Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore

CHRONES.

CHRONES. is an innovative start-up founded in 2023 that designs and develops customized solutions in game design, interactive theatre, and extended reality applications. The company combines live performances with digital technologies, focusing particularly on corporate wellbeing, training, and cultural engagement.

CHRONES.’s approach is based on the belief that play, when designed to foster engagement, can become a powerful tool for enhancing people’s experiences, encouraging collaboration, and stimulating individual and collective growth. By combining storytelling, interactivity, and immersive technologies, the start-up develops experiences tailored to the needs of organizations, institutions, and communities, enhancing the value of time dedicated to learning, participation, and human connection.

The €140,000 investment in CHRONES. was made by Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore following a broader entrepreneurial support and cultural innovation development programme. The start-up participated in an acceleration and mentorship programme as part of the second edition of InnovaCultura, an initiative established through a collaboration between Regione Lombardia, Fondazione Cariplo, and Unioncamere Lombardia, with the support of Factory Plus and Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore. The programme aims to support cultural institutions and venues in developing new skills by fostering partnerships with businesses operating in the cultural and creative sectors.

The Foundation’s capital investment aims to support the growth of an entrepreneurial venture developing a sustainable and innovative business model capable of generating positive outcomes for people, particularly in terms of cultural access and participation. The objective is to help CHRONES. consolidate its operations and further develop its solutions, promoting the use of game design, interactive storytelling, and digital technologies to create new opportunities for learning, engagement, and participation, while addressing the needs of diverse audiences.

Impact

CHRONES.’s mission is to design meaningful gaming experiences that generate value for individuals and organizations. Its solutions aim to foster a deeper understanding of users’ needs, preferences, and engagement patterns, translating these insights into personalized interactive experiences. From this perspective, game design is not merely a form of entertainment, but a methodology that can be applied across a wide range of contexts: from team management to training, from audience engagement to cultural education. The integration of storytelling, active participation, and digital technologies makes it possible to explore alternative approaches to knowledge sharing and relationship building. A distinctive feature of CHRONES.’s business model is the integration of artistic expertise, experience design, and technological development. The start-up operates across live formats involving professional performers and digital solutions based on extended reality technologies.

At the heart of CHRONES.’s offering is SEPHIROT®, an interactive storytelling system designed to create immersive and interactive simulations in virtual reality. Through narrative scenarios, game mechanics, and the involvement of professional performers, the solution enables participants to engage in compelling experiences and explore learning approaches based on interaction and direct participation. The system can be applied in various fields, including time and team management, audience engagement, and edutainment, with the aim of making educational and cultural experiences more participatory and memorable. The development of SEPHIROT® is supported by a network of collaborations involving the University of Milan, the University of Turin, the House of Emerging Technologies in Rome, and the House of Emerging Technologies of the Municipality of Bologna. The start-up also secured first place in the MVP FACTORY acceleration programme, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture.
Foundation year
2023
Legal status
S.r.l. - Innovative Start-up
Site
Barletta
Sector
Game design and immersive technologies for culture
In portfolio since
2026
Investment
€140,000
Type of investment
Equity
Website: www.chrones.eu