For over 25 years, the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino (I3P) has supported the creation and development of innovative start-ups with high technological intensity and growth potential, including through active collaboration with a vast network of partners. I3P’s network includes institutional bodies, financial operators and qualified investors, research centers, industry organizations, professional firms, technology providers, expert mentors, communications specialists, and other types of stakeholders who support the start-up ecosystem.
The Welcome Kit provided to all entrepreneurial teams entering an incubation or pre-incubation program at I3P - designed to offer a wide range of tools and resources to help them develop a successful new project in the shortest possible time - includes packages of technological, financial, management, consulting, communication, and networking services offered on preferential terms for young companies. The goal is to facilitate the development of new businesses by providing a comprehensive set of tools, resources, and capabilities useful to those seeking to transform an idea into a successful, innovative company.
Among the partners with whom the Incubator maintains collaborations aimed at supporting start-ups, and which many emerging companies have made use of over time, are Adamo, Altair, Amazon Business, Bando Easy, ESSS Ansys, Factorial, Freedome, Hubspot, Hunter.io, Joinrs, MathWorks, MongoDB, Nuovamacut, OVHcloud, Positive User (formerly 4Dem), and Tot.
Throughout the first half of 2026, I3P renewed its portfolio of agreements and signed significant new partnerships with national and international brands at the forefront of technology: below is an indicative list of the most prominent new partners. To benefit from their respective service packages and discounted rates, start-ups supported by I3P can contact their assigned mentors.
Anthropic
Founded in 2021 in the United States, Anthropic is a public benefit corporation specializing in safety and research in the field of artificial intelligence, with the goal of developing cutting-edge, reliable, interpretable, and controllable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, an agent-based software platform capable of performing even highly complex tasks involving language, reasoning, analysis, programming, and more.
Anthropic provides developer tools to help users - including start-ups - build and scale applications using the conversational AI Claude, which can assist with a wide range of tasks involving not only code generation but also text, images, and entire documents. The partnership with I3P offers start-ups a package of free API credits for using Claude.
CA Auto Bank
An agreement has been signed with the digital bank CA Auto Bank, already a partner of I3P for the open innovation platform Digital Factory, regarding the Conto Deposito, one of the group’s flagship banking products, which offers interests on deposited funds.
Backed by its integration with Crédit Agricole Personal Finance & Mobility and its high credit ratings, CA Auto Bank offers a financial product that is 100% digitally managed, secure - as it is guaranteed by the Deposit Insurance Fund - and designed for financial planning and diversification. The Deposit Account offers a dedicated interest rate with quarterly interest payments, no opening, closing, or maintenance fees, the ability to withdraw funds at any time without penalties, and a dedicated telephone support service for partners.
Coverflex
Coverflex is a solution for managing employee compensation that allows to administer everything beyond just salary: corporate welfare benefits, meal vouchers redeemable at more than 100,000 locations and exclusive discounts, all on a single platform. Founded in 2019 as a start-up in Portugal, Coverflex closed the largest pre-seed funding round ever conducted in the country in 2021 and made its debut on the Italian market two years later.
The Coverflex platform is currently used by more than 18,000 companies and 330,000 employees in Europe. Meal vouchers and other employee benefits are accessed through a dedicated app and card, designed to enable users to manage their compensation in a flexible and personalized way. The agreement with I3P allows young companies in the Incubator’s network to access a discount on the Fringe Benefit, Wallet, and Welfare Plan services.
Crono
Crono is a start-up founded in London in 2022, by four Italian founders, which describes itself as an agentic sales engine: it is an outbound prospecting platform for B2B sales, designed to meet the specific needs of SMEs and large enterprises. The solution brings together AI agents, data streams, and workflows into a single system that enables teams to manage the entire sales process, from identifying potential customers to engaging them and closing deals.
Crono integrates with popular tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Gmail, Outlook, Aircall, Ringover, Clay, n8n, and many others, bringing them all together in a single operating environment. I3P start-ups can take advantage of exclusive discounts and an onboarding service for the platform provided by one of the company’s Customer Success Specialists.
Jet HR
Jet HR is a tech company founded in Italy in 2023 to address a real problem, the burden of bureaucracy on Italian companies, through an innovative solution for paying salaries and automating human resources (HR) management processes, backed by a support team with minimal response times and a dedicated labor consultant.
