CLab UniCa #05Edition Finale takes place at Teatro Lirico of Cagliari on the 25th March
From 4.30 pm on, Alberto Matano, the 8.00 pm TG1 anchorman, will host the most exctiting startup event of the year! Six startups from CLab UniCa 2017/2018 edition will have seven minutes to present the perfect pitch about their own business ideas. They will have to talk judges into awarding them with prestigious prizes to win!
The official sponsors of the #05 Edition of CLab UniCa are the athletes from Millesport Special Olympics Sardegna association. The testimonials of the promotional campaign, instead, are the CEOs of four successful startups born during the previous editions of the program: Marco Deiosso (Nausdrem), Alessandra Farris (IntendiMe), Sarah Pinna (Little Alienz) and Nicola Usala (Babaiola).
This event, also accessible to deaf people, wants to celebrate diversity. Diversity beyond every sensorial, territorial, educational, cultural and psychophysical boundary. Diversity which creates business, innovation and contamination among different point of views, making them meet.
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Follow the Finale live streaming on the Contamination Lab UniCa – Cagliari Facebook page. On the Instagram@creaunica account, instead, you can find the Instagram Stories, backstage, interviews and anecdotes.
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The contenders: EABlock, eFlavor, Emfores, Glambnb, HiveGuard and MAGA
Eighteen teams were born during the CLab UniCa program. But only six of them will present their startups to the judges and to the audience on the stage of Teatro Lirico:
- EABlock deals with protecting enterprise information through cryptography and Blockchain technology
- eFlavor analyses human taste sensitivity in less than 15 minutes by means on an electromedical equipment
- Emfores simplifies the use of smart electrical appliances through Artificial Intelligence
- Glambnb is the first European platform focusing on glamping, green luxury camping
- HiveGuard helps beekeepers monitor the hives through a camera, an algorithm of recognition and other technologies
- MAGA aims at producing and selling the first magnetic orthodontic appliances to improve the patients’ quality of life
A jackpot of € 35.000 by cash and € 15.000 in cash and services
Prizes for the winning team are:
- € 4000 for the fast validation from Sardegna Ricerche
- € 4000 from the U.S. Embassy in Rome
- € 5000 from Fondazione di Sardegna
- € 1000 + software supports from Tecnoengi
- a two-month incubation period to spend in The Net Value
- an acceleration program from TechiItalia Lab London to attend in London
The total prize amounts to about € 20.000.
Prizes for the runner-up team are:
- € 4000 for the fast validation from Sardegna Ricerche
- € 2500 from Digital Innovation Hub
- € 3000 from Fondazione di Sardegna
- € 1000 from Banca Intesa
- a free technical assistance period for eventual equity crowdfunding requests from StarsUp
- a four-month period at the Open Campus co-working area
The total prize amounts to about € 12.000.
Prizes for the team placed third are:
- € 4000 for the fast validation from Sardegna Ricerche;
- € 2000 from Fondazione di Sardegna;
- € 1000 from Banca di Cagliari;
- € 1000 from Banca Intesa;
- a six-month period at the Hub/Spoke co-working area.
- They will also have the chance to attend the next Prototype batch (6 startup program weeks + further 3 mentorship months)
The total prize amounts to about € 7500.
Other prizes
A special prize worth € 2500 will be provided by Maria Del Zompo, Dean of the University of Cagliari. It addresses the startup which used university knowledge the most to solve a problem. Another special prize worth € 2000 will be given by CLabber UniCa Association.
Winners can also enjoy annual free service and join the Young Entrepreneurs Group from Confindustria Sardegna Meridionale. The finalists will have a professional photoshoot for the Innovation Face project. CRS4, instead, provides any team with person/hours worth about € 10.000.
The jury and the event program
The jury: Fabio Pirovani (United Ventures), Gianluca Dettori (Primo Miglio), Francesca Natali (ZMV), Anna Amati (Meta Group), Ghjuvan’Carlu Simeoni (Femuqi France), Carlo Mannoni (Fondazione di Sardegna), Roberto della Marina (Vertis), Antonio Concolino (Primo Miglio), Leone Ouazana (Telit).
From 4.00 pm on – Registration at the Public Entrance (your personal ticket, in paper or electronic form, is necessary)
05:00 pm – Speech by Maria Chiara Di Guardo, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Pro-Rector and Scientific Supervisor of CLab UniCa
05:30 pm – Contenders introduction
05:45 pm – Speech by Nimrod Kozlovski, an investor and CyberSecurity and Big Data expert from the University of Tel Aviv
06:00 pm – Pitch first session (Eablock, eFlavor, Emfores)
06:30 pm – Speech by Marco Deiosso, CEO and spokesperson of Nausdream
07:45 pm – Pitch second session (Glambnb, HiveGuard, MAGA)
07:30 pm – Institutional greetings + Speech by Maria Del Zompo, Raffaele Paci, council member of RAS, and Massimo Zedda, Mayor of Cagliari
08:00 pm – Final acknowledgements + prize giving
The event will culminate in a networking dinner in the foyer of the theater.
