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30/10/2024

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2024: Inflant wins first place with a revolutionary inflammasome therapy

The 20th edition of the competition concluded with the awarding of the winners for a total prize money of over 75,000 euros in cash and services.

01/07/2024

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2024 has entered Stage 2: applications open for the Business Plan Competition

This year's total prize money exceeds €75,000 in cash and services: apply your innovative business project by July 29th!

04/06/2024

The 20th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, the competition dedicated to the best business ideas, is now open

This year, the competition dedicated to business ideas, projects and companies that have the ambition to innovate society offers a prize pool of more than 75...

01/12/2023

Focoos AI is the overall winner of the Italian National Innovation Award 2023

The young innovative company won the ICT Award and the PNI 2023 cup. The projects of AI-Twin, RasGenix, SpAIce and IAmGreen also won awards.

09/11/2023

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2023 awards AI-Twin, start-up aiming to change the future of clinical trials

The 19° edition of the competition concluded with the award ceremony on November 9 in Turin, Italy. Second prize to RASGenix, third prize to Spaice.

18/07/2023

How to turn an idea into a winning project: Business Plan Competition 2023

Stage 2 of the competition is now in progress: read the best practices for drafting a good Business Plan!

21/06/2023

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2023: the Business Plan Competition is now open to applications

This year's total prize money exceeds €65,000 in cash and services: apply for your innovative business project by July 28th!

30/05/2023

The 19th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, the competition that turns ideas into start-ups, is now open

It is now possible to apply for the Ideas Competition, to be followed by the Business Plan Competition from the end of June. Total prize money: over €65,000!

08/11/2022

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2022 awards Kurs Orbital for its in-orbit spacecraft support solutions

Start-up Kurs Orbital wins the first prize in the competition for tomorrow's entrepreneurs; runner-up Mespac, third AgreeNet.

14/07/2022

From idea to project: how to join the Business Plan Competition 2022

Stage 2 of the competition is now in progress: read the best practices for drafting a good Business Plan!

30/06/2022

The numbers of the Ideas Competition and the prizes of the Business Plan Competition 2022

Stage I ended with 173 business ideas, submitted by 416 proposers, while Stage II, with a total prize pool of more than €60,000, is open until July 27.

21/06/2022

The Business Plan Competition 2022 is now open, with a prize pool of over €60,000

Everyone can participate, even without having taken part in the previous stage, by submitting the business plan of an innovative entrepreneurial project by J...

10/06/2022

The "Ideas Competition" of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2022 will conclude on June 20

Innovation never stops, but Stage 1 of the competition is almost closing: submit your innovative idea by June 20!

10/05/2022

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2022: the competition is now open for applications

The currently open first stage, the Ideas Competition, will be followed by the Business Plan Competition from June 21, 2022. The total prize money exceeds 60...

06/12/2021

Startups Fidelio Medical and Algor win two national awards at PNI 2021

The Piedmont ecosystem stands out in the Italian innovation scene: two young companies from Turin on the top of the podium for the Life Sciences and ICT cate...

18/11/2021

The numbers of the 17th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta

The 2021 competition had more participants and business plans than the previous year: here are all the interesting facts about the aspiring entrepreneurs who...

05/11/2021

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2021: Elemento's new ethical and neutral cloud wins

Elemento Modular Cloud won first prize, Reefilla second and Fidelio Medical third. Ex aequo fourth place for Algor, Viper and Achilles.

30/08/2021

The Business Plan Competition 2021 ends on September 1

Only a few days left to participate in the Stage 2 of the contest and submit the Business Plan of your innovative project!

27/07/2021

From idea to project: how to join the Business Plan Competition 2021

The competition among innovative business projects is in full swing: read the tips on how to prepare a good Business Plan and participate by September 1, 2021!

06/07/2021

The Business Plan Competition 2021 has begun: over 50,000 euros in prize money

Anyone can participate, even without having taken part in Stage 1, by submitting the Business Plan of an innovative business project by September 1, 2021.

25/06/2021

The "Ideas Competition" 2021 is about to end: Stage 2 begins on July 6

Innovation never stops, but Stage 1 of the competition is almost closing: submit your innovative idea by July 5!

