AUGUST 2023

GardenStuff crowdfunding round COMPLETED

The round for the ELIoT project by GardenStuff has been completed.

Technical information about #ELIoT LINK.

Information about pricing LINK.

The campaign ended with a 190% overfunding. Not bad for the second crowdfunding campaign [the first campaign was in 2019 with Opstart].

A warm thank you to all the investors in the campaign, those who had already invested before, and those who have decided to become members of our community now, and have decided to participate in the project.

For the others, apologies - sorry. You can no longer participate in the crowdfunding campaign, on the Opstart - Crowdfunding Platform and Hub, because Thursday 24 August 2023 was the last day. [The company has given regular updates about the progress of the campaign and the closure date].

We are welcoming talks with other types of investors for a future round (non-crowdfunding), we are looking forward to discussions with professional investors:

• Investment funds
• Family offices
• Industrial partners

... so, if you are interested please contact us.

Investor Relations: Marnix Groet

marnix.groet@gardenstuff.it

Founding Team: Francesco Tirinnanzi

francesco.tirinnanzi@gardenstuff.it

GardenStuff is a brand of Soluzioni Tirinnanzi Srl. and it is the 2nd ecommerce platform for gardening in Italy.

Founding investor Creative Thinking Ventures, investment holding, which specializes in micro-venture capital and preseed investments.

Acceleration and mentoring support by LAB Creative Thinking, your virtual business accelerator, lean as the lean startups [Eric Ries 2011] that we mentor and efficient in helping to reach your goals.

LINK to the crowdfunding campaign on the Opstart platform.

JUNE 2023

Viva Technology #vivatech

Creative Thinking Ventures is present at the Viva Technology fair at Parc des Expositions in Paris. Italia stand C11 017. From 14 to 17 June 2023.

We are here to support the new multisensor gardening product launch of ELIoT by GardenStuff.

The company is currently crowdfunding on Opstart.

This product system is integrated into a network which can help to get the right information to grow plants and vegetables for consumers. It also has capabilities to give advice and suggestions thanks to its A.I. technology.

For green professionals the offer includes better time management and cost savings because they will know at every moment in time what is the situation at their customer's premises.

More information here.

APRIL 2023

GardenStuff opens a new round of financing

GardenStuff by Soluzioni Tirinnanzi Srl has closed a successful reward based crowdfunding round with Kickstarter in 2022, preselling 77 vertical gardens and 105 sensors.

It has now opened a new and larger round of financing on the equity crowdfunding platform Opstart.

The funding is needed to fuel the growth of the IoT multisensor ELIoT powered by artificial intelligence. The results that this industrialized platform is able to produce are outstanding, it is like having your own private analysis lab at your fingertips.

The sensor measures all the parameters relevant for the vegetation of green in general. Such as plants, trees, vegetables, etc. So it measures the following:

1. Temperature
2. Soil moisture
3. Air humidity
4. 3 types of light
5. pH

- The type of light is relevant to vegetation. Light intensity influences the manufature of plant food, stem length, leaf colour and flowering.

- The pH affects the absorption of nutrients by plants; the substrate pH directly affects nutrient availability in the rhizosphere* and nutrient uptake by plants.

The sensor will communicate with the company's back-office via the App, using AI (artificial intelligence) to make predictions and give advice to the user.

Progress in technology offered by ELIoT comes with the measurement of the potential hydrogen ion concentration (pH), which can be laborious, especially if you want some precision. So, for a consumer product this is a truly outstanding and beneficial feature, not commonly found in green multisensors.

For further information on the concept of pH analysis click here for an elaborate text, and here for a practical explanation video.

The scale-up has now developed and industrialized the system and resolved all the issues related to the production of a complex product-service-system.

While the new round has the backing of investment funds, the team is open to industrial partners, family offices with experience in the gardening industry and to business angels able to offer a strategic contribution to developing the business.

