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Nominations Open for IREN Startup Award!

NOFO: Global Emerging Leaders in International Cyberspace Security (US)

Deadline: 9 September 2018

IREN, a top player among Italian multi-utilities, is seeking startups and technology companies that aim at revolutionizing the utilities sector for the second edition of its Startup Award, powered by Intesa Sanpaolo’s international acceleration program StartUp Initiative.

This year IREN is launching IREN UP, the new Corporate Venture Capital instrument that will provide investments up to EUR 2 million for high potential technology initiatives. All startups applying for the competition, will enter automatically into the IREN UP deal flow.

Categories

Join the 2° edition of “Iren Startup Award”, powered by “Intesa Sanpaolo StartUp Initiative”: this year the competition will be composed of two categories, with two distinct prizes, and an additional special prize.

  1. Seed Category: all startups or university spin-offs that have developed a technology or a product, even in prototype form, or have filed a patent, can participate.
  2. Growth Category: all startups or SMEs with innovative solutions that have previously carried out a seed investment round or post-revenue technology initiatives that have already achieved a turnover of at least EUR 1 million, can participate.

Awards

2018 Special Prize

Key Drivers

Applications will be reviewed and screened by the organizers on the basis of six key drivers:

Program Structure

The program is structured as follows:

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

FOr more information, please visit IREN Startup Award.

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