Venture capital

A Corporate Venture Capital programme with investment plans in start-ups in collaboration with science and technology parks, incubators, universities, VC funds and industrial partners.

Venture capital means for CLN Group investment opportunities in small innovative companies with high growth potential.

With a view to constant attention to innovation, the Group is also involved in a Corporate Venture Capital programme, which includes investment plans in start-up companies in close collaboration with science and technology parks, incubators, universities, VC funds and other industrial partners, in areas such as automotive, robotics, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
Particular attention is addressed to initiatives within its focus of specific interest:

  • New materials
  • Automotive (hardware & software, IoT, M2M, human machine interaction)
  • Robotics • Sustainability (Cleantech, energy saving ...)
  • Start-ups of social vocation

 

Among the main recent investments

 

Safen Fluid & Mechanical Engineering srl 
Safen Fluid & Mechanical Engineering srl develops and manufactures innovative solutions for energy efficiency in fluid mechatronic engineering
Energy saving products that can be integrated either with existing plants or new installations. Products to reduce compressed air consumption on main pneumatic users.


WIB
WIB is a fully automated, web-based store that offers convenience, a wide selection of products and an amazing user experience.
Customers can buy on-site but also online, via web or through their smartphone, picking up their purchases conveniently 24/7 from the chosen machine. Retailers, with low investment and operating costs, will be enabled to implement an actual store within strategical locations reaching and satisfying new customers’ needs, leveraging on proximity and convenience concepts.


 


REMAT works in the field of circular economy by closing the polyurethane supply chain.  Remat withdraws polyurethane at the end of life (scrap and/or waste) and regenerates it, creating new "green" products that are distributed through its local network.

Remat's range of products consists in: "eco" mattresses, recycled polyurethane slabs for furniture, slabs of recycled polyurethane for construction that combine thermal and acoustic insulation.