See the Future of Entrepreneurship at Bocconi #StartupDay

AN AWARD, A MARKETPLACE FOR FINANCING NEWCOS AND A SERIES OF TALKS ON NOVEMBER 21: THAT'S BOCCONI INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, IN COLLABORATION WITH CITI FOUNDATION. AND A QUESTION: CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PREDICT THE SUCCESS OF A STARTUP?

Artificial intelligence can be used to try to predict the success of a startup. Gaia Rubera, Full Professor of Marketing, will explain how it’s possible in one of the talks of Bocconi #StartupDay (Tuesday 21 November, 9:30am, Foyer of the Aula Magna, via Roentgen 1). The #StartupDay, an initiative to support entrepreneurship at its third edition, is realized in collaboration with Citi Foundation as part of their #pathways2progress initiative.
 
The morning includes the presentation of a joint initiative by Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano on entrepreneurship and startups, a series of talks on the hot topics of the sector (financing tools, startup management techniques, innovation in fintech and the use of artificial intelligence to assess the prospects of a startup) and the prize-giving of the #StartupDay Award, reserved for the best new Italian companies. (CLICK HERE for the complete program).
 
In the afternoon, the 39 startups selected in the past few months by a commission will take part in the Marketplace, a series of meetings with potential investors, reserved for the most promising new companies linked, in some way, to Bocconi. This year 12 of the companies come from the Bocconi incubator, Speed MI Up, 8 have a University alumnus in the entrepreneurial team, 6 have an alumnus from SDA Bocconi School of Management, 4 include students from Bocconi, 4 include students from SDA Bocconi, 3 have participated in the University's StartUp Training program and 2 have been selected among those who took part, this summer, in Campus Party.
 
The award is divided into three categories: Millennial Startup Award, Social Innovation Startup Award and Startup Award (the absolute prize).
 
Finalists of the Millennial Startup Award:
 
Banco Energia. An Italian trading company that operates on the energy markets, Banco Energia is highly specialized in the purchase of energy from producers from renewable sources and cogeneration. www.bancoenergiaspa.it/
 
Kopjra. The startup, active in the field of forensic information technology, aims at protecting copyright holders such as cinema, television, music, software and videogames companies through a SaaS (software as a service) service and at protecting online privacy. www.kopjra.com/
 
Finalists of the Social Innovation Startup Award:
 
Child Explorer. It is a platform that allows children between ages 5 and 11 to walk to school and move around their neighbourhood autonomously, staying in electronic contact with parents. The service connects families, children, chaperons and schools using an app, a special smartwatch and gamification. www.childexplorer.com/
 
Jointly. The innovative social startup (Siavs) has created a network for designing and sharing corporate welfare services. With a network of 40 corporate customers (350,000 employees) and more than 200 partners, Jointly offers access to a digital platform with more than 5,000 services to support the needs of the individual. www.jointly.pro/
 
SmanApp. It is an innovative start-up operating in the field of road safety. The company has designed the world's first application that connects pedestrians, disabled people, cyclists and motorists. The app gives you the ability to send audio/visual reports to drivers in the area, provided they downloaded the same app, allowing the weaker persons to better protect themselves from potentially dangerous situations. www.smanapp.com/
 
Finalists of the Startup Award:
 
App Quality. Testing is the longest phase in developing a website or app. App Quality has developed a crowd solution, through which qualified users test customers’ sites and apps on many different devices, identifying possible bugs. The customer follows the testing phase live, through a dedicated dashboard. www.app-quality.com/
 
Credimi. Credimi is a fintech and digital lending start-up, founded in 2015 under the name InstaPartners. The objective is to offer Italian companies a new digital product for working capital financing, which uses a streamlined online system of advance payment of invoices that have medium or large industrial groups as counterparts. www.credimi.com/
 
Biotech Value - MILANO. MILANO (Minimal Invasive Light Automatic Natural Orifice) is a surgical robot that allows to operate in the abdominal area passing through a small skin incision or a natural orifice. The product is compact, lightweight, portable and will be offered at a very competitive price. www.valuebiotech.com/

by Fabio Todesco