Invitalia

Invitalia is Italy’s national agency for inward investment promotion and enterprise development. It plays a central role in supporting innovation, business creation, and industrial development across sectors—including significant activity in the life sciences, biotech, pharma, and healthcare industries—by providing funding, incentives, and strategic support to both startups and established firms[5][3][4]. The agency manages large-scale investment contracts on behalf of the Italian government to stimulate R&D projects (including those in pharmaceuticals), manufacturing expansions (notably CDMOs), job creation, and technology transfer[6].