Good first (and 80 founders) for the "Italian Tech Night"

The success of #pizzech: "After Zurich we will have new initiatives to give substance to the contents treated in order to help Italian startups"

An excellent start for the "Italian Tech Night", the first edition of which was held last March 24 at the headquarters of Startup Space by IFJ (the Institut für Jungunternehmen), in Schlieren near Zurich, and saw the participation of more of 80 Italian founders, investors and executives in the context of a far-reaching meeting that aims to build bridges and lay "community foundations" between startups of Italian origin born on Swiss soil.

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#pizzech, the innovative "connection" network between Italian startuppers in Switzerland

“Italian Tech Night” was the flagship event of #pizzech, the network of Italian startup founders, investors and executives in Switzerland.
Gianmaria Sbetta (AWS) and Umberto Milano (Kellerhals Carrard) launched the initiative in March 2021 with the aim of connecting Italian investors in Switzerland and intensifying exchanges between the Swiss and Italian ecosystems, bringing together startups, institutions, companies and industry experts.
But what is #pizzech? It is a new network, whose members are founders of Italian startups in Switzerland, active in various sectors: from engineering, deeptech, fintech, biotech, medtech to agritech.
The participating companies have raised more than 200 million Swiss francs from institutional lenders, combining entrepreneurship with inventiveness and achieving international fame.
Today, professionals Gianluca Cesari (CBDO & co-founder of Sevensense), Francesco Dell'Endice (CEO & co-founder of QualySense) and Marco Letizia (CEO & co-founder of Aesyra) have joined the board of the Association.

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Great guests at “Italian Tech Night”: Philip Hassler, Daniela Marino and Francesco Cerruti

Key-note speakers at the launch event of "Italian Tech Night" were none other than Philip Hassler, Daniela Marino and Francesco Cerruti, three leading figures in the ecosystem of Swiss and Italian innovation, who during the meeting gave useful hints and advice for those approaching the world of startups and wanting to develop cutting-edge ideas to improve the local economy.
But who exactly are Philip Hassler, Daniela Marino and Francesco Cerruti? These are figures capable of making a difference in the financing and growth process of a small company
Philip Hassler is co-CEO of "Venture Kick", a philanthropic initiative aimed at promoting technology transfer from university to enterprise.
Since 2007, Venture Kick has supported 841 university spinoffs with CHF 40 million.

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The primacy of a young Sicilian, from Canicattì to… the regeneration of human tissue

Daniela Marino, a young Sicilian entrepreneur from Canicattì, a town in the province of Agrigento), founded "Cutiss AG", a biotech startup in the field of skin tissue regeneration, which won first place in the "Top 100 Swiss Startup Award" in 2020 and second place in 2021, raising over 20 million Swiss francs in equity investments.
Finally, Francesco Cerruti, general manager of the “Italian Tech Alliance”, the Italian association of innovators, including venture capital and corporates, business angels, family offices, innovative startups and SMEs.

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Francesco Dell'Endice: "Participation beyond our expectations, we are happy"

“It was a great start. We had an attendance that exceeded our expectations. A first important step forward”, explains Francesco Dell'Endice, “of which we are proud and very happy. We will launch new initiatives in the area to give more concreteness and depth to the contents covered at 'Italian Tech Night', in order to help the ecosystem and in particular the Italian founders".
And yet: "The event was organized in English to make it accessible to the entire international community, which is essential in the race to scale any business globally".

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“Viva l'Italia, Hopp Schwiiz!”, the dual slogan shared by organizers and guests

“As Daniela Marino said 'Long live Italy, Hopp Schwiiz!'. A big thank you to the keynote speakers Gabriele Altana, Philip Hassler, Daniela Marino. Another to the panelists Giuseppe Donvito, Francesco Cerruti, Leonardo Iurlaro and Philipp Koller and to our sponsors and partners IFJ-Startup Support, Venturelab, Kellerhals Carrard, Italian Tech Alliance, ITA-Italian Trade Agency”, conclude Gianmaria Sbetta and Umberto Milano.

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