The WMF is a certified International Trade Fair that has been a landmark for entrepreneurial culture, creating opportunities and connections within the international innovation ecosystem, for over 10 years.

For over 10 years WMF, Certified International Fair, has been spreading entrepreneurial culture and creating development opportunities for the Italian and international innovative ecosystem, aiming to facilitate a flow of opportunities between Italy and abroad.

Within WMF, the World Startup Fest takes place - the international reference event for startups, scaleups, and investors. In the previous edition, it recorded over 60.000 attendees from 89 countries, including more than 2.000 startups and investors.

Among its many initiatives, WMF also organizes the largest International Startup Competition, now in its 12th edition, with the involvement of major international players in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Competition's finale will take place on the Mainstage during WMF 2024, scheduled for June 13th, 14th, and 15th, and will be globally live-streamed.

Every year, more than 3.000 startups apply to pitch and compete in Rimini. Some of the pitching startups are choosen, in fact, from the WMF call for startups, while some others are selected from the competitions of the local events organized in the framework of the WMF International Roadshow.

In its international show in Greece, for the second year in a raw, in fact, the WMF is holding a Startup Competition that will allow the best Greek project to compete in Rimini.

Fill out the form below and submit your startup to the competition! The call closes on December 4th..

Once the call is closed, and the candidates evaluated, the WMF's Innovation Team will announce the startups that will have the opportunity to pitch and present their project to the jury and the attendees on the local event. Each team will have 3 minutes to present the key elements of their business idea. The jury of investors, will then have another 2 minutes to ask further questions. A round of votes at the end will then announce the winners.

The call is dedicated to startups and businesses - made up of individuals or teams - with innovative projects or ideas regarding the digital/technological sector. Innovative projects aimed at generating a positive impact on territories and society will be considered with particular interest. Applicants will be selected according to the following criteria:

• Skills of the team, knowledge of the sector, the feasibility of the project;

• The development stage of the product/service;

• Degree of innovation and its defensibility;

• Positioning in relation to competitors;

• Consistency with market and customers’ needs and potential outreach;

• The business potential of the idea;

• Completeness of the documentation presented.

The elevator pitch is a brief presentation where you describe your business venture in a nutshell. A solid elevator pitch needs to convey the business idea in a concise manner, so as to attract the audience's attention quickly.

> Download the support material

> Watch the winning pitches from past editions of WMF

Apply now to present your startup at the Greek event, with the opportunity also to pitch at WMF24!