For further information please contact the founders:

Francesco Tirinnanzi CEO

Marnix Groet Investor relations

* Rhizosphere: the region of soil in the vicinity of plant roots in which the chemistry and microbiology is influenced by their growth, respiration, and nutrient exchange [Wikipedia].

MARCH 2023

Sharewood opens a new round of financing

Sharewood has closed a successful seed round with Prana Ventures in 2022 for an amount of €500k.

It has now opened a new and larger round of financing to fuel further accelerated growth. The results have been excellent in experiential travel last year, in the aftermath of the Covid years.

For further information on the concept of experiential travel click here.

The startup now has a conversion rate of customers which is four times the rate in the travel industry. And returning customers, which confirms the business model.

While the new round has the backing of funds and institutional investors, the team is open to family offices with experience in the travel industry and to business angels able to offer a strategic contribution to developing the business.

For further information please contact the founders:

Piercarlo Mansueto CEO

Giulia Trombin COO

FEBRUARY 2022

ELIoT vertical garden on Kickstarter

Design Award 2019 winning vertical garden [Regione Lombardia & Politecnico di Milano] is ready. ELIoT is AI powered and developed by GardenStuff it is ready for sale.

The development from prototype to industrialized product has taken longer than expected. This is not only a product, however, this is a system. An artificial intelligence (AI) network on cloud and operated with an APP.

It allows garden lovers to operate their vertical garden from their smartphone, with access to the database of plants. ELIoT offers advice on how to manage the tool and grow the plamts. It can diagnose and help to improve, it is intelligent!

The innovation is in the launch phase now and on Kickstarter (press button).

For information about ELIoT (press button).

For information about GardenStuff (press button).

NOVEMBER 2020

Worldz closes a round of 572 thousand euros

Worldz, the Italian startup that has created software that allows every e-commerce to become a social commerce, has closed a round of €572K also signed by Intesa San Paolo.

Even during the climate of restrictions, Worldz confirms its solidity and its growth trend with a + 500% of turnover over 2020, as had already happened in 2019.

This reconfirmation allowed to finalize in October a round of investments for over half a million euro, which saw the support of a group of Lombard investors and the largest Italian banking group, Intesa Sanpaolo, which decided to take out a convertible loan.

The startup currently has ambitious objectives including: the integration of new technological features in synergy with the Bank and with other important market players, investments in the Media area and in the acquisition of new resources in the Sales area, as well as such as the opening of new markets in Europe, first of all the UK market.

What does Worldz do?
Worldz is an e-commerce plugin that allows you to integrate social features within digital shops. This integration allows you to optimize the functionality of the website, accompanying customers along the purchase funnel, profiling the store traffic and offering users a personalized discount in exchange for social sharing with the chosen product.

According to Worldz's logic, each social post has an economic value that is proportional to the interest a user generates among his friends and followers. Thanks to the technology developed by the startup, this value is calculated by an algorithm and is made available to those who access the service in the form of an immediate discount for online shopping.

MAY 2019

GardenStuff completes round of financing

Gamechanger and innovator of the garden, Gardenstuff, breaks the (psychological) barrier at €100k. And has now completed the round of equity crowdfunding at €140k and an overfunding of 280%.

The team (see picture) has done an excellent job of presenting, explaining and convincing the 35+ investors who are on board.

The campaign on the Opstart platform has closed officially, and finally, on May 14th. No extensions were planned, or necessary. The funding received from the investors and investment funds who trust the startup, are adequate for the ambitious plan we have been presented. And which we have approved, as founding investors in Gardenstuff.

Founder Francesco Tirinnanzi has the backing, now, to bring his team and the company to the next level.
The new financial standing of the company with the updated equity asset statement will put Gardenstuff on the map as the financially most solid start-up in the gardening sector.

This is, and will facilitate, the dealings with banks and financial institutions, who are ready to finance the development of the firm. With long term, low interest loans, to finance the required working capital.

