Multi-lever Innovation
We activate various levers and coordinate them through a single, integrated system of control.
A2A Life Ventures
Innovation at the heart of life
- The First Of A Kind
- Model
- Lines of value
- Impact
- Innovation milestone
- Partner ecosystem
- Contacts
The First Of A Kind
A new innovation pole for the energy transition
The world we live in is constantly changing. Our lives will need diverse tools and ideas capable of anticipating change.
A2A Life Ventures is the new innovation pole of A2A, a Life Company which has always invested in making the energy and environmental transition both sustainable and concrete.
When we say First Of A Kind, we are talking about an unrivalled model: a platform which brings together research and development, AI, corporate venture capital, venture building, digital hub and ecosystems of partners. All in a single vision, connected to the market and to people’s lives.
Experience accumulated over the years has become the solid base on which we build all our new projects, where we transform intuitions into industrial value and positive impact for society.
Model
Life, circularity, growth. Our new model of innovation
We have chosen to combine skills, technologies and people in a single model which transforms ideas into high-impact solutions and we accompany these ideas through every stage.
We observe and we anticipate trends; we plan and we test; we help solutions grow and we harness their value. It is a continuous process which regenerates itself, fosters new innovation and enables us to create real benefits for the Group, for the areas it serves and for society.
X-Reality
One Synergy Line – We follow a single trajectory which unites all the stages of the process, transforming intuitions and opportunities into projects able to generate real value.
Double Market
Grazie a una prospettiva bidirezionale che unisce Gruppo e mercato, A2A Life Ventures integra fin dall’inizio la possibilità di trasformare le soluzioni in valore anche per il mercato esterno.
Circular Growth
Un modello di crescita che si autoalimenta: il valore generato viene reinvestito in nuove risorse, creando un circolo virtuoso in grado di moltiplicare l’impatto.
International Ecosystem
We cultivate an international network of universities, start-ups, research centres and industrial partners. We favour European collaborations in key sectors to ensure for our Group autonomy, resilience and competitiveness.
Lines of value
A multi-lever system to face the new challenges of the ecological transition
With our multi-lever model, we activate various innovation tools in a single platform. Each lever makes its own contribution and all combine in transforming ideas into solutions which generate growth for the Group, for its partners and for the areas it serves.
Impact
Results that make the difference
Over the last few years, we have built a model that generates industrial, economic and social growth, creating opportunities for the Group and for the areas in which we operate. This is the starting point from which we continue to foster new challenges.
+200
Projects currently in our portfolio
5
Patent applications made
80mln€
Total committment
70
Start-ups of our CVC programme
4x+
Return performance of the 360Life I fund.
1,800
jobs created (800 in Italy) by start-ups in which we have invested
Our Innovation milestone
A sustainable growth pathway
In the last few years, the A2A Group’s innovation pathway has evolved rapidly: from the introduction of Corporate Venture Capital as the first tool dedicated to an opening towards international ecosystems to the recent launch of Corporate Venture Building.
This trajectory has brought the birth of a new, increasingly integrated model, in which experimentation is translated into industrial application, speeding up the passage from ideas to projects and from projects to market.
The birth of A2A Life Ventures constitutes the next step in this growth: a corporatization that consolidates innovation as a strategic capability of the Group, transforming it from being an internal function into an autonomous platform, capable of generating industrial value, attracting talent and extending the impact of innovation beyond the Group’s perimeter.
Life Ventures is and will be an open environment, where universities, research centres, start-ups and tech providers can sit down with us to use their value to build new opportunities of shared growth.
Patrick Oungre - Managing Director A2A Life Ventures
Partner ecosystem
An international network to amplify innovation
In order to speed up the ecological transition, we alone are not enough. We are building up an operational network of universities, start-ups, research centres and international hubs that can help us develop high-impact solutions.
With an EU-first approach, we select partners able to reinforce and broaden our technological and industrial autonomy in the most crucial sectors. In this way, we can multiply growth opportunities, bring new skills into the Group and boost the value generated by our initiatives.
Innovation Strategy
What does ‘bringing innovation at the heart of life’ mean?
Find out more about the A2A Life Ventures Innovation strategy
Contacts
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Useful resources
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