The document describes Innova Day, a start-up acceleration program and business matching event. The objectives are to promote growth of hi-tech start-ups, enhance business ideas and technology, and create business opportunities. Participants include start-ups, university spin-offs, innovators, and investors. Results from past years show the number of participants, one-to-one meetings held, and winning start-ups. Sectors represented include biotech, nanotech, mechanics, energy, and ICT. The 2012 event focused on motor sport technologies and included a workshop, roundtable, start-up presentations, and business matching.

2. INNOVA DAY: WHAT IS IT?
4° EDITION START-UPS’ ACCELERATION
PROGRAM

3. OBJECTIVES
 PROMOTING THE GROWTH AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HI-TECH START-UPS
 ENHANCE BUSINESS IDEAS
TECHNOLOGY AND PATENTS
 CREATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PARTNERS, INVESTORS AND START-UPS

4. PARTICIPANTS
 START-UP HI-TECH
 UNIVERSITARY SPIN-OFFS
 ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS
 INNOVATORS

5. PARTICIPANTS
 COMPANIES AND CONTRACTORS INTERESTED
IN ENHANCING INNOVATIVE IDEAS
 INVESTMENT FUNDS
 BUSINESS ANGELS
 BANKS
 MERCHANT BANKS
 ADVISORS

6. RESULTS 2009/2010
year 2009 2010
Partecipants Start-up, technology and 56 58
patents
Investors 12 24
Enterprises 8 40
One to one meetings 160 190
Winner of the final First Echolight Remembrane
business matching Second Pincell Ecotek
event Third Cellec RSens
Start-Up sectors Biotech 11 9
Nanotech 0 2
Mechanics 3 10
Energy 5 7
ICT 22 25
Services 15 5

7. RESULTS 2011
Innova Day ‘11 Projects
Selected
Enterprises
Investments Business Consultants
Projects funds angel and advisors
Innova Day Biotech 20 10 39 4 4 6
Innova Day Green Tech 23 11 10 2 3 3
Innova Day Mechanics 26 12 12 3 6 4
Total 69 33 61 9 13 13
Innova Day ‘11 Selected Scouting
Biotech 9 16
Nanotech 3 5
Green Tech 7 16
Mechanics 6 13
Electronics 2 6
ICT 6 13
Total 33 69

8. INNOVA DAY 2011: SECTORS OF START-UPS,
TECHNOLOGIES AND PATENTS SELECTED
Mechanics Biotech
Green Tech
Nanotech
ICT

9. BUSINESS MATCHING EVENT
02° February 2012 – Modena (Italy)
EVENT AGENDA
Time 02:30 p.m. Welcome
03:00 Workshop on motor sport technologies future scenarios
03:30 Roundtable on opportunities and best practices :
• M31 INCUBATOR
• LOCAL MOTORS
• NOAE PROJECT
• I3P INCUBATOR
04:30 Coffee Break
04:45 Pitching event (Start-Up Presentations)
06:00 One to one business matching event

10. INFO
Innova Day Motor Sport Tech
• Web http://www.innovaday.it
• E-mail innovaday@democentersipe.it
Motor Sport Expo Tech Fair
• Web http://www.motorsportexpotech.it

11. DEMOCENTER-SIPE
Center for Technology Transfer
Vignolese Street, 905
41125 Modena
Phone 059 2058150
Web: http://www.democentersipe.it