Gruppo Buffetti, leading company in the office products, also active in the provision of services SAAS and Digital Magics, the most important incubator of "Made in Italy" digital startups active throughout the Italian territory, launching "Future Office": Call for Innovation for startups and Italian SMEs.
The goal of the Buffetti and Digital Magics Call is to find the best technological solutions for 4 areas - World Business, Home Office, Point of Sale Innovation and SAAS Applications - able to create new tools to support work, provide consumers a modern answer to their needs and renew the perception of the sign and the experience in the shops.
Among all the startups and SMEs that will send their candidature by April 9 on http://futureoffice.digitalmagics.com, the best 10 proposals will be selected that will participate on Thursday 3 May at the Buffetti Innovation Day in Rome, presenting their projects in front of the jury composed by Buffetti and Digital Magics.
The best startup or SME will be rewarded with an 3.000 Euro grant, logistic support and mentorship. Buffetti also reserves the right to tighten commercial partnerships with a view to Open Innovation with the other finalist startups.
The "Future Office" Call is addressed to all startups and SMEs that develop innovative products and services for professionals, small businesses and customers, using technologies such as:
- Safety
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Wearable device (wearable devices)
- Data analysis
- Blockchain (distributed database for the management of shareable transactions between multiple nodes / blocks of a network)
- Artificial intelligence
- Remote control
- Virtual reality
- High tech device
"We strongly believe in the creativity and the innovative potential that distinguishes startups and many of our small businesses - says Rinaldo Ocleppo, President of Gruppo Buffetti - We are convinced that this initiative can generate winning strategic collaborations that will allow the enhancement of new technologies taking advantage of commercial support and technician guaranteed by the affiliated Buffett 790 ".
"The Call 'Future Office' that we have designed for Buffetti - said Layla Pavone, Director and Chief Innovation Marketing and Communication Officer at Digital Magics - will create a double value for the Group, leader of office products, which will be able to innovate with external technologies processes, products and services, both for the acceleration and growth of startups and SME finalists. The most interesting proposals can in fact be tested and marketed through the network of Buffetti stores, present in Italy, as well as through the online channels of the Dylog Group, which includes Buffetti ".
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Gruppo Buffetti SpA is a leader in the distribution of a wide range of office products, forms, consumables for IT, school, leather goods, gifts and promotional items, through a network of 790 franchised stores, distributed throughout the Italian territory. Through its affiliates, the company also distributes management software for companies, accountants, building managers, practical car agencies, travel agencies, retail, restaurants, hotels, driving schools, car review centers, services related to digital signature, tax publishing and administrative (today on an online platform), the telematic process, the provision of fad and substitutive conservation. Buffetti is also active in the provision of SAAS services for digital preservation in accordance with and the digitalisation of business processes and professional practice. Since January 2006 Buffetti has joined the Dylog Group. The parent company Dylog Italia SpA of Turin is a leader in the development, distribution and technical assistance of management software for companies and professionals. The software activity is supported by Dylog Hi-Tech, world leader in the field of non-destructive controls through X-ray vision, dedicated to the food and pharmaceutical industry.
Digital Magics, listed on AIM Italia (symbol: DM), is a business incubator of digital projects that provides consulting and acceleration services to startups and businesses, to facilitate the development of new technology businesses. Digital Magics, Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners have created the most important national innovation hub for DIGITAL MADE IN ITALY, offering innovative startups the support to create successful projects, from concept to IPO. Digital Magics has always been a partner of excellent companies with its Open Innovation services, creating a synergistic bridge between companies and digital startups. Incubation and acceleration services by Digital Magics are active on Talent Garden coworking campuses throughout Italy. Complementary to services are investment activities, which have produced over the years a portfolio of over 70 investments in startups, scaleups and digital spinoffs with high growth rates. Accelerated companies are joined by the team of Digital Magics, partners of great entrepreneurial and digital experience, and benefit from the wide network of private and institutional investors that support them through the "club deal", both of the many partner companies that support them. industrial level.
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