Introduction
Italian Trade Agency (ITA) — operating under the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Trade Commission — is a government organization that promotes trade and investment between Italy and international markets. ITA supports Italian companies in their global expansion and helps foreign investors explore opportunities across Italy’s diverse industrial ecosystem.
Challenges
Each year, ITA organizes more than 2,000 presentations of investment opportunities, assisting thousands of Italian companies in identifying and connecting with international partners.
However, the agency faced several persistent challenges:
- Difficulty identifying reliable international partners for Italian exporters, particularly in emerging or less transparent markets.
- Fragmented access to business data, with information scattered across different platforms and inconsistent in accuracy.
- Manual due diligence and verification processes, which slowed down trade matchmaking and partner validation.
Solution: Partnership with Global Database
To address these challenges, Giuseppe Lamacchia, representing the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Trade Commission, partnered with Global Database — a trusted provider of verified company intelligence on over 300 million businesses across 150 countries, sourced directly from official government registries.
Through the Global Database Platform, ITA gained access to a suite of advanced tools and capabilities:
- Advanced Search Filters:
- Identify the right companies using precise parameters such as location, industry (SIC, NAICS, or custom industry keywords), revenue, and employee count.
- Contact Discovery:
- Filter executives and decision-makers by job title and seniority level, enabling direct outreach to the most relevant contacts.
- Browser Extension Integration:
- Access verified company and contact information instantly while browsing any website, including LinkedIn, ensuring efficiency during research, networking, and event preparation.
- Comprehensive Verification & Due Diligence:
- Once suitable companies were identified, ITA teams could perform deep verification checks including financial data, ownership structure, and corporate group relationships — all sourced directly from official registries.
Results
- Accelerated company discovery: Partner identification time reduced from days to minutes.
- Higher reliability: All verified partners were active, legitimate, and financially stable.
- Improved targeting: Data-driven filtering improved matchmaking success rates for Italian exporters.
- Enhanced confidence: Automated due diligence strengthened ITA’s ability to promote trade and investment opportunities with verified insights.
Quote
“Global Database has empowered our offices to identify and verify international partners faster and more effectively. Access to government-sourced data on over 300 million companies gives us unmatched confidence when promoting Italian businesses abroad.”
— Giuseppe Lamacchia, Embassy of Italy / Italian Trade Commission
About Global Database
Global Database is a first-party data provider offering verified company information from official government registries in over 150 countries, covering more than 300 million companies. Trade agencies, embassies, and investment organizations worldwide rely on Global Database to verify business legitimacy, analyze ownership structures, and discover opportunities through an intuitive online platform, API, and browser extension.
