The final of Startup Competition

Discover the winners of the largest international startup competition

14 JUNE 2024 / BOLOGNAFIERE / MAINSTAGE

DISCOVER THE WINNERS

NUMBERS of WMF

+90

COUNTRIES

+3.000

STARTUPS and INVESTORS

+90

STAGES

+1.000

SPEAKERS

+70.000

ATTENDEES in 2024

+50

BANDS and DJS

+130

INSTITUTIONAL GUESTS

+700

EXHIBITORS

On Friday, June 14th, the Final of the Startup Competition of WMF 2024 took place on the Mainstage.

Within the World Startup Fest - the international event for startups, scaleups, and investors held within WMF - the Final of the largest international competition for startups takes place. It involves Italian and foreign entities presenting their projects to investors, market players, accelerators, large companies, and the various actors of the international innovation ecosystem present at WMF 2024 (June 13th, 14th, and 15th, BolognaFiere).

The competition, streamed live worldwide, sees the representatives of the 6 finalist startups (selected from over 5,000 applications from more than 120 countries) take turns on the main stage. Each delivers a 3-minute pitch, presenting their projects and how they address the 12 Future Challenges identified by WMF, aiming to convince the official jury and the audience to win the prizes.

Among the stakeholders of the World Startup Fest and Open Innovation and VC Fest are: Intesa San Paolo Innovation Center, EIT Digital, European Investment Bank, SAP, Invitalia, CDP Venture Capital, European Defence Fund, Zest, Indra, Caixa, LG Nova

Discover below the winners!

WINNERS OF STARTUP COMPETITION - WMF 2024

ESTONIA

JURY AWARD

50.000€ by EIT DIGITAL

BaseTracK offers a 20% fuel savings for human-driven trucks and an automated transport service for all weather conditions. Drivers are inefficient—it's in human nature. People cannot calculate optimal driving parameters considering all relevant conditions, they cannot memorize all roads, and they cannot always perform at the same level. This system will do the job, so every driver will have the most experienced and professional robot-driver by their side.

Future of Cities and Communities

ITALY

AUDIENCE AWARD

65.000 € by Exelab-HUBSPOT

Intuos is a modular software platform that optimizes and simplifies aircraft owners' operational processes, thanks to the availability of flight and engine status insights based on real-time data collected and transmitted by IoT devices to the base, on which predictive AI-based algorithms are applied. 90% of fleets still have limited digital technologies and are unable to provide data for analysis; much of the instrumentation only supports the pilot during flight, and with the remaining life of the aircraft extending beyond 50 years, safety and maintenance issues are becoming increasingly important.

Future of Life on Planet Earth

Relive the pitches from past editions

The Finale - BaseTrack Pitch

The Finale - Intuos Pitch

The Finale - Necture Pitch

The Finale - ResilientX Pitch

The Finale - Barin Sports Pitch

The Finale - Devengo Pitch

Yalla wins Jury award

Cyrkl wins Audience Award

Final of the Startup Competition

Golee wins the Jury Award

Aerariumchain wins Audience Award

Final of the Startup Competition

Yape vince wins Audience Award

All the pitches of the Final of WMF Online

Ventur wins Audience Award

PatchAI™ wins Jury Award

Fitprime wins Jury and Audience Awards

Watly wins Jury award

Tommi wins Aruba prize

Just Knock wins the Startup Competition of WMF 2016

Friendz wins the Startup Competition of WMF 2015

THE 12 CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE

The WMF encourages and supports the development of innovative entrepreneurial projects also capable of producing a positive influence on the environment and society. For this reason, the WMF Startup Competition gives the opportunities to the applying startups to specify how their business project harnesses digital tools and technologies to address one or more of the 12 Future Challenges identified by the WMF.

Future of Cities & Communities
Future of Health
Future of Work
Future of Culture & Travel

Future of Food & Agriculture
Future of Learning & Education
Future of Retail & Customer Experience
Future of Marketing

Future of Media & Entertainment
Future of Sports & Events
Future of Finance & Insurance
Future of Life On Planet Earth

It will be possible to clarify the compliance to ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria as well as the impact generated by the innovative project on one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals outlined in the UN 2030 Agenda.

WMF Innovation Ecosystem

Martina Fondi

Partner, Business Developer & Head of Forestry

Treedom

Andrea Zuanetti

CEO

Up2You Srl SB

Virginia Castellucci

Head of Sustainability

3Bee

Uros Lekic

Founder and GP

TenNine VC and TenNine PRO

Daniele Alberti

Head of Global Open Innovation

Planet Smart City - Smartcorehub.com

Carlo Tursi

CEO

UrbanV

Marco Pietrucci

Head of Innovation

Terna

Francesca Blanc

Researcher - Urban & Regional Planner

LINKS Foundation

Abdul Hadhi

Family Office Manager

Lamar Holding W.L.L

Fabio Massimo Mondini de Focatiis

Founder

Growth Capital Srl

Francesco Cerruti

Direttore Generale

Italian Tech Alliance

Gianluca Dettori

Chairman, Partner

Primo Ventures

Giuseppe Donvito

Partner

P101 Venture

Antonella Grassigli

Co-Founder and CEO

Doorway SB

Celeste Mastria

VC Investor

360 Capital

Andrea Gennarini

Managing Partner

2100 Ventures

Davide Fioranelli

CEO

Lumen Ventures

Nico Valenti Gatto

Director @ Bocconi for innovation

Bocconi for innovation

Alessandro Sebastianelli

Research Fellow on Quantum Computing for Earth Observation

European Space Agency

Massimo Panella

Director of Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET)

University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Amer Delilbasic

Doctoral Researcher

Jülich Research Center

Sara Marzella

HPC and QC specialist

Cineca

Andrea Ceschini

PhD Student | CEO & Co-Founder

Sapienza University of Rome | GRID+ s.r.l.

