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Entrepreneurship

Where startups meet the market

Startups don't need more business plans: they need real customers, concrete markets, partners that matter. From idea to first pilot, from validation to international opportunities.

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The Entrepreneurship Area turns the physical and relational infrastructure of the 13 hubs into a stable platform for entrepreneurial development, bringing together territories, young talent, startups, businesses and institutions.

Startups join the network through the incubation agreement: access to spaces, the community, training and the talent pool. Selected startups gain access to advanced market integration services — qualified lead generation, matching with real buyers and international soft-landing pathways.

Our numbers, our impact

500+
Applications received
30+
Startups in portfolio
45+
Real buyers and customers
12+
Countries of origin

Your business project starts here

Open programmes, incubation services and market integration: the dedicated site brings together open calls, portfolio and stories from the network's startups.

Go to startup.gaterei.it

Cases across the network

Pre-incubation

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Modena

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Piacenza

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Forlì

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Ferrara

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Pisa

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Creation Lab

Comune di Ascoli Piceno

We support aspiring entrepreneurs and university teams in validating their idea, developing their business model and accessing the market, through a hands-on programme of training, mentoring and networking.

Startup Market Integration

UniCredit PMI Innovation Program

UniCredit

We connect UniCredit's SMEs with the innovative startups in GATEREI's portfolio, starting from a real analysis of business needs to drive the adoption of concrete solutions and create new opportunities for growth.

Acceleration programmes

StartupER

Regione Emilia-Romagna

We support innovative startups with pretotyping, internationalisation and growth pathways, building on the Open Labs of Ferrara, Modena, Piacenza and Forlì as hubs where entrepreneurship, innovation and urban development reinforce one another.

Acceleration programmes

Tuscany Mediterranean Bridge

Sviluppo Toscana

An international residential acceleration programme promoted by Regione Toscana with MAECI, AI HUB and MIMIT: five days, 130 applications from more than 10 countries, 53 founders and 37 startups involved.

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TMB International Acceleration Programme

Acceleration programme with Regione Emilia-Romagna

The other doors

Five more ways into the network.