Cities of Innovation: Rome
Key indicators
ICT Infrastructure
Average download speed (Mbps)
Mobile network currently being implemented
Local, national and international transport links
International airports
Flight destinations
— More than 90 airlines operating from 2 airports — 2 train stations with international and national links
University links and access to talent
Universities
Tertiary-educated workforce
28 universities with more than 300,000 students, including John Cabot University, LUISS and Università La Sapienza Over 50 R&D laboratories and 150 scientific research centres, including the six largest national centres, with 7.800 academic active researchers
Costs and availability of workspace
Average office rent
Co-working spaces
City support for start-ups and SMEs
International events
Regular events
— Member of SCALE (Startup City Alliance Europe), which brings together the main European cities to facilitate the exchange of information and contacts to do business in the EU — 8 annual events
Financial support and access to investors & accelerators
Loan financing for startups
National public support
— Local public support: · cancellation of local additional corporate tax on startups · grant programme, doubling private investor’s pre-seeds (30k to 100k euros at the idea stage); · VC fund matching 2.5x on private investments (up to 2.5 million euro each)