Neva Sgr, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group‘s venture capital company, has entered the capital of Bio4Dreams through its Fondo Sei – Sviluppo ecosistemi di innovazione fund.

Entirely underwritten by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, the Group’s company dedicated to frontier innovation, Fondo Sei is an alternative investment fund established and managed by Neva Sgr whose objective is to support the growth of the Italian innovation ecosystem through targeted investments in vehicles that implement research, selection, acceleration and professionalisation programmes for promising startups.

With the entry of Neva Sgr’s Fondo Sei and the collaboration already initiated with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Bio4Dreams consolidates its position in the Italian innovation ecosystem and aims to strengthen its internal structure, with the aim of accelerating the development of its activities at an international level.

The entry of Fondo Sei is a further confirmation of the results achieved by Bio4Dreams in six years of intense work both in Italy and abroad, a path that has led the company to become a European benchmark for innovation in the country, actively contributing to the evolution of territorial ecosystems in the Life Sciences field.

Fondo Sei‘s investment includes a new member in the Bio4Dreams board of directors appointed by Neva Sgr.

“Neva Sgr’s investment in Bio4Dreams aims to support and accelerate innovation in the Life Sciences sector in Italy. Our country boasts many excellent researchers and startuppers, but they often prefer to go abroad to develop their ideas and realise their projects. With our Fondo Sei, we are proud to be able to support Bio4Dreams in its growth, an incubator that helps to retain and attract highly innovative startups to our region”.

Mario Costantini, CEO and General Manager, Neva Sgr

“We are excited and honoured to have Neva Sgr at our side, through Fondo Sei, and to collaborate with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center. The synergies that Bio4Dreams will be able to create with the various players in the Intesa Sanpaolo Group’s innovation system will be crucial to continuing along the growth path, to chart new courses and to face the challenges that await us in the coming years”.

Elisabetta Borello, Co-Founder, VP Strategy & External Relations, Bio4Dreams

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The main media outlets that covered the news:

• Intesa Sanpaolo. Neva Sgr investe in Bio4Dreams;
• la Repubblica. Neva Sgr entra in Bio4Dreams con il Fondo Sei;
• La Stampa. Cresce il “venture capital” di Intesa Sanpaolo. Dopo il digitale e il green Neva punta sul biotech;
• Borsa Italiana. Intesa SP: Neva Sgr entra nel capitale di Bio4Dreams, incubatore di startup;
• Finanza.com. Intesa Sanpaolo investe in Bio4Dreams tramite il Fondo Sei;
• Milano Finanza. Neva Sgr investe in Bio4Dreams;
• StartupItalia. Neva Sgr investe in Bio4Dreams ed entra nell’incubatore italiano di startup delle Scienze della Vita.

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