# Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

> Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is a VC fund backing Travel, Events and Sports. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.intesasanpaoloinnovationcenter.com/it/chi-siamo/

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is a Frontier innovation that is the focus of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group entity. To position Intesa Sanpaolo as the engine of a more conscious, inclusive, and sustainable economy, it investigates potential futures and trends, creates multidisciplinary applied research projects, helps startups, expedites businesstransformations by open innovation and the circular economy standards, encourages the growth of innovative ecosystems, and disseminates an innovative culture.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 100% |
| Events | 1 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Concerts | 1 | 50% |
| Outdoors | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Busforfun | Shared and Green traveling to experience the world of fun#WeTheFun \| Busforfun is a young mobility company traveling in a sustainable, safe and low-cost way across Europe. Busforfun vision is a green and shared mobility to experience the world of fun.#WeTheTech \| Busforfun is a combination of high tech-startup, e-commerce-platform andtransportation company, Busforfun is going to establish European largest bus network for events in the short time. Thanks to a powerful search engine, business intelligence, an user-friendly booking system and an extensive route network, Busforfun offers travellers the opportunity to experience the world of fun with lower fares.#WeTheGreen \| Our low-emission buses comply with the highest safety and environmental standards, so Busforfun offers a sustainable and convenient alternative to cars. With main partner Treedom, Busforfun plants new trees at any travel worldwide.Live Fun Experience in partnership – our concept for successBusforfun provides customers with great offers at lowest budget, through smart network planning, dynamic price management and an adaptive web engine.Busforfun platform is where the innovation and start-up spirit meet the experience and know-how of traditional bus companies and travel agencies.Incredible success can be attributed to the digitalization of old-fashioned bus travel industry: Busforfun has not suppliers or clients: but partners only! | $5.1M |  | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| Mapo Tapo | Mapo Tapo is the climbing travel platform, where users can plan and book authentic experiences off-the-beaten track, handled by local guides and hosts. Our mission is to develop extreme sport tourism in remote locations as a way to bring economic growth in a responsible manner, respecting the environment and making local communities thrive. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Argo accelerator — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Equiter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equiter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fnm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fnm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Human Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intesa Sanpaolo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intesa-sanpaolo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Scuola Italiana di Ospitalità](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scuola-italiana-di-ospitalit%C3%A0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center invest in?

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center invests primarily in Travel, Events and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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