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📍 Parma / Bologna / Hybrid | 🚀 Venture Building | 💡 Agrifood Tech & Innovation CDP Venture Capital, together with Mutti, Sipcam Oxon, Spreafico, Crédit Agricole Italia, and GELLIFY, launches Novagria Ventures: the new Venture Builder dedicated to the Italian agri-food supply chain. 🎯 Goal: create up to 6 new startups in 3 years, mobilizing over 45 million euros in total investment to close the digitalization and sustainability gaps of the supply chain. 👀 What we do Novagria Ventures builds startups from scratch, starting from the real needs of the agri-food supply chain — from field to table — to develop innovative solutions in: Agritech & Smart Farming Digital Supply Chain & B2B Platforms Food Safety, Traceability and Sustainability AI, IoT and Biotech applied to the agri-food sector Novagria Ventures will provide you with a powerful ecosystem, a structured method, and the economic and strategic support to bring ideas to market. 🚀 The role We are looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence who will lead a new venture in the digitalization of the agri-food supply chain, with a focus on supply chain and B2B procurement. The venture focuses on the biomass sector. The product will be a B2B supply chain intelligence platform designed for this market. You will start from a value proposition already pre-validated by the team GELLIFY. Your task will be to turn it into a product and a sustainable business, up to market launch. The work begins inside Novagria Ventures, where the idea is validated, prototyped and launched. If it generates enough traction, you will build the funding round that will lead the venture to be spun off from Novagria. At that point, you will be the one leading the growth of the new company. Cosa farai Value Proposition Validation: Refine the value proposition and the business model Validi target user, target customer e user journey Define a coherent go-to-market strategy MVP Development & Market Validation: Design a digital MVP, including no-code or low-code Test the problem-solution fit with real customers Analyze key metrics: adoption, conversion, retention, willingness to pay Iteri value proposition e business model in base ai test Go-to-Market & Early Growth: Launch experimental marketing campaigns Validate acquisition channels Obtain the first customers or PoCs Fundraising e Leadership: · Lead the construction of the venture's funding round · Present the opportunity to business angels, corporates and investors · Costruisci il founding team Role objectives · Quickly validate problem, solution and market · Identify a clear value proposition and business model, with the first paying customers · Bring the startup to the seed round within 6-9 months · Become CEO and co-founder of the new company 💡 Who we are looking for 5–10 anni di esperienza in startup, product, growth, innovation o venture building Direct experience in validating digital products and MVPs Strong entrepreneurial attitude, strategic vision and execution capability Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage the uncertainty typical of the early stage Plus: esperienza da founder, fundraising o product-led growth. 💰 What we offer Compensation during the period of work within Novagria Equity in the startup that will be spun off Fully remote work Concrete opportunity to become CEO and co-founder of a startup backed by top-tier corporates 🌍 Why join us 👉 Build startups with real impact on the agri-food supply chain 👉 Work with world-class industrial partners 👉 Access the network of CDP Venture Capital and GELLIFY 👉 Learn a replicable method for launching startups from scratch 🌾 How to apply We believe that extraordinary people are recognized by how they think, not just by their CV. In addition to sending your CV or LinkedIn profile, we ask you to attach a short Loom video (max 1 minute) in which you tell us: Which problems excite you today and why Tell us about a project or idea that you have validated or built from scratch Why you think you are the right person to build with us, now A perfect video is not needed: we simply want to get to know you, understand how you think and feel your energy. 🎬 Record on loom.com (or any private video link) and share it in the application form. Do you want to build the next startup that will digitalize and make the Italian agri-food supply chain sustainable? 💥 Join Novagria Ventures and become a protagonist of Made in Italy innovation.