October 8, 2025
Odda, the Abruzzo Talent Hub at SMAU Milan 2025
Thanks to its innovative contribution in the IT sector, Odda was selected by the Development Agency and the Special Company CCIAA of Chieti Pescara.
Odda, which specializes in IT consulting, was selected, along with nine other startups, to participate in SMAU Milan 2025 on November 5–6, the main event in Italy dedicated to innovation, startups, and emerging technologies.
Odda’s Innovation
Odda is a Talent Hub based in Pescara, founded with the goal of proving that talent exists and can emerge anywhere.
The company is committed to enhancing professionals’ skills by identifying the most suitable project for each individual to express themselves. In this way, Odda helps create growth opportunities without forcing young people to leave their region and supports startups and Big Tech in finding the ideal profiles to achieve their goals.
Odda’s innovative model is based on reliability and technical quality: the company continuously certifies and trains the best IT professionals, building an ecosystem of qualified talent ready to contribute to any project with the highest alignment to clients’ needs
Abruzzo at SMAU 2025
Thanks to its innovative contribution in the IT sector, Odda was selected by the Development Agency and the Special Company CCIAA of Chieti Pescara as the top-ranked company to represent Abruzzo at SMAU 2025, based on criteria such as service innovation and international development potential.
This recognition rewards not only the strong impact of the Odda model, already active in the market with a strong international outlook, but also the values that have always guided it: shared culture, continuous training, social impact, and attention to the local region.
Believing strongly in the potential of Abruzzo, Odda will seize the opportunity at SMAU to showcase its expertise, strengthen collaborations, and consolidate its position in the national and European markets, while keeping its focus on a future that is more inclusive, digital, and connected to people’s needs.
Excellence of the South
With this new achievement, Odda confirms itself among the excellences of Southern Italy. This year, the company received a prestigious recognition for Abruzzese entrepreneurship and was included in the “Stelle del Sud 2025” ranking, compiled annually by Il Sole 24 Ore, which rewards companies in Southern Italy for their growth and innovative capacity.
All of this confirms Odda’s growth path, which continues to enhance talent and innovation in the Abruzzo region, projecting itself onto a national and international stage.
Bringing Abruzzo to SMAU and receiving recognition among the “Stelle del Sud” confirms Odda’s growth journey, which continues to enhance talent and innovation in the Abruzzo region, projecting itself onto a national and international stage, with a focus on the future of work and technology.
About ODDA
ODDA is an IT consulting firm that operates in a full-remote mode, with the aim of demonstrating to national and international companies that talent exists and can be anywhere. Through a Hub of more than 200 IT professionals, it offers IT consulting, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, AI and UX/UI Design services, collaborating with more than 50 partner, corporate and international companies. The company was founded by 6 partners in 2016 as a startup with an app in the entertainment sector, reaching 50,000 active users in 2018. Then, in 2020, thanks to the pandemic, the project was interrupted and a change of direction was decided: today's ODDA was born, a reality that adopted a work model based on flexibility, inclusiveness and quality, allowing talents to connect with large realities beyond geographical constraints. The company's growth was consolidated in 2023 when sales exceeded one million (+700% since 2021). ODDA aims to expand its Hub at European level, promoting an approach to work that values talent and encourages knowledge sharing, with a positive impact on the IT sector and on the labor market. What sets ODDA apart is the inverse approach to IT consulting: it does not seek talent for customers, but tailor-made projects to make the most of the consultants' skills. He believes that success derives from the encounter between the right talent and the ideal context in which to best express one's value.
