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Coopstartup
Coopstartup is a national program in Italy focused on promoting cooperative startups, primarily targeting young entrepreneurs. It aims to foster employment and productivity through innovative cooperative business models.
Overview
What Coopstartup does
What Coopstartup is
Coopstartup is a national program in Italy focused on promoting cooperative startups, primarily targeting young entrepreneurs. It aims to foster employment and productivity through innovative cooperative business models.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 9, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Coopstartup as a community
Community overview
Coopstartup is a national program initiated in May 2013 by Coopfond, a mutual fund for the promotion and development of cooperation, in collaboration with Legacoop. The organization is based in Italy and focuses on promoting cooperative startups, primarily targeting young entrepreneurs. It aims to foster innovative business ideas that contribute to quality job creation and the introduction of technological, organizational, and social innovations.
Community focus
Coopstartup invests in cooperative startups across various sectors, emphasizing innovation and sustainability. The program supports the development of entrepreneurial ideas that can lead to the establishment of cooperatives, particularly in unexplored markets and among young people. It aims to create pathways for intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
Events and activity
Coopstartup organizes events such as the Creators Day, where they recognize and award innovative projects and ideas.
Common questions
What to know about Coopstartup
Upseed classifies Coopstartup under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 9, 2026
Known limits
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