIND as a playground, and via deep ecosystem collaboration
Engage before competing
We foster early dialogue with regulators and public sector, to tackle challenges before procurement
Showcase impact
We shares innovation globally, offering stakeholders real-time updates via its platform
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Network members companies
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Startups & SMEs in the Business Community
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Projects launched in the past 3 years
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Service Providers
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Innovation initiatives
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Ecosystem support players
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Venture Building
Support for high-potential startups by turning ideas into businesses through entrepreneurial skills, business modeling, and early-stage product development
Success cases
E4Life, Piscopia Corner

Startup scouting
Identification of innovative start-ups and connection with corporate partners to foster collaboration and accelerate innovation
Success cases

Public-private advocacy
Promotion of institutional dialogue to shape public policies, attract investments, and enable a favorable ecosystem for innovation
Success cases

Testbed enabling
Access to real-world testing environments for validating solutions through living labs, pilot projects, and collaborative experimentation
Success cases
Modular Prefab Construction System, Retail temporary activation

Bid support
Support for R&D and innovation funding: from call scouting and partnership building to proposal design and admin coordination for grant applications
Success cases
Smart & Healthy building supply chain

Specialist service provision
Activation of specialist services through a network of qualified partners and service providers (e.g. regulatory, fundraising, innovation-related areas)
Success cases
Aerosol Jet Printing
MIND
Milano Innovation District
The concept of Federated Innovation @MIND was born as a result of the implementation of Federated Innovation as part of the project to create in the context of the project @MIND Milano Innovation District run by Arexpo S.p.A and Lendlease, an innovation macro-ecosystem that will be an integral part of a unique real estate product that actively contributes to the creation of a thriving innovation community called “Special Innovation Zone”.
Cross Innovation @MIND
Key Players of MIND
We are uniquely positioned to foster collaboration between private sector and the key players of MIND
Third sector
Innovation network for the third sector
Urban development
Global leader in property and
infrastructure development
Urban development
Public-sector organization, land over and
responsible for institutional relations
Technology transfer
Leading in research and technology
transfer
Educational & Research
Public teaching and research University,
top performer in the life Sciences domain
Educational & Research
Public scientific-technological University,
leader in teaching & innovation
Care & Research
Leading hospital for orthopedic and
prosthetic surgery
Research
Leading research institute for life
sciences in Italy
