Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta

The Start Cup Competition is dedicated to people with an innovative entrepreneurial idea. It begins every year at the end of spring with its first phase: Ideas’ Competition. During this, candidates have to present a first description of their entrepreneurial idea and the most interesting ones win the support in writing their Business Plan, so to be prepared for the second phase. The second part of the competition is the Business Plans’ Competition, during which candidates have to present a whole business plan of their entrepreneurial project. These are then examined by a jury made of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who will create a short list of projects. The projects in the short list present themselves to the jury that will then decide the final ranking. The competition usually finishes at the end of summer. As a conclusion, there’s an Award Ceremony during which the best three projects win money prizes and the access to the PNI Competition. 4th 5th and 6th placed win the PNI access as well, and Special Prizes are given to other projects (Social Innovation, Equal Opportunities, and the special territorial prize awarded by Aosta Valley).