Intesa Sanpaolo: mission to Silicon Valley for 12 Italian SMEs

Italians have historically been explorers but, above all, exporters of products, machines and excellent know-how sought after throughout the world: for this reason we are increasingly convinced that the opening of new commercial and industrial routes is crucial for the Italian economy and, more generally, for the European one.

Thus the head of the Banca dei Territori division of Intesa Sanpaolo, Stefano Barrese, regarding the mission to Silicon Valley for 12 small and medium-sized enterprises.

We - he adds - have always been the bank of reference for SMEs and we are also for the aerospace supply chain, which develops from our territories and in industrial districts to achieve challenging objectives, also in the United States and in Silicon Valley, the cradle of innovation and many opportunities, as we have already witnessed over time. Our role is to identify with them new opportunities to grow abroad and devise new tools to support them in industrial projects, in partnerships with new investors and in cultural as well as economic results. Thanks to our innovative platform, the result of stimuli collected here in previous missions, we will be able to offer a planetary potential for the growth and competitiveness of our SMEs, to which since 2020 we have provided credit for over 141 billion euros, of which 12 billion for internationalization and exports and 14 billion for extraordinary finance operations such as acquisitions, mergers, opening of capital. These will be the strategic elements to compete on a global level and our companies have all the characteristics to be able to excel.