Impact Deal 4th Edition

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9 February

Stage 1 cohort announcement

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🔗 Discover the 4th Edition cohort list 🔗

 

12 February

1st Stage Kick-off

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DAY1

  • Program introduction
  • Partner presentation  
  • 4th Edition’s Entreprises pitches
  • Networking Session

DAY2

  • Data Club & Ecosystem partners matchmaking (1-1 sessions)
  • Wrap up and explanation of next steps

📍 Torino, OGR Tech

20 February

1st Training – Impact

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by Cottino Social Impact.

Diving deep into the fundamentals of impact how to measure it, strengthen it, and embed it into core strategy.

speakers:

💡Mario Calderini ( Professor at Politecnico di Milano )
💡Giuseppe Dell’Erba ( Managing Director )
💡Caterina Soldi ( Development & Program Manager )

📍Online

 

16 February - 2 March

    Coaching sessions (1st round)

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    The first round is structured in this way: 

    • 1 hour round each Startup
    • Understanding the startup’s business needs, on with who the startup can be connected with, & road to Data Pitch

    📍Online

     

    23 February

    2nd Training – Growth Impact

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    From growth strategy to AI-first execution & learning.

    The session challenged our startups to move beyond intuition and build structured, data-driven growth engines, turning uncertainty into clear priorities, smart experimentation, and scalable traction.

    speaker:

    💡Pablo Barros – founder of Growth Impact, an Eight Positive Ai tool, diving into growth strategy and AI-first execution.

    📍Online

    4 March

    3rd Training – Impact investment

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    The session offered founders a deep dive into what it takes to attract impact capital from aligning business models with measurable impact, to navigating investor expectations, and building companies that deliver both financial returns and positive societal outcomes.

    speakers:

    💡Alice Segre (maze impact)
    💡Francesco Fontana (NEVA SGR)
    💡Lucilla Mazzeo (Scientifica)
    💡Francesca Badiali (Plug and Play Tech Center)

    📍Online

    9 - 19 March

    Coaching Session (2nd round)

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    The second round is structured in this way: 

    • 1 hour round each Startup
    • Useful business intros and Data Pitch review

    📍Online

     

    19 March

    4th Training – Data & AI

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    Exploring their growing impact on society, innovation, and decision-making.

    speaker:

    💡 Iyad Rahwan – Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, founder of the Center for Humans & Machines, and Fondazione CRT Premio Lagrange 2025 awardee.

    📍Online

     

    23 - 26 March

    Data Pitch Week

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    Divided in 4 days, the data pitch week will give the opportunity to each startup to pitch, and request valuable datas, to the Data Club members that have been matched with them, to further explore potential collaborations.

    📍Online

    13 April

    Stage 2 cohort announcement

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    🔗 Discover the Stage 2 cohort here 🔗

     

    16-17 April

    2nd Stage Kick-off

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    DAY1

    • Welcome agenda
    • Mentors speed dating & Aperitivo

    DAY2

    • Data Club corner
    • Stage 2 agenda
    • Demo Day Infos

    📍 Torino, OGR Tech

     

    WE ARE HERE ✔

    May-June

    Business, Impact & Data-driven accelaration

    Each startup will have deep dive into clear potential business opportunities.

    📍Online

    May-June

    Mentorship sessions

    • 4 hours mentorship for each startup selected
    • 2 mentors for each startup

    📍Online

    May-June

    Investor Opportunities

    Each startup will have the opportunity to get real feedbacks and connections for potential investment opportunities.

    📍Online

    May-June

    More to come…

    14 July

    Demo Day

    The closing event of Impact Deal 4th Edition

    • each startup will be pitching in front of Data Club members, Program partners and selected impact investors
    • Open entry to everyone
    • more to come…

    📍 Torino, OGR Tech