StartUp Competition

WomenX Impact Startup Competition
Italy’s most awaited start-up competition for female founders.

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WomenX Impact Startup Competition

The WomenX Impact Startup Competition was created to enable startups founded by women or who have at least one women on their board:

  • to live a unique experience of growth and comparison in front of an energetic and passionate audience
  • to expand and consolidate their network, while coming into contact with a prestigious panel of judges.

Are you a female founder?  Are you part of an all-female team leadership team that is already established with a product/service on the market or will be in the next 6 months?  Is there at least one woman on the Board of your start-up?

Would you like to apply for the 2024 WomenX Impact Startup Competition? Find out how, read on!

Applications for the 2024 edition are closed but you can nominate your business idea for our future events!

Requirements:

1) All startups founded by a woman or in which there is at least one woman on the board are eligible to participate.

2) All established companies with a product or service that is already being commercialized or will be commercialized within the next 6 months are eligible to participate.

3) All startups that fall into at least one of the following categories are eligible to participate:

  • Lifestyle Technologies (Fashion Travel – Food – Design – Influencer Marketing)
  • Sustainable & Circular Economy
  • EdTech
  • Health & Fitness
  • Fintech & Insurtech

The WomenX Startup Competition is supported by our Main Sponsor 

And with the support of:

The awards for the winner

The prize awarded to the Winning Startup will include:

Exclusive access to the networking opportunities of the Joule community, which has +9000 members including startups, entrepreneurs, industry experts and mentors

✓ Exclusive one-year access to the Innovup Association.

Ten hours of exclusive training on business model and go-to-market strategy with Prof. Riccardo Maiolini, Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship at John Cabot University and Investment Manager at LA4G, and Dr. Jonathan Aberman, Partner at Ruxton Ventures Venture Capital Fund

DIAMOND access to the WomenX Impact Community: participation for one year in the dynamic network of women entrepreneurs and professionals

Meet the Jury

on the Jury, to declare the winning Startup, participate:

Valentina Raule

Eni Joule

Foto Francesca Ficeto

Valentina Raule

Eni Joule

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Carola Cantaluppi

EU/National Public Affairs & Partnerships @ InnovUp

Carola Cantaluppi

Veronica Mariani

CEO @ Premiaweb Holding, Business Angel, Board Member

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Lara Auguin

Project Manager @ Top-IX

Lara Auguin