{"id":12743,"date":"2025-12-15T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/?post_type=progetto&#038;p=12743"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:01:01","slug":"berkeley-skydeck-europe-milan","status":"publish","type":"progetto","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/en\/progetto\/berkeley-skydeck-europe-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Origins &amp; Strategic Partnership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021,&nbsp;<strong>Fondazione Cariplo<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Lombardy Region<\/strong>&nbsp;promoted the \u201cSkydeck Europe, Milan\u201d project, the result of a synergy between the <strong>University of Berkeley<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Cariplo Factory<\/strong>. The main objective was to support the growth of academic spin-offs and innovative start-ups through a structured programme that fosters entrepreneurial development, research and technology transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission &amp; Leveraging Talent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The distinctive mission of \u201cSkydeck Europe, Milan\u201d is to <strong>support the best entrepreneurial talents<\/strong>,&nbsp;both in Italy and internationally, <strong>through an advanced training course<\/strong>. This pathway has been made possible by the engagement of scientists, business leaders, technology experts and investors, who provide skills and know-how to foster the growth of the start-ups selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Structure of Accelerator Programme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>acceleration activities<\/strong>&nbsp;take place at two hubs of excellence:&nbsp;<strong>Lombardy<\/strong>, especially in Milan and at the MIND Milano Innovation District, and&nbsp;<strong>Berkeley<\/strong>, in the United States. As part of the programme, expertise from the local university system is also leveraged. In the first year, the institutions offered start-ups a wealth of opportunities: <strong>networking<\/strong> meetings, themed&nbsp;<strong>workshops<\/strong>, testimonials from prominent&nbsp;<strong>key speakers<\/strong> and access to <strong>cutting-edge laboratory infrastructure<\/strong>&nbsp;for the testing of technological solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investment opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the acceleration process, start-ups are given the opportunity to access&nbsp;<strong>investments provided by long-term investors<\/strong>. By 2024, <strong>six acceleration batches<\/strong> had been completed under the programme, with a total of over&nbsp;<strong>4,000 applications<\/strong> submitted. The start-up investments were provided by Lendlease and Cariplo Initiative, which subsequently transferred the signed agreements and any start-up shares to GDA Impact, a new investment programme promoted by the Giordano dell&#8217;Amore Social Venture Foundation (FSVGDA) and the GDA Impact fund.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12744,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"area-di-intervento":[754],"linea-di-mandato":[],"sfide-di-mandato":[],"tema":[767,761],"class_list":["post-12743","progetto","type-progetto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-di-intervento-scientific-research-area","tema-international-networks","tema-young-generations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milan - Fondazione Cariplo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/en\/progetto\/berkeley-skydeck-europe-milan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milan - Fondazione Cariplo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, Milan Origins &amp; Strategic Partnership In 2021,&nbsp;Fondazione Cariplo&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Lombardy Region&nbsp;promoted the \u201cSkydeck Europe, Milan\u201d project, the result of a synergy between the University of Berkeley&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cariplo Factory. 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