So, the last piece to complete the puzzle is there, and nothing to stop the full layout of opportunities at Dubai 2020 Expo with the vertical garden ELIot. World Expo where Gardenstuff is presenting as the sole Italian startup selected for the Italian pavilion. Endorsed by Regione Lombardia and Politecnico di Milano.

The closure of this round is the stepping stone for everything mentioned in the growth plan which has been published. Watch this (garden) space!

Gardenstuff has been mentioned by AIFI, in this link, it is the Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt.

FEBRUARY 2019

Overfunding for GardenStuff

Gardenstuff achieved overfunding status in just 12 hours.

The equity crowdfunding campaign, which started on the Opstart platform on Monday the 4th of February has reached overfunding status almost immediately.

This is a clear indication of the level of interest and the backing of investors that this startup has. And that's no surprise. The specialist in gardening and garden services for the home has patented products and a significant pipeline of innovations to come.

Amongst which a vertical garden for appartments, to be used inside the home or on the balcony. This new concept allows anyone to manage and control plants or vegetables with intelligent software for the best possible results.

More info about the campaign follow the LINK.

NOVEMBER 2018

Overfunding for Worldz

CrowdfundingBUZZ - The new equity crowdfunding campaign for Worldz on the Opstart platform is now in overfunding. Which means that 100% of the target has already been achieved, and beyond!

A great start for the 2nd campaign in this 2018 for the startup in the digital and ecommerce space.

Worldz is looking for angel investors and backers, who want to invest upwards of €20k. And, this equity type "A" comes with voting rights.

More info about the campaign here on Opstart.

MAY 2018

Worldz raises 600k in 2018

Worldz the Milan based startup in digital marketing and social media raises funds to fuel its growth.

A total fundraising of €600k has been achieved. Split between the €400k from Invitalia, the €160k from the equity crowdfunding campaign on Opstart, and an additional €50k from angel investors.

The startup has enough funds to secure growth for the near future.

Worldz is also recruiting staff, to develop sales in the channels (Key Accounts) and the platform and IT infrastructure (IT Specialists and Programmers (Coders) front and back end). The startup operates in Prestashop, Magento, Woocommerce and others, and proprietary ecommerce platforms.

Recently several articles have been published about Worldz.

StartupItalia! (In Italian)

Il sole 24 Ore, the leading Italian financial newspaper.

Creative Thinking Ventures have been with Worldz from the start. More information about Worldz is available here.

Our network is at your disposal, our operating company LAB Creative Thinking can help you. An alternative business accelerator, and, as virtual as possible to keep costs in control. Practical and effective.

APRIL 2018

Sharewood becomes a Tour Operator

Sharewood the startup in the travelling and experiential tourism has achieved an important goal.

To become a Tour Operator. The team has always promoted, supported and aggregated international adventure travellers. With outdoor sports activities.

The platform that connects sports travelers and their equipment, launches its challenge to the world of travel.
This is based on three key points: groups, itineraries and tailor-made proposals combined with the possibility of packaging and selling experiences in travel agencies.

Sharewood spokeswoman says: "Becoming a Tour Operator is a challenge we have chosen to enhance our skills and know-how. We are responding with flexibility and innovation to the demands of our community."

Read this article in Italian about the news. Sharewood, da startup a tour operator: «Specialisti del turismo sportivo»

MARCH 2018

Worldz completes round of crowdfunding 100% +

Worldz the startup in social sharing and digital marketing has completed the round of equity crowdfunding, and 4 days ahead of the deadline.

The campaign is now at well over 100% and going into overfunding. If you are interested in this Italian startup, time is quickly running out. Your chance to be part of Worldz and the digital revolution.

The link to the campaign is here.

FEBRUARY 2018

The Social Lender has new Associates and Investors

The Social Lender reinforces its company structure with new associates who're contributing with know-how, expertise and funds. The company has also appointed a board of directors.

The first new associate is a company, Geo Investments represented by Francesco Colucci, who specializes in the listing of companies, structured financing and asset management.

