ComoNExT Innovation Hub

Overview

Sviluppo Como - ComoNExT is a Scientific and Technological Park & Innovation Hub, which hosts 131 innovative SMEs (april 2019), among them 30% are start-ups. Sviluppo Como - ComoNExT shareholders is a public-private mix, since The Como Chamber of Commerce detains the 43% of shares. Due to this configuration, Sviluppo Como - ComoNExT acts as a no-profit body.

ComoNExT fosters the development of new enterprises through its certified business incubator. The certification is granted by the Italian Ministry for Economic Development.

For more information: https://www.comonext.it/en/the-park/

ComoNExT is a space for both mature companies, with well-established products, services and markets, as well as innovative startups, selected through targeted calls launched by the Chamber of Commerce or through the call named “Bando per l’innovazione”. The purpose to innovate is the common denominator of all our businesses. Physical proximity among companies and the patterns of knowledge exchange implemented by the Park, promote the development and integration of business skills and so an equivocal wealth for the growth of each of them.

The Park supports the creation and the growth of innovative companies offering specialized management consulting tutorship, technology transfer services and favorable technical and logistical solutions.

Since 2010, thanks to Como Chamber of Commerce, we proposed 8 calls for start-up ideas: we received 398 structured proposals aiming at entering in our incubation program. A qualified commission evaluated all of them, 120 were admitted to a private session with the commission itself, 38 have been admitted to the program. Beyond the calls we meet more than 50 people a year who presents their business idea: we give them a first orienteering, both on the idea and on public calls and financing. Our incubation program develops on specific needs of each business idea.

ComoNExT main goals are basically three: to attract innovative businesses; to transfer innovation to the territory; to encourage new business development by incubating startups.

In June 2017 ComoNExT launched the NExTInnovation ® initiative, an innovation transfer model developed by the hub to promote the awareness and to support the introduction of Digital transformation and innovation processes in enterprises, with particular attention to SMEs. This TT model gathers all the competences available in the Park and thanks to the creation of “variable setting” consultancy groups it offers technology and digital transfer opportunity to companies.

For more information: https://www.comonext.it/en/next-innovation/#cn_next_innovation Digital technologies.