The institutional mission of the regional delegation in Silicon Valley closes. Delli Noci: "Puglia can be a reference point for the Mediterranean"

The institutional mission of the regional delegation in Silicon Valley closes. Delli Noci: "Puglia can be a reference point for the Mediterranean"

The Puglia of innovation closes today its experience in Smau San Francisco, the third international stage of this initiative organized in collaboration with ITA - Italian Trade Agency in the beating heart of Silicon Valley.

Hosting the INNOVIT - Italian Innovation and Culture Hub event, where the delegation - led by the Councilor for Economic Development, Alessandro Delli Noci, and composed of the Director of Economic Development, Gianna Elisa Berlingerio, the manager of the Research and International Relations section, Silvia Visciano, and 10 selected startups - had the opportunity to meet the audience of innovators present interested in building commercial relationships and partnerships between thematic panels and one-to-one meetings.

“Promoting Puglia's innovation, fostering collaborations with international partners and looking for investors – said Delli Noci – are the objectives with which we have tackled this new and stimulating internationalization activity, which has seen Puglia as a protagonist in Silicon Valley.

We let ourselves be inspired by large companies such as Apple, 500 Global, Cisco, Microsoft, but we also had the opportunity to present both our excellence and the entire Apulian innovation ecosystem and the opportunities that Puglia offers to those who choose it for its investments, elements that can make it a point of reference in the Mediterranean area”.

“In this regard – continued Delli Noci – it was important for us to present the Puglia Equity Fund, a financial engineering intervention which, with an initial endowment of 60 million euros, intends to give small and medium-sized enterprises and innovative startups the possibility of increasing the level of capitalization and therefore one's capital solidity, through the participation in the company capital of specialized investors. The opportunity to access this type of operation not only represents an economic or financial advantage for companies but also has an important strategic value thanks to the experience that new investors will be able to bring as a dowry in support of any entrepreneurial structure.

"Our presence in Smau San Francisco - said Berlingerio - has a double purpose: to encourage the meetings that startups have had and are still having, and to allow us, as a regional institution, to meet large multinationals such as Apple, Microsoft, Hp and Pinterest with a view to attracting investments but also activating a series of synergies which, on a global level, are now indispensable and necessary for an exchange of ideas between the realities of our territory and those who live in broader and more challenging contexts such as that of United States."

 The startups and the actors involved

The Befreest from Taranto was present at Smau San Francisco, which has developed an intelligent nose capable of sensing the amount of CO2 present in enclosed public spaces, offices and schools and reacting according to the risk threshold with a signal; the Bari-based Profiter active in the pharmaceutical sector, creator of a platform that uses a proprietary artificial intelligence algorithm for predictive analysis and inventory management capable of optimizing the warehouse, reducing the number of stockouts, replenishment orders and limiting waste; Salento Weave, which enhances people's talent and time with machine learning algorithms to align individual careers and corporate goals; the Taranto Asymmetrica, which foresees and provides solutions to the typical problems of urban contexts through a machine learning-based technology that analyzes thousands of videos, human behaviors and objects in real time; Mindesk from Bari which, with its innovative development environment for urban planners and designers based on CAD and Virtual Reality technologies, has created 3D glasses for creating and modeling objects; Salento's Audioboost which, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence combined with proprietary technology, transforms text content into podcasts and videos; the Bari-based Bricksensitive which develops models, products and hardware and software solutions for IoT, robotics and predictive maintenance; Alkimia Energie from Bari, a factory of integrated solutions for the development of renewable energy sources; the Bari-based Forethinking which provides companies with a program to improve processes and operations through innovation, encouraging the exploration of a wide range of sources and opportunities to win in the current market of sustainable products and services; HT Materials Science Italy from Lecce, creator of MAXWELL, a refrigerant liquid made up of stably dispersed nanoparticles that increase the heat exchange capacity and energy efficiency of air conditioning and cooling systems. Also present in San Francisco thanks to the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is the Brindisi-based Green Independence,

Among the Apulian startups present at Smau San Francisco, four were facilitated with the regional tool managed by Puglia Sviluppo TecnoNidi: Audioboost, Bricksensitive Forethinking and Profiter.