Home of Emerging Technologies “Infiniti Mondi”: call for the selection of 10 Startups and/or Spin-offs for the 3rd Cycle of the Incubation Program of CTE Napoli Infiniti Mondi

The House of Emerging Technologies “Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City” is a project by the City of Naples, financed by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, aimed at providing businesses with an innovation centre specialized in Metaverse, Web 3.0, Gaming/Gamification, Digital Storytelling, Quantum Computing, and 5G, to develop and test products, processes, services, startups, and new business models in the Cultural and Creative Industries sector.

For the CTE project, the City of Naples is the lead partner of a partnership including the Universities of Naples Federico II and L’Orientale, the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples – where young designers created the “Infiniti Mondi” logo – the digital innovation centre Cefriel of the Polytechnic University of Milan, the research and innovation centres MedITech 4.0, CNR – Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences and CeRICT Scarl, and innovative companies like Tim, Spicy and One More Pictures.

The Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals aims to promote and support innovative startups and university spin-offs operating in the Cultural and Creative Industries sector as planned by WP.4 “industrial development and business creation” task 4.1 “Acceleration and Incubation Programme” of the CTE Napoli Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City CUP B67F23000000008 – FSC 2014-2020 project.

The selected companies will participate in the third cycle of the Incubation and Acceleration Programme, which will be implemented in collaboration with companies, universities, technology districts, public/private research laboratories, credit institutions, and investors.

The Programme includes entrepreneurial training and guidance services, dedicated mentoring, access to the facilities and opportunities offered by CTE Napoli, including coworking spaces and technological labs (Metaverse, Web 3.0, Gaming/Gamification, Digital Storytelling, Quantum Computing, and 5G).

Who Can Participate

The Call is aimed at the selection of 10 new business ideas in the Cultural and Creative Industries sector, and is open to innovative startups and/or university spin-offs already established, and teams intending to establish within and no later than 30 days from the start of the Programme, with a technological and business idea specifically focused on the Cultural and Creative Industries.

Eligible entities also include those from abroad, but with a registered office and/or operational headquarters in Italy, demonstrating economic and developmental interest in the regional territory in the relevant sector addressed by the proposal. The candidate projects will have to refer to one or more of the following emerging technologies: Metaverse, Gaming/Gamification, Digital Storytelling, Web3, Quantum Computing, 5G/6G, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, X-reality, Blockchain, IoT, Cybersecurity, NFT, Cloud/Edge computing, Simulation.

Preferably, the proposals should target one or more of the following application sectors:

• CULTURAL HERITAGE

• AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR

• GAMING AND GAMIFICATION

• TOURISM

• COMMUNICATION AND NEW MEDIA

• PERFORMING ART, VISUAL ARTS & SHOW BUSINESS

• ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ARTISTIC CRAFTS

• LITERATURE, BOOKS AND PUBLISHING

• EDUCATIONAL

• MUSIC

• CREATIVE DRIVEN SECTORS

Types of Support

The services provided to the startups and teams selected within this Incubation Programme have a market value of €25,000.00 for each selected project.

The contributions will be granted in accordance with the “de minimis” regime pursuant to EU Regulation 2023/2831 of the European Commission dated 13 December 2023.

Duration

The Incubation Programme of CTE Napoli will have a duration of 6 months: it will start in February 2025 and will end in July 2025. The duration of the Programme may be extended and/or modified, which will be communicated to all selected participants.

Applications

Interested parties wishing to apply to the Programme must submit their application no later than 02/02/2025 to the following PEC address: ctenapoli.spici@pec.it

with the digital signature of the company's legal representative;

or with the handwritten signature of the company's legal representative, along with a copy of a valid identity document.

Applications must be submitted by completing and sending the following attachments:

ATTACHMENT A – APPLICATION FORM

ATTACHMENT B – PROJECT DESCRIPTION

ATTACHMENT C – DE MINIMIS DECLARATION

The application deadline may be extended and/or modified, which will be communicated to all selected participants.

Information and Clarifications

All information related to this Programme is available on the website of the City of Naples, CTE of Naples, as well as on the website of SPICI and the CTE partners.

For further information and clarifications, you can send an email to the following address: startup@spici.eu

The Incubation and Acceleration Programme is coordinated by Spici srl – Company for Innovation, Cooperation, and Internationalisation, which will rely, for incubation activities, on Fabbrica Italiana dell’Innovazione, an incubator specialised in Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) and the Green & Blue Economy, located in Naples, in the San Giovanni a Teduccio district, at via Ponte dei Granili, 24, near the Technological Pole of the University of Naples Federico II.

Progetto Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti del Comune di Napoli “Infiniti Mondi Napoli Innovation City CUP B67F23000000008 – FSC 2014-2020