Startup AR Inovações is the winner of Match Connect Saúde

With a solution for monitoring air and water quality in environments such as hospitals and clinics, the startup AR Inovações Tecnológicas, from Palmas, Tocantins, was the winner of Match Connect Saúde, a program conducted by CPQD, Bosch and Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic with the support of Baita Accelerator. Five startups, which participated in the pre-acceleration phase of the program, presented their minimum viable product (MVP) projects to the evaluation committee, which chose the winning solution.

“More than the final result, it is important to emphasize that it was a very rich journey for everyone involved in this initiative”, says Maurício Casotti, manager of Business Development in Smart Cities and Health 4.0 at CPQD. “The feedback from startups that the program opened some doors, helped to improve their business models or their vision of the market, for example, was an award for us, partners in Match Connect Saúde”, he adds.

Created with the objective of stimulating the development of innovative solutions for real problems in the health area, the program was divided into stages and relied on technological resources provided by CPQD and Bosch, in addition to technical mentoring sessions, with health specialists from the Faculty São Leopoldo Mandic, and business, with Baita Acceleradora. In the pre-acceleration phase, the MVPs developed by the five startups were tested and validated in a real external environment, provided by São Leopoldo Mandic.

“It was an exceptional program for us startups, who had the opportunity to work together with the Bosch engineering area, the CPQD staff, receive mentorship from Baita and even test the MVP in a real physical space”, emphasizes Alex Martins , founder and technical manager of AR Technological Innovations. In his presentation to the evaluation committee, he recalled that poor water or air quality is one of the factors responsible for the cases of nosocomial infection that affect many of the hospitalizations in the country.

AR Inovações Tecnológicas' solution meets one of the recommendations of the World Health Organization to face this challenge: the monitoring of air and water quality, through an application of Internet das Coisas (IoT)🇧🇷 The technologies used for this were an NB-IoT board and the open platform dojot, developed by CPQD and used in the analysis and processing of information. According to Martins, the MVP was tested in a dental environment, monitoring data in temreal po in two units of Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic located in Brasília and Curitiba. The startup's next step is to integrate the Artificial Intelligence platform (PlatIA), also developed by CPQD, into the solution.

The other startups that participated in the pre-acceleration phase of Match Connect Saúde were GeneS, Salutho, Siklee and wconnect. These were the proposals presented at the Demo Day held on June 7:

• GeneS – Project G-Mask, a mask based on nanotechnology with UV protection and 99% efficiency against infections

• Salutho – Mobile platform for electronic medical records, medication delivery and medical assistance

• Siklee – Medical certificate management platform for companies, using PlatIA in the analysis of predictive models and employee absenteeism patterns

• wconnect – Mobile application connected to wearable devices for monitoring heart rate, sleep quality, among other data, with the possibility of integration with Simples ID, a digital health card based on blockchain, and data sharing with the physician.

The winning startup of Match Connect Saúde will have technological resources at its disposal – such as CPQD’s AIoT (AI and IoT) platform – to continue the evolution of its MVP and will also be evaluated for entry into the Hub Mandic acceleration program.

About CPQD

With a focus on innovation in information and communication technologies, CPQD maintains a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that are used in the most diverse market segments, in Brazil and abroad, and accelerate the generation of value in the digital transformation process, contributing to excellence organizations, transforming user experience, reinventing business models, security and compliance, and creating new products. Technological reference in the country, CPQD is part of ecossistemthat of open innovation that has been leveraging entrepreneurship, through its notorious competence in Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Connectivity, Blockchain and Electric Mobility. CPQD is a 45-year-old private organization that delivers services and develops product and system technologies.temmission-critical ones that adhere to the complex needs of the market. These are the results of its R,D&I program, which is the basis for innovation in its temstrategic ones in the future of smart cities, smart agribusiness and advanced manufacturing. CPQD operates throughout the innovation journey – from idea to implementation – and is passionate about technology that generates development, progress and promotes the well-being of society.

About Bosch

With more than 65 years of history with Brazil, the Bosch Group currently employs around 8.200 employees in the country and recorded, in 2020, a net income of R$ 5,1 billion with the offer of products and services for the sectors Solutions for Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods and Energy and Building Technology. The group's operations in Latin America employ around 9.800 employees who have contributed to generating revenues of 6,9 billion reais, including exports and sales by affiliated companies. For more information: www.bosch.com.br, www.bosch-press.com.br,

The Bosch Group is a world-leading provider of technology and services. The company employs more than 395 people worldwide (as of 31.12.2020/71,5/2020). The company generated sales of €440 billion in 60. The Group's operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods & Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes and cities, connected mobility and industry. The company pursues sustainable, safe and exciting mobility and uses its expertise in sensors, software and services, as well as its own IoT cloud to offer its connected consumers multiple solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group's strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life with products and solutions that contain artificial intelligence (AI) or that were developed or manufactured using AI. In doing so, Bosch improves the quality of life around the world with innovative products and services designed to fascinate and thus creates “Technology for Life”. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and around 400 subsidiaries and regional companies present in approximately 2020 countries. Including sales and service representatives, Bosch's global production, engineering and sales network spans nearly every country in the world. With more than 73.000 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 129. The basis for the organization's future growth is its innovative strength. Bosch employs 34 research and development people at XNUMX locations worldwide, as well as around XNUMX software engineers. More information:  www.bosch.com, www.iot.bosch.com, www.bosch-press.com, www.twitter.com/BoschPresse

About HUB Mandic

Hub Mandic is a health innovation cell, with the purpose of connecting and developing startups in the health area (healthtechs) with EcossistemMandic, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within and outside its community.

As a member of the Group, Hub Mandic has one of the largest and most modern ecosystemstemhealth in Brazil. Its two physical units are located inside Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic – considered one of the best teaching institutions in the country – in Campinas and Araras, in the State of São Paulo. These units work on the fronts of support for Startups, Research, Incentive to Entrepreneurship and Content.

The Startup Growth Lab Program is one of Hub Mandic's main programs, which consists of developing, with 4 hands, robust business theses for startups in the health area, using a personalized methodology and a flexible process.