Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is the Intesa Sanpaolo Group company dedicated to the frontiers of innovation. It explores future scenarios and trends, develops multidisciplinary applied research projects, supports startups, accelerates the business transformation of companies according to the criteria of Open Innovation and Circular Economy, favors the development of innovative ecosystems and spreads the culture of innovation, to make Intesa Sanpaolo the driving force of a more aware, inclusive and sustainable economy.

Based on its knowledge of emerging technologies and sector/market trends and on its wide network of international partners and collaborators from London/UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, Dubai/UAE, San Francisco & New York in USA, Hong Kong & Macao in the Greater Bay Area, to Asia & Pacific Region (APAC) in Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo, it plays a crucial role as an ecosystem enabler.  Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center provides reports and publications on specific verticals and on cross sector topics, with cutting edge tech solutions. It provides selected services as: Innovation News, selected on the analysis of monitored trends; the Industry Trend Reports - dedicated to specific industrial verticals; the Consumer Trend Reports, which analyze the new consumer behaviors. It offers dedicated Tech-Scouting, customized Tech Tours and B2B Tours - visiting its partners in the most promising and innovative ecosystems worldwide, aiming to generate new business opportunities, create synergies through meetings with Investors, and supports the technological development of its clients. The services of Tech Labs facilitate the experimenting of new business process management models, the development of technological applications and prototypes in the laboratory, with the help of mixed team experts: from A.I to neuroscience and business development. On the R&D front, the Applied Research Laboratories in Neuroscience, AI and Robotics respond to the complex needs of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group and its customers determined by the evolution of new "exponential growth" trends. The Labs develop solutions by activating research projects through teams of highly qualified researchers.

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center offers a comprehensive approach to disseminate knowledge, enable processes and validate financing for the transition of the production system towards a Circular Economy model. The CIRCULAR ECONOMY (CE) with its CE Lab offers innovative technology research and new business model advisory in support of corporate transition from a linear economic model to a circular one, and through its CE Desk valuates the financial applications for the C.E dedicated plafond (8bn Euros) part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group Business Plan ’22-’25.