The Winners of the Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2009The Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2009 finished by the Final and the Prizegiving Cerimony that took place at the Politecnico di Milano on 27th October 2009.
The 3 best entrepreneurial projects received money prizes and the chance to ask the admittance in one of the incubators of the organizing universities where they will have the chance to start up their entrepreneurial projects.
The best five projects will also participate in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione 2009, the grand final between the nineteen local Start Cups which will be hosted in Perugia on December 3rd and 4th.
The Winners
1st Prize (10.000 € and participation in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione) - Adant
Develops a technological solution which consists in a new generation of active, compact and economical aerials...
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2nd Prize (7.000 € and participation in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione) - Micro4you
Offers a sustainable solution to problems limiting the growth of agroindustrial enterprises...
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3rd Prize (5.000 € and participation in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione) - MediaShuffle
Develops a platform for the management and distribution of digital media, documents in eBook and ePub format, etc. derived from the market Media & Publishing market...
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4th Prize (participation in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione) - Gaia Mobile
The project consists in the creation and commercial distribution of mobile applications B2C (business to consumer) based on the satisfaction of fans communities of international brands...
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5th Prize (participation in the Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione) - Xg Lab S.r.l.
Is involved in the design and implementation of advanced systems of detection of the ionizing, ultraviolet, infra-red radiation and of all the electronics derived from them...
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The Special Prizes
Special Prize to the Best Entrepreneurial Idea of the Milano Area - 5.000 €: Micro4you
Prize given by Alessandro Spada Concilor, Milano Chamber of Commerce
Special Prize to the Best Entrepreneurial idea of the Lecco Area - 4.000 €: Inoptim e Hyperfair (ex aequo)
Prize given by Rossella Pulsoni, Secretary General of Camera di Commercio di Lecco:
Special Prize to the Best Entrepreneurial Idea of the Como Area - 4.000 €: Ergon
Prize given by Filippo Arcioni, CEO Sviluppo Como e Como NExT Scientific and Technological Park
Special Prize to the Best Entrepreneurial Idea of the Canton Ticino Area - 6.500 €: Vissee
Prize given by Eugenio Brianti, Direttore Generale BSI SA Private Banking Switzerland
Special Prize Accenture - 5.000 €: Media Shuffle
Prize given by Prize Giovanni Casi, Recruiting Director, Accenture:
Special Prize "Bright Future Ideas Award" (Round trip and stay in London with meetings at the UK Trade & Investment offices and participation to the prizegiving ceremony of the "UK-Italy Business Awards") - Adant
Finalists of the Special Prize "Bright Future Ideas Award" (Parchments signed by the British Consul General and Director of Trade & Investment, Dr. Laurence Bristow-Smith; business plan translation)
* Arborosophia
* MICRO4U
* Motus
* XGlab
Prize given by Danielle Allen, Responsible Inward Investment, UK Trade & Investment Milano, British Consulate General in Milan
Special Prize IBM (free access, for two weeks, to the services of the IBM Innovation Center) - Motus
Prize given by Guido Gerlotti, Vice-president ibm.com Global Web Sales IBM Italia.
The Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2009 is the business plan competition, that supports the creation of innovative start-ups.
It is promoted by six universities of the Lombardy region - Politecnico di Milano, Universitą Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Universitą Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Universitą degli Studi di Milano, Universitą degli Studi Milano-Bicocca e Libera Universitą di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM - and by the Centro Promozione Start-up USI/SUPSI - Lugano, to encourage and sustain would-be entrepreneurs, with the strategic partner Vodafone Italia.