At the start Start Cup Puglia. Online the rules of the fifteenth edition. Puglia Sviluppo in the promoting committee

The fifteenth edition of the Start Cup Puglia, the Regional Award for Innovation organized by ARTI - Regional Agency for Technology and Innovation, in collaboration with the Puglia Region, the Promoting Committee (of which Puglia Sviluppo is part) and PNI - National Award for Innovation.

The competition rewards new entrepreneurial initiatives with a high content of knowledge, offering the possibility of transforming a business idea into a real company, through project accompaniment activities, training services and awards.

From 17 May to 5 July, potential candidates can book to participate in the online sessions of project accompaniment "From the Idea to the Business Plan".  From 11 July to 16 September it is possible to apply for projects to the "Business Plan Competition", the actual competition, in one of the following categories: Life science & MedTech, ICT, Cleantech & Energy, Industrial.

The best business plans will compete in a competitive pitch session during the October final in front of a jury of entrepreneurs and experts who will proclaim the four winners: these will receive cash prizes of an amount between 3 thousand and 10 thousand euros each and direct access to the National Award for Innovation, scheduled in L'Aquila between the end of November and the beginning of December.

New this year is the special prize "Green and Blue climate change" which assigns 2 thousand euros and access to the PNI to the best project to combat climate change. The special prize of 2 thousand euros reserved for the best project that has completed, or is carrying out, the path of entrepreneurial accompaniment within the regional intervention "Extraction of Talents" implemented by ARTI remains confirmed.

Info, regulations and  application forms are available on the website of the www.startcup.puglia.it initiativehttps://www.startcup.puglia.it/.