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THE STEPS ITALY HAS TAKEN IN ORDER TO BECOME THE NEXT
STARTUP NATION
Powered by:
Italian Ministry of Economic Development
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BETTING ON STARTUPS: WHY?
Entrepreneurship
Job Creation
Innovation
GROWTH
Meritocracy
Social Mobility
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BUILDING A NEW POLICY: HOW?
Public Task Force
gathering 12 top experts
Open Consultatio
n with +2.000 key
players
LAW 221/2012:
ITALY’S “STARTUP
ACT”
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NICE! ITALY HAS A STARTUP
POLICY, BUT…
What’s it about?Wait for it…
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LOADING OUR 10 COMMANDMENTS,
Get ready…?
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-1-You can now register your
startupONLINE,
FOR FREE
Don’t need to pay anything to set up your startup!
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-2-FLEXIBLE Labour Law
applicable for the whole startup’s life cycle
Temporary contracts for 4 years!
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-3-VARIABLE PAY
depending on your company’s
performanceThe better you work, the more $ you get!
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-4-You can remunerate workers
& consultants with STOCK OPTIONS &
WORK FOR EQUITY
No liquidity? No worries! You can pay your team with stock options!
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-5-TAX CREDIT of 35% for hiring highly-qualified
personnel
Need to hire a developer but don’t have 50k? 17.5k will be provided by the Gov!
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-6-Robust (19-27%)
TAX RELIEF on investments into
startups’ equityI’ve seen VCs and Business Angels over the
moon…
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-7-Startups can raise
money through EQUITY
CROWDFUNDING online portals
(1st tailored law on Earth)
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-8-Free, fast-track
PUBLIC GUARANTEE ON BANK LOANS
covering 80% of the sumBye-bye credit crunch!
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-9-Tailored support
by theITALIAN TRADE AGENCY
Specialists at your beck and call will help you go international!
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-10-FAIL-FAST
mechanism
In case things go wrong…you can move on to your next startup
quickly!
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OK, YOUR POLICY SOUNDS INTERESTING, BUT…OK,
Sure it’s not just pie in the
sky??
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Yep.≈ 1,800
high-tech startups set up in the last 12 months
Don’t believe me? Visithttp://startup.registroimprese.it/report/startup.pdf
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Italy’s startup Ecosystem
≈ 1,800 NEW HOPES FOR ITALY’S ECONOMY!
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Where are our startups based?
Italy’s 3 most populated Regions:1. Lombardy2. Lazio3. Emilia-Romagna
Italy’s 3 most populated cities:4. Milan5. Rome6. Turin
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What do they do?
0.20%
17.70%
3.60%
30.90%17.90%
29.30%
0.40%Agricolture 0.20%
Industry and Crafts-manship 17.70%
Trade 3.60%
ICT 30,90%
R&D 17.90%
Other services 29.30%
Tourism 0.40%
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What’s next?
ITALIA STARTUP VISA
Do you want to set up a startup in Italy?
Send us your business model, you’ll get your visa within 4
weeks
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Thank youFOR YOUR ATTENTION!