Puglia is the land of innovative startups, as well as females (2nd region of Italy)

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BARI-Bari rose to the ranking positions for a number of innovative startups, the fifth Italian city, preceded by Milan, Rome, Naples and Turin, and among the top 10 technology companies. On that front, the entire region is in play with 643 innovative startups registered in the Special Section of the Business Register as of July 19, 2023, the eighth region nationwide (where there are 13,862 units). Most of these startups – note the studies and research office of Intesa Sanpaolo – specialize in advanced services, especially software production and IT consulting, research and development activities, data processing, hosting and web portals. Their existence has also accelerated and also accelerated the operations of digitization, and in this case, in this case, it is an excellent place for the region with regard to the Desi Index (Digital Economy and the Society Index) set by the College of Applied Arts in Milan: Polia is the first region in the south with 45.9 points, a little less than the Italian average of 50. They were born, here as in any other place, through the classic good idea of ​​young people, innovators often born It is mostly exclusively by talented youth. They gain experience, then come back and put it into practice.

Startups and innovative companies are spread across the region and in all sectors

Examples abound, from Bari-based Roboze’s 3D printers for Ferrari or US Army products, to bionic hands developed by 3 engineers from Soleto (Lecce), to Befreest from Taranto, which has developed a smart nose capable of sensing the amount of carbon dioxide present in enclosed public spaces, offices and schools and reacting according to a risk threshold; For custom-made PharmaPure medicines. Then the leading startups that, thanks to the support of the region, in Smau San Francisco last May, took part in the Innovit – Italian Innovation and Culture Hub event. As Profiter in Bari active in the pharmaceutical sector (solutions to optimize warehouses, reduce the number of out-of-stocks); Salento Wave (machine learning algorithms to align individual jobs and company goals); Taranto-based Asymmetric (solutions to typical problems of urban contexts through machine learning-based technology); Bari-based Mindesk (3D glasses for object creation and modeling); Salento Audioboost (text content transformed into podcasts and videos); Alkimia Energie from Bari (integrated solutions for the development of renewable energy sources); HT Materials Science based in Lecce, Italy, creator of MAXWELL, a refrigerant that improves the energy efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration systems); Green Brindisi independence (sea water and dirty water turn into distilled water and drinkable water).

Women’s projects, Tafrah, the second district in the south

There is no gender discrimination in the birth of innovative startups. on the contrary. According to the data processed by InfoCamere for the Unioncamere Women’s Entrepreneurship Observatory, in September 2022 there are 103 innovative startups run by women in Puglia representing 5.15% of the national total of female startups (2000 in total) and 14.8% of the total innovative startups in Puglia. Compared to the same month in 2019, before the pandemic, women’s businesses in Puglia increased by 45.6% (47 more in absolute terms). Growth places Puglia fifth in Italy after Lombardy, Lazio, Campania and Tuscany.

The role of the region

To facilitate the creation of new start-ups in Puglia, in line with the regional industrial policy, there have long been TecnoNidi and Nidi, measures managed by the Puglia Sviluppo (internal and regional financial company), as an intermediary and financial body.

The first metric – according to data from Puglia Sviluppo – contributed to the formation of new start-ups, resulting in 412 projects being offered with a value of more than 98 million euros. The second favored the creation of small projects with assistance specifically targeting entrepreneurial initiatives for young people, women and people who have difficulty accessing the world of work: more than 4,400 applications for a total investment close to 300 million euros. The two measures create jobs for more than 10,000 new units.