Originally from Napoli (ITA), I currently work in Indianapolis (USA) at gener8tor, directing US Accelerators ("gBETA 5G: Saas, AI, Web 3.0” // “gBETA Industry 4.0: Smart & Circular” // "gBETA AgBioScience") and supporting international expansion (i.e. launch of "gBETA Italy: Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing", coaching Italian startups to enter the U.S. Ecosystem)
🚨Our Accelerators for early-stage Startups, powered by gener8tor and sponsored by the State of Indiana (IEDC) *** They are FREE, with no fees and no equity, and are focused on FUNDRAISING STRATEGY and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
(1) "gBETA 5G: SaaS, AI, Web3" = Interconnectivity Platforms and Techs
(2) "gBETA Industry 4.0: Smart & Circular" = Manufacturing, Energy, Supply-Chain, DeepTech, Efficiency, Automations, Circularity, Cybersecurity
(3) "gBETA AgBioScience" = Farming, Food & Nutrition, Animal Health
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Davide Dantonio has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Inside gBETA: Building Hard Tech Founders Nationwide
May 18th, 2026 | Season 3 | 47 mins 18 secs
In this episode of The Hardtech Podcast, host DeAndre Harakas sits down with Davide Dantonio, Director of gBETA Accelerators in Indiana, to unpack what it actually takes to build a successful hard tech startup. Davide shares his journey from Naples, Italy through France, Spain, London, Kraft Heinz, and Amazon Pay, to running one of the Midwest's most active accelerator programs. They dig into customer obsession, the difference between customer discovery and "sales discovery," doing things that don't scale, the Pareto principle for early product roadmaps, and Davide's financing-and-milestones framework for fundraising. The conversation features real anecdotes from hard tech founders building truck-scanning AI, advanced optical lenses, pothole-scanning vehicle cameras, and plant compounds for animal gut health; plus details on gBETA's upcoming Industry 4.0 cohort launching in June.