SMII - Sportello Matematico per l'Innovazione e le Imprese

Name

SMII - Sportello Matematico per l'Innovazione e le Imprese

Legal name

Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone"

Website

https://sportellomatematico.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Project Funding: SMII operates as a research-to-industry bridge funded through CNR projects (FOE 2021, FOE 2024) and institutional partnerships with Confindustria and EU-MATHS-IN. Services to companies are provided free of charge as part of the public research mission.
2. Collaborative Research Projects: Facilitation of paid research collaborations between companies and university/research center partners. SMII connects enterprises with research groups who provide project proposals with timelines, technical offers, and economic requests.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SMII is a public consulting and technology transfer service that connects Italian companies with mathematical research institutions to solve complex industrial and business problems. It facilitates the full innovation cycle — from problem formulation, technical roundtables with research partners under NDA, proposal evaluation, through project execution — applying optimization, mathematical modeling, simulation, statistical analysis, and machine learning to operational challenges across multiple industry verticals.

Product overview

SMII - Sportello Matematico per l'Innovazione e le Imprese is a consulting and technology transfer service that acts as an interface between mathematical research and business needs. Rather than a traditional software product, SMII offers a portfolio of services including: mathematical technology transfer consulting, access to a network of Italian research centers, sector-specific solutions across six industrial domains (Agrifood 4.0, Logistics and Transport, Manufacturing, Machinery, Packaging, and Life Sciences), and demonstrated success case implementations. The organization facilitates the entire innovation journey from problem identification through technical table discussions, proposal evaluation, and project execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mathematical Technology Transfer Consulting Expert consulting service helping companies identify, formulate, and solve complex problems using mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization, and data analysis techniques. Free of charge to companies as a public research initiative.
• Research Partnership Network Curated network of Italian research centers and mathematical technology partners that SMII connects to companies needing applied mathematics expertise.
• Sector-Specific Mathematical Solutions Mathematical technology applications tailored to six industrial sectors: Agrifood 4.0, Logistics and Transport, Manufacturing, Machinery, Packaging, and Life Sciences.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in collection shifts for waste management companies
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and preferred.

• CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle RicerchecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNR serves as the parent organization through IAC (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo 'Mauro Picone'). SMII is a project within CNR-IAC, with Roberto Natalini as Director of IAC serving as Scientific Responsible. CNR provides institutional backing, research infrastructure, and funding through FOE projects.
• ConfindustriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConfindustria (Area Politiche Industriali) is a permanent member of SMII's steering committee. Provides industry connections, business network access, and strategic direction for the organization's industry engagement activities.
• SIMAI - Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e IndustrialecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIMAI (Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale) is a permanent member of the steering committee, providing academic mathematical expertise and connections to the applied mathematics community in Italy.
• Fondazione EU-MATHS-INcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-MATHS-IN Foundation is a permanent steering committee member. SMII serves as the Italian node of the European network connecting 400+ research centers with thousands of mathematical technology experts across Europe.
• OPTITpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner specializing in optimization technologies. Collaborated on waste flow optimization project from collection to disposal/recovery, developing industrial-standard web solutions with mathematical optimization models.
• CryptolabpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner for cryptography and secure systems. Developed automated handwritten signature examination software for banking process automation using image analysis and machine learning.
• ACTORpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner for retail and consumer goods optimization. Developed sales forecasting systems using Learning Machines (Neural Networks, SVM) for grocery retail prediction including promotional effects.
• IASIpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner for applied mathematics. Collaborated on fleet management optimization project for car rental company, developing mathematical models for contract and vehicle acquisition optimization.
• MOXOFFpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner specializing in modeling and simulation. Developed optimization and waste reduction tools for industrial washing machines using multiscale and multiphysics modeling.
• OropreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner for urban waste collection optimization project (O.N.D.E.-UWC). Developed methodology for estimating container fill levels and optimal collection routing.
• Pangea FormazionepreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch and training partner. Collaborated on cloud computing capacity planning project using Bayesian methods and Monte Carlo simulation, and on telecommunications ticket management using Bayesian networks.
• IASIpreferredTechnology or IntegrationResearch partner for marine navigation systems. Developed TMS project for surface propeller design and navigation assistance with real-time sensor data processing and global nonlinear optimization algorithms.
• Politecnico di TorinopreferredTechnology or IntegrationAcademic partner contributing optimization algorithms for urban waste collection project, specifically vehicle routing optimization through three-phase mathematical modeling.
• Nord EngineeringpreferredTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner that helped create software for Cidiu Servizi SpA, enabling daily planning of waste collection shifts with transponder, scale, and GPS data integration.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• INRIA: French national institute for applied mathematics and digital science. Operates a broader technology transfer infrastructure with industrial partners across multiple verticals, comparable in mission but at national-institute scale.
• TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. Public applied research organization with industry-facing units covering applied mathematics, logistics, and manufacturing — comparable technology transfer model at a larger scale.
• Fraunhofer IAIS: Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems. Applies machine learning, optimization, and AI to industry — overlapping with SMII's ML/optimization portfolio at a significantly larger scale.
• CIMNE: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Spain). Bridges academic computational math with industry in manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure — closely comparable in applied-math technology transfer orientation.
• Flanders Make: Belgian strategic research center for manufacturing industry. Performs applied research and technology transfer to Flemish manufacturers — a public-private model with comparable industry-bridging mission.
• Fraunhofer ITWM: Germany's leading institute for industrial mathematics under the Fraunhofer Society. Provides a much larger-scale publicly-funded model of mathematical technology transfer to industry, serving as the German analogue to SMII/CNR-IAC.

Direct peers

• OPTIT: Italian operations research and optimization consulting firm. SMII partner on the urban waste collection optimization project with Cidiu Servizi SpA, serving overlapping public-sector and utilities customers in Italy.
• Math2Market: German company commercializing industrial mathematics software and consulting (e.g., voxel-based simulations). Comparable in focus on translating applied math research into sellable industrial tools.
• MOXOFF: Italian mathematical modeling and simulation consultancy founded by CNR-IAC researchers. Direct partner of SMII on the industrial washing machine optimization project, with overlapping customer base in Italian manufacturing and engineering sectors.
• ACTOR: Italian optimization and decision science consultancy. SMII partner on retail sales forecasting projects, with comparable expertise in machine learning applied to industrial demand forecasting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SMI2_CNR
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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