Pariter Partners and imec.istart announce strategic partnership

Milan, 26 July 2023 - Pariter Partners and imec.istart announced that they entered a strategic partnership to support the technology transfer and the innovation’s ecosystem in Italy. This partnership, promoted by Pariter Partners, brings together deep skills and experience in business strategy, technology development and startup investments with the aim of creating and supporting the growth of the next generation of Italian tech startups with an international mindset.

Indeed, thanks to this partnership, Pariter Partners and imec.istart will join forces in delivering value-added activities and support to selected teams and startups in the very early stage of their lifecycle, with the opportunity of co-investing. The collaboration will be focused on thematic verticals, starting from the robotics and automation domain.

“We are very proud to announce this strategic partnership that leverages complementary models and cooperation frameworks. The opportunity to collaborate with imec.istart would be a game changer in the Italian innovation’s ecosystem.” said Valentina Franchini, Managing Director of Pariter Partners. “We strongly believe that technology transfer represents the best tool to valorize scientific research and innovation and, therefore, this partnership is a strategic asset for the whole Italian ecosystem” commented Michela Cristofolini Operations Manager of Pariter Partners.

Imec.istart envisions this as yet another new exciting step in their journey towards international expansion. "We are truly honored and thrilled to bring our acceleration expertise to Italy, combining our complementary knowledge to propel technology transfer to new heights, making this a partnership match made in heaven" expresses Ann Van Mele, Program Lead of imec.istart Italy.

"We are delighted to support startups in Italy, alongside Pariter Partners, and we eagerly anticipate many collaborative years fostering the growth of promising Italian startups," further adds Sven De Cleyn, Program Director of imec.istart. "Together, our mission is to ignite inspiration among the next generation of Italian entrepreneurs and make a profound impact on the Mediterranean entrepreneurial landscape."

Pariter Partners is an investment holding company that invests in and supports early-stage entrepreneurial scientists and deeptech companies mainly based in Italy. Pariter Partners created ‘ScienceLab’, a proprietary investment and technology transfer program for researchers and inventors to nurture entrepreneurship and prepare scientists for their entrepreneurial journey from lab to company.

Imec.istart – imec’s business accelerator –aims to help tech companies successfully launch. The imec.istart-program offers a variety of services, including an initial financial injection (50-250K EUR pre-seed funding), personal coaching and mentoring, access to technology and office space, and access to imec’s broad international network and investors. Since its launch in 2011, imec.istart has supported more than 290 tech startups. The UBI Global report ranked imec.istart first in the category 'Top University Business Accelerators' of 2023.