It's coming to an end the 19th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, the competition for tomorrow's entrepreneurs: come and discover the most deserving new innovative projects of the year at the awards ceremony on Thursday, November 9, 2023 in Turin!
The ceremony will feature 11 finalist projects, selected from more than 150 business ideas submitted to the competition, competing for prizes and special mentions put up for grabs by the Partners and Promoters with the aim of supporting the birth of new innovative startups and promoting the economic development of the territory.
In fact, the most promising innovative projects compete for the total prize pool of more than 65,000 euros, in cash and services, and the special mentions Equal Opportunities, Social Innovation, Open Innovation/Industrial Spin Off, Green & Blue, and Sustainable Technologies.
The top six ranked projects will also participate in the PNI - National Innovation Award 2023, to be held in Milan on November 30 and December 1, and will challenge the winning projects from the other 15 regional Start Cups.
Register now on Eventbrite to reserve your place in presence at the event, which will take place starting at 09:30 a.m. at the Auditorium of the Aldo Moro Complex ofUniversità di Torino (via Sant'Ottavio corner of via Verdi), and get to know up close the upcoming protagonists of the world of innovative entrepreneurship!
Programme
09:30 | Registration of participants
10:00 | Opening institutional greetings
- Stefano Geuna, Rector of the University of Turin
- Fiorella Altruda, President 2i3T, Incubator of the University of Turin;
- Francesca Boccafoschi, Delegate for Start Up, innovative supply chains and technology transfer, of the University of Eastern Piedmont / Enne3 Incubator
- Giuseppe Scellato, President of I3P, Incubator of the Polytechnic of Turin;
- Moderator: Giuseppe Serrao, Director of 2i3T, Incubator of the University of Turin
10:30 | Elevator Pitch of the 11 finalist projects
11:30 | Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2023 awards ceremony
- Presentation of the certificates of achievement by the Supporters and Partners of the competition
Ore 13:00 | Saluti conclusivi
The finalist projects
- AI-TWIN (Life Sciences)
- FOCOOS AI (ICT)
- FORMILE (Tourism and the Cultural and Creative Industries
- IAMGREEN (Cleantech & Energy)
- NABU (Cleantech & Energy)
- PLANT FLOW SOLUTIONS (Industrial)
- PLINO (ICT)
- RASGENIUS (Life Sciences)
- SEAFORM (Cleantech & Energy)
- SPAICE (ICT)
- UMMY (ICT)
Special guests
Invited guests are Piedmont Regional Councillors Elena Chiorino, Councillor for Labor, Vocational Training and Right to University Study, and Andrea Tronzano, Councillor for Economic and Financial Planning, Heritage, and Development of Productive Activities and Small and Medium Enterprises.
The event, sponsored by the University of Turin, features the participation of the many sponsoring institutions, foundations and companies that have contributed to the 2023 business plan competition: Piedmont Region, Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta, Turin Chamber of Commerce, City of Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Finpiemonte, Valle d'Aosta Chamber, CTE Next, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, Jacobacci & Partners, LINKS Foundation, Laura & Franco Beltramo ETS Foundation, Michelin Sviluppo Foundation, Distretto Aerospaziale Piemonte, UniCredit, AIFI, Invitalia.
The Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2023 initiative is financed with ESF+ resources, promoted by Piedmont's Universities and managed by the relevant Business Incubators - I3P, 2i3T, Enne3 I3P, 2i3T, Enne3 - as part of the PNI - Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione, Italy's most important and widespread Business Plan Competition that selects the best innovative business projects every year.