Plug & Play

Plug & Play

Plug and Play is the largest Open Innovation platform in the world with over 2000 accelerated startups in 2020 alone and 500+ partners, and the second globally most active VC in the early stage segment, with an average of 200 investments each year.

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Some portfolio startups include Dropbox, Lending Club, Paypal, N26, Credit Sesame, Hippo Insurance, among others. Today Plug and Play is present in more than 40 cities, among America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
In April 2019 it opened its first Italian office in Milan, and now it is focused on three verticals: Food and Beverage, with Esselunga, Lavazza and Tetra Pak; Fintech, with Nexi and UniCredit; and in 2020 Sustainability, together with A2A, Buzzi Unicem, and Poste Italiane. In 2021 it launched the Motor Valley Accelerator, thanks to the partnership with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CRIT, UniCredit and Fondazione di Modena.

Together with Nexi, Plug and Play is supporting the Open Nexi project by selecting the best fintech start-ups worldwide.