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Brazilian Market
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What does the Brazilian market look like? Which sectors are growing? Get insights here!
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What does the Brazilian market look like? Which sectors are growing? Get insights here!
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Innosuisse Internationalization Program
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Learn more about the Innosuisse Internationalization Program for Swiss startups wishing to expand their activities in Brazil!
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Academia Industry Program
Brazilian and Swiss researchers transforming their researches into market innovations.
The Academia Industry Program (AIT) helps Brazilian and Swiss researchers transforming their researches into market innovations. The AIT is an initiative that fosters cooperation in research, innovation and internationalization between Switzerland and Brazil. The first edition of the AIT was held in 2014 and it has happened every year since, supporting over 100 entrepreneurs over eight editions.
Startup Alumni
Complete and compact platform for the treatment of diabetes.
A noninvasive method to identify successful decellularization process
Individual therapeutic anti-tumor vaccines as adjuvant therapy in Veterinary cancer treatments with potential application to treat human cancer
Innovative product that can be used to replace bones
IT solution to support power grid operators in planning new transmission lines and to improve the interaction with authorities and communities.
Hydrogen-related solutions provider for academic and industrial applications
Air traffic control systems for drone professionals, flight awareness, and automatic collision avoidance.
Technology that allows continuous filtering-out of iron magnetic particles from various solid foods in dry powder form, such as coffee.
TeD allows general practitioners and dermatologists to take standardized skin grafts to harvest cells for tissue-engineered products.
Instant Copper creates antibacterial surfaces
Delivery of human asparaginase with lower allergic reactions and toxic effects, achieving a breakthrough milestone in the cancer treatment.
Pharmaceutical to treat leukemia: new generation asparaginase, based in rational design and nanotechnology
Cell therapy for people with heart problems by producing real human heart cells in the lab to be injected to their heart and improve its function
high-performance inputs and ingredients for the cosmetics industry using nanotechnology
Light curing device for composite resins applied in dental restorations able to improve the quality, longevity and stability of the restoration
TechPain is the revolution of chronic joint pain treatment in arthritis through a non-invasive and self-controlled nanodrug delivery system
Solution for disinfection
Augmented Reality (AR) coloured head cap for on-site medical visualization by depicting the brain shape and functional areas along with an Android app, which in turn shows the 3D virtual brain for training and neuronavigation.
IoT monitoring of soil and crops spatial variation, generating agronomic prescription at variable rates to reduce costs per hectare
Project that combines traffic accident and crowd sourced driving data to help prevent incidents at dangerous locations
Investimentos Verdes investments for everyone, at the touch of your fingertips
Use of AI in the Identification of neglected tropical diseases with x-ray and blood test images analysis
Innovative product to reduce food waste by preventing development of fungal pathogens on fruits and vegetables
Malaria diagnostic enabling eradication campaigns by allowing population screening and detection of asymptomatic carriers with low infections
Cement-free concrete technology transforming excavation materials and construction waste into sustainable concrete
Insulation technology transforming abandoned mineral waste into high- performance insulation foams complying with the recent health and environmental regulations
Technology able to extract all the value from plants, opening the possibility for sustainable valorization of plants wastes to high value chemicals
Machine Learning technologies to generate deep knowledge about mobility behaviour
Wealthinitiative is a dedicated digital tool for top tier wealth management institutions nurturing their clients' real assets
High tech solutions to tackle the problem of low success rates in In Vitro Fertilization
Home security system that brings the super effective fog technology to the masses
New approaches in biotechnology and food science to produce real milk products without cows
decentriq enables companies to do analytics on sensitive data without breaching any privacy
Non-invasive test for pregnant women to diagnose a risk of preterm birth whenever and wherever they want
Personalized genomic and artificial intelligence solutions to improve animal health, welfare, and the quality and safety of milk
Smart and portable device to facilitate screening chronic diseases by means of a breathalyzer test
Cell therapy and stem cell derived products for veterinary medicine, recovering movements and improving quality of life
Harvesting the power of data for reliable, sustainable and smart energy systems
Nanotechnology applied to pest biological management
Low-cost, noninvasive, rapid and highly effective treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and hard to heal wounds using photobiomodulation
Biopatch loaded with stem cells, for surgical applications such as tumor resection, aiming the replacement of the removed area through a single implant surgery
Bio-prospection enterprise that uses high-throughput and target-specific fungal isolation process to offer custom solutions for biological control market
Platform that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and remote sensing technologies to help companies in forest health monitoring
Innovative bioactive dressing, made of bacterial cellulose associated with an active enzyme (papain), capable of removing unhealthy tissue, promoting wound healing in a significantly shorter time.
