tretton37, a Sweden-based tech consulting firm has selected 10 startups into ‘Startup Boost’, a global program for social impact startups, out of almost 50 applicants.
The chosen startups – of which five are African – will be provided free support in areas such as programming, design, and strategy. The five companies are based in Africa, four in Europe, and one in Asia. Half of them have female founders or co-founders. The startups operate in a spread of areas, including environment, education, legal, e-commerce, mental health, and healthcare.
According to Deniz Yildirim, CEO of tretton37, “Reading and hearing about these innovative startups is both humbling and inspiring. Many of these ideas have the ability to change lives – some can even save lives. We’re excited to support the ten startups that were chosen and together make a positive impact in the world.”
Next, tretton37 and the startups will make a more detailed plan to outline their needs and how tretton37 can support. Skills that the companies have requested range from mobile/web development, product management, UX design, AI expertise, DevOps, cloud engineering, and more.
Learn more about Startup Boost here.
The ten social impact startups selected:
Ahiyoyo (Benin)
A marketplace site with a focus on helping the un(der)employed making additional income by selling products in a safe way.
Aliments (Benin)
Online marketplace that aims to help local farmers sell and transport their crops to restaurants and other buyers, enabling a fair income and preventing food scarcity.
Datatera (Sweden)
Data analysis platform to help improve healthcare by shifting focus to patient satisfaction post-treatment.
EarthCare (Macedonia)
Enabling companies to make better decisions, and driving real change, based on environmental and climate data.
Ecocentric (United Arab Emirates)
Wants to replace all packaging of any food and other deliveries to reusable packaging.
Iguru Therapies (Uganda)
Providing easy and fast access to speech therapist services.
Iko Africa (Nigeria)
Enabling African literacy by offering local authors a place to publish their work and encourage readers to read local literature.
Plussa (Sweden)
An app that helps parents improve their mental health through exercises, coaches, and information.
Tablerone (Slovenia/UK)
Chrome extension, originally intended for computer users with ADHD, providing an all-in-one tab manager to save tabs, restore sessions, and organize bookmarks.
Zupoto (Ghana)
A platform that enables easy, fast, and affordable access to legal help for tech startups and individuals