The second new associate is a well known Milanese Chartered Accountants office, which specializes in corporate affairs and deal structuring.

With the new expertise and capital increase, The Social Lender is preparing for significant growth, and is thus moving its headquarters to the Fintech District in Milan.

More information about the new company structure here.

JANUARY 2018

Worldz starts Equity Crowdfunding on Opstart Platform

Message to all the Worldz fans!

End of January is the official start of the equity crowdfunding campaign you have all been waiting for. You can now be a co-owner of the digital startup Worldz.

The innovator in social media, for all of us to <Be Social and Be an Influencer> with the slogans:

"Be Social Pay Less"- #BeSocialPayLess

"Share for Reward" - #ShareForReward

Patience, just a few days more ...

But when the campaign opens (end of January) you should be ready, we expect that it will sell out quite quickly. Worldz has thousands of followers and supporters.

The teaser page on the Opstart platform meanwhile is up and running, if you want to have a look follow the Link.

Creative Thinking Ventures is founding investor in Worldz. If you would like to know more, or want the point of view of a VC regarding Worldz, we will be happy to answer any questions: info@creativethinking.ventures

Worldz is a startup accelerated by LAB Creative Thinking.

December 2017

OPEN SUMMIT StartupItalia! Sharewood & Worldz in the Top100 startups Italy

#SIOS17 Sharewood and Worldz are both in the Top100 Italian startups at the 2017 Open Summit organized by StartupItalia!

Sharewood has also won the special award of the jury for the category Tourism and Culture #turismoecultura

This an important recognition of the the startups in our investment portfolio. A big "Thank You" to the team at StartupItalia!. An online magazine and organization for the Italian ecosystem of startups. Since 2012 it describes innovation, research, new markets, and the 7000+ Italian startups.

The two startups under the spotlight:

• Sharewood was founded by Piercarlo Mansueto.

• Worldz was founded by Joshua Priore.

The Jury at the event was composed of 100 entrepreneurs and investors from the Italian ecosystem.

Our CIO and co-founder Marnix Groet was Juror at this event which elected the winner, which is in the scale-up stage, Greenrail.

In both startups, Sharewood and Worldz, Creative Thinking Ventures is founding investor. More information about our investment thesis here.

October 2017

ItaliaRestartsUP at SMAU - Milan

During SMAU the Italian governement agency ITA Italian Trade Agency and ICE have invited 60 foreign investors to come and meet the Italian startup ecosystem. ItaliaRestartsUP the fourth event of its kind.

Creative Thinking Ventures and LAB Creative Thinking have attended to meet pre-seed startups and their teams.

It is also always a good occasion to meet with fellow investors and exchange ideas and best practices.

< ItaliaRestartsUp: meet the Italian innovative ecosystem >
Organised by ICE-ITA - the Italian Trade Promotion Agency, the government organisation which promotes the internationalisation of the Italian companies, in line with the strategies of the Ministry for Economic Development, and SMAU.
Michele Scannavini, Ferdinando pastore, ICE - Fabrizio Curci, FieraMilano - Pierantonio Macola, SMAU
Mattia Corbetta, Italian Ministry of Economic Development
Pietro Strada, SILVERPEAK
Roberto Maroni, REGIONE LOMBARDIA
Anna Gervasoni, AIFI
Luca Seletto, ENEL
Paolo Penati, QVC
Maurizio Riva, Intel
Agostino Santoni, Cisco
Marco Bicocchi Pichi, ITALIA STARTUP

JULY 27, 2017

TocTocBox launches new interactive website

TocTocBox® has a new website for the enjoyment of a multidevice service.
One of the first innovative startups in Italy to launch the campaign on CrowdFundMe by collecting € 95,000, is redesigning and evolving its site.
The typical sharing economy service launches a new website that significantly improves usage experience.

An additional lever to allow so many users to easily ship their belongings through the help of so many travelers who are now part of the first TocTocBox sharing community.

