Do you have what it takes to win?
NOVEMBER 2025 | ROME
Are you looking to meet the next startup unicorn?
Startup Village
A little known industry secret is that the best return profile in venture capital has historically been produced by newcomers at the early stages of investing. Our accelerator initiatives embrace innovation and ambitious entrepreneurship by unlocking development potential and offering support and mentorship.
Designed to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and expertise, the Startup Lounge – an exclusive space on the expo floor offers a high-visibility platform for over a 100 companies to benefit from personalised introductions and worldwide exposure.
Startup Pitch
The Startup Pitch will host six of the most promising businesses, offering them valuable exposure to leading investors, VCs and accelerators. The Pitch, a staple of our global conferences, opens the doors for companies to score potential equity investment opportunities, mentorship, consultancy, digital marketing, and access to great networking.
Taking place during the SiGMA Europe conference, the live on-stage competition is a unique opportunity for businesses to connect with a top tier community of investors, VC funds, and accelerators. Increase your chance of being one of the top by providing a 3-minute video-introduction upon participation.
Should you have any questions, please contact Emily.
PRIZE – THE MOST COMPELLING OFFER IN THE INDUSTRY*
*Subject to each partner’s conditions
Startup Marketing Package
€21,300
Boost your startup’s visibility with a comprehensive package featuring a branded expo booth, workspace at one of our office locations, digital marketing services, and exclusive networking opportunities through two iGatherings and Ikigai Lounge access at an event of your choice.
Cloud Infrastructure Package
€10,000
Launch and scale your startup with AWS Activate, benefiting from technical support, architecture consultation, and $10,000 in AWS credits to power your platform with confidence.
Blockchain Growth Package
€100,000
Accelerate your blockchain project with ZBX’s tailored growth package, offering free listing, dedicated marketing support, and exclusive access to advanced product tools.
Technology Foundation Package
Up to €400,000
Equip your startup with cutting-edge tools at discounted rates, featuring premium credits from industry leaders including Nvidia, DigitalOcean, Notion, DocSend, and more.
Brand Development Package
€7,000
Elevate your startup’s presence with Chips’ premium branding services, featuring a strategic brand workshop, social media optimisation, and a comprehensive website analysis.
Industry Education Package
Up to €2,600
Stay ahead of industry regulations and expand your market expertise with a complimentary course of your choice from the iGaming Academy’s professional curriculum.
Talent Acquisition Package
€2,000
Build your dream team with r77’s expert HR services, including personalised headhunting, comprehensive salary benchmarking, and dedicated mentorship programmes.
Executive Networking Package
Ikigai Retreat
Stay ahead of industry regulations and expand your market expertise with a complimentary course of your choice from the iGaming Academy’s professional curriculum.
STARTUP VILLAGE PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE
STARTUP LOUNGE ACCESS
Meet investors in the exclusive lounge and feature prominently on the megawall.
PRESENTATION
Startup Pitch presentation for six finalists – meet the investors on stage.
NETWORKING
Invitation to premium networking events during SiGMA
PR
SiGMA PR – magazines, website, email newsletters, interviews.
MEET THE HOST & JUDGES
Piotr Piasecki
Board MemberRevenue Capital
Mark Borg
Sales Manager & VO ArtistSiGMA Group
Vinícius Moraes De Carvalho
Investment PartnerIkigai Ventures
Vladimir Malakchi
CEO & Managing PartnerXanada Investments
MEET THE INVESTORS
AIBC is not just a one-time-event, but a holistic platform bringing investors and startups together under one roof, forging connections, and building long-lasting relationships. Should you need any introductions please contact Emily on [email protected]
STARTUPS
TESTIMONIALS
Pallete.Pal
There is no better way to practice pitching, affirm your problem statement, and validate your solution than by taking the stage and telling your story. Win or lose, the experience will only make you stronger
Pallete.Pal
Startup competitions such as the AIBC emerging tech competition help not only by giving startups the platform to fine tune their ideas and lift off their businesses but also by encouraging more outside-the-box problem solving from rising entrepreneurs.
Mysa Finance
Thanks to all the unsung heroes at AIBC for putting on a great show, conference, and giving startups such a great opportunity!
