VeniSIA is a sustainability innovation accelerator, to be based in Venice and devoted to the development of business ideas and technology solutions able to face climate change and other environmental challenges. VeniSIA attracts institutions, companies and individuals who share the belief that it is the perfect background to provide ideas and solutions for those sustainable development challenges that are applicable to Venice fragile and unique environmental ecosystem, and yet scalable, to the benefit of the whole planet. VeniSIA’s ultimate purpose is not to make an accelerator in Venice but to make an accelerator out of Venice.

1. VeniSIA

2. ABOUT VENISIA
VeniSIA is a Venice-based sustainability innovation accelerator focused on the development of entrepreneurial
ideas and technological solutions that address climate change and other environmental challenges.
VeniSIA attracts institutions, companies and individuals who share the belief that this is the perfect context to
provide ideas and solutions for sustainable development challenges that are valid in the fragile and unique
environmental ecosystem of Venice, but at the same time scalable, for the benefit of the entire planet.
The ultimate goal of VeniSIA is:
“not to make an accelerator in Venice, but to make Venice an accelerator”.

3. VENISIA IN NUMBERS
1
Co-Innovation program done
12000+
Startups in our wider ecosystem
500+
Startups in our ecosystem
200+
Startups applications received
32
Startup accelerated
4
Main Partnerships (ENI, ENEL, SNAM, MICROSOFT)
20+
Partners
100+
Mentors

4. PARTNERS 2021

5. WHAT WE DO

6. BUSINESS MODEL
CO-INNOVATION PROGRAM
Matching between Late-Stage Startups / SMEs / Scale-ups and Corporates
STARTUP ACCELERATOR (launching in 2022)
Early-stage startups acceleration / incubation
STARTUP STUDIO (launching in 2022)
Startup creation starting from a corporate's need or a problem we want to solve

7. CO-INNOVATION PROGRAM

8. PROGRAM 2021

9. CO-INNOVATION PROGRAM 2022 – OVERVIEW
Description
Timing
Key numbers
Verticals
Matching between Late-Stage Startups / SMEs / Scale-ups and Corporates
12 months / 1 program per year
500 startups scouted per partner
100 startups pre-selected per partner
10 startups selected for entering the program per partner
1 startup selected for Pilot/POC per partner
Sustainability

10. CO-INNOVATION PROGRAM 2022 – KEY ACTIVITIES
PHASE 1
Scouting
Launch of global open call
for startups & Scouting
3 months / ~500 startups*
* Number of startups per partner
PHASE 5
PHASE 4
PHASE 3
PHASE 2
Pre-Selection Selection Co-Innovation Demo Day
3 months / ~100 startups*
2 months / ~10 startups*
3 months / ~1 startup*
1 day / All startups selected
Face to face interviews &
startup pre-selection for
phase 3
Pilot / POC between
startups & corporates
Demo Day & Awards
Ceremony
Business case
development & selection
for phase 4
Startup Phase1 to Phase 5 → 12 months (January 2022 – December 2022)

11. PORTFOLIO

12. FROM WHERE

13. SDGS

14. SOME OF OUR STARTUPS

15. SOME OF OUR STARTUPS

16. SOME OF OUR STARTUPS

17. VeniSIA