A joint fellowship for Italy's next industrialists
Italian Builders Fellowship
€3K
to start now,
not in ten years.
For exceptional Italian builders
aged 21 or younger.
Italy needs a new generation of industrialists.
Breakthrough technologies take decades to build.
So the clock should start earlier.
We cannot compress decades into one week.
But we can move the first week forward by ten years.
Apeira Hackerhouse · Milano
One week with
nothing in the way.
01€3,000to focus entirely on the work
02One week at the hackerhouseyour room, workspace and full access
03Meet top Italian entrepreneurspeople who have already built at scale
No classes. No pitch theatre.
Just make something real.
Industry
is built by people.
The foundations
A new wave is forming
Founders backing
the next generation.
Italian Founders Fund is Italy's first founder-backed VC built by entrepreneurs to support the country's next exceptional founders.
Meet IFF ↗Things people ask
before applying.
01Who can apply?
Italian builders aged 21 or younger. You can be in school, at university, working, or following a path of your own.
02Do I need to have a company?
No. A side project, experiment or ambitious research direction is enough—as long as you are already doing the work.
03What does the fellowship include?
€3,000 with no strings attached, a private room and one week of full access to the Apeira hackerhouse, plus time with top Italian entrepreneurs.
04What are you looking for?
Proof of obsession. Show us what you have built, tested, investigated or taught yourself—not the credentials you have collected.
05What happens during the week?
There is no curriculum and no pitch theatre. You choose an ambitious milestone, work without friction, and leave with something real.
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