- Roberto Scatena, Client Manager, Facebook.
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:23 am
The UniCredit Start Lab program annually awards the best startups in the sectors: Digital, Life Science, CleanTech and Innovative Made in Italy. The applications for the competition in 2015 were 931, of which more than 400 in the Digital sector.
The final event took place at UniCredit headquarters in Milan, and the fax lists members of the commission were:
- Giorgio Aravecchia, Director New Media, Panini;
- Giovanni Ciarlariello, Industry Lead Finance, Tech and Telco Director, Google;
- Gianmatteo Manghi, Director of Sales, Enterprise and Public Sector, CISCO;
- Roberto Roggero, Head of Digital Transformation, NTT Data;
Among the finalists, we also had the pleasure of meeting KidPass (a service for finding and promoting places and activities suitable for families and children) and GeniusChoice (a web platform and app for finding information on foods for people with dietary restrictions, special mention from the commission).
VEASYT Live!, a professional online video interpreting service, ranked first (discover the service on the website: http://interpreteonline.com and watch the presentation video ).
As the winner of this important competition, the VEASYT group will be able to access a series of special services , including:
- a prize of 10,000 euros;
- Mentors will be identified among professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, UniCredit partners on innovation for periodic comparisons on strategic and growth aspects;
- a dedicated UniCredit manager will be assigned;
- access to the Startup Academy and the coaching program by the UniCredit Start Lab team;
- participation in Business Meetings with UniCredit Corporate clients and potential investors;
- possibility of receiving UniCredit co-investments in the event of equity entry from selected investors.
The final event took place at UniCredit headquarters in Milan, and the fax lists members of the commission were:
- Giorgio Aravecchia, Director New Media, Panini;
- Giovanni Ciarlariello, Industry Lead Finance, Tech and Telco Director, Google;
- Gianmatteo Manghi, Director of Sales, Enterprise and Public Sector, CISCO;
- Roberto Roggero, Head of Digital Transformation, NTT Data;
Among the finalists, we also had the pleasure of meeting KidPass (a service for finding and promoting places and activities suitable for families and children) and GeniusChoice (a web platform and app for finding information on foods for people with dietary restrictions, special mention from the commission).
VEASYT Live!, a professional online video interpreting service, ranked first (discover the service on the website: http://interpreteonline.com and watch the presentation video ).
As the winner of this important competition, the VEASYT group will be able to access a series of special services , including:
- a prize of 10,000 euros;
- Mentors will be identified among professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, UniCredit partners on innovation for periodic comparisons on strategic and growth aspects;
- a dedicated UniCredit manager will be assigned;
- access to the Startup Academy and the coaching program by the UniCredit Start Lab team;
- participation in Business Meetings with UniCredit Corporate clients and potential investors;
- possibility of receiving UniCredit co-investments in the event of equity entry from selected investors.