ADVICE FOR STARTUPS
Get the inside scoop from leading investors and follow top tips for pitching your projects
7 Steps for a Successful Start Up Pitch! | SiGMA
Investor Carla Maree Vella talks about SiGMA Pitch
MEET PAST WINNERS
Winner 2024
Winner 2023
SharkGate, a specialist in website cybersecurity, is revolutionizing the industry with its innovative approach to website protection. The company has built a vast threat intelligence database, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which combines shared cyber attack data from multiple sources and updates it in real time. The fuel powering the solution is the SharkGate Token (SHARK), which is automatically rewarded to data providers in exchange for their contributions. One of the key features of SharkGate's approach is the concept of websites working together in mutual self-interest to fight against hackers. An attack on one website in the network triggers an immediate global immunity, protecting all other websites in the network from similar attacks. This collaborative approach creates a powerful defense system that is constantly evolving and staying one step ahead of hackers. SharkGate firewall is already protecting websites 24/7/365 by analyzing hundreds of millions of HTTP requests per day. In addition, the company's global cybersecurity team scans and cleans infected websites that sign up for their OneHourSiteFix service, and the feedback from these cleanings helps improve their malware and vulnerability scanners. One of the unique aspects of SharkGate's approach is the incentivization through tokenomics. Website owners who hold SHARK tokens are not only rewarded for providing attack data to Sharkgate, but they also receive discounts on SharkGate products and can take advantage of additional services provided by SharkGate in the future. This creates a win-win situation where website owners are incentivized to actively contribute to the threat intelligence database while also benefiting from enhanced cybersecurity measures. SharkGate's vision is to create one of the world's largest cybersecurity feeds of shared threat intelligence data, providing website owners and businesses with an advanced security solution that surpasses what is currently available on the market. The company's existing technology is already ahead of the competition, and with websites working together, SharkGate aims to keep cybersecurity always one step ahead of hackers. By taking a new approach to website security and leveraging the power of AI and crowdsourced threat intelligence, SharkGate is aiming to transform the website cybersecurity industry, similar to how Google transformed the search economy or how Uber and Airbnb disrupted their respective sectors. With its innovative approach and incentives through tokenomics, SharkGate will make next-generation cyber protection available to websites worldwide, providing a safer online environment for businesses and users alike.
Winner 2022
TORONTO EDITION
Beehold - beekeepers digital assistant (hardware and software solution for digital beekeeping)
Winner 2022
TORONTO EDITION
myLaminin is a blockchain-enabled document sharing and verification service that applies the same technology that secures Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the sharing of important documents between organizations, their clients, suppliers, and ecosystem partners. It delivers greater security, convenience, and control to document holders, operational efficiencies, better client service experiences and outcomes, as well as reduced fraud costs for document issuers, and 100% assurance of document authenticity and provenance to document requestors. It uses a combination of a security and utility token to establish a burn-mint equilibrium that delivers value to all network participants and encourages network effects derived through ecosystem business models.Winner 2022
DUBAI EDITION
Performance Biomechanics analysis platform (PC and Mobile) : Where they can use our real time single camera tools , detect all angle of joints, see the interactive number's, charts, graphs and visual results for performance and progress. we add features according to markets need such as drawing tools for the teaching the technique and we have a special interactive dashboard that helped a lot of to accuracy of Ai algorithms to detect the movement. also we have: Soccer, Tennis, Padel, Squash,Basketball, Golf, fencing and horsing
Winner 2021
PalletPal aims to create a digital network of logistics providers through a cloud based platform that is simple, smart, and scalable bringing you the data to make strategic decisions towards substantial bottom line savings.
Winner 2019
Pynk is the world’s first People Powered Investment platform. We listen to the Wisdom of our Crowd (WoC), overlay Rose (our proprietary A.I.) and combine with our in-house expert analysis to help make short and long term investment decisions that deliver market beating returns.
Winner 2019
Photocert establishes and certifies the validity of pictures and videos; delivering 3rd party trust between businesses and their customers reciprocally. It also allows sensitive processes where the validity of images is crucial (underwriting, claims, inspections, e-commerce and online dating), to be streamlined and automated. Certifications are held using the blockchain.
