Maria Silvia Pazzi – CEO & Founder – Regensteh Srl sb – Ravenna – 53 years old. Member of the board of directors of CNA Ravenna and a member of the Ravenna section of FIDAPA BPW Italy. Numerous accolades as one of the Unstoppable Women by StartUp Italia and, in 2022, among the contributors to the first Circular Manifesto for SMEs and artisanal businesses at the Chamber of Deputies.

JURY’S MOTIVATION: An innovator and sustainability entrepreneur in the fashion industry, one of the most polluting sectors globally. Her startup has developed a process to transform civil and industrial textile waste into a regenerated material that is reusable. Regenstech has obtained an international patent and filed a second patent application, attracting the attention of financial partners and family offices in the fashion industry.