ELIA BIDUT

Growth and Innovation Expert
Milano, IT.

About

I take care of making the circle square between strategy, technology and that pinch of "but how do we do it?" I worked between consulting and scale-ups.

Work

STEMA
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Customer Success Lead

Summary

top italian edtech startup (1.6mio€ preseed)

Highlights

Hire #8, with the goal of building the CS structure of the startup from scratch, coordinating a team of 4

reporting directly to CEO

TALENT GARDEN
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Innovation & Al Lead

Summary

100 best Edutech companies worldwide according to Times

Highlights

Building and nurturing an ecosystem of leading Al startups from scratch (+10 Al startups in Tag campus), dedicated programs (Google Startup School:GenAl), facilitating industrial partnership with TAG client and providing counseling and advisory

Responsible for the creation from scratch of the Al Market Strategy&Offering for B2B service line, generating revenues in less than 1 month, while establishing global partnerships with Al players (e.g. MinnaLearn, Synthesia, Microsoft, Google, ecc)

Responsible for scouting and establishing collaboration with industrial players, VCs, media, tech, and public institutions through corporate projects & events to support the community (e.g. Edutech Challenges)

Keynote speaker for the company in leading Innovation events (Italian Tech Week 2024, Google GenAl Academy 2024 Italy)

GELLIFY
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CEO Office - Clients & Ecosystem

Summary

Italian top-tier innovation boutique & VC focused on B2B SaaS

Highlights

Working directly with CEO and GELLIFY leadership in defining strategic goals, setting and revising budget, defining key actions and priorities, scaling business with 3x revenues and headcount

Focused on corporate venturing&acceleration projects for leading European companies. Key projects: design, validation and capital raise for a Venture Studio focused on GenAl application with fashion industrial partners; European acceleration program for a leading Italian bank; Venture Builder design for Italian energy player

Conducted 3 M&A operations in less than 6 months from scouting to execution

Education

University of Trento

BSc

Economics and Management

Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Courses

Bootstrapping a venture project in Circular economy through CBOOT Bootcamp (EC initiative for young entrepreneurs)

Erasmus at Universidad Carlos III (average grades 9.65/10), focusing on innovation

Sacred Heart University, Milan

MSc

Management

Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Courses

Erasmus at Maastricht University, focusing on business intelligence and Al for business

Full merit Scholarship "Toniolo" for 100 best individuals

Languages

Italian

Native

English

Native

Spanish

Fluent

German

Basic

Skills

GenAl

Teacher & consultant for leading companies.

Growth

B2B focused.

Public Speaking

From Italian Tech Week to Digital Days. Themes: AI, innovation, ecosystem.

Building

0 to 1 stretch.

Interests

Others

Part of Nova, a community for top 5% talents in EU | Runner (half-marathon), trail running, hiking, cycling.

Innovation

Startup and VC enthusiast: Exor Seed Vento Mentor 2023, Techstars Venture Deals Spring 2022, YC Startup School 2022,.

Volunteer

Tortuga think tank
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Head of growth

Summary

Managing the activities of 50 fellows from leading universities (from MSc student to PhDs and post-doc) for articles, research, and policy advisory for Italian and European MPs and corporations in economic, social science and innovation