Pitch, Investors & Spotlights · Startup night in Rome

A live pitch evening at the Zest hub by Termini: four startups each present on stage for five minutes to a room of investors and founders, then take questions and direct feedback from a named panel. The panel is Paolo Angelucci, CEO of AFP Capital and business angel, Luca Barboni, growth advisor and author, Pablo Docimo, CEO of 20V and early-stage investor, and Gianluca Comandini, entrepreneur and professor. The pitches are filmed and the recordings go to the presenting startups. After the pitches the mics go off and an aperitivo opens informal networking. Run by Silicon Startup, who run the same format in Milan. The evening is in Italian. Why go: a real panel giving real feedback in public, which is rarer in Rome than the number of pitch nights suggests. Go to test a first-round pitch on a live audience, or to see what is actually moving at Rome's early stage without needing an invitation.