Arianna Baccini

🌞 Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is pleased to announce it has acted as Financial Advisor for GreenIT, supporting the Italian joint venture co-owned by Plenitude and CDP Equity in securing a non-recourse Project Finance loan agreement totaling approximately €370 million.   🌱 The financing, compliant with the Green Loan Principles, is designed to support GreenIT's investments in the development of greenfield onshore renewable energy projects in Italy.   ⚡The operational phase of these projects is set to commence by 2028, in accordance with GreenIT’s industrial plan which aims for 1 GW of installed capacity by 2030.   🤝Natixis CIB’s expertise in structuring complex financial transactions has been instrumental in facilitating this significant financing.  

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Pack - The People Development Platform, the HR tech startup helping companies build and strengthen human capital with its all-in-one platform, has secured €3.5 million. The round was supported by the team led by Giulia Bianchi Frangipane of Bonelli Erede, with senior associate Enrico Goitre assisting Pack in the legal structuring of the transaction. Alessandro Profumo | Pietro Maria Picogna | Giacomo Gentili | Selene Santacaterina 🔗 Read full article link in comment #HRTech #StartupFunding #FutureOfWork #HumanCapital #AIinHR #VentureCapital #WorkplaceInnovation #HRPlatform #TeamGrowth #eustartups #news

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Como 1907 and The Players Fund launch startup accelerator program Italian Serie A club #Como1907 has teamed up with London-based #VC The Players Fund to launch #ComoVentures, a new accelerator designed to support early-stage startups. The program will focus on sectors closely tied to sports and entertainment, including health and human performance, hospitality and travel, media technology, retail, mobility, and sustainability. The initiative gives selected startups access to Como’s team, facilities, and stadium operations in exchange for equity, with the football club leveraging its entrepreneurial approach — which already includes ventures in brewing and tourism — to integrate innovation into its operations. Como’s Chief Revenue Officer C. Ryan Shelton noted that the program aims both to enhance fan experience, from ticketing to transport, and to identify new business opportunities for the club. The Players Fund, an athlete-backed investment platform, will lead startup selection and oversee daily management of the accelerator. According to Andy Marston, Head of Corporate Venture at The Players Fund, three to four startups will be chosen for the first cohort, beginning in January 2026 with a six-month program that concludes with a demo day alongside Como’s commercial partners. Applications remain open until October, with pitch day scheduled for November. The article on The Sport Business Journal in the first comment.

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Another important contribution from the LUISS Quantum & AI Lab ( new website under construction) to the international research community. Our member and researcher Gianluca Teza, also my assistant for the LUISS course Data-Driven Models for Investment, in collaboration with Nicolò Beato, has just published a new paper on arXiv titled “Relaxation control of open quantum systems”. The study tackles a key challenge in #quantum technologies, namely how to ensure that an open quantum system reaches its steady state within the limited time frame of experimental setups, without modifying its interaction with the environment. The authors propose a novel method based on unitary rotations that selectively eliminate the slowest modes of the system’s relaxation dynamics. This leads to a significant acceleration in the convergence toward the stationary state, while remaining compatible with current experimental platforms. Although the paper is grounded in theoretical physics, it has broader implications for #AI. The complementary problem of slowing down the relaxation is also addressed, with straightforward implications in pattern recognition and improving classification capabilities of #quantumneuralnetworks. This work reflects the ongoing mission of the LUISS Quantum & AI Lab to explore the frontier between #quantumphysics, artificial intelligence, and #fintech, aiming to turn cutting-edge research into tangible impact. arxiv.org/pdf/2507.15948

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Thrilled to see my perspective on emerging customer behavior making headlines on Italy's #1 business newspaper (Il Sole 24 Ore) Giampaolo Colletti and Fabio Grattagliano perfectly synthesized what I've been observing: the lines between gaming, commerce, and brand engagement are dissolving before our eyes. The article highlights three game-changing trends that every marketer should understand: ☝️ Virtual worlds as marketing frontiers: Platforms like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft aren't just games anymore, but act like immersive marketing ecosystems where brands can create authentic experiences that resonate with Gen Alpha and Gen Z. ✌️ The rise of new forms of "advergame": We're witnessing the emergence of advertising that doesn't interrupt the experience but enhances it. Brands are becoming part of the gameplay itself (aka creating value rather than disrupting it). 🫶 Community-driven commerce: These platforms are proving that the future of retail isn't selling products, it's building COMMUNITIES WHERE COMMERCE HAPPENS NATURALLY. What fascinates me most is how these gaming environments are teaching us new rules for customer engagement: 1. authenticity over promotion, 2. experience over transaction, 3. community over audience. The implications for traditional retail and marketing are profound and they apply beyond Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft. 😉 -gs

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