Treviso, March 27 2025 – Boom of applications from all over Italy for the “Luciano Miotto Startup Award”, an initiative conceived by t2i – Technology Transfer and Innovation, a consortium company participated in by the Chambers of Commerce of Treviso-Belluno|Dolomiti, of Verona and Venice-Rovigo, founded with the aim of promoting digitalization and Italian innovation, encouraging the connection between startups, research centers and companies.
Below is a summary of the 2 companies winners in the category Enterprise and the winners of the Special Award for Female Entrepreneurship and the Award for the Best Team of Company Not Yet Established.
- FIRST PLACE: LEVELS (MILAN)
Team: Filippo Calò, Gianluca Robbiani
2. SECOND PLACE: VIDEAM (VICENZA)
Team: Thomas Scuccato, James Scuccato
3. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS SPECIAL AWARD: ONEBRA (TRENTO)
Team: Sofia Santi, Giulia Faoro
4. SPECIAL AWARD FOR BEST TEAM: RIGENERADERMO (TREVISO)
Team: Alessandro Barel, Marco Ferrari, Valentina Dal Vecchio, Andrea Baccichetto, Beatrice Vettorazzo
Supported by Imesa Spa, with the technical partnership of Sistema Invitalia and Confindustria Veneto Est, the 2024-2025 edition registered 86 applications from the entire national territory (21 from Veneto), covering different business areas and techno-digital innovations, concerning product and market, covering a wide range of sectors including: hi-tech&digital; industry 5.0 and artificial intelligence; social innovation and circular economy; technologies and innovation for internationalization; environmental, economic and social sustainability (ESG); Green Economy.
Proclaimed by Alessia Miotto, vice president of Imesa Spa and daughter of Luciano Miotto, visionary entrepreneur who died prematurely in the summer of 2018, to whom the Prize is entitled, the winners were announced on Wednesday 26 March at the event “Investing in the near future: talents and new innovative companies for a sustainable tomorrow” – as part of the Sustainability Week of Confindustria Veneto Est -, attended by Roberto Santolamazza, General Manager of t2i, Fabio Comi, Investment Analyst at Invitalia, Elena Bonafè, Head of Area Environment, Energy, Safety and Sustainability Confindustria Veneto Est and Renzo Chervatin, North-East territories Development Manager of Unicredit.
The Luciano Miotto Prize – President Mario Pozza highlights – was created by the Chamber of Commerce, to remember an entrepreneur who has been able to look ahead, innovate and take his ideas beyond borders, facing international markets with determination. But before that, this award is dedicated to the man we have known, with his kindness of heart and the attention always directed to the institutions and the economic community. Today, talking about innovation and start-ups, I want to thank the Miotto family for the commitment they continue to carry out. A special thanks to his brother Carlo, entrepreneur and Councillor of the Chamber Council for his contribution to the growth of our economic system, and to Alessia, who works professionally as an entrepreneur and as a representative of institutions. Luciano Miotto has left a mark that still inspires and motivates those who look to the future with an entrepreneurial spirit.
The winner of the competition was LEVELS, a startup from Milan specialized in Generative Artificial Intelligence solutions for the automation of business document processes. With a team of engineers from the Politecnico of Milan – which won a cash prize worth 3,500 euros and a six-month contract for free home incubation at the t2i Certified Incubator – they create digital operators capable of generating repetitive activities, reducing bureaucracy and freeing up time for strategic activities.
Second place goes to Videam, a company from Vicenza, founded in 2023, which offers solutions in the field of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. With the help of cutting-edge technologies, they support companies in the implementation of practical and customized solutions which help them innovate while keeping up. The project received a prize of 1,500 euros, combined with a meeting on needs assessment, digitalization and business model development/review.
Also confirmed for this edition, the Special Women Startup Award established to enhance female entrepreneurial excellence and awarded to young companies whose core (members and participation fees) is made up of at least 51% women. Among the 23 applications received, to win the recognition – and the prize in cash of 1,500 euros, together with a six-month contract of free home incubation at t2i – was ONEBra from Trento,a startup that creates customized solutions to enhance and rebalance the breast shapes, both in case of natural differences and after surgical interventions such as mastectomy. Through advanced technologies, such as 3D printing, it makes tailor-made cups and bras to ensure comfort and perfect fit. Its products, classified as deductible medical devices, also offer a tax advantage.
New this year, the Award for the Best Team of an Unformed Company, established to recognize the values, skills and ideas of a team , as well as their innovative capacity, competitiveness and social impact. Among the 24 applications received, to win the cash prize of 1,500 euros and a six-month contract for free acceleration at t2i was Rigeneradermo, a startup from Treviso that has developed an innovative dermocosmetic line, made with natural ingredients such as grape pomace, rich in beneficial properties.
Year after year, the Company Startup Award consolidates itself as a catalyst for Italian innovation, enhancing the talent and the most promising ideas on the national scene. The wide participation in this edition confirms the vitality of an ever-changing ecosystem, where entrepreneurial creativity and emerging technologies are intertwined to generate concrete, high-impact solutions. From artificial intelligence to sustainability, the projects submitted demonstrate that innovation is not only a lever for technological progress, but a strategic process that requires vision, skills and synergies between startups, companies and research centres. As t2i, we are proud to support this network of connections and to contribute to the transformation of today’s insights into tomorrow’s businesses – says t2i General Manager Roberto Santolamazza.