04/06/2021

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2021: the competition for tomorrow's entrepreneurs is now open!

Applications are open for the new edition of the contest for innovative business ideas and projects, aimed to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth

26/10/2020

Discover the winners of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020

U-Care Medical takes the podium; second place for ALBA Robot and third place for DDC Drug. 4th place: Nanoremediation 4.0, Health Triage and Inferendo.

10/10/2020

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020: the prize money rises to 60,000 euros

The value of the prizes up for grabs at the 16th edition of the competition for tomorrow's entrepreneurs increases even further.

31/07/2020

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020: some numbers of the competition for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow

On July 23rd, the second phase of the sixteenth edition of the competition for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020, also clo...

16/07/2020

Intangible capital as a core value for startups

Why should young companies also protect their intangible heritage? This is explained by Metroconsult, sponsor of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020

09/07/2020

Patents and intellectual property: useful tools to attract funding for the benefit of startups

Metroconsult, sponsor of the Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020 competition, shares some information of particular relevance on the topic of intellectual ...

08/07/2020

Tips for drawing up a good Business Plan

Phase 2 of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020 is officially open: in order to participate, you must submit the Business Plan of your idea or innovative pr...

03/07/2020

The Business Plan Competition kicks off: Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020 gets into full swing

Closed the first phase, now there is time until July 23 to apply for the second. A prize pool of over 40,000 euros is up for grabs!

18/06/2020

Phase 1 of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020 is coming to an end

Discover what's new about the sixteenth edition of the competition!

27/05/2020

Phase 1 of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2020 starts now

The best ideas will receive prizes in services, i.e. support and consulting activities for the drafting of a real Business Plan.

29/10/2019

The winners of the XV edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta

ClearBox AI wins the first prize for its artificial intelligence solutions; second place for Enermove, third for Usophy.

11/10/2019

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2019: 134 Business Plans for the finals

The winners will be announced on October 29 in Alessandria, Italy, for a total prize pool of over 60,000 euros; the top 6 projects on the final list will acq...

19/07/2019

Protect your software: here are the legal tools to use

The protection of the intellectual property of computer programs simultaneously uses several tools to defend against the risk of copying.

16/07/2019

Why register a trademark? Requirements and benefits

The choice and registration of a trademark, the main instrument of affirmation and recognition on the market, is an essential moment for any entrepreneurial ...

10/07/2019

How to protect your design in Italy and abroad?

Design is a tool that is only apparently simple to manage: its many facets and the still uneven legislation of the various countries require careful procedur...

03/07/2019

Jacobacci & Partners explains how to protect an invention in Italy and abroad

A patent is the most effective way to protect your internal innovation activity.

26/06/2019

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2019: the Clab Award

Contamination Lab Torino is one of the partners of the Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta competition and, for the occasion, has offered the Clab Award, consis...

12/06/2019

Start Cup 2019: the Business Plan Competition, Phase II, is ready to start

Now that the Phase I, the Ideas Competition, is over, the Phase II, the Business Plan Competition, will give access to the final selection and prizes.

20/05/2019

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2019, the competition for the best innovative startup projects, has started!

Applications are open for the competition dedicated to projects, ideas and companies that want to find space in the world of entrepreneurship and enter the n...

23/07/2018

Instant Future and Start Cup 2018 together to celebrate Italian ingenuity

Thanks to the collaboration with PNI Cube and the regional Start Cups, the Italian Factor project offers an archive of experiences of innovative Italian star...

11/07/2018

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta 2018: the 14th edition of the competition for the best business ideas is underway

Applications are now open for the 14th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, the competition launched as part of the PNI and dedicated to projects, id...

10/10/2017

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2017 received 128 Business Plans: award ceremony on October 20 in Turin

128 business plans were presented during the 13th edition of Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, a competition for projects, ideas and companies promoted by th...

04/07/2017

Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2017: the Business Plan contest starts now

From ICT to Agrifood, passing through Life Sciences and Cleantech: these are the sectors of the projects that will participate in the Business Plan Competiti...

29/06/2017

The Business Plan Competition – Phase II is ready to start

Phase I, the "Ideas Competition", whose prize is support for the drafting of the Business Plan, has concluded.