AGOS E DIGITAL MAGICS LAUNCH START&PULSE:Â CALL FOR INNOVATION FOR STARTUP FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER CENTRICITY
European and Italian Startups, developing technological and strategic solutions for customer centrality, innovating and orienting services and products toward the end consumer, may publish their project on https://www.startandpulse.io/agos/ by December 15th
10 teams from among the participants will be selected on February 14th 2018 during the Pitch’s day in Milano. The best Startup will win 5.000 Euro in services and will be able to cooperate with the Innovation Lab of Agos in order to develop an experimental project.
Milan, November 13 2017 – Agos, a financial company, leader in the family credit, present within the the Italian market for the past thirty years, with more than 230 branches and agencies, alongside Digital Magics, business incubator listed on the AIM Italia market of the Italian Stock Exchange (symbol: DM), launch the Call for Innovation START&PULSE.
The Agos and Digital Magics Call is addressed to all European and Italian Startups that have developed functional prototypes and MVPs (Minimum Viable Product) from the strategic angle of customer centrality, in order to innovate processes, products, and services orienting them towards the customer, using technologies like:
- Beacon, enables Bluetooth devices to receive messages within short distances
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Co-Browsing (real-time visual collaboration), smart customer care by chat
- Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
START&PULSE is orientated towards the identification of the best solutions able to generate real innovative value for an important reality like Agos in the connection and relation with its customers – which are at the centre of the company’s strategy – by otimizing operative and commercial efficiency in the following sectors:
- Product and services customer oriented
- Shopping experience
- Cutting-edge technology
Among all the Startups that will send in their application by December 15th 2017 on https://www.startandpulse.io/agos/ the 10 best proposals will be selected to participate as central attractions on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 during the Pitch’s day in Milan. The founders and the finalist teams will present their projects before the jury composed of Agos and Digital Magics officials.
The best Startup will be awarded 5.000 Euros in services and will be able to collaborate with the Agos Innovation Lab with the aim of developing an experimental project in the area of Open Innovation.
«Start & Pulse» is the European project of Open Innovation launched by Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance, chief holding of Agos.
“Listening to our customers, understanding their needs and putting ourselves at their side to serve them at their best represents the focus of Customer Centricity, on which we are building the future of our company. Customer satisfaction is an integral part of our strategy and is a key factor in expanding our current customer segments and offering them an excellent Customer Experience, with the aim of fostering a better relationship with them – states Vincent Mouveroux, Co-Director General and Agos Digital Strategy Director – To achieve this goal, we have decided to launch a contest for Italian and European startups that want to help us on this path, because Agos invests in Open Innovation!â€.
“The relationship between company and consumer has undergone a radical change in the last few years. We speak of “sixth power” to outline strength and ability. “Consumers”, as the sociologist Gianpaolo Fabris defined them, are at the centre of every business process and it becomes more and more important to know their profiles, behaviours, preferences and habits – said Layla Pavone, CEO of Digital Magics for the industry innovation – That’s why Agos has decided to involve us in the search for new solutions and opportunities that can generate added value in the relationship with existing and future customers. I believe, however, that today Open Innovation represents a real possibility for the development of Startups. I am sure that thanks to this initiative, we will build a strategic bridge between Agos and the Startup ecosystem that are developing ‘customer-centric’ solutionsâ€.
This press release is online in the section Investors/Press Releases at www.digitalmagics.com.
Agos is a financial company present for thirty years in the Italian market and part of the Crédit Agricole group, in partnership with Banco BPM. Through a sales network of more than 230 branches spread throughout the country, Agos offers personal loans, credit cards, fifth-party transfer, leasing and insurance. It also proposes an articulated range of loans at thousands of sales points in all the product sectors. More info here: https://www.agos.it/
Digital Magics, listed on AIM Italia (symbol: DM), is a business incubator of digital projects that provides consulting services and acceleration services to startups and enterprises, to facilitate the development of new technological businesses. Digital Magics, Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners, have created the most important national hub for innovation for DIGITAL MADE IN ITALY, by providing support to innovative startups to create successful projects, from conception to IPO. Digital Magics has always been a partner of excellent enterprises, with its Open Innovation services, thus creating a synergetic bridge between companies and digital startups. The incubation and acceleration services offered by Digital Magics are active in the TAG co-working campuses present throughout Italy. Complementary services include investment activities, which have produced over the years a portfolio of 70 investments in digital startups, scaleups and spin offs with high growth rates. Accelerated companies are flanked by Digital Magics’ team, a partner of enormous business and digital experience, and benefit not only from the large network of private and institutional investors that support them through “club dealsâ€, but also from the many partner companies that support them on an industrial scale.
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For further information:
Agos – Press Office
LOB, Doriana Lubrano Lobianco – Mail: dlubrano@lobcom.it
Tel. 02 89354203 – Mob. 335 5697385
Digital Magics – Press Office
Giorgio Bocchieri – Mail: giorgio.bocchieri@digitalmagics.com
Tel. 02 52505202 – Mob. 334 6853078
IR Top – Investor Relations
Floriana Vitale – Mail: f.vitale@irtop.com
Tel. 02 45473883/4
Banca Akros – Nomad
Mail: ecm@bancaakros.it
Tel. 02 434441
