Supernovae Labs is accelerating business by partnering with the brightest innovators of Italy’s start-up and financial services sectors. Supernovae Labs, founded in 2016, is the country’s first accelerator for fintech start-ups dedicated to banking, insurance and financial services. The company sees itself as a fintech matchmaker, promoting promising ventures across a well-established international network. Italy was among the 10 countries hardest hit by Covid, with banks under pressure and lending slowed to a trickle. Supernovae Labs persevered by focusing more on consultancy services — and regained much of its pandemic-halted momentum in 2021. The world is settling into a new sense of normal, where digital reigns supreme and services have reached unprecedented levels of convenience and customer centricity. Supernovae Labs credits its success to the calibre of its workforce and ecosystem. It has assembled a multicultural team, comprising nine nationalities, many talents and one common language. Each member strives to bring value to partners through open innovation, creativity, teamwork and entrepreneurship. Supernovae Labs is proud to work with industry-leading institutions - including Intesa San Paolo, Gruppo Bancario Iccrea, Widiba, Societe Generale and Efma - and partners - including Kirey, S2E, Startupbootcamp, Swiss Insurtech Hub, Startup Wise Guys — and is in the process of establishing new partnerships for 2022. The company assists financial institutions in defining and executing digitalisation strategies, offering a range of open banking and open innovation services. It walks with partners at every stage of development and supports their journey using inhouse research. The CFI.co judging panel presents Supernovae Labs — a repeat programme winner — with the 2022 award for Best FinTech Accelerator in Italy.