Now in its 14th Edition, Start Cup Bergamo is the University of Bergamo’s project for entrepreneurial training and development of highly innovative business ideas, which Fondazione Pesenti Ets has supported since 2018.
Since 2010, Start Cup has formed 376 teams with initial business ideas, which have developed 186 business plans for a total of 1007 participants and the launch of 34 start-ups.
The award ceremony for the winning projects was held at the Caniana campus of the University of Bergamo.
MentorAva – a web platform with human avatars to improve academic performance from an interdisciplinary perspective – won the award given by Fondazione Pesenti Ets to the project with the highest social impact.
First overall prize to Golazo, an innovative optical tracking system for analyzing performance in amateur and youth soccer. On the second step of the podium was BridgeSolution, a cloud platform to digitize the manufacturing sector through CNC and 3D printing. Also awarded was Oxymeter, a smart device that monitors oxygen levels at high altitudes.
Sergio Crippa, member of the Board and Secretary General of Fondazione Pesenti “The relationship between the University of Bergamo and the Fondazione Pesenti represents a defining element in the history of both institutions. We are therefore particularly pleased -in this 2024 that is so significant for us, marking 20 years since the birth of our Foundation- to support an initiative that looks to the future and aims at the growth of the younger generations, not only through education, but also through the development of entrepreneurial initiatives that have a relevant social impact, perfectly in line with our mission.“
