Yes, you may submit more than one idea or project to each edition of the competition.

Yes, you can submit the documents either in Italian or in English language.

The best business ideas submitted on Stage I will receive prizes in services: free-of-charge support and consulting activities aimed at the Business Plan’s development and / or competition, provided by the organizing incubators through experts.

By selecting the corresponding preference during the business idea registration, the entrepreneurial team will have the possibility to make use of the following free-of-charge services:

a) guidance and advisory services on Smart Mobility topics in Turin, aimed at illustrating relevant policies, technological infrastructure for smart roads, applicable regulations, available research infrastructures in the territory, and open and proprietary data accessible within Turin's ecosystem. The "Smart Mobility Induction" services are provided within the framework of the City of Turin's ToMove project;

b) guidance and support services provided by experts from Invitalia, Official Partner of the Italian National Innovation Award (“Premio Nazionale dell’Innovazione”), aimed at assisting applicants in submitting applications for business creation incentives.

An e-mail communication on the outcome of Stage I will be sent to all applicants. Applicants selected by the organisers to benefit from the mentoring activities referred to in point 3 will also be contacted individually.

Everyone can still apply for Stage II, even those who were not selected in Stage I, by preparing their own Business Plan to apply autonomously, by consulting the document preparation methods and the short summary example available on the page "How to apply" of this website.

The evaluation process for the definition of the best finalist projects is managed by a jury, which evaluates them in different steps starting from the closing of Stage II until October.

Towards the end of September, the organizers will send the team the positive or negative outcome of the first evaluation step. No ranking or individual judging will be published. In case of a positive outcome, the organizers will provide indications on the next selection steps.

The final results will be made public during the award ceremony in November that concludes the competition. Further details will be provided in the News section of the site, and to keep up to date you can subscribe to the competition's free newsletter (see the bottom of this page).

The competition is only open to owners of companies whose date of incorporation is after October 1^st, 2024, or from January to September 2024 but with a declaration of commencement of business (as per the date of commencement of operations specified in the Italian Chamber of Commerce certificate) on or after October 1^st, 2024.

Yes, the evaluation parameters are the same.