Chipsafer from Uruguay takes home $30,000 IDB prize
Chipsafer allows farmers to track and detect early anomalies in cattle behavior in real time.
Here is a list of the other participants:
Technology Innovation with biggest impact:
Sokotext (Colombia) - Allows micro businesses to create virtual groups via cell phones to purchase and sell at wholesale prices.
Livox (Brasil) - Is an app for tablets that facilitates communcation.
Most creative startup:
plataforma saude (Brasil) - A social impact platform that allows users to monitor 15 of the most common chronic sicknesses (non contagious) with results in about 20 minutes
Best presentation:
Acámica (Argentina) - A learning platform that gives students not only traditional education but also what they will need in the future to obtain a job.
Best possibilities for expansion:
Digital Partners (Guatemala) - Games that preserve cultural sites and promotes financial literacy
Criptext (Panamá) - Secured email service for large companies.
Performance with a Purpose:
Acuacare (Colombia) - Creator of low cost housing for rural areas that include water treatment that use worms to clean the water.
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