(Alliance News) - From the first edition in lockdown and via web streaming, to the fourth edition in attendance with a record number of companies present. This is "NextGems," the investor conference promoted by Virgilio IR and TWIN with the support of Borsa Italiana that will connect 52 listed Italian SMEs with the financial community on October 17 and 18.

The conference agendas are already at an excellent booking level: organizers have already garnered interest from European and U.S. funds and investors, as well as Italians.

"In a market context that since the beginning of the year has penalized SMEs listed on Euronext Growth Milan more than larger companies, due to factors exogenous to the state of health of these companies, it is crucial to be able to have opportunities for dialogue between entrepreneurs and managers and institutional investors that will unleash the potential and solidity of these gems," explain the event's organizers, Mara di Giorgio, founder of TWIN, and Pietro Barbi, CEO of Virgilio IR.

"We are facing an international economic scenario of uncertainty, in which investors are very cautious; outflows from PIR funds have been huge in these first nine months of the year forcing managers to generalized sales that have depressed valuations, to the point of making delisting by some issuers inevitable."

"We believe that helping companies to obtain consistent and objective valuations with respect to real value, and at the same time funds in finding investment opportunities aligned with the different characteristics of investment houses, is really vital for a stock market that must be able to represent a valid alternative to support the growth of companies, value of savings and therefore well-being of our country's economy."

Protagonists of the event will be several SMEs listed on Piazza Affari, who will meet investors over two days: on Oct. 17, ABP Nocivelli, Askoll Eva, Casta Diva Group, Circle, Convergenze, Cube Labs, Datrix, Doxee, Ecosuntek, Energy, ESI, Eviso, expert.ai, Finanza.tech, Giglio.com, Grifal, Lindbergh, Neodecortech, Officina Stellare, OSAI Automation System, Planetel, Promotica, Svas Biosana, TMP Group, Trevi Finanziaria Industriale and Valsoia.

On Oct. 18, it will be the turn of ABC Company, Almawave, Altea Green Power, Cofle, Comal, Creactives Group, DigiTouch, Franchetti, Friulchem, FOS, IDNTT, Impianti, Imprendiroma, Innovatec, Itway, Maps, Redfish LTC, RES, Riba Mundo, SolidWorld Group, Spindox, Take Off, Tenax International, Tessellis, Trawell Co, and Valtecne.

By Giuseppe Fabio Ciccomascolo, Alliance News senior reporter

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