AuthenPiQ and Approver are among the winners at Casa Sanremo Invest.
While Sanremo’s spotlight was on music, innovation carved out a starring role with the fourth edition of Casa Sanremo Invest, an event that focused on Web3, Artificial Intelligence, Personal Finance, Sustainability and Impact. An opportunity for startups, investors and professionals to discuss the challenges of the future and the solutions that are transforming the technology landscape.
Blockchain at the service of creativity
Approver, our startup, participated in Impact 4 Tomorrow, a competition dedicated to emerging companies that stand out for innovation, scalability, and social and environmental impact. Our project made it to the foot of the podium, winning awards from Zest Group, presented by Dario Baroni, and We Make Future, presented by Cosmano Lombardo.
As part of the event, AuthenPiQ was also a partner and featured on a panel at Casa Sanremo Innova, where our CEO Luca Sarcina showed the potential of image certification in today’s digital world, which poses more and more challenges in the areas of authentication and creativity. Below is the video with highlights from the talk.
Awards and new opportunities
Luca Sarcina, CEO of Approver, at Impact 4 Tomorrow and Casa Sanremo Innova
Zest Group is the market leader in Italy for early-stage venture capital investments, startup acceleration, scale-up support and Open Innovation programs. It is also one of the leading players in Europe dedicated to fostering the growth of the innovation ecosystem, and we will go through a mentoring process with them for our investment round.
We Make Future is held annually – this year in Bologna on June 4-5-6 – and is an accelerator of culture, education and innovation that operates as a tool to serve society, connecting Italy and the world. The topics covered are AI and new technologies, WebMarketing, Startup world.
Other startups awarded
Italy’s innovation ecosystem showed itself in all its vibrancy with numerous startups receiving awards at Impact 4 Tomorrow. Among them:
- Rosso, which accompanies people through the entire blood donation experience;
- CDC Studio, which promotes ethical and sustainable fashion;
- HandySigns, which develops assistive technologies for inclusive communication;
- Zephyra, is committed to transforming the plastics industry.
These projects demonstrate how innovation can be an engine of positive change, combining technology, sustainability and social impact.
Looking to the future
The Casa Sanremo Invest experience offered an opportunity for discussion and growth for the entire startup ecosystem, highlighting how technology and creativity can converge to meet future challenges. We thank MoneyViz
for creating and organizing such an inspiring context and partners Zest Group and We Make Future for their support in our growth journey.
Sanremo proved once again that innovation can be born anywhere: in the notes of a song, in the insights of a startup, in ideas that change the world.