Open Innovation Network: the ecosystem that unites startups, industry and research
The Open Innovation Network as a growth lever for Italy
Italy’s startup ecosystem is gaining momentum.In the first half of 2025, investm...
From 1 to 3 October 2025, the OGR in Turin hosted the fifth edition of Italian Tech Week, Italy’s most important event dedicated to innovation and the future of business.
With over 15,000 participants — startups, investors, corporates, and students — the event confirmed itself as a true observatory of technological evolution and industrial transformation.
This year’s theme, The Wave Ahead, invited the innovation community to look beyond the present: to anticipate change and be ready to ride the next wave of technology.
For e-Novia, Italian Tech Week was a valuable opportunity to listen, observe, and connect with startups and innovators working in Physical AI, mobility, energy, and smart manufacturing.
The goal was not visibility, but exploration: identifying deep-tech startups with which to activate potential collaborations and joint development paths within the e-Novia Venture Studio, offering not only financial resources but above all competence capital and industrial know-how.
Innovation begins with listening.
Understanding how young teams and researchers are experimenting with new technologies helps identify alignment with industrial needs and build bridges between research and the market.
This approach is central to e-Novia’s method: turning innovation into measurable business value, accelerating the journey from ideas to prototypes, and from prototypes to ventures.
Startups joining the e-Novia Venture Studio gain access to a unique ecosystem where engineering expertise, technological assets, and industrial relations converge to create tangible enterprises.
This collaborative venture building model combines human, technological, and industrial capital, reducing innovation risk and increasing the chances of success.
The 2025 theme, The Wave Ahead, reflects e-Novia’s vision: to anticipate what’s next and shape it before it becomes obvious.
Being part of the innovation ecosystem means recognizing signals early, understanding where technology is heading, and turning that knowledge into tangible industrial impact.
That’s where e-Novia operates — at the crossroads of imagination and execution.
In a landscape where collaboration drives progress, taking part in Italian Tech Week 2025 was a way for e-Novia to strengthen its mission as a venture builder that connects startups, research, and industry.
👉 Discover how e-Novia accelerates deep-tech growth and turns ideas into ventures through its Venture Studio.
It transforms advanced technologies into new ventures, giving startups access to engineering expertise, development tools, and connections with industrial partners and financial investors. This integrated approach accelerates the journey from idea to market and creates shared value across research, industry, and capital.
To listen to and meet startups and innovators, exploring collaboration and co-development opportunities in the fields of Physical AI, process digitalization, and industrial innovation. Events like ITW offer a valuable perspective to identify projects and talents aligned with e-Novia’s mission.talenti affini alla visione di e-Novia.
EntBy joining the Venture Studio, where it gains technical, strategic and industrial support — as well as access to a network of partners and investors — to move from technological validation to market growth. e-Novia’s venture building model combines expertise, capital, and connections to turn ideas into scalable ventures.
