Announced: Champions of Social Innovation in Europe Unveiled
Rebooting the City: Innovation at the Heart of Lisbon's Social Transformation
Meet the champions of Lisbon's innovative spirit: Growappy, Equivalence, and Usawa Care, each excelling in unique domains and promising to reshape the city landscape. Here's a closer look at these game-changing projects:
Empowering Education: Growappy
Tackling the Quality Education field, Growappy's vision is to minimize the administrative burden for educators and make seamless communication between schools and families a reality. They've already formed partnerships with 23 institutions, serving more than 6,500 users. During the pilot phase, Growappy helped educators save over 100 minutes daily on administrative tasks, with families using the platform for more than 40 interactions per week.
Bridging the Gap: Equivalence
Working on Migrant Integration, Equivalence offers a solution that taps into migrants' past experiences in various sectors like education, employment, and volunteering. The platform then matches these experiences to equivalent offerings in Portugal. Boasting over 170 subscribers and 12 strategic partners, Equivalence is all set to bring about positive change in the city.
Revolutionizing Healthcare: Usawa Care
Aiming to redefine Access to Healthcare, Usawa Care has developed an AI model that permits a single pediatrician to monitor numerous children safely. Using the platform, users enjoy unlimited access to a pediatrician, backed by a response time under 15 minutes. Collaborating with over 40 institutions, Usawa Care currently counts more than 600 users and processes around 10 consultations weekly.
Join Lisbon in ushering an innovation revolution that prioritizes social welfare, not just employment. Unicorn Factory's latest competition, Lisboa Innovation for All, has attracted attention from over 300 applicants across 40 countries, signaling a surge in international talent converging on Lisbon to create real and meaningful impact.
Get ready for regular meetings and updates, as each winning startup prepares to bring their innovative solutions to a real-world setting, collaborating with numerous institutions to expand their reach. As they present progress reports and receive continuous mentoring, keep your fingers crossed for these projects to shine and help Lisbon reach new heights.
- The science of AI, as employed by Usawa Care, is revolutionizing health-and-wellness in Portugal, enabling a single pediatrician to monitor numerous children safely, benefiting over 600 users.
- In the field of health-and-wellness, news abounds of Lisbon's Usawa Care, which is promising to reshape the city's landscape by redefining access to healthcare, powered by an AI model that offers unlimited access to a pediatrician.
