Mate Engineering

What Mate Engineering does

Mate Engineering is an Italian cooperative society (Soc.Coop.va) providing multidisciplinary architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and infrastructure engineering services. Headquartered in Bologna with offices in Milano and San Vendemiano (Treviso), the firm serves primarily Italian public sector clients — municipalities, metropolitan cities, regional governments, universities, and the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure — alongside select private enterprises. Service delivery spans the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies and preliminary/definitive design through construction management and artistic direction.

The firm's core technical capabilities center on integrated multidisciplinary design combining functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability, with documented expertise in nZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) standards, seismic safety compliance, and energy efficiency. For large-scale public works the firm operates through Raggruppamenti Temporanei di Progettazione (RTP) consortia, partnering with engineering and architecture firms including Studio Boeri Architetti, Cooprogetti, Technital, Eutecne, and others. Notable reference projects include the €590M Ciclovia Tirrenica (930 km), €182M Ciclovia VenTo (700 km), €75M Campus Meucci-Galilei in Florence, €50.3M Campus Bassini at Politecnico di Milano, the €47.5M Insula San Marco flood protection in Venice, and the new Sorrento Peninsula hospital. Projects span 11 Italian regions.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services contracts, with public procurement competitive tendering as the primary go-to-market channel and direct private commissions as a secondary channel. Pricing is tied to project scope and contract value, with reference project values ranging from approximately €3M to €590M. The firm operates as a private cooperative with no disclosed external investors, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity; ownership is held among member professionals. Headcount is approximately 50+ named professionals; total revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Mate Engineering

Legal name

MATE Engineering Soc.Coop.va

Website

https://mateng.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mate Engineering is an Italian cooperative society providing multidisciplinary architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and infrastructure engineering services to Italian public institutions and select private enterprises, headquartered in Bologna with offices in Milano and Treviso.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (54133), Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAIAN

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAIAA

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Urban planning services
• Landscape architecture
• Infrastructure engineering
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Bologna

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Architecture Services: Professional services including architectural design, landscape architecture, urban planning, and infrastructure engineering. Services span the entire project lifecycle from preliminary design through construction management and artistic direction.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mate Engineering is an Italian architecture and engineering cooperative providing integrated multidisciplinary services across architectural design, landscape architecture, urban and territorial planning, and infrastructure engineering. Services span the entire project lifecycle from preliminary feasibility studies and masterplanning through detailed architectural design, infrastructure design, construction management, and artistic direction. The firm primarily serves Italian public-sector clients (municipalities, universities, metropolitan cities, regional governments) on complex public works and serves private enterprises on industrial and commercial facility projects.

Product overview

Mate Engineering is an architecture and engineering firm providing integrated professional services across architecture, landscape design, urban planning, and infrastructure sectors. Their services include architectural design, landscape architecture, urban planning projects (masterplans, regulatory plans), and infrastructure design (cycling paths, sports facilities, public buildings). They do not offer a traditional software product but rather deliver engineering and architectural consultancy services through project-based engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design (Architettura)

