A team of SDA Bocconi MBA students has been awarded First Runner Up at the 2025–2026 Turner MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT), one of the world’s leading experiential learning programs in impact investing, developed by the Wharton School and Impact Capital Managers.

The SDA Bocconi team, composed of Daniela Carvajal Galeano, Alessia Gatti, Emma Davis, Maria Fernanda Ratto and Alessandro Toppetti, reached the final stage of an intense eight-month international program that combines training, venture capital analysis and real-world impact investing experience. The team reflected the international nature of the SDA Bocconi MBA, bringing together students from Peru, Colombia, Italy and the United States, and was predominantly composed of women.

Each year, the Turner MIINT competition brings together top business schools from around the world to train the next generation of impact investors. Students work as real investment managers: they scout high-potential startups, conduct market analysis and due diligence, assess scalability and measurable social impact, and finally pitch their investment recommendations to a jury of international investors.

Over the course of the program, SDA Bocconi students attended online workshops and training sessions, engaged with investors and industry professionals, and explored the full venture capital investment process through a hands-on learning experience.

The program gave MBA students the opportunity to explore impact investing through a practical, hands-on experience. Rather than viewing impact investing simply as backing companies with a positive mission, students were encouraged to treat it as a rigorous investment discipline. This meant evaluating financial strength, commercial scalability and impact potential, while also analyzing the nature of the problem addressed, the target beneficiaries, the evidence behind the proposed solution and the role that investment could play in scaling positive outcomes. Overall, the experience was both demanding and highly formative, bringing together analytical rigor, investment reasoning and impact evaluation.

“Representing SDA Bocconi at the Turner MIINT Competition was an incredibly enriching experience, both professionally and personally,” says Daniela Carvajal Galeano, MBA 51 student. “As a team, we had the opportunity to apply what we learned in the MBA to a real investment process, working with a high-potential company and engaging with impact investing in a very concrete way. We are especially proud of the teamwork, commitment and resilience we built throughout the journey. Achieving First Runner Up in a world-class competition was the result of many months of effort, rigorous analysis and shared dedication. We are also very grateful to Corpus AI for their openness, trust and availability throughout the process, which made this experience even more meaningful.”

Two SDA Bocconi teams took part in this year’s edition, involving ten students overall. After an internal selection round evaluated by Italian investors and industry experts, the winning team, representing the startup Corpus AI, advanced to the final in Philadelphia.

Corpus AI is a Colombian healthtech company focused on preventive healthcare through predictive analytics. Its technology uses insurance and clinical data to identify early signs of  cardiovascular risk and generate preventive alerts that can support earlier intervention by patients, physicians and healthcare providers. By enabling earlier risk detection, the platform aims to shift care from a reactive to a more preventive model, helping reduce avoidable complications, hospitalizations and late-stage interventions.

The startup has already analyzed more than five million patients’ medical records and reports strong clinical performance indicators, a 98% accuracy based on the model validation; and has contributed to the prevention and reduction of serious cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks.

During the final stage at Wharton, the SDA Bocconi team defended its investment thesis before an international judging panel of investors and professionals, showing how Corpus AI combines a scalable business model with the potential to generate measurable health impact.

The achievement reflects SDA Bocconi MBA’s strong commitment to developing responsible leaders capable of combining business expertise with a broader understanding of social and environmental challenges. Programs such as Turner MIINT give students the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in high-impact international settings while building the skills increasingly required in the evolving world of finance and investment.

The competition also highlights the growing relevance of impact investing within global financial markets and the role business education can play in shaping professionals able to drive meaningful change through capital allocation.

For many MBA students, experiences like Turner MIINT become a direct bridge toward careers in venture capital, private equity and impact investing across Europe and beyond.

By engaging with real companies, real investors and real societal challenges, SDA Bocconi MBA students develop the mindset and skills needed to create value that goes beyond financial returns.

SDA Bocconi School of Management