The new Toctocbox.com comes with a clear visual and impact that is consistent with brand look & feel.
A new service content and an immediate home page that allows users to explore with a few clicks the search for items.

For travelers to find items to be sent, or to enter a travel ad. For those wanting to ship an opportunity to send goods and important objects with a trusted community member. The website allows you to enter a shipping ad and to find your ideal traveler.

Creative Thinking Ventures is seed investor in TocTocBox.

JUNE 21, 2017

Worldz is new Media Partner of Crazy Web Shopping

Netcomm, the Italian Electronic Commerce Consortium, the reference point for e-commerce in Italy, and internationally.

This is a key partnership for the startup Worldz.

On June 22 and 23 the fifth edition of Crazy Web Shopping takes place. A 30 hours, non-stop, online purchase event with discounts of up to 80%. It works as follows: in a set time frame, consumers will gain access to highly affordable and exclusive shopping opportunities by hundreds of qualified ecommerce stores.

Worldz has now become media partner of the Crazy Web Shopping initiative (see screen shot).

The next edition is tomorrow, and will be held on www.crazywebshopping.it starting at 12:00 on June 22, and finishing at 18:00 on June 23.

Want to know more about Worldz? Follow this link.

If you need investment information, please follow this link to Worldz' founding investor.

MAY 31, 2017

Creative Thinking Ventures at WT| Wearable Technologies 2017 Milan

On May 31st, 2017 WT | supporters and enthusiast were invited to meet in Milan to exchange dialogue about the future of wearables!
The event took place at FabriQ, the social innovation incubator of the City of Milan.

Since 2014 the WT | Wearable Technologies Picnic is an informal and fun gathering for everyone interested in wearable technologies, organized by local WT partners. This annual global happening has been organized throughout the entire month of May to gather with other Wearable Techies from local communities to celebrate Wearables and New Technologies.

11:30 - 13:00 Panel Discussion 2 :

"The Market and Trends of the Future", moderated by Francesco Quartuccio, XMetrics VP Marketing&Sales

•     Marco Nannini, FabriQ Senior Advisor

•     Stefano Mizio e Carla Vegetti, Innovits Lab

•     Marnix Groet, Creative Thinking Ventures

•     Donato Gagliardi, GlassUp

•     Emiliano Parini, Deed S.r.l

•     Emanuele Lettieri, Politecnico di Milano

For information on the event on eventbrite, follow this link.

MAY 2017

Sharewood wins the Consumer Tech Award - Millennial "Traveller" in London

Sharewood wins the Millennial Traveller at #M2020 !

Piercarlo Mansueto, the CEO of startup Sharewood does it again, and wins the Travel & Hospitality category finals at the Millennial 20/20 Summit in London, at the Old Truman Brewery. With the presence and support of Danilo Mazzara.

Great Job. This event is promoted by Accenture Travel, Forbes, CNBC, The Economist and Samsung.

Also in the finals were Conichi and Esplorio.

Creative Thinking Ventures is founding investor in Sharewood.

APRIL 2017

Worldz in Westminster

Worldz at Made in Italy 2.0.2.0. by iStarter in London.

The event has been organised by iStarter, founded by Simone Cimminelli;  it is the Italian angels-led accelerator in London. They select the most innovative Italian startups and help them to scale globally.

Each year iStarter selects digital startups lead by Italian entrepreneurs who have achieved remarkable metrics, and presents them to an audience of international investors.

Worldz has been selected to participate to this important event in London, in Westminster in the afternoon and an evening with investors in the Houses of Parliament.

Joshua Priore has pitched in front of 200 investors and venture capital funds, London based and international.

Worldz is a tool for e-commerce which understands Facebook users popularity, giving them an economic value. This value will be used as a daily discount for their purchases on Worldz ecommerce partners. When customers do purchases they have to share the post on Facebook to get the discounts. This makes ecommerce cooler than before.
Users will play with the theory of WOMM (word of mouth marketing) to increase e-commerce impact and conversions!

