{"id":12394,"date":"2025-01-16T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/impact-deal-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:54:05","slug":"impact-deal-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/impact-deal-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Deal: the third edition of the European data-driven program kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Impact Deal: The Third Edition of the European Data-Driven Acceleration Program Kicks Off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The third edition of Impact Deal, the European data-driven acceleration program promoted by Fondazione CRT, OGR Torino, and Microsoft, has officially started. The program is dedicated to companies combining innovation with social and environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>On January 15, the kick-off event for the new edition took place at OGR Tech, the innovation hub of OGR Torino, welcoming the 29 selected companies chosen from 130 applications across Europe. These numbers show significant growth compared to previous editions, highlighting the program&#8217;s increasing appeal and consolidation.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured contributions from Christian Racca, Program Manager of Impact Deal, Stefania Coni, Head of International Activities at Fondazione CRT, Matteo Pessione, OGR Tech Coordinator at OGR Torino, Matteo Mille, Chief Sales Enablement &amp; Operations at Microsoft Italy, Ciro Cattuto, Scientific Director of ISI Foundation, and Nicol\u00f2 Gozzi, Senior Research Scientist at ISI Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact Deal: The Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Impact Deal is Europe\u2019s first acceleration program focused on social and environmental impact, leveraging data-driven approaches. It supports innovative and concrete solutions through a six-month journey combining training, mentorship, and strategic partnerships, with a focus on data application to create positive impact.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Data Club, a network of public and private partners\u2014including the City of Turin, Banca Sella, Tim, Windtre, Almawave, Advaneo GmbH, Cuebiq, Open Data Hub, and Planet Smart City\u2014startups gain access to exclusive datasets.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to ISI Foundation\u2019s scientific supervision, TOP-IX\u2019s operational management, and strategic partners such as Impact Europe, Ashoka, Impact Hub, and Torino Social Impact, the program provides unique resources. These include a robust network of mentors, experts, and investors, networking opportunities within the European impact ecosystem, and a growing community of successful alumni. This year, Digital Innovation Hub Piemonte and the Mesap Innovation Cluster are creating new engagement opportunities for local businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Selected Companies for the Third Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 29 selected companies stand out for the variety of their solutions, ranging from energy efficiency to waste management, sustainable mobility, mental health, combating disinformation, and air purification:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kumulus (France)<\/strong> \u2013 Solutions to transform air into mineralized drinking water<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latitudo40 (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Climate risk analysis and resource inefficiency reduction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal-Pythia (UK)<\/strong> \u2013 AI software for automating compliance reports<\/li>\n<li><strong>DANU Robotics (UK)<\/strong> \u2013 AI-powered robotics for waste sorting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neuron Soundware (Czech Republic)<\/strong> \u2013 Predictive maintenance through acoustic diagnostics<\/li>\n<li><strong>SWITCH (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 AI-driven solutions for fleet optimization in mobility and logistics<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITSLITBOX (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Plug-and-play devices for building energy efficiency<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mol-e (Turkey)<\/strong> \u2013 E-waste classification automation with carbon footprint tracking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nevomo (Netherlands)<\/strong> \u2013 MagRail technology for railway innovation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pedius (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Phone communication solutions for deaf individuals<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enzum (Estonia)<\/strong> \u2013 Predictive software for industrial battery efficiency<\/li>\n<li><strong>MinervaS (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Eco-driving solutions to reduce emissions and costs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fusebox (Estonia)<\/strong> \u2013 Advanced energy flexibility management, VPP operations, and CO2 reduction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veridis (Netherlands)<\/strong> \u2013 AI-driven thermal analysis for R-plastic characterization<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vaimee (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Digital twins for future agriculture<\/li>\n<li><strong>Databaum (Germany)<\/strong> \u2013 AI for optimizing agricultural resources<\/li>\n<li><strong>ContainerGrid (Germany)<\/strong> \u2013 Product recycling certification<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bike-Square (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 E-bike tourism and fleet management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loki (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 AI-driven urban infrastructure monitoring<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kapiteinlabs (Netherlands)<\/strong> \u2013 Innovative air purification technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>WeavAir (Poland)<\/strong> \u2013 Integrated digital twin platform with satellite imagery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zerow (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 B2B marketplace for recycling deadstock in fashion<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reblade (Denmark)<\/strong> \u2013 Automated wind turbine blade repairs using drones<\/li>\n<li><strong>GoRolloe (UK)<\/strong> \u2013 Hardware solutions for air purification in mobility<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mistikist (UK)<\/strong> \u2013 AI platform for mental health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motions Cloud (Germany)<\/strong> \u2013 Insurance claim automation with computer vision<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overtone (UK)<\/strong> \u2013 AI-driven filtering and sorting of online content<\/li>\n<li><strong>ToMove (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Remote-controlled electric vehicles for urban mobility<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respect Life (Italy)<\/strong> \u2013 Innovative eco-textiles for health, home, and fashion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The companies are now embarking on their growth journey, aiming to enhance their skills and connect with a global network of experts and investors. On March 6, the initial phase will conclude with the Data Pitch &amp; Investor Matchmaking, during which 12 companies will be selected to proceed to the advanced phase of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <strong><a href=\"#\" rel=\"noopener\">Impact Deal website<\/a> <\/strong>for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29 companies were selected from 130 applications received from across Europe, doubling the numbers of previous editions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277,278],"tags":[290,331,372],"class_list":["post-12394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fondazione-crt-group","category-projects-and-calls","tag-ogr-torino-en","tag-startup-en","tag-innovation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12398,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394\/revisions\/12398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecrt.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}