28Digital is a public-sector innovation and venture platform initiated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) that backs startups and scaleups through access-to-finance, venture incubation and scale-up programmes. It maintains an equity portfolio of European technology companies and is relevant for seed, early-stage and later-stage founders across Europe, including Italy. Its portfolio and programme activity span deep tech, AI, enterprise software, SaaS, fintech, healthtech, energy, sustainability, education and gaming.