Rome, 22 September 2020 - From 1 October, Claudia Pingue, former General Manager of PoliHub, will join the CDP Venture Capital SGR - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione team, as Manager of the Fondo Technology Transfer. 
With an initial amount of 150 million euro of assets under management, the Fondo Technology Transfer aims to support the technology transfer chain through selective co-investment in the most promising startups and investment in specialised vertical funds.

“We are thrilled to welcome a highly experienced person to our team”, comments Enrico Resmini, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of CDP Venture Capital SGR - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione. “At the helm of the Fondo Technology Transfer of CDP Venture Capital SGR, Claudia will bring great value, allowing our country's most dynamic entrepreneurial fabric to accelerate the implementation of the most advanced technologies, which are necessary for a sustainable revival of the economy.” 

"The development of a solid and well-structured innovation ecosystem has been my mission since the beginning of my professional career”, comments Claudia Pingue, Manager of the Fondo Technology Transfer at CDP Venture Capital SGR. “For this reason, I am proud to be able to share my expertise in the world of technology and innovative entrepreneurship in favour of the sustainable growth of startups and SMEs, a key driver of our country's renewal." 

Born in 1979 in Sulmona, in the heart of Abruzzo, with a passion for basketball, a sport she practised until the age of 28, after graduating in Telecommunications Engineering, Claudia became a researcher at the Digital Innovation Observatories of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano. In 2006 she attended the Master in Business Management and Organisational Development of the MIP, Business School of the Politecnico. She was coordinator of the Digital Innovation area at Fondazione Politecnico di Milano and responsible for the conception and implementation of various innovation projects within companies and public administrations. In addition to the role of General Manager of PoliHub, she joined the boards of various startups and scaleups and held the role of Venture Partner of Poli360, a fund managed by 360 Capital Partners. On 1 October she joined CDP Venture Capital SGR - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione as Manager of the Fondo Technology Transfer.