Deadline Date: June 15, 2026
The Boost Your Ideas is designed to accelerate the growth of startups and informal teams by reducing time to market and minimizing the risk of failure through support from innovation partners, corporations, and investors.
The program supports informal teams in transforming innovative ideas into business projects, helps companies accelerate market entry and solution scalability, and creates networking opportunities with program partners. It focuses on projects in agrifood and agritech, healthcare, education and training, green economy, and culture and creativity.
The initiative offers training through thematic webinars that provide tools, methods, and specialized knowledge for managing innovative projects. Participants also receive coaching through mandatory one-to-one meetings with coaches and tutors who help address project weaknesses and improve solutions. In addition, mentoring is provided by subject matter experts in areas such as marketing and intellectual property rights, offering practical guidance for idea development.
The program is divided into two pathways. TeamLab is a four-week program aimed at helping participants build a validated business model, assess implementation costs, identify the most suitable legal structure, and understand financial engineering tools such as crowdfunding, business angels, and subsidized financing. StartupLab is an eight-week program focused on strengthening innovative solutions and preparing documentation required for engagement with market players and investment funds. Networking activities with program partners begin from the third week of StartupLab.
Funding is available through cash prizes awarded at the end of the programs. TeamLab offers three cash prizes of €5,000 each to the top three finishers. StartupLab provides five cash prizes of €20,000 each to the top five finishers and three additional prizes of €10,000 each to the next three finishers. StartupLab participants ranked among the top ten also receive direct access to the Spazio Attivo Network Tutoring Program for twelve months, with specialized services valued at €9,000.
Additional awards provided by program partners include mentoring, technical advisory services, and direct access to Pitch Day opportunities with funds and market players. Eligibility includes informal teams seeking to transform innovative ideas into business projects and companies aiming to accelerate market entry and scale innovative solutions within the program’s priority sectors.
For more information, visit Lazio Innova SpA Company.
