Fondazione Ortygia - Impresa Sociale

Name

Fondazione Ortygia - Impresa Sociale

Legal name

Fondazione Ortygia Impresa Sociale

Website

https://ortygiabs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Education and Training

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Advanced Project-Based Learning & Portfolio Mentoring (STEM/arts portfolios, maker projects) (EDANAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Business & Succession Advisory (FSAAADAL)

Keywords

• Executive education programs
• Youth mentorship programs
• Women empowerment training
• STEM career orientation
• Corporate leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Siracusa, Siracusa

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Receives grants from national and EU sources including Fondo Repubblica Digitale, Regione Sicilia funding programs (Bando Ex Tabella H).
2. Corporate Training Fees: B2B fees for executive education programs (Mediterranean Leadership Journey, AI-Powered Leadership, Negotiation & Decision Making) delivered to corporate clients.
3. Public Procurement (MEPA): Revenue from Italian public administration contracts through MEPA marketplace.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fondazione Ortygia is a non-profit social enterprise foundation that delivers educational orientation, mentorship, and executive training programs in Southern Italy. Its core offerings include the YEP 6-month remote mentorship program connecting female STEM university students with professional mentors, My Future Buddy orientation workshops for secondary school students, D4WE digital skills training in Data Science for women aged 18-50, and executive education programs such as Mediterranean Leadership Journey, AI-Powered Leadership, and Negotiation & Decision Making for corporate managers and executives.

Product overview

Fondazione Ortygia operates as a social enterprise offering a portfolio of educational and empowerment programs targeting youth and professionals in Southern Italy. The core portfolio includes YEP (mentoring for female STEM university students), My Future Buddy (orientation for secondary school students), and D4WE (digital skills training for women in Data Science). The executive education offerings include Mediterranean Leadership Journey (strategy, leadership, and negotiation training), AI-Powered Leadership (ML/AI for business decision-making), Negoziazione e Decision Making (negotiation skills), and Generazione Futuro (family business succession planning). Custom corporate training programs are available under Programmi ad hoc. All programs combine experiential learning methodologies with networking opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YEP - Young Women Empowerment Program: 6-month remote mentorship program supporting university female students in STEM fields across Southern Italy.
• My Future Buddy
• D4WE - Digital 4 Women Empowerment
• Mediterranean Leadership Journey

Products and services

• YEP - Young Women Empowerment Program A 6-month remote mentoring program that supports female university students in STEM fields across Southern Italy by connecting them with professional women mentors from partner companies to guide informed academic and career choices.
• My Future Buddy An inspiration and orientation project for female students in their 4th year of secondary schools in Southern Italy, featuring laboratory sessions on orientation and soft skills led by psychologists and experts to guide them toward STEM academic and professional paths.
• D4WE - Digital 4 Women Empowerment A digital skills training program targeting 100 women aged 18-50 in Sicily and Calabria, promoting Data Science competencies and facilitating their entry into the workforce using challenge-based learning methods combined with mentoring.
• Mediterranean Leadership Journey An executive education program for managers with demonstrated leadership potential, organized around three pillars: business strategy, leadership, and crisis management and negotiation, featuring residential sessions and case study discussions.
• AI-Powered Leadership An intensive course exploring machine learning and AI fundamentals, their application to business decision-making, and how to lead data-driven initiatives. Covers ML, NLP, LLMs, predictive analytics, and designing data-driven experiments for business success.
• Negoziazione e Decision Making A mini-master program in negotiation and decision-making designed to provide professionals with the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to negotiate professionally and manage situations where external events interfere with clear decision-making.
• Generazione Futuro A program providing family businesses with tools to prepare for generational transition and the technical and managerial competencies needed to achieve ambitious business success, including leadership and management workshops.
• Programmi ad hoc Custom-designed high-quality educational programs in specific disciplines for corporate clients, combining high-level teaching sessions with networking events and cultural experiences in unique locations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 participants across 7 editions of YEP program with measurable impact on female students' confidence
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Edtech ItaliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Strategic partner in D4WE Digital 4 Women Empowerment project, facilitating tech company engagement for digital skills training for women in Sicily and Calabria
• Intesa SanpaolocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-promoter of YEP Young Women Empowerment Program and supporter of youth empowerment initiatives in Southern Italy
• DeloittecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in YEP program supporting female talent development in STEM fields
• UniCredit FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-promoter of My Future Buddy program in collaboration with Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, supporting career orientation for secondary school students
• Coca-Cola HBCminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program contributing to female STEM empowerment
• FastwebminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program
• illimityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program supporting young women in Southern Italy
• LeonardominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program
• SIFIminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program
• SnamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program
• SparkleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner in YEP program
• Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner conducting impact research on My Future Buddy and YEP programs through Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche (DISES)
• AccentureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner and participant employer sending managers as mentors
• SACEminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner with executives participating in Mediterranean Leadership Journey
• InvitaliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner with managers participating in training programs

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Ashoka Italy: Italian branch of the global Ashoka network supporting leading social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Comparable in social-enterprise positioning, mission-driven leadership development, and pan-European partnership model.

Others

• Fondazione Italia per il Dono: Italian foundation promoting a culture of philanthropy and supporting the nonprofit sector. Adjacent as an enabling organization in the Italian third sector that could partner with — rather than compete with — Fondazione Ortygia's human capital mission.

Direct peers

• Junior Achievement Italia: Italian arm of the global JA network delivering youth education programs in entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy. Closely comparable in target audience (Italian secondary and university students), corporate partner network, and educational mentorship model.
• Fondazione per l'Educazione Finanziaria e al Risparmio (FEDUF): Banker-promoted Italian foundation delivering financial education programs in schools and universities. Directly comparable as a banking-association-backed education foundation with school partnerships, teacher training, and youth financial literacy programs.
• Fondazione Mondo Digitale: Italian nonprofit foundation focused on digital education and social inclusion, particularly for marginalized youth and women. Highly comparable to Fondazione Ortygia in nonprofit structure, education mission, and partnership-driven delivery model across Italian regions.

Regional players

• Fondazione Con il Sud: Private foundation supporting social infrastructure and human capital development across Southern Italy. Directly comparable geographic focus on the Mezzogiorno and similar mission of addressing structural gaps through grant-funded programs and partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• SDA Bocconi School of Management: Italy's leading executive education provider, part of Bocconi University. Competes with Fondazione Ortygia's Mediterranean Leadership Journey and other executive programs, but at significantly larger scale and with broader international reach.
• MIP Politecnico di Milano: Graduate school of business founded by Politecnico di Milano, a major provider of executive education in Italy. Comparable in delivering corporate leadership and management training programs to Italian executives and managers, but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCq77nnpUxhjQg9IKmfkh-9Q/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ortygiabs
• Instagraminstagram.com/ortygiabs

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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