"C Heroes," a €100,000 call for startups with emergency projects, has been launched in Milan. The initiative is the brainchild of B Heroes, the ecosystem of initiatives for innovative startups, and Boost Heroes, the venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage companies.
The innovation and creativity of the startup Italian to fight the new coronavirus. With this spirit, the project was born “C Heroes” (Coronavirus Heroes), the 100,000 euro call, to finance and support projects Concrete initiatives that can contribute to addressing the novel coronavirus emergency that has recently struck Italy and the entire world. Projects of all types and categories will be considered, not just healthcare-related: any action that can help improve people's lives as quickly as possible.
“C Heroes” was born from an idea of B Heroes, the ecosystem of initiatives for innovative startups and,Boost Heroes, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage companies, with the aim of "to stimulate," the organizers explain, "the creativity of Italian startups that have developed a product, technology, or process to address the novel coronavirus pandemic."
To participate in the call you must fill out the form on the website http://www.bheroes.it/c-heroes/ Where to describe the startup and the project. Given the extreme urgency dictated by the pandemic, the proposals received will be evaluated as they are submitted; the first one or more deemed compelling will be immediately funded.
The call is aimed at all Italian startups already established on March 15, 2020 and there is time until March 31, 2020 or up to the allocation of 100,000 euros which could happen even sooner.
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