translated from Spanish: Entrepreneurs who solve problems of dependency, disability and housing were rewarded with up to $25 million

On Thursday May 16th the official ceremony of Prem was held Iación of the fund entrepreneurial talent Caja Los Andes-Key 2 which awarded 12 projects that address problems of dependency, disability and housing of the most vulnerable groups in the country. In this way it closed a cycle that began in December 2018 and in which they postulated 596 entrepreneurs.
The event was attended by the Senior Advisor of the Ministry of Social Development, Jacqueline Plass; The President of the Chilean Chamber of Construction, Patricio Donoso; Caja Los Andes general manager, Nelson Rojas; And the director of Socialab, Julián Ugarte, among other guests.
Nelson Rojas, general manager of Caja Los Andes said that they were happy because “solutions are being given to two problematic country-based commitments in the field of social housing and caregivers of people who are disabled and That belong to the most vulnerable 40% in the country. ”
The jury that assessed the projects was composed by Paola Luksic, president of Fundación Mustakis; Soledad Ovando, executive director of ASECH; Javier Urrutia, executive Director of channel 13; Sandra Guazzotti, general Manager, Oracle; Matías Rojas, general manager of Socialab; and José Manuel Correa, executive director of Endeavor Chile.
First places
The great winners of the day received 25 million pesos to execute their stage of “expansion, in addition to internships at the Singularity University in Silicon Valley for two members of the team; And three other major winners are early-stage projects, and they won the “Consolidation” award, receiving $10 million each.
In the expansion category, three projects took $25 million, including: Gold centers, Maryela Meza and Manuel Cofré’s, which seeks to extend to other cities (including RM) The active rehabilitation project of the elderly, which works in Talca and San Javier . In this establishment they perform physical and cognitive rehabilitation of elderly patients who suffer immobility and pain.
Another of the winning ventures was Smart Dock, by Eduardo Matamoros and Francisco Martínez, which poses a backup solution for the electrodependents, who are at great risk of life before a light outage. They offer an electric backup system developed by Antü Energy based on lithium batteries and has notable advantages: it does not emit noises or annoying gases (so it can be used within houses or departments), automatic response to cuts, and monitoring of Remote use.
The third big winner of $25 million was the consolidate project, by Soledad Squella and Gabriel Lagos, which offers a comprehensive service to solve the problem of housing deficit in families who currently live in a condition of closeness. The proposal points to the “scaling up of small condominiums” through a platform of territorial geointelligence, which obtains demand and systematizes all processes; This is expected to double the number of beneficiary families annually and dynamize the market.
Among the projects that won the “consolidation” stage and received $10 million, are: Top In, by Jose Martin Jorquera Reyes, Fiorensa Caresio and Sebastian Pineda, this is a low cost insulin syringe dispenser for people with diabetes blindness. These people have difficulty in accurately removing insulin because of their low visibility, which generates insecurity and fear of poor insulin medication.
Another winner of “consolidation” is Piromax, by Carla Ortega Sazo and Felipe Ortega Sazo, who presented a mineral-based device that is inserted in slow-burning stoves and stoves that reduces pollutant emissions by 13% and saves 25% of fuel . Its principle is a mixture of minerals that react to contact with heat and improve oxygen from combustion, reduces smoke, particulate matter and saves firewood in slow-burning stoves and chimneys.
It also received $10 million the entrepreneurship of Pablo Valencia Guerra. It is a Selector, a proposal of a smart dustbin that automatically separates the waste it receives. It is designed for various spaces such as: squares, schools, and even for use in communities such as condominiums, towns and camps. The idea is to improve the optimization of resources when performing a process of recycling in situ.
Other winners
During the day, another 3 ventures were awarded for the “expansion” stage with $15 million each and internships at the Singularity University in Silicon Valley for two members of the team. Among them Mimulti, of Carolina and Carlos Chávez, which is the first orthosis factory in Chile and presents its multiglove product that generates the hand grip, carrying out more than 30 daily activities; Ecosustainable neighborhood-by Francisco López, Javiera De la Barra, José Luis Caamaño González and Romina Rubio-a digital platform with free access to industrialized prototypes of sustainable economic housing; And finally, duck on Wheels-a company of Patricio Bravo, Elizabeth Ayala and Eladio Recabarren-which delivers an innovative service of repair and maintenance of wheelchairs, improving the autonomous development of the people.
Another three project winners of $5 million for “consolidation” were Santiago Ala surfing, which enables surfing so that people with disabilities from all over the world can surf autonomously; No freeze, a support device for the gait of people with Parkinson’s that allows to easily overcome episodes of freezing; and Manua Crane, which allows a safe, light and easy Transfer for people with disabilities and older adults.
“It is once again evident that in Chile there are more solutions than problems. It is necessary that large institutions, which are not characterized by innovating day by day, open their problems for others to solve, undertake and create shared value, “says Julián Ugarte, founder of Socialab.
After the awards ceremony, Socialab’s mentoring activities are initiated, which consist of support for the winning entrepreneurs, through people who will fulfil the role given their trajectory and experience and be chosen among collaborators of the organization, part of the team of Socialab and pensioners affiliated to Caja Los Andes.

Original source in Spanish

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