Future of Music
Sanremo Edition

The startup competition of WMF - We Make Future at Sanremo

15  FEBRUARY 2025 / SANREMO, PALAFIORI

La call will close the 24/01

The numbers of the Startup & Innovation Ecosystem of the WMF
6
FINALISTS
+70.000
ATTENDEES
12
CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
+3.000
STARTUPS & INVESTORS
+90
COUNTRIES
+5.000
APPLICATIONS

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The Context

WMF - We Make Future launches the call for the Startup Competition "Future Of Music" - Sanremo Edition, a competition dedicated to all the startups that are bringing innovation to the world of music. Together with its partners Casa Sanremo, Casa Sanremo Invest, Immediate Accelerator and billboard Italia, in the unique setting of the Sanremo Festival (from 10 to 15 February, in Sanremo), the WMF wants to give space to an opportunity to discover and support the most promising ideas that use tech and digital innovation to revolutionize music, music production, distribution and the listener experience.

The WMF has always supported innovative entrepreneurial projects, through the World Startup Fest - the international reference event for startups, scaleups and investors: in the last edition it recorded over 70,000 attendees from 90 countries and more than 3,000 startups, investors, incubators, VCs, Business Angels, corporates and accelerators.

Not only that: the WMF has always been committed to supporting and promoting the music sector, through initiatives dedicated to emerging bands, young artists and, last but not least, through a program of concerts and live performances within the WMF Music Fest that has seen the participation of artists such as Dardust, Manuel Agnelli, GAIA, Irama, Dargen D'Amico, Roy Paci and many others.

The call for the Startup Competition "Future Of Music" - Sanremo Edition is officially open, the winners will have the opportunity to participate in the WMF 2025 (4 - 6 June BolognaFiere), present themselves within the Startup District and participate in B2B meetings with investors and VCs.

Fill out the form by January 24 to nominate your startup.

The Opportunities

From the call for the startup competition "Future Of Music", the 4 finalist startups are selected that will access the Final on February 15, at the Palafiori di Casa Sanremo, during the week of the Sanremo Festival, to win the prizes, in front of an audience of investors, accelerators, operators in the sector and stakeholders who operate in the music market.

The selected startups have the opportunity to:

  1. Introduce themselves to a Competent and Industry Audience:

    Thanks to an audience composed of investors, leading companies in the sector and participants who gravitate around an annual event of national and international importance, the Sanremo Festival

  2. Live a unique networking experience during the week of the Sanremo Festival:

    Thanks to the WMF business community composed of investors, VCs, open innovation stakeholders, entrepreneurs and potential commercial partners with whom it will be easy to connect during and after the event.

  3. Gain Wide Visibility:

    The involved startups are in the spotlight of a wide audience and receive the attention of media, influencers and industry operators

  4. Compete for Awards and Recognitions:

    Thanks to access to exclusive resources such as potential funding, acceleration programs and strategic partnerships.

  5. Follow events and initiatives inside Casa Sanremo:

    Thanks to the Casa Sanremo program, you can listen to debates, speeches and case studies by companies and stakeholders in the MusicTech sector and beyond

  6. Access the WMF - International Fair on AI, Tech & Digital Innovation:

with a desk in the Startup District and the possibility of participating in B2B Meetings with investors and VCs from all over the world

Among the winners of the previous editions of the WMF Competitions are TOMMI, Friendz, PatchAI, FitPrime, Isaac, Yape, lightScience, FlowPay, Recornea, MyLeg, Golee, AerariumChain, Yalla, Cyrkl and the two winning projects of the WMF2024 Startup Competition: Basetrack and Intuos.PresPres

The Selection Criteria

The call is dedicated to Italian and foreign startups and companies composed of teams with innovative projects or ideas in the music sector.

  • The candidate projects are selected based on the following criteria:

  • Team skills, knowledge of the sector, feasibility of the project;

  • Stage of development of the product/service;

  • Degree of innovation and defensibility of the same;

  • Integration of Artificial Intelligence and its scalability in the project;

  • Competitive context and positioning;

  • Respondence to the needs of the market and customers and size of the same;

  • Business potential of the idea;

  • Completeness of the documentation presented.

The Structure of the Call

Il Team Innovation del WMF annuncerà le 4 startup finaliste, scelte tra quelle italiane e internazionali, che presenteranno il proprio pitch in occasione della Finale del 15 febbraio presso Casa Sanremo, durante la settimana del Festival di Sanremo. Durante la finale, le startup selezionate presenteranno il proprio progetto di fronte alla giuria composta da investitori, player di settore e incubatori, e al pubblico presente al Palafiori di Casa Sanremo.

Ogni team avrà 3 minuti di tempo per presentare gli elementi chiave della propria idea. La giuria avrà poi altri 2 minuti per formulare domande di approfondimento. Al termine, giurati e pubblico esprimeranno il proprio voto per decretare i due vincitori, quello scelto dalla giuria e quello scelto dal pubblico.

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The Pitch

Startup Competition's timeline

24/01
2025
Closing the call
15/02
2025
Final event in Sanremo, Palafiori
4 - 6 /06
2025
Participation at WMF - We Make Future

Apply for call "Future Of Music"

and bring your innovative startup at Sanremo

Fill out the form and attach the requested material: the WMF innovation team will analyze your application and give you feedback in the coming months.

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La startup competition internazionale del WMF è aperta

Anche quest'anno il WMF - We Make Future organizza la startup competition: la più grande competizione internazionale per startup.

L'iniziativa, giunta alla 13^ edizione registra ogni anno migliaia di candidature da tutto il mondo e riunisce a Bologna investitori, VC, incubatori e Business Angels internazionali. La finale della Competition, che coinvolge 6 startup tra italiane e internazionali, si disputerà sul Mainstage durante il WMF 2025, in programma il 4, 5 e 6 giugno presso BolognaFiere, e sarà trasmessa in streaming in tutto il mondo. Nel 2024 sono stati coinvolti al WMF oltre 3.000 tra startup e open innovation stakeholder internazionali.

La call è aperta ed è possibile candidarsi entro il 5/03.

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