Who Are the Winners of Equity Crowdfunding Champions Challenge Promoted by Innexta and Smau

During the presentation event of the 9th Crowdinvesting Report by the Milan Polytechnic, Innexta and Smau announced the 5 companies that won the “Equity Crowdfunding Champions” challenge.

This is a “challenge” promoted by Innexta, a fintech company of the Italian Chambers of Commerce system that supports and accompanies companies in accessing credit, complementary finance and fintech, in collaboration with SMAU .

In just over two weeks, the equity crowdfunding challenge has collected over 50 applications from companies across the country, from different sectors but all characterized by a strong push towards innovation, combining business with technological elements and practices and with a particular focus on sustainability.

The 5 selected companies were chosen based on the criteria of product innovation, service offered, company growth and partnerships with qualified market players.

The winning companies will be guided on a path of support for growth through the expansion of their entrepreneurial network, offering them national visibility both through targeted communication actions, with articles and interviews dedicated to their company and their entrepreneurial idea, and through participation in SMAU Milan, scheduled for 29 and 30 October 2024.

Valentina Sorgato , CEO of Smau, announced and presented the 5 winning companies of the Equity Crowdfunding Challenge: Safety Job – Sikuro, Regran, Startup Geeks, 2watch, Iride Acque.

The winning companies of the Equity Crowdfunding Champions challenge

Safety Job – Sikuro

Safety Job of Ranica (BG) has developed Sikuro, the first integrated suite composed of software and applications, which aims to help construction sites to manage the documentation deriving from the complicated regulations on safety in the workplace in a simple and fast way through digitalization. It is an innovative solution that uses technologies such as Cloud, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

CEO Walter Lucini explains that “through the automation of processes related to document management, the system is able to automatically identify, classify and organize documents related to workplace safety and guarantee the presence of authorized personnel on the construction site. The tangible results are: the reduction of the administrative and management workload in favor of true safety, the increase in productivity and the clear reduction in the risk of human errors and possible resulting sanctions. With Sikuro, you can be safe.”

REGRAN

Regran is an innovative SME based in Ragusa that develops, designs, installs and manages photovoltaic and agrivoltaic systems, very active in the research and development of innovative technological solutions to improve the maintenance and efficiency of photovoltaic systems. One of the most relevant results of these R&D efforts is the creation of an advanced Machine Learning algorithm based on Support Vector Machine (SVM).

“This algorithm aims to optimize and automate the maintenance of photovoltaic systems , predicting potential problems and allowing preventive intervention to avoid malfunctions or reductions in efficiency” states Marco Anfuso, CEO of Regran.

Regran is very active in the development of a drive-through prototype for hydrogen production and in the development of Serra Archimede, a photovoltaic greenhouse, with a history of over ten years that today falls within the scope of innovative experimental agrivoltaics.

It is also developing a digital platform that will become a marketplace where finance and the various stakeholders of photovoltaics and agrivoltaics can meet, allowing them to transfer land or work in exchange for shares in the special purpose companies that will build the systems.

STARTUP GEEKS

Startup Geeks, a Benefit Company in Mantua, provides consulting and training courses on innovation and entrepreneurship , in order to support corporate competitiveness through the launch of new ideas, collaboration with startups, involvement of talents, communication of innovation and attraction of capital.

“We want to support the growth of those who work to innovate by providing them with the best knowledge, skills and networks to do it best. We do this through dissemination, training, networking and incubation activities focused on the development of new entrepreneurial projects, overcoming territorial barriers and providing our activities online to make them accessible wherever you are” say Alessio Boceda and Giulia D’Amato, founders of Startup Geeks.

2WATCH

2WATCH in Naples is the Entertainment Hub of the new generations, a space where media, technology and innovation blend perfectly; a place where engaging formats and innovative phygital experiences are created, enhancing the most loved faces of the web.

It is considered a cutting-edge publisher with online communities that produce over 30 million monthly views on geek culture and more. 2WATCH operates as a production house specializing in new media and new technologies.

Our vision – says Fabrizio Perrone, CEO of 2WATCH – “ is to anticipate and shape the future of entertainment, using the most advanced technologies to create content that not only entertains, but inspires and deeply involves our audience. We focus a lot on our talents, who represent the signatures of the new publishing industry and we shape successful formats on their characteristics that can excite the audience and satisfy the needs of brands”

Iride Acque

Iride Acque is the Innovative PMI of Parma active in the industrial water treatment sector, with a particular focus on the reuse of wastewater. Since 2021 it has been a Benefit Company because every day it inspires its choices to ESG criteria and protects an essential asset such as water.

Iride has patented an innovative technology that is particularly effective in the treatment of industrial water, the process of which allows the purification and disinfection of industrial waste water “in situ”, returning a product with physical characteristics that make it possible to reuse it in the same production cycles from which it originates.

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