First-ever humanized 3D obese adipose tissue construct for obesity and metabolic syndrome drug screening
Natural Bone creates new hydrogel based on natural tripolymers for bone bioengineering
Transforming industrial waste into high performance water filters that allow for safe water supply
Computer vision based on artificial intelligence (AI) to beef carcass evaluation at Slaughterhouse 4.0
Biofertilizers to increase agricultural productivity and food quality with an innovative and sustainable approach
Augmented Reality Technology that tests the functional and cognitive aptitude of a patient, via a self-learning (ML) algorithm
Unique, patent pending, digital sensory technology to evaluate flavor, texture, aroma and mouthfeel simultaneously using regular consumers.
Intelligent systems company focused on the application of state-of-the-art sensors, microelectronics, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence algorithms in the agricultural field
University-based project at the UFRGS aims to provide innovative and effective biomaterials to dentists and healthcare professionals. They have developed a novel niobium-containing bioactive glasses composition as a material that enhances bone growth for the reestablishment of bone tissue in the mouth, allowing rehabilitation in patients with lost teeth. They aim to provide accessible treatments for repairing smiles with bone regeneration ability and easy production.
A dedicated interactive livestreaming platform which University Career Services offer to their partner companies as a new way to engage with students.
Smart Sensor using the combination of acoustic detection and machine description incl. learning to allow detection, localization and classification of specific sounds product/service in any type of environment
The company developed a simulator, has the capability to replicate patient-specific micro anatomies on the micro-level scale and with highly precise details.
Veezoo is a powerful data analytics solution powered by a highly configurable industry-leading AI data backend and an easy-to-use chat interface. Ask questions in plain English and get answers in seconds through meaningful data visualizations. Veezoo replaces traditionally inefficient drag-and-drop analytics with an intuitive, conversational interface so that anyone can discover actionable insights in seconds - no coding required!
Using blockchain, NFC, and NFT technology, CollectID ensures that each product has its digital ID and uniqueness. CollectID’s technology stops counterfeiting, protects brands, retailers, and consumers’ confidence, and creates a new secure resale market. CollectID’s secure product authenticity ecosystem comprises much more, including brand engagement and community building.
A Swiss deep tech company offering an all-in-one platform managing quality and quantitative information ranging from pdfs and emails to profit margins and growth metrics. Easy to use and to connect with existing software, customer reports, and ERP systems. The platform’s cutting-edge machine-learning techniques enable supply chain optimization and a solid basis for data-driven decision-making.
Diaxxo develops the next generation of fast and affordable PCR devices for research and diagnostic purposes. The patent-pending technology could revolutionize the way point-of-care molecular diagnostics are performed.
Software for building perfect digital maps which you can customize, integrate or redistribute with your products. Easy to use maps - mainly offline, documentation, code samples, and developer tools for web & mobile
WECHEER offers FMCG brands the only loyalty program that allows them to directly engage with their consumers at the moment of purchase.
Inergio is developing a miniaturized fuel cell system based on SOFC technology. The system is perfect for providing electricity in remote places thanks to its miniaturized size. This system's advantage is the possibility of using various types of commercially available fuels (propane, methane, bio-ethanol) in addition to the classic hydrogen.
UniSieve offers containerized separation solutions that clients need to purify chemicals or capture CO2 efficiently. Compared to state-of-the-art, the UniSieve solution is up to 90% more energy efficient, enabling significant cost and emission reduction.
Daphne Technology has developed a patented breakthrough after-treatment exhaust gas cleaning technology based on plasma catalysis. The heart of innovation is an Electron Chamber and Wavelet Pulsed Package (WPP) power supply. High-energy electrons are generated in the Electron Chamber via electrical excitation from the WPP and are used as reagents to break down pollutant atoms in the exhaust flow.
Groam Tech's vision is to produce foamed biomaterials with equivalent performance and competitive prices as today's conventional foams based on petrochemicals like polystyrene and polyurethane. It has proprietary bio-based and biodegradable materials that are being foamed with standard industrial machinery as well as with novel foaming technology
Upgrain offers unique plant-based solutions for the food industry. They developed a highly innovative upcycling process to mechanically extract proteins and dietary fibers from Brewers Spend Grain efficiently and sustainably. Upgrain has developed various recipes with their barley powders to showcase healthy, nutritious, and high-quality plant-based protein applications such as Pasta, minced meat, baked goods, and snacks.
AI Enriched, Wideband Active Noise Cancellation for Consumer Electronics and Automotive Industries. Their AI-Enriched Active Noise Cancellation is a High Performance embedded software that can minimize the noise in Hearables (Headphones, TWS & Hearing protection/ hearing aids) and Transportation (Cars, Airplanes, trains).
Mission to overcome the major clinical problems of erectile dysfunction (ED) in spinal cord injury and post-prostatectomy patients (non-responders to oral drugs). Its innovation lies in neuroprosthetics principles and will offer a unique and superior treatment for ED through safe and effective medical devices.
Through computer vision and artificial intelligence, provides test correction from a simple photo. The technology could help reduce the correction workload, transferring the teacher's focus to an individual approach and providing relevant insights to improve the student's education.
Cost-effective onsite renewable Fuel (Hydrogen), Electricity and Heat production and storage systems