MARCH 2017

CLOSED with SUCCESS! The Sharewood crowdfunding campaign.

Sharewood's crowdfunding campaign has been hugely successful with an overfunding of 300% and 160+ investors, who trust the team and the business. This number of investors is an absolute record for Italy, in a single crowdfunding campaign.

Sharewood is a large community of outdoor sports enthusiasts who exchange equipment, information and a true passion for sport.

Today this campaign closes, after which you will have 5 days to send the funds for your equity investment by bank transfer to CrowdFundME.

But today it is really the last chance, to be part of the Sharewood startup success story, at the current valuation of €3mio.

Founder and CEO of Sharewood is Piercarlo Mansueto. At the centre of the picture.

Co-founder is Giulia Trombin, on his left in the picture. Sharewood has a cohesive team of 12 members who are all outdoor sports practitioners. In the picture we see part of the team at #Slush16, while they were in Finland at the Vertical Health and Sports Accelerator.

About us:

Creative Thinking Ventures is founding investor in Sharewood and our CEO Marnix Groet is board member and advisor for Sharewood.

FEBRUARY 2017

Worldz closes a round of funding

Milan, February 8, 2017: after the success on social networks, taken up by web agencies of the caliber of StartupItalia!, AGI, and the RAI, today Worldz makes headlines with the closing of a private round of financing of € 150k.

The startup, which has been "live" for several months, with a service that accelerates the activity of eCommerces through the sharing of purchases on social networks, has concluded a number of contracts with corporate customers in recent months.

Ready, therefore, to scale and validate the initial metrics, which are very positive, and to make each of us a mini-influencer or advisor in our community of friends and acquaintances, and thus monetizing our social value.

About Creative Thinking  Ventures
Creative Thinking Ventures is a French fund of micro venture capital, which operates in the pre-seed stage of the life of startups, and accompanying them with mentoring and advisory services.
The aim is to overcome the "valley of death", achieve growth and validation of the market, and the closure of a round of financing.

JANUARY 2017

Worldz scaling up

www.worldz.net is Live!

The plugin is installed on various e-commerce sites, and with the updated metrics, it's now time to raise funds and scale the business.

The founder, Joshua Priore wants to expand his team with Senior Managers / Angel Investors (so called Business Angels), who can contribute €€€, and possibly, with the right skills, also W4E (work for equity).

You think you have the right skillset?

With experience in selling software and management of digital products or high-level negotiation skills in B2B, please get in touch directly on the website of Worldz, or just now, on this site.

Worldz is making headlines, of the top Italian web information sites like StartupItalia!, Ninja Marketing and Facciamo Impresa, and newspapers like Eco di Bergamo, Il Resto del Carlino, or broadcasting stations like Radio Kaos, Radio1 Rai, etc. etc.

The Worldz model, based on measuring your influence, sharing your purchases and advising your network is explained in this informative article, just published on "Che Storie", the website about startups, the web, innovation, and much more.

JANUARY 2017

Success ! Sharewood achieves 100% crowdfunding

Startup Sharewood reaches 100% funding for the crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundME.

3 days in advance of the scheduled date, the campaign has been successfully completed, with a significant overfunding.

50+ investors have confirmed that they believe in Sharewood's business model, and that they trust the team to scale-up.

Sharewood's team accepts a reasonable level of overfunding, so, the campaign is, for now, still open to additional investments and newcomers.

Sharewood is the leading European peer-to-peer social marketplace and network that enables people to list or rent outdoor equipment for snow sport, water sport and biking.

The acceleration programme in Vertical has now been completed.

Creative Thinking Ventures is founding investor in Sharewood, and has invested, pre-seed, at the birth of the company.

DECEMBER 2016

50+ INVESTORS ! Sharewood going strong

Excellent result for Sharewood on CrowdFundME. More than 50 investors have confirmed their trust in the startup.

