Innovative SME/Start Up Award: the party is here (in Zurich)!
With a beautiful evening on the banks of the Limmat and the exploit of health tech companies, the first edition of the “Swiss Federalism” competition came to an end
On a beautiful and sunny late afternoon in mid-September, in a beautiful villa surrounded by a park of ancient trees, home of the Liceo Artistico Italo-Svizzero in the center of quiet and industrious Zurich, the final phase of the International Award for Innovative Start-Ups and SMEs “Swiss Federalism & GCBL, Milton Friedman” was held.
Welcomed by the Italian, Zurich and Swiss flags at the entrance, the organizers, the finalists and the audience experienced a stimulating event, enriched by the presence of the Consul General of Italy in the city, Gabriele Altana, who introduced the future of business in the Farnesina institutions around the world, and honored the event by closing remarks.
Innovative Start Up/PMI 2021 Award: the greetings of the jury
Andrea Schenone and the balance of a growing association
Andrea Schenone did the honors presenting the international recognition and the organizing association Swiss Federalism, of which he is president and founder.
He underlined the significant recent growth, which has occurred both with the magazine in four languages, read worldwide, and with the connected international business platform.
The magazine Swiss Federalism is increasingly the reference for federalists and lovers of the Swiss system internationally, while the business platform increasingly links the global business world to the Swiss Confederation.
The international award has also generated considerable interest internationally and an important response at the level of Start-Ups and innovative Small and Medium Enterprises.
Innovative Start Up/SME Award: “where” and “how” to attend
The jury of the Start Up/SME Innovative Award has been unveiled
Innovative Start Up/SME Award event also in attendance
The authoritative words of Alessandro Bertoldi and Dejan Štancer
After Andrea Schenone, Alessandro Bertoldi, president of the Milton Friedman Institute, spoke about the link between his influential liberal organization and Swiss Federalism, a fruitful collaboration consolidated by the sharing of the same principles, which has brought academics and professionals of the highest value to the prize jury.
Dejan Štancer, President of the prestigious Global Chamber of Business Leaders, in a recorded video, explained the strategic partnership with Swiss Federalism and talked about the global objectives of GCBL, global ethical business with a focus on global warming and youth and start-up entrepreneurship.
A video was presented to all members of the jury who did an extraordinary job of analyzing all the business plans received. The work and the selection made by the highly qualified jury is the first major guarantee in the hands of the venture capital fund that will invest in the finalists.
The evening then continued with the ranking from 17th to first place. Each finalist company presented its project, using a video of the regulatory duration of minutes or a pdf or ppt presentation. There was no shortage of suspense and excitement.
Video, the presentation of the “Innovative Start Up/SME Award”
The “Innovative Start Up/SME Award” on TV from Montecitorio
A real prize to help “innovative” Start-Ups and SMEs
IAQ ASE (Ticino) and Quec Phisis (Veneto) are… healthy and successful
This is the final ranking: in the first 3 places health tech and cyber security companies. The first two companies, operating in the field of digitalization and health, have detached the others in an important way.
RANK COMPANY SECTOR COUNTRY REGION SCORE
1. IAQ ASE Health tech Switzerland Ticino 828
2. QUEC PHiSIS Health tech Italy Veneto 824
3. bitCorp Cyber Security Italy Lombardia 733
4. WeShort Media Tech Italy Puglia 718
5. Event Boost Event tech Switzerland Ticino 708
6. Cell Wellbeing Health tech Italy Liguria 707
7. Wise Invex Fintech Malta La Valletta 702
8. Aloe is life srl Agri Tech Italy Sardegna 686
9. Seqex Health tech Italy Trentino-Alto Adige 682
10. ImprendiSwiss Consulting & Fiduciary Switzerland Appenzell Outer Rhodes 663
11. MNEM Spin off / Health Italy Emilia-Romagna 651
12. Bafunno Mechanics Music Tech Switzeland Ticino 624
13. Harvest srl Media tech Italy Abruzzo 620
14. LMG racing lab Sport tech Switzerland Ticino 573
15. Sapori del duca Food tech Italy Marche 517
16. VC Consulting Fintech Switzerland Ticino 517
17. CCG Coeptis Management Consulting USA Idaho 479
Andrea Schenone, president of the Swiss Federalism association, said at the end of the event: “Seeing the first prize winners moved is a first gratification for me, for all of us and for those who have worked so hard for the success of the event and the initiative. It will be even more gratifying to see the exponential growth of the project in the coming years of these companies that have passed the filter phase and the qualified jury, helped by venture capital funds: this will be the figure of the real success of this great event. In the coming weeks, the magazine will host interviews with all the finalists, which we will publish and unveil one by one over time, over several weeks, leaving a bit of suspense as during the evening of the event in the city on the banks of the Limmat. Stay tuned…”.
