
Where selected VCs and corporates meet
the very best of the Italian Tech scene.
iii Edition
September 2025

what is it?
The Bologna Gathering powered by CTE Cobo is an invite-only full immersion of actionable, international networking taking place in the top innovation-related venues in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.


who is coming
🌍 VCs (international): EarlyBird, LocalGlobe, Ventech, ETF Partners, Astanor, Partech Ventures, Antler, Kost Capital, Verve Ventures, Project A, Redstone, Dutch Funders Fund, Indico Capital Partners, Join Capital, Lunar Ventures, Burda Principal Investments, Sands Capital, Privilege Ventures, Plug&Play, FoundersFactory, Gener8tor, Techstars, Sony Innovation Fund, Red-stars, etc.
🌱VCs and FOs (HQ’ed in Italy): FNDX, Primo Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, United Ventures, P101, Italian Founders Fund (IFF), 2100 Ventures, Indaco, Eureka Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, Rialto VC, The TechShop, Cysero VC, LIFTT, Nextalia, Obloo, Azimut Digitech, IAG, Prana Ventures, ZEST, Unruly Capital, Alchimia Investments, Moonstone VC, Sella CVC, Rancilio Cube, Wellness Holding, B.Group, GD3, etc.
💼 Corporates: Leonardo, Intesa Sanpaolo, TIM, Unicredit, Ducati, Generali, CRIF, JP Morgan, Aruba, Gellify, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Credem, Google, Tetrapak, Accenture, SAP, Granarolo, Technogym, Sacmi, Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Gruppo Iren, Recordati, Datrix, Piquadro, EmilBanca, Rekeep, Poggipolini, Pelliconi, PwC, SCM Group, etc.
🚀Startups/Scaleups: D-Orbit, NewCleo, Cubbit, iGenius, Keyless, Arsenale BioYard, Qomodo, Entando, Codemotion, Futura, Caracol, BonusX, Medical Micro Instruments, Kampaay, 3Bee, PeopleRank, TrueScreen, Winelivery, Crono, Impact.ai, Planckian, Auting, Astreo, Mkinf, etc.
🎤Speakers: George Coelho (Astanor), Federico Marchetti (YooX), Alec Ross (Author), Francesco Simoneschi (Truelayer), Marco Trombetti (Translated), Fabio Nalucci (FNDX), Oscar Westergård (Antler), Simone Riva (Partech), Irene Mingozzi, Anna Maria Brunnhofer (ImpactAI), Giulia De Benedetti (Newcleo), Luca Foschini (Sage Bionetworks), Renato Panesi (D-Orbit), Alessandra Mazzilli (Earlybird), Francesco Ubertini (Cineca), Anilkoumar Dave (IIT), Carlo Cavazzoni (Leonardo), etc.

EDITION 2024:
HOW IT WENT
It has been an incredible edition and a true honor to share this moment with all of you. Thank you for making future possible, together.
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A few memories from the 2023 edition