Sharewood is the leading European peer-to-peer social marketplace and network, that enables people to list or rent outdoor equipment for snow sport, water sport and biking.

The startup has won the first edition of Startup Italian Open at #BTO2016 Buy Tourism Online. And this has certainly been instrumental in gaining even more attention of the investors.

Currently accelerated in Vertical, Sharewood is scaling-up to the next round of investment. Once the crowdfunding campaign is completed.

In May 2017 the timimg should be right as the prize the team has won, participating at the PhocusWright Europe conference in Amsterdam, will be a great chance to get noticed internationally.

Phocuswright is the travel industry research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect.

The platform for crowdfunding, CrowdFundME, has shown, again, that it is the right means for startups to finance their growth.

November 2016

+50% funding reached! Milestone for Sharewood.

The crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe is working out well for Sharewood.

Well over 50% was an important achievement in this fundraising activity to finance the growth of Sharewood.

The team led by Piercarlo Mansueto is actively supporting the campaign with on and offline marketing and promotional activity. As is also the crowdfunding platform CrowdFundMe, managed by Tommaso Baldissera Pacchetti.

Thanks to the 32 new investors who are already supporting Sharewood.

Interested?

There are still a few weeks left to join this campaign, which is probably going to be widely in overfunding.

Website Sharewood

October 2016

TocTocBox on Eppela crowdfunding platform

www.toctocbox.com has been until November 8 on the Eppela reward crowdfunding platform. The campaign started on September 29 and lasted for 40 days to find supporters and contributors for this sharing economy startup, which offers an essential service to the whole community.

The funds raised through Eppela would be used to:

a) fund the development of a responsive website in order to extend the possibilities of use of TocTocBox to desktop PC's, and integrate the already existing mobile apps for iOS and Android;

b) support, on a more continuous basis, the massive dissemination of the service through expansion of the community of users, this is required to improve the service itself.

For more information go to www.eppela.com in the section projects.

TocTocBox is the first collaborative platform that connects those who want to send with those who travel. To offer a service which is beneficial and reliable. So, shipping is made easier with verified travelers, and, also, traveling becomes more affordable, by covering part of your expenses.

SHIPPING EASIER < ToctocBox > TRAVEL AFFORDABLE

October 2016

Sharewood is crowdfunding on www.crowdfundme.it

Sharewood is equity crowdfunding on the top Italian CrowdFundMe platform.

This is a great chance to become part of this cohesive outdoor sports community! As a co-owner of this promising startup.

www.gosharewood.com is the first peer-to-peer platform in Europe that connects the owners of sports equipment such as bikes, skis, surfboards, with travelers interested in renting them.

The rental market of sports equipment has long existed, but the approach of Sharewood is totally new: linking, easily and simply, people who until now had difficulty to meet.

The rental process is quick and easy. Found the required category of equipment, and entered the place of withdrawal, in a few clicks you can choose between the various products, submit your request to the owners and complete the process with the payment.

On the other hand, for sports equipment owners, Sharewood is a very simple way to access an additional source of income, transforming equipment accumulated over the years in an economic value and revenue.

June 2016

Sharewood wins the finals at Edison Pulse #IW16 - StartupItalia! for category #sharingeconomy

Sharewood wins the Edison Pulse competition #IW16, organized with StartupItalia and presented by Arcangelo Rocciola and Riccardo Luna. Supported by David Casalini.

Piercarlo Mansueto did a convincing pitch to the qualified jury and explained the reasons for the success of the startup in outdoor sports. Developing an living community of active enthusiasts.

In the picture Piercarlo, Giulia Trombin and Andrea Panzeri holding the prize they just received.

The service offered is typical of the sharing economy, and responds to a real need, and has popularity with sports practitioners, and Italian and foreign tourists. Who want to pick up their equipment directly in Italy, while on holiday.

50% of users are Italian while the other 50% of users come from abroad.

