After graduating in Economics from the University of Genoa and a few years of work experience, I pursued a PhD in Innovation Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, focusing on technology transfer. During my PhD, I had the opportunity to work at the VU University incubator in Amsterdam as a visiting researcher and assistant to the incubator director. My passion for innovation and entrepreneurship pushed me to support startups from different perspectives. Currently, I am a Startup Expert at Almacube and work as an Innovation Consultant across Europe, advising on European funding, particularly on the EIC Accelerator Program and teaching courses at several business schools in Paris.