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About

What Is Federated Innovation @MIND?

Founded in 2021, Federated Innovation @MIND is an open innovation ecosystem supporting private-sector organizations in growth, innovation, and solution deployment. It brings together companies, research institutions, public bodies, and industry partners within a structured framework that moves ideas from exploration to real-world impact. Federated Innovation @MIND is anchored at MIND – Milano Innovation District, promoted by Principia in partnership with Lendlease, with the goal of building a large-scale ecosystem integrated into the district.

Where we play

Federated Innovation @MIND operates across future of health and city-of-the-future technologies, developing flagship projects in areas such as health data, patient journey innovation, citizen and urban data, circular economy, and proptech, transforming cross-sector collaboration into tangible and measurable outcomes.

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Innovation ecosystem

A connected ecosystem of companies and innovators

Federated Innovation @MIND brings together corporates, startups, research institutions, public bodies, and service providers within a structured collaboration framework designed to turn shared challenges into concrete action.

By aligning diverse expertise around common priorities, the ecosystem enables organizations to connect efficiently, collaborate openly, and move faster from ideas to implementation.

Members

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Corporate Members co-fund the ecosystem and shape its direction by surfacing challenges, contributing needs, and driving projects, enabling solutions to be tested and scaled.

Community

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The Community brings together startups, SMEs, and companies that contribute ideas and participate in initiatives, channeling capabilities, technologies, and entrepreneurial energy into collaboration.

Innovation Services

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Federated Innovation provides access to a curated network of specialist providers that support initiatives, complement internal capabilities, and enable efficient execution from idea to delivery.

Institutional Partners

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Institutional Partners connect initiatives with public, regulatory, and social contexts, ensuring projects are relevant, credible, and ready to scale.
District

MIND Innovation District

The concept of Federated Innovation @MIND was born within the development of MIND – Milano Innovation District establishing a shared framework through which organizations can collaborate, develop, and deploy innovation within the district.

Innovation deployed in real conditions

Federated Innovation @MIND was conceived as a core enabler of this vision, contributing to the development of a thriving Special Innovation Zone where companies, institutions, and innovators collaborate as an active community embedded in the city. Through MIND, Federated Innovation @MIND enables companies to test, validate, and scale solutions in real urban and healthcare environments.

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Pillars & Projects

Federated Innovation @MIND pillars & flagship projects

Federated Innovation @MIND structures its activities around two core pillars: City of the Future and Future of Health. More than thematic areas, they function as innovation frameworks that align corporate partners, research institutions, and public stakeholders, guiding the development of projects and accelerating real-world implementation across the MIND ecosystem.

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City of the Future

We connect companies and institutions to develop solutions that improve how cities work and grow.

MIND Citizen Data Platform

Transforming how we build

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Future of Health

We bring healthcare, life sciences, and technology together to improve care, data use, and patient journeys.

MIND Health Data Space

New Patient Journey

Case Studies

Innovation outcomes with real-world application

What we do

How can we help

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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.
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Startup scouting

Identification of innovative start-ups and connection with corporate partners to foster collaboration and accelerate innovation.
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Public-private advocacy

Promotion of institutional dialogue to shape public policies, attract investments, and enable a favorable ecosystem for innovation.
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Testbed enabling

Access to real-world testing environments for validating solutions through living labs, pilot projects, and collaborative experimentation.
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Bid support

Support for R&D and innovation funding: from call scouting and partnership building to proposal design and admin coordination for grant applications.
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Specialist service provision

Activation of specialist services through a network of qualified partners and service providers (e.g. regulatory, fundraising, innovation-related areas).
Why Join

Why join Federated Innovation @MIND

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Impact measured across the platform

Enter a growing community

We spark new connections using MIND as natural playground for cross-contamination.

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 share innovation globally, offering stakeholders real-time updates via its platform.
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People

The people behind Federated Innovation @MIND