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The Commission on Digital met on July 7, 2022 to decide the winning startup proposal for the sector.

The commission chose among ten finalists pre-selected by UniCredit Start Lab team. The Commission was composed of senior executives from leading Italian companies such as:

• Paolo Barbatelli, Chief Sales & Innovation Officer, Gruppo Rold
• Francesca Chieti, Head of M&A and Corporate Development, Jakala
• Roberto Loro, Director Technology & Innovation, Dedagroup
• Roberto Privitera, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Acantho (Hera Group)
• Anna Testa, Innovation Sales Specialist, Cisco

The winning startup of the first prize for the Digital sector is Wallife - based in Rome - an Insurtech startup that offers insurance solutions to protect people from new risks from technological innovation and scientific progress. The insurance coverages designed by Wallife focus on 3 areas of risk (Biometrics, Genetics and Biohacking ) and aim to protect individuals' digital identity and their biometric and genetic data, safeguarding them from potential distorted and fraudulent use of sensitive information.

The winning startup will receive a 10.000 € grant.

The Commission awarded the second prize to VoiceMe - from Milan. The startup has developed a Secure Customer Authentication Platform which, by combining voice and 5 other factors, allows users to authenticate, pay, sign documents and access physical locations. The solution is easy, simple and secure and natively implements the concept of Self Sovereign Identity. Voiceme has patented the solution and started trials and PoCs in the Utilities, Travel and Call Center sectors.

The third prize went to Futura - based in Foggia - which creates personalized courses based on the data collected from students. The platform helps students overcome obstacles that would otherwise be a deterrent from realizing their full potential and makes private tutoring scalable and usable by anyone thus enabling more democratic access to quality education.

Finally, a special mention went to Aindo Synthetic Data Chain, a spin off of the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste. Its data platform clones sensitive real data into synthetic data through the use of AI and machine learning technologies (INTUITE.AI), allowing data to be shared and used for statistical purposes without revealing any sensitive information..

To read more about all ten of the 2022 UniCredit Start Lab finalists in the Digital category, please click here.