TIM WCAP (working capital) leverages the principles of ‘Open Innovation’ and the five territorial hubRome, Naples and Catania) in order to promote a certain contamination that not only concerns the world of start-ups but also extends to global ICT partners (such as CISCO) and the main Italian universities (such as Federico II in Naples, where the Naples hub has been created); ■ catalyzing the capacity for innovation on the part of start-ups through TIM WCAP's acceleration program and venture capital investments on the part of TIM Ventures - TIM's corporate venture capital4 .