Call for Start-up

• To offer new entrepreneurial realities wide national and international visibility where to create exchanges and share ideas: the perfect environment where tradition and innovation meet;
   
• To create meeting opportunities between the companies and buyers attending the event and the Startups that by attitude can foster product and/or service innovation;
   
• To give voice to the best innovators by collecting their testimonies and promote in terms of development, culture and skills the major issues of energy transition.

Start-ups and SMEs registered in the Business Register and listed in the special section for innovative start-ups (as per Law no. 221 of December 18, 2012) may apply, provided they meet the following minimum criteria:

Development of technologies and solutions aligned with the themes of IBE Intermobility Future Ways:
 

1. Smart Mobility
2. Sharing Mobility
3. Cloud
4. Artificial Intelligence
5. Industrial software
6. Smart Energy
7. Smart Payment
8. Automotive Industrial
9. IOT
10. Cyber Security
11. Circular Economy & ESG
12. Wearable

​Be active in the B2B market and have a website and/or promotional materials in English.

Start-ups meeting the eligibility criteria outlined above may submit their application from by completing and submitting the dedicated online form, and providing consent for the processing of the data included in the application.

Applications received having the requirements set out in the previous section will be evaluated by an evaluation committee, assigning a score for each of the following elements (the percentage weight of each criterion is indicated in brackets):

• innovative content of the product or service (from 1 to 10) - (30%);
• collaborations and partnerships - (20%);
• product or service already industrialized and ready for market - (30%)
• consistency with the exhibition sectors of the IBE event - (20%);
   

Subject to meeting the above requirements, only the first 20 start-ups that are found to have obtained the highest score due to the evaluation carried out according to the criteria indicated in this expression of interest will be subject to selection.

Members jury evaluation and selection start-up, Start-up Award and Innovation Award. Applications received having the requirements mentioned in the call text, will be evaluated by an evaluation committee consisting of IEG, Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Tecnopolo di Rimini and selected members of the Intermobility Community and the network of partners of the initiative.

The initiative allows selected Start-ups and Scale-ups to participate at the event with a special dedicated package that includes a desk and all the services listed below at the cost of the registration fee €600. This excludes living expenses (travel, accommodation, transport...) which remain at the expense of the participants.

The services offered are:

• Participation in both physical and digital event
• Entry in the event catalogue
• Visibility on a dedicated web page on the IBE website
• Desk in startup area complete with stool and graphics
• Access to Business Meeting platform to book one-on-one meetings
• 1 complimentary outdoor parking pass
• 4 booth staff accreditations
• 50 complimentary invitation tickets
• Access info point for reception and to provide guidance on startups in the area
• National and international media coverage and promotion services