Jet HR’s digital platform integrates all essential HR functions, specifically developed to comply with Italian regulations, including: hiring new employees, managing remote work, vacation, time off, and sick leave, tracking attendance, expense reports, health and safety compliance, creating and distributing pay stubs, processing payroll, and more. Through the agreement signed with I3P, incubated and pre-incubated start-ups have access to a free trial period on all plans.
Lovable
Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Lovable is a start-up operating in the field of generative AI applied to software development. The platform allows users to create, deploy, and manage full-stack web applications based on natural language descriptions. Lovable acts as an autonomous software engineer capable of building complex digital products, reducing development time and making software creation accessible even to those without in-depth technical expertise.
Thanks to the new agreement signed with I3P, the young, innovative companies supported by the Incubator have facilitated access to Lovable’s tools, allowing founders to build, test, and publish applications at a pace suited to experimentation and rapid project growth.
Notion
Notion is a digital platform created by Notion Labs Inc., a company based in San Francisco, USA, that combines many work tools into a single all-in-one space. Over the years, it has become one of the most popular applications for project management and information sharing, especially in the start-up world. Notion allows to easily organize and access notes, documents, to-do lists, project tasks, links to shared folders, calendars, and much more.
Through the Notion for Startups program and the agreement with I3P, young companies that are not already customers of the service and have both a website and an email domain can sign up for a free trial of the Business plan, which includes the Notion AI tool.
Qonto
Qonto’s mission is to provide small and medium-sized businesses with digital financial tools that can help them grow their results. Founded in 2017 in France, Qonto has expanded into Italy and other major European countries such as Germany and Spain. Today, the platform serves over 600,000 business customers and has helped more than 250,000 entrepreneurs launch their companies. At the same time, Qonto supports the Italian innovation ecosystem with free initiatives such as Qonto PowerUp.
Among the services offered by Qonto, one of the main ones is the online business account: it takes just a few minutes to open one with an Italian IBAN. The service includes features such as electronic invoicing, digital payment of F24 forms, physical and virtual cards for teams, and instant and international bank transfers. Through an agreement with I3P, start-ups in the Incubator’s network can sign up for a free trial period on any type of account, allowing them to easily test it based on their specific needs.
Revolut
Founded in 2015 in the United Kingdom as an innovative start-up, Revolut is now a financial technology (fintech) company with more than 10,000 employees worldwide. From everyday spending and savings to investments and international payments, Revolut offers digital tools that make managing daily finances simple, secure, and borderless for over 75 million customers around the world.
The Revolut mobile app supports transactions and ATM withdrawals in 120 currencies and gives customers access to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Ripple (XRP). The platform enables instant transfers between Revolut users, multi-currency transfers to other bank accounts worldwide, physical and virtual payment cards, stock purchases, and more. The partnership with I3P allows startups that open a new Revolut Business account to receive a welcome bonus credit.
Satispay Welfare
Satispay is a mobile payment app that operates independently of traditional card networks. Founded in 2013 in Cuneo, Italy, and launched in 2015, the Satispay platform allows users to make payments in physical and online stores, send money to friends, and manage services such as bill payments and mobile top-ups via smartphone. In September 2023, the company entered the corporate welfare sector with meal and shopping vouchers, followed by the FlexBen benefits solution for managing reimbursements and pension funds.
In just over two years, Satispay has established itself as one of the leading players in the industry, with more than 40,000 corporate clients and over 400,000 participating businesses. The benefits for I3P start-ups, thanks to the partnership signed with the Incubator, include special financial terms, such as zero fees on meal vouchers and discounts on their face value, plus a dedicated advisor and customer support available seven days a week.
Unobravo
Conceived in 2019 in London and launched as an innovative start-up in Italy, Unobravo is now Europe’s largest online clinical psychology center: since its founding, it has conducted more than 10 million sessions with over 500,000 users, thanks to its network of more than 9,500 specialists available on the platform and its team, which has grown to 300 people. Those who choose to use Unobravo’s services are matched, through an algorithmic matching system, with psychotherapists selected for their expertise, human values, and empathy.
Thanks to the agreement signed with the Incubator, start-ups supported by I3P can benefit from a package of discounted services for their staff, including free or discounted sessions, access to dedicated training talks, and the evaluation of special projects tailored to the company’s specific needs.
