University4innovation – U4I – is a private Foundation established in 2018 by three Universities from the Lombardy Region in Italy – University of Bergamo, University of Milano-Bicocca and University of Pavia. The Foundation aims at promoting the protection and further development of the research results, supporting the relations between Universities and the Territory, efficiently applying innovation to support the realisation of their Third Mission. We are dedicated to support and encourage research, development and education to create and commercialise goods and useful products, and to create value for the territory through innovation. “A coherent execution of the R&I programme will foster excellence, openness, collaboration and inter-disciplinarity avoiding capture by incumbents or silo mentality”.