Francesco Zaniol

H-FARM

We are the innovation platform that supports the creation of new business models and the digital transformation and education of young people and companies. Founded in January 2005, we were the first in the world to adopt a model that brought together education, investments, and business consultancy in one place. Since our founding until today, we have invested more than €28M to support the development of 127 innovative companies, has helped 300 of the most important international brands take advantage of the opportunities made possible by digital transformation and educates more than 1,000 students through an international and digital didactic path. Our headquarters in Ca' Tron is a unique place for sharing, for constantly exchanging ideas, for creating new opportunities, and for the emergence of incentives, experiences and best practices. It is a privileged location for observing the future, new trends in the world of work, technological development and the influence of digital transformation on social behavior. The entire country can draw on this pool of talent. At the entrance to the Venice lagoon, our Campus has recently expanded to cover an area of 51 hectares of land, including 42,000 square meters of buildings and more than 40 hectares of park and woods. It can now host more than 3,000 people, including 2,000 students. The Campus has sports facilities, spaces dedicated to events, buildings for training sessions, restaurant areas, a well-stocked library and a conference hall open to the public, designed by the architect Richard Rogers. We employ more than 600 people in 4 different locations in Italy and is considered a singularity at an international level. Since November 13, 2015, we have been listed on the AIM segment of the Italian stock exchange and are available for public trading.