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H-Farm closes 2011 with the fifth exit

H-Farm could not conclude the past 2011 better; after a short negotiation, H-Farm has signed the transfer of Logopro, the fifth startup to be added to the list of the “exit” made over the years with H-art, H-care, Shicon and Log607.

Founded on February 2009 under Alessia Bellon’s direction, Logopro was the first all-female startup incubated in H-Farm. Since from the beginning, the startup business has been oriented towards the provision of successful corporate identity services to companies. On this basis Logopro specialized itself in design and printing services at competitive rates for PMI, freelancers, startups, websites, businesses and offices.

Many companies immediately believed in this innovative idea and enjoyed the services and professionalism offered. But it was Orgraf who focused on Logopro, deciding to invest on this brilliant initiative. Orgraf is a dynamic company initially specialized in intelligent set of forms production and organizational consulting, which has implemented over the years a complete technological and cultural renewal; Orgraf professionalized itself in press quality, finishing in the paper industry and IT services.

Orgraf has acquired the 65% of Logopro shares by H-Farm while the remaining  35% has been divided between H-Farm (25%) and Alessia Bellon (10%).

 “I’m very happy that this operation has been concluded with a very important and forward looking company as Orgraf; Logopro is a small gem that has great potentialities” – says Riccardo Donadon, founder of H-Farm – “ But above all I’m very glad because this is the fifth complete “exit” (selected idea, funding, incubation and release disposal to an industrial partner) that we have realized in only five years and it’s a result that has no equals in the whole Italian territory. An important signal for an economic recover that needs to start from the investment on innovation and youngsters.”

 “It’s essential for our company, proudly old economy, to intercept  the development of technologies and then of digital services; for this reason we have chosen a partner that is strongly rooted in Italy but with an international scope, which could best represent this no reversible trend and would allow us to achieve our ambitious growth targets” - says Massimo Vaini, CEO of Orgraf – “In this difficult economic climate, investing on young people represents the key to give our Country a concrete opportunity of growth and this aspect has positively influenced our choice to enter in Logopro.”

The interest on Logopro by the side of a well-established company that has been present in its sector for more than forty years, showed how much important is to open the door to digital and especially how much digital has now become essential to determinate a strong competitive advantage for any company.

 

 

Italy, 2012-01-17

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