GoBeyond: the responsible innovation platform

GoBeyond: the responsible innovation platform

The innovation platform conceived by Sisal to promote the development of innovative and socially oriented entrepreneurial projects and to stimulate the culture of doing business in Italy.

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A Call for Ideas that promotes the growth of startups with a social vocation and that responds to an effective need among startuppers: to find the necessary funds and appropriate mentorship paths to develop an innovative, responsible and sustainable business.

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An Academy to develop the entrepreneurial skills and the mindset necessary for the creation of projects that have a lasting impact on the community and the territory.

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A GoBeyonders Community: people who want to transform the world we live in and face the social, environmental and economic challenges of the present.

GoBeyond: call for ideas

The contest conceived by Sisal was born in 2014 to encourage the development of new business ideas and to reward startups with a high impact on the community and the territory. The initiative was born with a pure purpose of social responsibility, aimed at generating value for the benefit of the community, young entrepreneurs and startups.

Over the years, the project has developed with the aim of offering continuous support to the startup ecosystem, transforming itself into an integrated platform in the company's business strategy. GoBeyond contributes to increasing and expanding the impact of ideas that respond to the problems and needs of the community and the environment.

In 2022 GoBeyond will award the winning startup with a grant (equity free) of 50,000 euros, while the six finalist startups will be able to benefit from an advisory program: each will be able to choose one of GoBeyond's partners with whom to undertake a path of support, comparison and sharing of skills and know-how. Finally, for the 20 best startups, some mentions are provided by GoBeyond Partners.

6

YEARS

+1100

START-UPS

+€350K

PRIZE MONEY AWARDED

25

PARTNERS

6

YEARS

+1100

START-UPS

+€350K

PRIZE MONEY AWARDED

25

PARTNERS

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The winners of all editions
2015, OVERALL WINNER

DbGlove

Wearable technology that allows blind and deaf-blind people to use all the features of mobile devices, enabling them to communicate with others and the world.
2018, SERVICES FOR CITIZENS

Plick

A solution patented all over the world that allows users to make payments using only the recipient’s telephone number or email.
2018, SOCIAL INNOVATION

Wiseair

Arianna (the name given by the founders) is the first flowerpot that can measure air quality.
2019, SERVICES FOR PEOPLE

Adam's Hand

An acronym for A Dialogic Adaptive Modular Sensitive Hand, the world’s first completely adaptive bionic hand.
2019, SERVICES FOR SOCIETY

Corax

A medical device designed to create a safe environment for patients aged 0 to 4 in developing countries and to prevent infections in infant burn victims.
2020, GOBEYOND 2020 WINNER

Chi odia paga

Italian legal tech start-up with the aim of providing users of the network all the technical and legal tools they need to defend themselves from online hate speech in a simple, quick and safe way.
2020, RESILIENT BUSINESS

Voice Med

Identifies illnesses (including Covid-19) through voice analysis, thereby making it possible to diagnose patients with easy-to-use digital tools.
2020, SERVICES FOR SOCIETY

HTLab/sabreen

The system allows women aged 40 and under to carry out an ultrasound screening independently, by using a specially designed probe connected to a smartphone.
2021, FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Ittinsect

Biotechnology project that contributes towards combatting overfishing.
2021, FOR A MORE DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL COUNTRY

Ysi

Voice assistant for clinical research that increases patient adherence during clinical trials.
2021, ACCELERATION

Optimens

Measures, monitors and trains brain functioning in order to maintain a high quality of life in the elderly population.
2022, RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION

PipeIn

A predictive system that monitors the maintenance status pipes to prevent water waste, with the aim of safeguarding a precious resource of the environment.

GoBeyond Academy

GoBeyond Academy is a digital training platform created to increase entrepreneurial skills and to develop the mindset necessary for the creation of scalable, sustainable and socially oriented entrepreneurial projects. The Academy is aimed at the GoBeyonders community: startuppers, innovation enthusiasts and all those who want to go further to respond to the problems and needs of the community and the territory.

The GoBeyond Academy, developed in collaboration with Feltrinelli Education, has been online since March 2022 with 11 modules divided into 3 categories: entrepreneurial culture, business plan creation, impact analysis. The teachers of the GoBeyond Academy, among the top experts on the topics covered in the training course, come from the academic, innovation and business world.