TechCrunch Italy Showcases the Italian Startup Scene


Let’s go to TechCrunch Italy. Today and tomorrow (September, 26/27), the gotha of the Italian startup scene join together at MAXXI, the Museum of contemporary arts.

Workshops, keynotes, panels, instant lessons, one-to-one meeting, pitching sessions, a startup competition, will take place during the two day event, which was co-organized by Populis and TechCrunch.

Speakers come from every part of the planet. Have a look at the list:
1. Francesco Caio, Director Agenda Digitale
2. Gregoire Lassalle, President, AlloCine
3. Clemens Von Wedemeyer, Artist
4. Francesca Romano, Co Founder, Atooma
5. Gioia Pistola, Co Founder, Atooma
6. Andreas Wiele, President, Axel Springer
7. Rob Moffat, Investment Team Principle, Balderton
8. Mauro Del Rio, Founder, Buongiorno
9. Stefano Parisi, Co Founder & CEO, Chili TV
10. Matthew Prince, Co Founder, Cloudflare
11. Enrico Gasperini, Founder, Digital Magics
12. Steffy Czerny, Founder di DLDWomen & DLD
13. Nenad Marovac, Managing Partner di DN Capital
14. Matteo Achilli, Co Founder di Egomnia
15. Luigi Capello, Co Founder di Enlabs
16. Yossi Vardi, Entrepreneur and investitor
17. Renaud Visage, Founder, Eventbrite
18. Paddy Cosgrave, Founder di F.ounders & Web Summit
19. Fabrice Grinda, Investor
20. Gil Blander, Founder di InsideTracker
21. Giorgio Brenna, CEO di Leo Burnett
22. Marco Montemagno, Host
23. Martin Varsavsky, Investor and Founder, FON
24. Giovanna Melandri, President, MAXXI
25. Efe Cakarel, Founder, MUBI
26. Massimo Ciociola, Founder, MusiXmatch
27. Michael Widenius, Co Founder, MySql
28. Paolo Barberis, Co Founder, NanaBianca
29. Amelia Showalter, Obama Re-election Campaign
30. John Underkoffler, Founder, Oblong
31. Lucas Carné, Co Founder, Privalia
32. Monica Maggioni, Director, RAINEWS24
33. Nicola Zingaretti, President, Regione Lazio
34. Jeff Hagins, Founder & CEO, SmartThings
35. Ryan Rzepecki, Founder & CEO, SoBi
36. Ramon De Leon, Social Media Visionary
37. Nicola Mattina, Co Founder, Stamplay
38. Mike Butcher, Director, TechCrunch Europe
39. Renato Soru, Founder, Tiscali
40. Zaryn Dentzyl, Co Founder & Ceo, Tuenti
41. Benedetta Arese Lucini, General Manager, Uber
42. Massimiliano Magrini, Co Founder, United Ventures

A lot of startups have the opportunity to showcase their products and solutions. Firstly, the finalists of the Startup Competition, which will fight for a €50k prize offered by Populis, They are:
· Aenduo
· Bauzaar
· Bemyeye
· Fluentify.com
· GiPStech
· Pathflow
· Sportboom
· Vivocha

Additionally, CharityStars, WIB, Genessere, Timerepublik, 20lines and Egomnia will pitch to investors.

Finally, the Startup Alley hosts twenty startups:
1. Aliena, Cloud Contactless Card Payment
2. Appfactory, mobile application creator
3. AppsBuilder, platform to create and distribute mobile apps
4. AstraFit, platform for users to find the right clothing size online
5. BeMyEye, crowdsourced store check and mystery shopping platform
6. Bewe, piattaforma per elaborare operazioni efficaci di Digital Marketing
7. CharityStars, charity marketplace to sell celebrity stuff and favor noprofits
8. ElasticDot, WordPress platform as a service
9. Eudata, Web, Mobile, Audio and Video Customer Service
10. Foodscape, food social guide
11. GoOut, app to search and buy event tickets
12. Il capitale, online investment advisor
13. JUSP, mobile POS
14. JUSTBIT, appls for mobile, tablet and smart tv
15. Payleven Italy, mobile payment system
16. Paymill, online payment system
17. Rysto, social platform to find a job in the catering and restaurant sector
18. Sportboom, platform to buy sports events online
19. The Powder Room, platform for the beauty sector
20. wiMAN, system to share Wi-Fi inside storesvia Facebook and Google log in

FinSMEs

26/09/2013

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