Two days built for people at the start: how to validate an idea before you sink six months into it, how to shape a business model that survives contact with the market, and how to get ready for a first round. Startup Geeks caps the room at 700 and fills it with early-stage founders, mentors who have operated, and investors who write Italian seed cheques. The Startup Showcase final puts the selected startups on the main stage in front of that audience, with 30,000 euros in prizes. The most useful room in Italy if you are pre-seed.

  • conference
  • italy
  • early-stage
  • fundraising
  • founder