CDP Venture Capital, asset management company 70% owned by CDP Equity, a subsidiary of Cassa Depositi e Loans, and 30% by Invitalia, has favored, through the Fund Boost Innovation is in agreement with the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, the establishment of a special purpose company dedicated to building and launching new initiatives that will develop products or services for the digitalisation and innovation of SMEs operating in the supply chains nautical and logistics-port.

With an investment of 8.7 million euros, the goal of the project "Venture Builder of the Nautical Supply Chain and Logistic-Port" is to create ten new companies in the next three years which will be the subject of subsequent equity investments by CDP's Boost Innovation Fund Venture Capital (the SGR's corporate venture building fund) for an amount of about 30 million euros, which will be able to generate additionality effect on the market that will bring total investments at about 70 million euros. The new generated companies will be able to contribute to filling process gaps and of SMEs that develop components and services in the shipbuilding, yachting, cruise and port logistics.

They have joined the venture building project, as of investors, Bridgemaker - German venture builder -, Cariplo Factory - one of the most relevant open innovation hubs in Italy - who will operate in joint ventures as venture builders managing the construction of the new initiatives, Fincantieri, world leader in shipbuilding, PSA Italy and in Italy It has three container terminals and accounts for 25% of import-export Intesa Sanpaolo Group, the largest bank in the country, and one of the first in Europe, through the Six Fund, Development of innovative ecosystems of Neva Sgr, the company of venture capital of the group, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo which supports the development of the Genoese and Ligurian territory and Friulia, Budget of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, in support of the development of the regional territory. Partners also join The Municipality of Genoa, which will host the headquarters Genoese operational of the company at the Genoa Blue District, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region that will host the Company's operational headquarters in Trieste at its spaces, and Confindustria Genoa.