Paolo Barberis

Paolo Barberis has been Chairman and Founder of Dada (DA:MI), a global leader in online advertising, Web & Mobile services. Dada is specialized in creating innovative digital solutions: Digital Music, Mobile Applications, Mobile Services and Social Communities.

In business since 1995 although the idea behind Dada started in 1992, Dada was the first company in Italy to foster the development of th...
See More e www, helping millions of Italian users discovering the Internet. Dada offered users new ways of experiencing and interpreting the www, making the internet a natural meeting place.

In 1999 Dada created superEva (www.superEva.it), an historic place on the Italian Web. From the beginning, superEva went far beyond the concept of portal and brought together a large community of loyal followers.

Paolo also contributed to the establishment of the main Internet associations in Italy; in 1998 as founder and board member of the Italian sector of the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) and in 1999 as co-founder of the Italian chapter of ISOC (Internet Society).

Paolo has made Dada what it is today: from a little university project to an international company listed on the Italian Stock Exchange with more than 600 employees across Florence, Milan, Bergamo, New York, Barcelona, Paris, London, Worcester and Rio de Janeiro.

Paolo left Dada in 2011, following new challenges and founded Nana Bianca, one of the leading italian startup accelerators.

In 2012 Paolo has been part of the Startup Task Force of the Minister Mr. Passera to challenge the italian country as a favorable place for startups. The Startup Task Force has made a lot of changes in order to favor that.

Today Paolo encourages startups and entrepreneurs as Angels, VC and has been appointed by the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as Special Senior Adviser for Innovation in Italy.

Gender: Male
Born: December 08, 1967
URL: www.paolo.it