GLOBAL • TECH

Leveraging Science and Tech for Impact

Tech4Impact at EPFL is Switzerland’s help on building a bridge between innovation projects and the most pressing environmental and societal challenges of nowadays.

GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER

Insights on tech sector development and SDG initiatives in Africa

ITC has partnered with Seedstars to launch ecosystem-building events for tech startups in Africa, meaning startups that have technology at the core of their businesses.

AFRICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Why Bridging The Financial Inclusion Gap Includes Education On Financial Literacy

QuickCheck not only bridges the financial inclusion gap but also educates people about financial instruments and the risks related to loans and overindebtedness as financial literacy isn’t part of the curriculum in many countries.

GLOBAL • AGRICULTURE

Improving Efficiency and Sustainability of Farming Businesses Through Digital Solutions

Gamaya leverages the agronomy and crop knowledge of our partners and uses remote sensing technology to reach scalability.

GLOBAL • WATER & SANITATION

Water Preservation As Means To Living In A More Sustainable Way

An idea born when Ramzi had to prepare his child’s bottle at 3 in the morning that changed it all and set off a passion to improve global water management.

GLOBAL • AGRICULTURE

How Blockchain Can Help To Create Sustainable And Transparent Supply Chains

Pierre-Yves Bridel and Peter Gustavsson went on to create OriginFood in 2018, a startup that develops solutions for tracking, tracing and certifying food products, based on blockchain technology.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

How Learning From Every Single Person You Meet Can Change Your Life

We spoke with Hossam Taher, CEO of Orcas, an app that helps learners in K-12 discover the best tutors in their area.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE

Parenting Made Easy With Pregnancy and Child Health Management App Nurturey | Tushar Srivastava

LATIN AMERICA •

Saving Air Quality One Drone at a Time With qAIRa | Carlos Saito

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE

Change The Way You Manage Your Diabetes With Spike | Ziad

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • INVESTMENT

How to support impact investment in CEE and what chess to do with it | Olena Boytsun

Olena leads Luminate's funding activities in Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Georgia, and the Baltics.

LATIN AMERICA • TECH

Fifteen Tech Startups from Latinamerica Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Let’s take a closer look at some of the promising startups in the region that have made it to the LATAM Regional Finals of the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECH

17 Tech Startups from CEE Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Out of the 570 applications we received, we had selected 17 of the most promising startups in the batch to move on to the next stage.

LATIN AMERICA • OTHER

7 startups selected for the final phase of the Expansion Program, Colombia 2020

The MinTIC, APPS.CO and Seedstars, the consortium running the Expansion Program, have selected seven startups with a mission to expand their business to international markets.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • OTHER

Five startups from Moldova vie for a spot at the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21

Five up-and-coming tech startups from Moldova are set to pitch on November 26th at 16:00 at the Online Seedstars Chisinau Competition 2020/21

AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Seedstars Partners with UNITEL for Seedstars World Competition to Grow a Startup Ecosystem in Angola

This year, we partnered with UNITEL Angola to make sure more entrepreneurs in the country have access to quality learning and investment opportunities.

GLOBAL • INVESTMENT

Seedstars Brings Its Startup Competition Online: 2020 Applications Are Open

We are happy to announce that Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 will be held exclusively online and the call for startups is open until July 31st.

GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER

Online Is The New Black: Running Events In The Times Of Coronavirus

Event organizers are no strangers to crisis management. Last-minute speaker cancellations, Wi-Fi connectivity issues, missing files… The list goes on

GLOBAL • OTHER

Online Seedstars World Competition 2019/20

How does it feel to compete with the 44 most promising startups from all over the world? And how does it feel when your name is announced as the winner?

OCEANIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bringing Online Payments to the Population with 3% Credit Card Penetration | Celeste (Lupe) Solofa

GLOBAL • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

The Mag: Education

Living in the era of the ‘technology Renaissance’ as the digital merges with the physical, and robots are capable of executing surgeries on the human brain, requires a completely new approach to education starting in early childhood, continuing throu

GLOBAL • HEALTHCARE

The Mag: Accessibility

According to the World Bank research, one billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability, with prevalence higher in developing countries.

GLOBAL • OTHER

The Mag: Migration

Everyone is a migrant, and most people are not a native of the place where they are born. So, why is the world divided into migrants and “natives”?

GLOBAL • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

The Mag: Environment

Around 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are cut down each year, and during 2018 alone, 3.6 million hectares (8.9 million acres) of primary tropical forest disappeared.