The 21st edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, the competition for tomorrow's innovative entrepreneurs, is coming to an end: come and discover the most deserving innovative projects of the year at the award ceremony on Monday, October 27, 2025, hosted by Regione Piemonte in Turin, Italy, at the Auditorium of the Piedmont Region Service Center, located just beyond the Skyscraper of the Piedmont Region.
The ceremony will see the finalist projects, selected from among the 170 business plans submitted to this year's competition, compete for prizes and special mentions offered by the partners and promoters of the competition to support the creation of new innovative start-ups and promote the economic development of the region.
The most promising innovative projects will compete for a total prize pool of over €75,000 in cash and services, as well as five special mentions: Female Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Open Innovation/Industrial Spin-offs, Climate Change, and Sustainable Technologies. The top six projects will also participate in the PNI - National Innovation Award 2025, to be held in Ferrara on December 4 and 5, where they will compete against the winning projects from other regional Start Cups.
Register now on Eventbrite to reserve your place at the event, which will start at 9:00 a.m.: you will have the opportunity to meet the next leaders in the world of innovative entrepreneurship!
Registration for the event will close on Thursday, October 23 at 11:00 a.m.
Event programme
9:00 a.m. | Registration of participants
9:30 a.m. | Institutional opening remarks
10:00 a.m. | Elevator Pitch of the finalist projects
11:30 a.m. | Award ceremony for the Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2025 competition, with presentation of the winning certificates by the competition's supporters and partners
1:00 p.m. | Closing remarks
Partners and sponsors
Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta is one of Italy's most important and widespread business plan competitions, which selects the best new innovative business projects every year. The initiative is funded by Regione Piemonte with resources from the European Social Fund Plus 2021-2027, promoted by Piedmontese universities - Politecnico di Torino, the University of Turin, and the University of Eastern Piedmont - and managed by the business incubators I3P and 2i3T as part of the PNI - National Innovation Award, organized by PNICube.
The event will see the participation of institutions, foundations, and sponsor companies interested in spreading the culture of innovation: Piedmont Region, Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta, Turin Chamber of Commerce, City of Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Finpiemonte, Valdostana Chamber, MaaS ToMove, Fondazione CRC, Jacobacci & Partners, LINKS Foundation, Fondazione Laura & Franco Beltramo ETS, Fondazione Michelin Sviluppo, Piedmont Aerospace Cluster, AME Ventures, UniCredit, City of Alba, City of Alessandria, City of Asti, City of Cuneo, City of Novara, City of Saluzzo, City of Verbania, City of Vercelli, AIFI - Italian Private Equity Venture Capital and Private Debt Association, Invitalia, Pépinière d'Entreprises Aosta, University of Valle d'Aosta.
