The figures provided annually by the Milan Polytechnic with its valuable Smart Home, Smart Building and Internet of Things Observatories show us a representation of the home, building and city innovation market strongly characterised by the massive presence of start-ups and innovative SMEs.

As a matter of fact, it is remarkable that even the giants of home and building automation are increasingly interested in this sector, to the point of directly “incubating” many innovative companies, in the hope of acquiring their know-how and translating it into products to be offered to the large market.

SMART BUILDING EXPO is a reference event in Italy for home and building automation, system integration and technologies and applications for the Smart City. Therefore, the event's DNA is to pay great attention to innovation processes and, consequently, to all those companies that, starting from an idea, develop products and services capable of changing the market, even significantly.

As in previous editions, the event rigorously explored the range of innovation on offer from innovative start-ups and SMEs, to which it opened up its spaces and found increasing interest in participation, to showcase solutions on the lookout for investors and the market.

In fact, Spazio Startup is the natural extension of a trade fair dedicated to technological innovation and aims to offer young companies the opportunity to present their solutions and applications on advantageous terms to the thousands of professionals, companies and potential investors who will be at the trade fair.

An opportunity seized by many companies and which is growing, making the Milan fair an irreplaceable showcase for the best ideas and developing valuable relationships with those who generated them.