• Companies (corporations and SMEs);
• Start-ups;
• Master students;
• Donors;
• Institutions;

who are interested in pursue or support sustainability innovation projects.

Companies benefit from VeniSIA because they get:

1. a certain increase of their brand awareness, proving sustainability and innovation leaders to meet the SDGs with the aim to save Venice;
2. a probable solution of their main sustainable development challenges, leveraging VeniSIA community of innovators and Ca’ Foscari University physical and intellectual assets;
3. a possible commercialization of the solutions if they can prove to be able to cope with global challenges, promoting them to international investors and venture capitalists (VCs).

Developed solutions.

In Venice as a city lab, funding companies can join a Co-Innovation program as:

1. international companies supporting a broad sustainability action on climate change and clean energy;
2. international or national corporations providing a sustainability innovation solution for sustainable cities, underwater life and clean energy;
3. national SMEs hunting a sustainability innovation project to re-startup the company through the activation of a corporate lab in Venice and coherently with sustainable production and clean energy.

VeniSIA accelerates new business ideas and technology solutions offering a range of services, including training, mentoring, project management, business model redesigning, co-working, accommodation, etc..

Best master’ students involved in VeniSIA through an internship can live a unique life experience living in Venice while coping with the extraordinary sustainability challenge of saving the most beautiful city in the world. They are a strong support in the sustainability innovation projects lead in the corporate labs or by a start-up.

VeniSIA rises in a considerable business ecosystem. While start-ups have the leading role in the acceleration process, the backing of partners has the key role for feasibility. VeniSIA promotes a wide range of business opportunities and collaboration options, involving different private and public partners located both in Venice and worldwide.
Benefits are the sharing of such relevant targets and of SDGs- driven business models. Additional benefits include the use of VeniSIA’s premises and awards and acknowledgements from Venice universities.

Yes, you can.

People and planet benefit from VeniSIA because it allows:

• a certain avoidance of Venice destiny of a deserted flooded Disneyland, repopulating the city with a community of innovators to turn it into the first 100% sustainable city, the oldest city of the future;
• a probable exploitation worldwide of the successful new business ideas and technology solutions to climate change and other environmental challenges, as, if they work in Venice, they will work everywhere.

The governance depends on the origin of the funding:

• if a single company funds a corporate lab, the governance belongs to the same company;
• if a company funds a start-up, the governance belongs to the start-up;
  Moreover, the funding company have an option for the first twelve months after the conclusion of the acceleration program;
• if a donor funds a start-up, the governance belongs to VeniSIA.