The Calabria Region affects innovation and youth entrepreneurship to strengthen their competitive positioning. After a pre-information phase, the public notice for support for the creation and consolidation of Innovative startups with a high intensity of knowledge, with one total financial allocation of 15 million euros.
The initiative has the aim of promoting the birth of new innovative companies and strengthening existing ones, with particular attention to high -technological and research entrepreneurial projects, consistent with the trajectories of the regional intelligent specialization strategy (S3).
The notice is aimed at both natural persons who intend to undertake a new business project and to innovative startups already made up of no more than 5 years and registered in the special section of the business register.
The concessions will be granted in the form of a capital contribution of up to 75% of the eligible expenses, for investments between 70,000 and 400,000 euros. Applications may be submitted from 8 May to 31 October 2025, exclusively through the Fincalabra Spa platform.
To underline the strategic importance of this measure is the commissioner for economic development Rosario Varì“This warning – he declares – is a concrete opportunity to give rise to and grow in innovative companies in Calabria, with solid roots in the territory and a look projected to the future. We want to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem and create favorable conditions for those who choose to do business here, without having to look elsewhere. It is a clear message to young people, researchers and professionals: Calabria is ready to believe in your ideas and to support it. Quality proposals and we also want to attract promising realities from outside the region and from abroad, because today innovating in Calabria is possible “.