How The Bologna Gathering became an ecosystem builder
Alessandro Cillario and Stefano Onofri, co-founders and co-CEOs of Italian startup Cubbit, could easily spend all their time scaling internationally. Instead, alongside building one of Europe's leadin... How one founder-led event is helping build one of Europe's most ambitious deeptech ecosystems.
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- Deeptech How The Bologna Gathering became an ecosystem builder How one founder-led event is helping build one of Europe's most ambitious deeptech ecosystems.
Cate Lawrence 8 minutes ago Share Share Send email Copy link Alessandro Cillario and Stefano Onofri, co-founders and co-CEOs of Italian startup Cubbit , could easily spend all their time scaling internationally.
- Waiting twenty or thirty years, building a fortune and then deciding to help the ecosystem doesn't make much sense to me.
During those decades you could have been supporting Europe, your city or your local startup community.
- The region is also home to extensive automotive suppliers and motorsport engineering.
Building an ecosystem, not just infrastructure According to Cillario, the idea for the event started after his company attended Web Summit and realised something was missing in the European tech ecosystem.
- And, as an invite-only event, The Bologna Gathering intentionally offers a different kind of gathering to Italy's excellent flagship events like Italian Tech Week.
At many conferences, the industry presence is largely limited to sponsors.
- They can meet founders, provide feedback, discover new technologies and build partnerships.
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- #Central to that effort is The Bologna Gathering (TBG), an invitation-only event they co-founded that earlier this year brought together more than 500 founders, investors, corporates and innovation leaders from Europe, the Americas and Asia.
How one founder-led event is helping build one of Europe's most ambitious deeptech ecosystems. Deeptech How The Bologna Gathering became an ecosystem builder How one founder-led event is helping build one of Europe's most ambitious deeptech ecosystems. Cate Lawrence 8 minutes ago Share Share Send email Copy link Alessandro Cillario and Stefano Onofri, co-founders and co-CEOs of Italian startup Cubbit , could easily spend all their time scaling internationally.
Instead, alongside building one of Europe's leading sovereign cloud companies, they've invested heavily in something less tangible but equally important: Bologna's startup ecosystem. Central to that effort is The Bologna Gathering (TBG), an invitation-only event they co-founded that earlier this year brought together more than 500 founders, investors, corporates and innovation leaders from Europe, the Americas and Asia. Their belief is simple: successful startup ecosystems aren't built by governments or investors alone-they're built by founders who create opportunities for others while building their own companies.
Cillario genuinely believes that the world belongs to people who give, asserting: "I've never really believed in the idea of "giving back" only after you've already become successful. Waiting twenty or thirty years, building a fortune and then deciding to help the ecosystem doesn't make much sense to me. During those decades you could have been supporting Europe, your city or your local startup community.
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