GoBeyond
An initiative by Sisal developed in collaboration with CVC Capital Partners, to transform innovative ideas into real-life entrepreneurial projects.
Among the novelties of this year, starting from 2022, a digital hub will be created in collaboration with Feltrinelli Education to develop the mindset to create new sustainable and socially oriented entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs.
- “For a more sustainable future”: this group includes all ideas aimed at solving problems around society and local communities and which have a positive impact for the community at large;
- “For a technologically advanced and digital Italy”: this category comprises projects with a highly technological background which aim at making the lives of citizens easier and contributing to making society better.
Previous editions
The first three editions of GoBeyond received over 400 proposals, originating from all over Italy. The winners of the first call for ideas was dbGLOVE, a project aimed at improving the quality of life of blind and deaf-blind people. The winner of the second edition was Wiseair, a smart vase for distributed, hyper-local and real-time air quality monitoring (Social Innovation category), along with Plick, the simple payment service without the need for an IBAN, without the need to download a separate app and without limits (Services to Citizens category).
The winners of the third edition were Corax, a medical device designed to combat complications arising from burns in children (Social category) and BionIT labs-Adam’s Hand, the first entirely adaptive bionic hand in the world (People category). On top of the success they achieved with GoBeyond, BionIT labs-Adam’s Hand went on to accomplish further remarkable results, such as the successful equity crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd, as well as participating at the renowned Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, a world-leading technology fair, as one of the best 50 Italian start-ups.
Over 160 start-ups competed in the fourth edition. The prize for best overall project was awarded to COP (Chi Odia Paga [Haters Must Pay]), the first Italian legal tech start-up designed to provide internet users with all the technical and legal tools they need to defend themselves against online hate speech in a simple, quick and safe way.
The winner of the Business Resilience category was Voicemed, an app that uses digital tools to analyse voice samples in order to detect the presence of illnesses, among which Covid-19. The prize for the Community category was awarded to Sabreen, a system that enables women under 40 to conduct an ultrasound breast screening by means of a specially designed probe connected to a smartphone.
The enabling partners chosen for the dedicated advisory scheme were Angels4Women for Voicemed, and Google for Sabreen.
Moreover, the 2020 edition was characterised by three special mentions: the mention for the best university project was assigned to ICAST, a concept for digitalising the casting and selection process for models in fashion and in the creative industries; the mention for best communication (video and marketing plan) was awarded to Face Donate, a system that uses facial recognition, QR codes and contactless payment system to carry out donations; finally the Mamacrowd special prize was awarded to Gamindo, a platform that enables users to convert the time they spend in front of screens playing videogames into donations for charities.
Read about their experiences in the success stories section of gobeyond.info.
