Montepio Acredita Portugal competition gala
The winners of the 10th edition of the Montepio Acredita Portugal Contest are announced today, among more than 10 thousand applications received. The competition includes projects in the areas of social entrepreneurship, mobility, sustainability, technology, innovation, product and education.
It is today that the winning projects of the 10th edition of the Contest - selected from 10.640 ideas, promoted by Acredita Portugal and Banco Montepio - will be known. The Gala Montepio Acredita Portugal competitionThe event starts at 17:30 and can be followed at https://mapvirtualweek.pt/Inês dos Santos Costa, Secretary of State for the Environment, will be present at the opening.
The relevance of the Contest is justified by Fernando Fraga, Director of Innovation at Acredita Portugal, since "There are changes that force us to rethink the models of organizations and adapt business to the situation we are experiencing. Acredita Portugal's experience in supporting entrepreneurs allows us to make this contest a platform to help everyone with a valid idea to realize it in this context of increased challenges. The purpose is to have an objective impact on how these projects can be developed, reach the market and become viable businesses with a contribution to the area of activity in which they are inserted and to the community in general. We believe that by combining our experience with the right partners, we can achieve this ambitious goal."
At the Montepio Acredita Portugal Competition Gala, the award categories reflect the comprehensive nature of the initiative, which aims to be a space for empowering entrepreneurship. The following finalists are competing:
Social Entrepreneurship category, sponsored by Banco Montepio
Stop Bullying - The concept of bullying is introduced to pre-school children through the Marcolina Stork. With a book and a board game, positive methods and behaviors are developed in children as young as 3 years old to prevent and combat the disease. bullying, based on fun activities and challenges.
Ruralize - Project that creates a link between the city and the countryside and thereby promotes a more sustainable lifestyle healthier and more balanced without requiring a radical change of lifestyle. The end product is the acquisition of a property at low cost and without bureaucracy: a rustic plot rehabilitated, equipped and ready to use.
Reflora Initiative - Platform that responds to climate urgency based on reforestation projects and the issuance of carbon credits. These are made available on the platform for entities seeking instruments that do not require immediate restructuring of the business model to achieve carbon neutrality.
Brisa Mobility 2020 category
BipBip - Intelligent and free customer acquisition platform, which knows at all times which empty trucks, routes and their location. This way there is a matching between the customer's request and the nearest empty truck traveling that route. This allows for fast and affordable offers for the customer, making fleets more profitable for hauliers. BIPBIP 24/7 environmentally friendly.
bam-bu bicycles - Bamboo bicycle brand, with the mission to inspire epic journeys and unique experiences, promoting well-being and sustainable mobility in Portugal. The bikes are built with sustainable materials, the frame being entirely made of bamboo, reducing the carbon footprint.
Smart Traffic - It operates intelligent traffic lights, making traffic a safer and more dynamic place. Through image capture and processing based on artificial intelligence, it is possible to efficiently define the opening and closing of lanes, as well as predict flow events.
K.Tech Category
Dime - Project that aims to transform the sports talent market. It is the social network that reinvents the way players showcase their characteristics digitally - through video moments - using artificial intelligence to balance the demand and supply of talent, on a global scale.
UaiNot - Subscription service that gives access to a platform with thousands of partner offers in a 2-for-1 format, thus translating into a guide to lifestyle where users discover new places and experiences to share, while spending less money.
ConduMeet - Digital platform that aims to "uncomplicate" the management and monitoring of the condominium(s) through the collaboration of neighbors, bringing them together around something common, to unite those who the walls separate.
Category H2O innovation by Águas de Gaia
SCEMAI - It seeks to maximize the performance of energy consumption and fault monitoring through artificial intelligence models and data analysis, allowing the optimization of production.
Modular Drainage Paving - It meets seven UN sustainable development goals, restores permeability to the soil, reduces expenditure on stormwater treatment, allows architectural flexibility and improves the micro-environment.
More Water / RacionaLUSO - Collection, treatment and reuse of water and energy.
General Category | Innovation
ECART - Technical aids project to support the elderly and people with reduced mobility, through an innovative product.
Unit Layer - Project that aims to study the effect of microgravity on human genome and cancer cells, using aerospace vehicles, in order to analyze the conditions and changes in them in favor of a therapeutic alternative for a prevalent and lethal pathology such as cancer.
Mized - Customized combat sports protections, i.e. customizable at the level of the design and size (made to measure). The aim is to include more women in the world of combat sports, and help them with their performance and protection through this product.
ChargeSurfing - Private network for charging electric vehicles. Card-free, international, compatible with all brands of chargers and vehicles. Anyone with the right location anywhere in the world can join the network and become a charger. host for electric mobility by supporting the energy transition and making the respective space profitable.
General Category | Product
4bites - Miscellaneous subscription service snacks really healthy, customized to the customer's universe and delivered where they need it most. How? By pointing out preferences and flavours, the AI algorithm personalizes the experience, Bites are received in recurrence, the possibility of giving feedback and access the youniverse.
Cinderella Shoes - Store online dedicated exclusively to women's shoes sizes 32 to 35. A project designed to meet the needs of women who, because they have small feet, are limited to the models available in the children's sections. High heels were just an inaccessible dream displayed in a shop window. Cinderella Shoes makes dreams come true!
Furniture by the Square - It proposes a line of furniture, based on constructive simplicity and ease of disassembly and transportation, which can meet the needs of a clientele - "millennials" - who need to be prepared to migrate as a result of employment needs, without having to give up a home that can be characterized in their image.
General Category | Education
Growappy - Solution web e mobile 'which modernizes early childhood education by facilitating day-to-day life in schools, simplifying their management, communication with parents, recording and sharing daily routines and children's learning in an innovative and real-time way'.
Bantulang - Learning platform that shortens the Europe-Africa cultural distance, allowing Portuguese and English speakers to learn African languages and cultures of Bantu origin while enabling native speakers of these African languages to be content creators and/or tutors.
OnDrive - Driving education has not changed to this day. OnDrive is a digital educational platform, with interactive, intuitive and quality lessons, divided by topics and available 24/7, for the student to see them wherever, whenever and however they want. They will be able to guarantee their attendance and the topics where they have the most difficulties.
About Acredita Portugal
Acredita Portugal is a non-profit organization focused on the development and promotion of national entrepreneurship, which was born in 2008 by the hand of José Miguel Queimado. Since then, Acredita Portugal has worked by and for all Portuguese, regardless of their background or culture, allowing any citizen to have the opportunity to pursue their entrepreneurial dream. Each idea in competition is submitted free of charge, undergoing an evaluation and seeing its business plan developed. Winning projects are given the opportunity to develop strategic partnerships with a view to their implementation in the market. Additional information available at www.acreditaportugal.pt