Program promotes entrepreneurship focused on solving social and environmental problems
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) selected 20 new businesses for the Creation stage of the program BNDES Garage – Impact Business. The initiative, in partnership with the AWL consortium (Artemisia, Wayra and Liga Ventures), aims to contribute to the creation and acceleration of solutions for social and/or environmental impact , stimulating entrepreneurship and helping to develop businesses with a positive return for society and the market.
In all, 45 startups will participate in the first cycle of the program. In addition to the 20 startups in the Creation stage, on September 27th, another 25 were announced for the Traction stage. Of the total of 1366 enterprises that signed up for the BNDES Garagem – Impact Business program, 766 are in the Creation stage.
For the director of Participations, Capital Markets and Indirect Credit at BNDES, Bruno Laskowsky, the program has fulfilled its purpose with excellence and is one of the institution's initiatives focused on social and environmental impact. “Investing in programs like this reinforces the BNDES' commitment to developing the Entrepreneurship ecosystem and the importance of the socio-environmental agenda in the country”, he assesses.
The 20 projects that will be accelerated at this stage of creation seek to create or improve a minimum viable product (MVP) and develop solutions for social, environmental and productivity challenges”, he says. “It is important to highlight that half of those selected are from the North, Northeast and Midwest regions of Brazil and that there is a relevant participation of women entrepreneurs. We believe that this diversity will bring gains to the ecosystem of innovation and impact, in addition to contributing positively to the lives of Brazilians”, concludes Laskowsky.
The selected businesses will receive all the necessary support to develop the MVP, validate the solution in the market, launch the startup and win the first customers. For three months, the selected startups will receive support from the BNDES, the AWL Consortium and market partners, both to stimulate their growth, as well as for possible business and investments.
“The Creation stage was designed for those who are beginning to undertake with impact and need support in their first steps. Our objective is to give great visibility to participating startups, with the possibility of connections with potential partners, clients and investors”, explains Felipe Alves, Selection Leader of the AWL Consortium.
BNDES Garagem – Negócios de Impacto offers support from specialists in startup acceleration and access to content on innovation, entrepreneurship and social impact, in addition to a network of highly qualified mentors. Participants will also have free or subsidized services and connection with potential public and private partners. Entrepreneurs become part of a network of accelerated vehicles that rely on the methodology and support of three renowned institutions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem (Artemisia, Wayra and Liga), and also receive the BNDES seal. At the end of the program, there will be a prize of R﹩20,000 for the startup indicated as the standout.
Check out the complete list of selected startups below:
ALTAMAX
The startup provides solutions to reduce electricity costs, increase energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She created the Ecoline® product, which through IoT technology (Internet of Things) and an online 100% system, is capable of measuring, processing and analyzing energy data (water, temperature, pressure, humidity and gas), delivering data consistent and secure, in real time, in addition to consumption projections and potential savings analyses.
Apoena
Company that operates in the agribusiness and trade in vegetable oils, cassava flour and Amazonian fruits. Located in Tefé, in the heart of Amazonas, its mission is to value traditional populations by developing processes that add value to the region's products.
Catálise is a participatory design startup focused on public policies and social impact businesses. It uses a chatbot and automates the collection of citizen data while making diagnostics, citizen engagement and policy monitoring much more agile.
Company formed by professionals in the fields of psychology, education, computer science and linguistics, which provides services to people with intellectual disabilities based on a historical-cultural analysis. Through the technological tool COGNOX offers psychopedagogical opinions to identify the person's cognitive “gaps”, in addition to sending pedagogical activities appropriate to their stage of intellectual development and evaluating advances.
The company developed Maria da Penha Virtual, a web application that seeks to facilitate the access of women in situations of domestic violence to justice and expand their protection. All of this is done by automating the urgent protective measure request and sending it directly to the court.
Digital platform to train and develop educational managers, and teachers, in the implementation of the Programa Educação Conectada (MEC). The application's functionalities will be aimed at overcoming three main challenges: engagement of the educational ecosystem in municipalities; human, technical and methodological development of professionals; and decision-making based on data and evidence.
It offers a complete tool for managing and controlling diabetes, connecting doctors and patients through a treatment management system with personalized features for each user.
The startup's mission is to reduce the mortality rate of children with cancer through technology. Therefore, it developed an entire system in wearable (device), in addition to applications and a dashboard, which monitor the child's vital signs every 5 minutes, allowing it to be taken quickly to a hospital, preventing a more critical condition from occurring due to a complication.
Created in 2017 with the proposal to build educational formations based on collaborative approaches and active methodologies, it contributes to formal and non-formal educational spaces so that, based on listening and empathy, action plans are created that enable an innovation of processes pedagogical and formative.
It intermediates investments in tree planting by family farmers, enabling the restoration of ecosystems in the Amazon through environmental recovery and implementation of low-carbon production systems. It stimulates the agroecological production of food and products from the Amazonian bioeconomy, providing the maintenance of important ecosystem services.
Based on a network of suppliers and process optimization, it seeks to promote quality food at an affordable cost through the sale of vegan and vegetarian lunchboxes. As a result, it contributes to a meat-free diet, avoiding the emission of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. At the same time, it generates extra income for women in socioeconomic vulnerability.
organia
The company connects local organic food farmers to city consumers. In this exchange process, it encourages a sustainable agriculture of food without pesticides, in addition to remunerating farmers at a fair price and facilitating access to healthy food produced locally.
A training school for restless young people, the solution seeks to develop soft and hard skills through a digital platform with gamified learning paths. Aimed at schools that wish to offer innovative education and also companies that aim to train their young apprentices, interns or their employees' children for the demands of the 21st century.
The application streamlines the search and dissemination of medical shifts, enhancing access to vacancies in public health units. Through technology, it helps to reduce bureaucracy, make it safer and simplify the process of providing medical services in public units.
The company created an artificial soil with high water retention capacity, which is used independently from conventional soils, being able to minimize the use of water resources for the production of small and medium-sized plants and edible mushrooms. In practice, a kind of hydrogel gradually provides water and nutrients to plant roots.
The startup helps therapists specialized in pediatric rehabilitation to train their patients' motor and cognitive skills, in a playful and customizable way, promoting autonomy and improving people's quality of life.
Trace and Act Reforms and Constructions
The company offers technical assistance for housing renovations, developing projects and guiding the purchase of material, execution and hiring of labor. Thus, it directly impacts the quality of life of the assisted families, whether through health promotion, inclusion and empowerment of its members through decent housing. In addition to generating the same impact at the community scale through income generation.
UrbanMap
Geospatial platform that contributes to a greater understanding of the territory's vulnerabilities with mapping and prediction of events – criminal or not – and indication of resource allocation, using machine learning techniques (machine learning, English translation). The solution is premised on mitigating negative social impact, relying on the application of resources more efficiently.
See-the-Fruit
The startup transforms açaí seeds into new products based on the circular economy. The stone that would be discarded is used in the production of cosmetic, food and decorative products, adding value to what would otherwise be waste.
you
The startup created a 'skills acquired over time' marketplace. Aiming to solve the needs of people in the home office, VoVs connects customers interested in products (like that grandma's cake) with the 60+ audience. This activity guarantees the generation of extra income and the practice of skills that keep the body and mind healthy, minimizing the loneliness felt by many elderly people.
