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Innovation Session: Becoming a Startupper: How to Find Resources for Your Startup through Business Angels, Grants, Venture Capital and Bootstrapping

Finding funding for a startup is not a single, linear path: there are different strategies, tools, and approaches, each with its own specific characteristics and objectives.

 

If you have an entrepreneurial idea and would like to become a startupper, but are unsure how to navigate the world of fundraising, this Innovation Session is designed for you.

 

Through the experience of several startup founders, we will explore the main fundraising methods currently used in the innovation ecosystem. This will be an opportunity to hear directly from those who have gone through this journey, understand the decisions they made, and the factors that influenced them.

Business angels, grants, venture capital, and bootstrapping are all valid options, but it is essential to understand when and why to choose each of them, depending on the stage and needs of your startup.

 

  • Alessio Bernardo
    CTO and Co-Founder of Motus ml, a spin-off of Politecnico di Milano, where he also obtained his PhD and worked as a Research Fellow. His technical expertise lies in Machine Learning algorithms that continuously learn from non-stationary data streams, with particular emphasis on concept drift, and their deployment on resource-constrained hardware platforms such as FPGAs and SoCs to be used at the edge.
  • Pietro Ravanelli 

    CFO of ISAAC, a company that develops solutions for the seismic protection of buildings; he has also been a member of the Board of Directors since 2023.He gained experience in investment banking and leveraged finance at Crédit Agricole CIB from 2021 to 2024, and previously at BNP Paribas CIB from 2017 to 2021.He began his career with an M&A experience at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.At ISAAC, he is responsible for financial strategy, planning and fundraising, supporting the company’s growth and its dialogue with investors and financial partners.

  • Valentina Lidoni
    Co-founder and CEO of Rilemo, a startup developing a portable imaging device to support rapid diagnosis and patient monitoring wherever they are.

 

We look forward to seeing you!

 

At the end of the event, a Q&A session will take place.

 

What are you waiting for? Sign up now! The event will be held in English.

The Career Service will confirm your participation via email.

 

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All events are exclusively for students and graduates of Politecnico di Milano.

 
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Event details

07 July 2026

13:30 - 14:30 Local time

Online

English

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

Free access

Target disciplinary areas:

  • URBAN PLANNING

  • ENERGY ENGINEERING

  • ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

  • AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING

  • AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

  • GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING

  • MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

  • CYBER RISK STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE

  • DESIGN & ENGINEERING

  • DIGITAL AND INTERACTION DESIGN

  • ENGINEERING PHYSICS

  • MATHEMATICAL ENGINEERING

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND PLANNING ENGINEERING

  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

  • MANAGEMENT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT

  • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

  • PRODUCT DESIGN

  • TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

  • PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN

  • MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING

  • AUTOMATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING

  • COMMUNICATION DESIGN

  • INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

  • MOBILITY ENGINEERING

  • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

  • INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND RISK ENGINEERING

  • BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

  • ARCHITECTURE

  • FASHION DESIGN

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

  • CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

  • CIVIL ENGINEERING

  • FOOD ENGINEERING

  • INTERIOR DESIGN

  • NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

  • TRANSFORMATIVE SUSTAINABILITY