There is time until February 28th to participate the Circular4Recovery call launched by Marzotto Venture Accelerator to select, reward and support business projects focused on developing innovative technologies, solutions and services with a low environmental and social impact in 5 Key Focus Areas of the Circular Economy.

Challenges
The Five Key Focus Areas identified by the Call are:

• Circular Bioeconomy
  Enhancement of agro-food waste, new models of sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
• Circular Water Economy
  Treatment and valorisation of wastewater, smart water and wastewater management systems.
• Circular Energy Economy
  Energy transition, smart energy management systems, sustainable and circular materials management models in the energy supply chain.
• New Circular Life Cycles
  Circular and sustainable solutions, technologies, and processes in the plastics and WEEE supply chains management.
• Circular City & Land
  New integrated and circular approaches and models for the sustainable development of cities and rural/inland areas.

Awards
Twenty projects, distributed among the 5 Key Focus Areas, will be selected by the MVA Acceleration Team to participate in a Pre-Acceleration Program, lasting up to 12 weeks.
At the conclusion of the Pre-Acceleration Program, up to 10 projects will be selected to be included in the next phase of the Acceleration Program, lasting between 12 and 24 weeks.

Pre-Acceleration Program

• credits for each selected Project – up to a maximum of Euro 25,000 – to be used for technological and entrepreneurial empowerment services, provided by the Organizers and the Corporate Partners network, within a maximum overall cap for all winning projects of Euro 500,000,00;
• dedicated physical spaces in the Phygiwork S.p.A. Business Centers located in the territory of the Municipality of Rome.

Acceleration Program

• credits for each selected Project – up to a maximum of Euro 70,000 – to be used for technological and entrepreneurial empowerment services, provided by the Organizers and the Corporate Partners concerned, within a maximum overall cap for all projects eligible for the acceleration phase of Euro 700,000,00;
• equity, quasi-equity, forms of guarantee and co-guarantee on medium-long-term debts, to be used in co-investment with third-party resources, within the limits of a maximum overall plafond made available by MVA and the Corporate Partners concerned, amounting to Euro 10,000,000.00;
• dedicated physical spaces in the Phygiwork S.p.A. Business Centers located in the territory of the Municipality of Rome.

For more information: circular4recovery@marzottoventure.com