Beatrice Sigurtà

Researcher

Teseas

Damir Haskovic

Department Lead

MINDS & SPARKS GmbH

Selvaggia Fagioli

Co-Founder

My Career Canvas

Claudia Del Monte

Investment Analyst

SocialFare

Margherita Cielo

Senior Investment Analyst

Doorway Spa

Angelika Popławska

Team Leader, Accelerator Manager

Krakow Technology Park

Marco Franciosa

Co-Founder

Next 14 - Twinkly

Nicola Formichella

CEO

Forbes Italia

Mattia Lecchi

Head of IMMEDIATE Accelerator

RS Productions

Enrico Mariani

Partner

LCA Studio Legale

Antonio Vecchio

CEO

Karaoke One

Flavio Farroni

CEO

MegaRide

Maurizio Arnone

Responsabile dominio di ricerca

Fondazione LINKS

Enrico Dente

Director

Motor Valley Accelerator / Plug and Play Tech Center

Sabina Grixoni

Communication Director

Ford

Sonia Palomo

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR

PARQUE TECN. DE ANDALUCIA

Emanuele Torlonia

Managing Director

IAG

Carlo Tassi

President

IAG

Silvia Pugi

Managing Partner & Investor

Eden Venture

Luca Rossetto

Private Investor

IAG

Nicoletta Morra

Innovation Network Lead

IAG

Matteo Mingardi

Chief Innovation Officer

Pelliconi & Co spa

Cristian Ranallo

Senior Business Innovation Manager at Beyond

UnipolSai

Jessica Sabellico

Scouting & Partnership Senior Manager

TIM Enterprise

Albert Morro

Principal

Criteria Venture Tech

Marco Giacosa

Digital & Innovation Manager

Bayer

Elena Lanati

Italian Angels for Biotech

Elena Bottinelli

Head of Digital Transition and Transformation

Gruppo San Donato

Daniel Coen

Co-Founder

X-Applied

Aurelio Mezzotero

Managing Partner

The Techshop SGR

Ezio Ravaccia

CFO

SOLAR VENTURES

Pietro Maranzana

Head of PNRR funds - Green & Digital transition

CDP Venture Capital

Cristina Tomassini

Head of Green Transition Fund

CDP Venture Capital

Antonio Iannone

Foodtech Expert

TheFoodCons

Peter Kruger

President

Agrifood-Tech Italia

Giuseppe Manzione

CFO

xFarm Technologies

Emmanuela Alesiani

Founder and CEO

Suitefood

Alessandro Annovi

Innovation Manager e responsabile CIRFOOD DISTRICT

Cirfood

Giovanni Strocchi

Co-founder & Venture Partner

BlackSheep Ventures

Niccolò Sanarico

General Partner

Primo Ventures

Gabriele Ronchini

CEO

Zest Investments

Leonardo Giagnoni

VC, Community Catalyst

Bolzano Slush'd

Noa Segre

Head of Value Creation

Zest Group

Michele Osella

Senior Program Manager

Fond. Compagnia di San Paolo

Francesco Portincasa

Digital Officer - Digital Ecosystem Senior Manager

Coima HT S.r.l.

Daniele Pes

Head of Innovation, Technology & Digital Industrial Agreements & Partnerships

Ferrovie dello Stato

Alberto Bernal

Minsait

Practice Director

Shaun Sanders

Managing Partner

VentureCraft, Inc.

Elena Contioso-Fleming

Regional Director South

EIT Digital

Dr. Ronald Weissman

Chairman, Angel Capital Association; Chairman, Software Group Band of ANgels

Angel Capital Association

Luis Ureta

Executive Vice President Europe

Globant

Aurora Chiste

Head of Strategy

ACTUAL

Adrien Villalonga

Senior Investment Associate

Big Idea Ventures

Lucyna Szaszkiewicz

CEO & Co-Founder

1Strike.io

Magdalena Chalas

Investment Manager

Elevator Ventures

Magdalena Stachyra

CEO

The Lublin Science and Technology Park

Gerald Müller

Senior Advisor

Elephant & Castle Capital GmbH

The final of Startup Competition

Discover the winners of the largest international startup competition

WINNERS OF STARTUP COMPETITION - WMF 2024

ESTONIA

JURY AWARD

ITALY

AUDIENCE AWARD

Relive the pitches from past editions

The Finale - BaseTrack Pitch

The Finale - Intuos Pitch

The Finale - Necture Pitch

The Finale - ResilientX Pitch

The Finale - Barin Sports Pitch

The Finale - Devengo Pitch

Yalla wins Jury award

Cyrkl wins Audience Award

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Golee wins the Jury Award

Aerariumchain wins Audience Award

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Final of the Startup Competition

Yape vince wins Audience Award

All the pitches of the Final of WMF Online

Ventur wins Audience Award

PatchAI™ wins Jury Award

Fitprime wins Jury and Audience Awards

Watly wins Jury award

Tommi wins Aruba prize

Just Knock wins the Startup Competition of WMF 2016

Friendz wins the Startup Competition of WMF 2015

WMF Innovation Ecosystem

WMF Innovation Ecosystem

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