Intesa Sanpaolo supports and interprets the new growth strategies of SMEs in this phase of global transformation. An exclusive mission to the United States for Italian companies is taking place in San Francisco, where the Banca dei Territori Division, led by Stefano Barrese, in collaboration with Institutional Relations, the international network, and the Group's IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division, promotes 12 SMEs that are champions of Made in Italy through a program of meetings and training in Silicon Valley.

The path of in-depth study and contact with the best production and innovative realities of the North American West Coast is created in collaboration with INNOVIT (Italian Innovation and Culture Hub) in San Francisco, the technological heart of California. The selected SMEs have an average of 150 employees and 40 million euros of annual turnover and therefore ideally represent the Italian productive fabric and the typical requirements of medium-sized enterprises.