Quantifiable outcome

• Campus Bassini achieved nZEB certification with 88 state-of-the-art research laboratories on 13,764 m²
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• EutecnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2025RTP partner for Campus Meucci-Galilei school project in Florence (€75M). MATE leads architectural design while Eutecne provides engineering services.
• F&McoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2025RTP partner for Campus Meucci-Galilei school project. Contributes specialized technical expertise to the €75M school campus development.
• CSPEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2025RTP partner for Campus Meucci-Galilei school project in Florence, providing specialized engineering consultation.
• CooprogetticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2025RTP partner for Nuovo Campus Bovisa gasometer conversion project (Politecnico di Milano). MATE leads design with Cooprogetti providing additional architectural services.
• BETAProgetticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2025RTP partner for Nuovo Campus Bovisa gasometer conversion, contributing project management and technical expertise.
• Professionisti srlcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021RTP partner for Polo Innovativo per l'infanzia in Villafranca di Verona (€10.7M). Collaborative design arrangement for early childhood education facility.
• Studio Boeri ArchitettiflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for multiple masterplan projects including Ceccarini Green Energy District (€560K ha district), Piano degli Interventi Padova, and Salerno Litorale Sud Masterplan. Led by renowned architect Stefano Boeri.
• Studio SilvaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for major urban planning and regeneration projects including Ceccarini Green Energy District and Piano degli Interventi Padova.
• I.PROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTP partner for Nuovo Polo Universitario Roma Tre Ostia project (€17M). Specialized technical partnership for university building renovation.
• Studio Monti e AssociaticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering partner for Nuova Autostazione Cesena project (€6.8M). Collaborated on executive design for iconic bus terminal structure.
• Studio Associato Barbieri TappicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreliminary and definitive design lead for Nuova Autostazione Cesena, with MATE providing executive engineering design.
• CooprogettiflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner for Ciclovia VenTo (€182M, 700 km). Collaborative arrangement for major national cycling infrastructure project along Po River.
• CooprogettiflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner for Ciclovia Tirrenica (€590M, 930 km). Collaborative for one of Italy's largest cycling infrastructure projects.
• Parcianello & Partners engineeringcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering partner for Ciclovia Tirrenica, providing technical infrastructure design expertise.
• Net MobilitycoreTechnology or IntegrationMobility and infrastructure specialist partner for Ciclovia Tirrenica project.
• TechnitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering partner for Ciclovia Tirrenica, contributing infrastructure design capabilities.
• D.R.E.A.M.coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical partner for Ciclovia Tirrenica infrastructure project.
• KostruttivacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for Insula San Marco flood protection project (€47.5M) in Venice.
• ThetiscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTechnical partner for Venice flood protection infrastructure project.
• ARCO lavoriminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company for Campus Bassini project.
• Consorzio IntegraminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction consortium partner for Campus Bassini project execution.
• CMSA Soc. Coop.vaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction cooperative partner for Campus Bassini and Campus Bonardi projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Labics: Rome-based architecture and urban planning studio active in public buildings, housing, and masterplanning — a more boutique peer competing for similar Italian public-sector commissions as MATE.

Direct peers

• One Works: Milan-based architecture and engineering consultancy with strong infrastructure and transport design practices, including urban regeneration and large public projects — directly comparable to MATE's combined architecture/engineering delivery model.
• Manens-Tifs: Padova-based Italian engineering services firm active in public infrastructure, energy efficiency, and building design — a direct peer for engineering-led public-sector commissions overlapping with MATE's portfolio.
• Politecnica: Modena-headquartered Italian engineering and architecture firm delivering integrated design for public infrastructure, education, healthcare, and urban regeneration — closely comparable to MATE in scope, public-sector orientation, and project scale.
• Studio Valle Progettazioni: Turin-rooted Italian architecture firm with deep experience in public building, restoration, and urban planning — a long-standing comparable peer for MATE in integrated architectural and urban-design practice.
• Lombardini22: Milan-based integrated AEC firm offering architecture, engineering, and urban planning for offices, retail, public buildings, and masterplans — similar in multidisciplinary delivery and target institutional clients to MATE.
• Mario Cucinella Architects: Bologna-based international architecture firm with a strong sustainability and public-building focus (schools, cultural, healthcare) — directly comparable to MATE in design philosophy and Italian public-sector orientation.
• ABDR Architetti Associati: Italian architecture practice delivering public buildings, urban regeneration, and infrastructure projects across Italy — comparable to MATE in delivering architecturally driven public commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Italferr: Ferrovie dello Stato's in-house engineering subsidiary, the dominant Italian rail and large-transport infrastructure design firm — a broader incumbent competing for the same pool of large public infrastructure commissions MATE targets.
• Proger SpA: Large Italian multi-disciplinary engineering and project management firm active in infrastructure, energy, environment, and public buildings — a broader incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to MATE's target clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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