FuturED, the edutech accelerator of Rete Nazionale CDP

12th July 2021

We are supporting CDP Venture Capital in selecting the best Italian and international startups in the field of technologies applied to education.


FuturED addresses edutech startups both Italian and international – that intend to set up their business in our country. The 3-year program will select and accelerate 30 startups, 10 per year, which offer cutting-edge educational solutions for all ages.


The accelerator was created by CDP Venture Capital Sgr in partnership with the Department of Management of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and industrial partners such as Angelini Academy - the corporate academy of the Angelini group -, Cisco, Istituto Europeo di Design, and Vodafone Italia.


Apply here by September 8, 2021.


Areas of interest:

  • school education;
  • college/university education;
  • corporate training and further studies.


The program will be managed by us and will take place on our Campus.


The selected startups will be involved in an 8-month journey with 4 months focused on business acceleration and 4 focused on commercial development and fundraising activities. Thanks to the participation of industrial partners, startups will be able to test their solutions in real environments.


The 10 finalist startups will receive an initial investment of €90,000 (€30,000 in cash and €60,000 in services) and the possibility to get further investments in the next phases.