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The results confirm the scalability of the model developed by Wopta: an integrated platform that combines tangible products, digital technology \u2013 including Anna, the AI Agent supporting customers and \u2018wopters\u2019 \u2013 and human interaction, thanks to local insurance partners and professionals. <\/p>\n\n<p>Further momentum has been provided by external growth, with the aim of combining scale with customer proximity, consolidating a platform based on regional hubs and close integration between technology and distribution and underwriting capabilities. With its first two acquisitions, Wopta is expanding the group\u2019s distribution capacity, strengthening services for SMEs, professionals and the motor segment, and improving overall margins through its phygital cross-selling model. These are Zanni Broker, based in Capriolo (BS), an intermediary with strong roots in the Lombardy region and an established portfolio serving SMEs and retail clients, and GM Insurance Broker, based in Bergamo, a broker specialising in corporate and professional clients, with extensive expertise in corporate risk management. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe have demonstrated that our model works. Now we want to bring it even closer to businesses and local communities that often struggle to access adequate insurance cover. The first two acquisitions are not merely financial transactions: they represent Wopta\u2019s way of putting down roots in the real economy, helping to support it and bridge the protection gap. For us, growth means standing shoulder to shoulder with the country and its productive system. We do this with the best technology, the advice of our Wopter team and the trust of our partners and stakeholders, to offer a service that protects the work of those who produce and create value every day,\u201d commented Vincenzo Macaione, founder and CEO of Wopta Assicurazioni (pictured), in a statement.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scale-up has completed two acquisitions, taking over Zanni Broker in Brescia and GM Insurance Broker in Bergamo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":166120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_substack_draft_id":"196605706","_substack_draft_url":"https:\/\/startupbusinessitaly.substack.com\/publish\/post\/196605706","_substack_last_pushed":"2026-05-06 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Co-fondatore di Designtech, l\u2019hub di innovazione che avvicina il mondo del design con quello della tecnologia. Advisor di Austrian Business Agency, Emil Banca, Fondazione Symbola, Fondazione Quadrans. Partecipa regolarmente a incontri, convegni, conferenze dedicate all\u2019ecosistema dell\u2019innovazione. E\u2019 stato co-organizzatore degli Italian Innovation Day and Series che si sono svolti dal dal 2016 al 2020 nelle citt\u00e0 di Tokyo in Giappone, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra in Australia e Singapore e co-organizzatore dell\u2019Italy India Innovation Day di AIICP 2021 e 2022. Ha curato il volume \u2018L\u2019innovazione che non ti aspetti. Contesti e visioni per l\u2019impresa\u2019 , l\u2019edizione italiana di \u2018La startup digitale, guida pratica step by step\u2019 e ha scritto la prefazione all\u2019edizione italiana de \u2018La quarta era\u2019 di Byron Reese, ed \u00e8 co-autore di \u2018Cosa e Dove: strategie digitali di ricerca del lavoro\u2019, tutti editi da FrancoAngeli. In passato \u00e8 stato curatore di StartupDigest Italy, coordinatore scientifico del Forum per la Ricerca della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, board member di TechChill Milano advisor di di ScaleIT , ha collaborato con Il Sole 24 Ore \u00e8 stato direttore di Innov\u2019azione, bimestrale edito da Apsti, ha collaborato con Corriere Innovazione ed \u00e8 stato presidente del comitato di selezione del Premio Marzotto e advisor di Cetif-Universit\u00e0 Cattolica Milano.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.abirascid.com\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilabirascid","https:\/\/x.com\/emilabirascid"],"url":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/author\/emil-abirascid\/"}]}},"author_name":"Emil Abirascid","categories_names":["Funding News"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166122,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166121\/revisions\/166122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166121"},{"taxonomy":"companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies?post=166121"},{"taxonomy":"journalist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/journalist?post=166121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}