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CDP Venture Capital – Fondo Nazionale Innovazione aims to make Venture Capital a strategic pillar to Italy's economic growth and innovation, creating the conditions for a comprehensive and sustainable growth of the Italian Venture Capital ecosystem.
CDP VENTURE CAPITAL AIMS TO:
1. Expand both direct and indirect investments, overseeing existing funds while encouraging the emergence of new funds to support startups at all stages of their growth cycle.
2. Develop the community by bringing together companies, investors and startups for exchange of ideas and pursue new opportunities.
3. Foster the evolution of the Venture Capital system by working in synergy with national agencies and institutions that support startups and by creating a network with key players at the international level.
4. Foster the growth of the Italian market by attracting new national and international investors to the Venture Capital asset class by promoting a new culture of Venture Capital and entrepreneurship in Italy.
SHAREHOLDERS: CDP VENTURE CAPITAL IS 70% OWNED BY CDP EQUITY AND 30% BY INVITALIA.
CDP Equity is a holding company of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group, that was created to boost the Italian economy by investing risk capital in companies of strategic national interest.
Invitalia is the National Agency for Inward Investment and Economic Development. It is owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy.
Invitalia aspires to boost Italy’s economic growth, focusing on strategic sectors for development and employment. It is committed to reviving crisis areas and operates mainly in the South of Italy. Invitalia manages all national incentives that promote the creation of new companies and innovative startups.