Activities

SIEH oversees all activities for the development of innovative academic entrepreneurship, both directly and through partnerships and collaborations.

The target audience for these activities includes the various components of the Sapienza community: faculty, researchers, research fellows/contract researchers, PhD students, students, and especially entrepreneurial teams in the process of formation and Sapienza startups. Additionally, the activities are directed towards various external stakeholders.

Particular attention is given to supporting entrepreneurial projects with impact, aimed at generating social and environmental benefits.

Sapienza Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub (SIEH) collaborates with the University Governance through the Deputy Rectorate for the Third Mission – Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship, and Placement, as well as with the Third and Fourth Mission Area – Office for Valorization and Technology Transfer, the Innovative Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnerships Unit, and the affiliated Departments.

In particular, SIEH's activities include

• Dissemination of entrepreneurial culture
• Technical training
• Scouting of innovative entrepreneurial ideas (contests, hackathons, etc.)
• Fab lab and prototyping
• Business start-up and incubation
• Mentoring
• Activation of Sapienza startups
• Provision of services to startups
• Coworking
• Fundraising
• Support for scouting and developing technologies
• Administrative and legal services
• Intellectual property protection
• Strategic and management consulting
• Acceleration (TRL increase, go to market)
• Development of relationships and networking
• Open innovation