Busforfun from TecnoNidi recognized by the Financial Times

Busforfun from TecnoNidi recognized by the Financial Times

Fifty-third in a ranking of 1,000 examples of exceptional corporate performance. This is the Apulian scaleup Busforfun, which grew thanks to TecnoNidi, and now tops a list of the best in Europe. The Financial Times, in collaboration with data research firm Statista, compiled the "FT1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies 2025" ranking of 1,000 companies based on their Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).

The ranking features the companies whose revenues are growing fastest in Europe between 2020 and 2023, a three-year period complicated by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis. Italy, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom account for more than three-quarters of the companies in the ranking. The IT and software category accounts for one-fifth of the FT1000 companies, a figure that rises to half when added to those in the construction and engineering, energy and utilities, advertising and marketing, fintech, financial services, and insurance sectors.

Busforfun's growth is linked to its threefold nature: a high-tech startup, an e-commerce platform, and a transportation company. It's a young mobility company offering sustainable, safe, and affordable transportation to events in Italy and Europe with low-emission buses. But the startup's success is also linked to the opportunity to offer travelers better fares thanks to a powerful search engine, business intelligence, fast and secure booking, and an extensive transportation network.

Busforfun specializes in transportation for musical, cultural, and sporting events, employee transportation, and B2B transportation solutions. An idea that has become a startup and a scaleup startup.

And to think that it all began with a rejection. The first project by partners Davide Buscato and Luca Campanile was rejected by the Veneto-based company to which they were associated in various capacities. From this first rejection, they decided to pursue the project on their own, and it became a success.

Buscato is a native of Veneto, while Campanile, from Crispiano, a native of Lecce, lives and works in Veneto.

"We began seeking funding," Buscato told Puglia Sviluppo, "first with Invitalia and the Veneto Region's ERDF. Then we discovered TecnoNidi, the Puglia Region's tool managed by Puglia Sviluppo, and that was the turning point."

Buscato and Campanile presented projects for two startups based in Lecce, Parkforfun and Busforfun, both funded in 2019 and 2021, but they are also participating in internationalization initiatives in Dubai and London. While Busforfun's core business is major events, during the pandemic, it shifted to transporting employees to work, including renting trains. This is how the startup survived Covid and continued on. Projects multiplied, from the Notte della Taranta (night of the Taranta) to transporting children to big matches with tickets included, to end-of-year parties for high school seniors, all inclusive: school, dinner, disco, and homecoming. Up to the ultimate dream: vertical transport with helicopters to complement trains and buses, a true intermodal system to be used, for example, during the upcoming Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (of which Busforfun is a sponsor). Thus, both startups are growing in Italy, totaling more than 60 employees, and are opening offices abroad, in Switzerland, Spain, and, in 2025, France. Today, Busforfun has won recognition from the Financial Times. A success born of brilliant intuition, dogged resourcefulness, and public support. Davide Buscato often repeats: "If we've gotten where we are today, we owe it to you."

In the photo below, Davide Buscato in the Busforfun office.