January 2016

Invited on the expert panel of #diventaunamusa organized by MIP and Innovits

InnoVits Gymnasium is a "gym" for the development of start-ups, in which a team of mentors and tutors with professional experience in different fields, and certified by InnoVits Academy, follows promising new companies, in an accelerated path that applies and develops business ideas, according to a structured program.

In collaboration with MIP, InnoVits helps to spread the culture of innovation through an experiential approach, with the aim of forming reference points for businesses, and new inspiring muses, for the practical implementation of new business initiatives.

http://www.innovits.it/diventaunamusa-in-azione/

January 2015

Visit to the French incubator in Chambéry - Le Parc d’Activités de Côte-Rousse

Showcase of the vitality and diversity of businesses in the town, the business park welcomes nearly one hundred companies from all industries: light industrial, business services and individuals.

By enabling young entrepreneurs and experienced business owners to rub shoulders everyone is enriched by the experience and expertise of others.  http://www.coteroussedeveloppement.com/

March 2015

Creative Thinking Ventures invited to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress Milan

Every year, the Global Entrepreneurship Congress gathers together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and other startup champions from more than 160 countries to identify new ways of helping founders start, and scale new ventures, around the world.

At the weeklong GEC, delegates make connections, gain insights, learn about new research, and leave, ready to renew their programs, policy ideas or firm founder skills. http://gec.co/

March 2015

Allpolyglot participates to Expo delle Startup, an event at Il Sole 24 Ore in Milan - BTW24

Back to Work 24 #BTW24 of the "Il Sole 24 Ore" business newspaper, with the presence of the team of Allpolyglot.net

The main aim of Allpolyglot.net 's team was to obtain contacts with investors and visibility. The two founders Davide Ballotta and Enrico Fusto (in the picture) were interviewed by the RAI Radio Televisione Italiana. The interview is available on the Allpolyglot website. Other members of the founding team are Pietro Ballotta and Ivan Capraro.

Allpolyglot.net was the only startup interviewed, as being one of the most promising startups present at the event.

https://allpolyglot.net/

April 2015

Creative Thinking Ventures at Disruptive Week Milan #DWM2015

The internet of things and "disruptive" technologies, such as robotics and wearable technologies are revolutionizing the world of industry, including traditional Made in Italy.

This is a great place to find original and creative ideas, in line with our targets. http://disruptiveweek.it/

May 2015

Pre-seed investment in TocTocBox

Creative Thinking Ventures participates in the equity crowdfunding campaign of http://www.toctocbox.com/ on the portal http://www.crowdfundme.it/.

The fast and sustainable alternative to traditional shipping methods.

TocTocBox is the first collaborative platform that connects those who need to ship with those who travel, to offer an advantageous and reliable service.

june 2015

Allpoyglot pitches at ClubDeal BTW24 at Il Sole 24 Ore in Milan

The foreign languages marketplace https://allpolyglot.net/ presents to investors and investment funds at the headquarters of the Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, at Back to Work 24 #BTW24.

Allpolyglot is a marketplace for “live” Peer 2 Peer foreign language lessons.

A web space and platform for sharing with others your personal knowledge of your country, language and culture.

july 2015

Participating to The Social Business Forum in Milan #SBF15

Embrace digital disruption! This SBF is the leading forum for social business, and serves to spread awareness about social business and the implications of digital disruption on organizations.

To foster discussion and collaboration between practitioners and stakeholders, as well as present and conceive best practices.

http://www.socialbusinessforum.com/

july 2015

Pre-seed investment in Sharewood

Pre-seed investiment and advisory in the founding of  https://www.gosharewood.com/en

Sharewood is a vertical community of outdoor and sports enthusiasts. It offers a marketplace for renting the equipment to perform these activities.

september 2015

Seed investment in TocTocBox

The founders of and Creative Thinking Ventures reinforce their cooperation and the company becomes a minority reference shareholder, and advisor to the team through our consultancy division GroetConsulting.

www.toctocbox.com