Sweden-based tech consulting company tretton37 has selected ten startups for its Startup Boost initiative.
The company made the announcement via an article published on its website.
“Our initiative Startup Boost is now officially up and running. There were many fantastic causes and organisations – the selection process was not an easy one – but we are proud to have selected the 10 startups we will be supporting during 2024.” it said.
Tretton37 picked 10 out of almost 50 applicants.
5 of the chosen startups are African while the other 5 covers Europe and Asia.
They will be provided free support in areas such as programming, design, and strategy.
Expressing his excitement about the selection, Deniz Yildirim, CEO of tretton37 said;
“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”.
Tretton37 selected the ten companies that are believed to have the greatest potential for social and environmental impact.
The startups operate in a spread of areas, including environment, education, legal, e-commerce, mental health, and healthcare.
Five of the companies are based in Africa, four in Europe, and one in Asia.
Half of them have female founders or co-founders.
How will it work?
tretton37 and the startups will make a more detailed plan to outline their needs and how tretton37 can support them
Skills that the companies have requested range from mobile/web development, product management, UX design, AI expertise, DevOps, cloud engineering, and more..
According to the website post, all ten startups will not be picked up at once. The process will be spread over the first half of 2024..
The order will be determined by the skill sets available and the skills required to meet the needs of the startups.
“We aim to have completed the scope for all 10 startups by the summer. ‘The post read.
Startup Boost is an initiative introduced in the latter part of 2023 .
The initiative offers pro bono help for startups that are looking to make an impact and challenge the world.
The Five African startups selected:
Iko Africa (Nigeria)
Enabling African literacy by offering local authors a place to publish their work and encourage readers to read local literature.
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.
Iguru Therapies (Uganda)
Providing easy and fast access to speech therapist services.
Zupoto (Ghana)
A platform that enables easy, fast, and affordable access to legal help for tech startups and individuals.
The other five startups are;
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.
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.
