2012 Ganadores
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS | COLOMBIA
SAS provides expert farming solutions. Its products and services make an efficient use of the available resources and guarantee the long term viability of food production. The first product is an enhanced-efficiency fertilizer (EEF) designed to deliver the exact nutrients needed by the crop thus avoiding waste and increasing productivity. Our EEF includes a patented nanotechnology that increases efficiency by 40% over traditional fertilizers and increases productivity by at least 7%. Farmers will benefit from a cleaner environment and premium post-harvested products with less chemical residue. SAS will beat out other fertilizers in the market by: minimizing nutrient loss, improving crop nutrition and reducing the cost per acre.
INVENTIVE POWER | MEXICO
Inventive Power helps industries to reduce their operating costs by installing thier Solar Concentration technology for water heating, steam generation or drying at a lower cost than using Gas, Diesel or Fuel Oil. Their technology, The Power Trough 110, is a Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator which generates thermal energy between 60-250 ºC, ideal for process heat generation. The system can be easily installed in rooftops of industries and commerce with remote monitoring to guarantee the correct operation in the 20 years of life expectancy of the product.
SURFDOG | BRAZIL
SurfDog develops and markets IT security products that reduce scam, fraud, and honest mistakes risks specially of people without strong background with computers, as some elders and computer newcomers. The company’s SurfDog-WP currently supports all major Brazilian online banking services for Anti-Phishing protection. Our mission is stop good and innocent people from becoming scam victims.
2011 Ganadores
CEELBIO | BRAZIL
CeelBio is a biotechnology start-up focused on the development of biomaterials for the medical and dentistry markets. As an entry strategy, the company will market bioglass – a biomaterial used as a bone graft substitute -, initially targeted at dentistry segments.
LIFEWARE | CHILE
A software that enables the use of a computer and all its applications via brainwaves without the need of using your hands. More physically disabled people will get access to social integration, education and employment opportunities from their own homes through the use of LifewareIntegra.
BIFE | ARGENTINA
Bife is the only R&D company that provides High Performance Computing solutions to individuals dealing with the most complex problems in the areas of science, finance and medicine. Our innovative development environment combines the use of the low cost and extremely powerful reconfigurable computing with a comprehensive programming model which enables, for the first time, the use of these computations by the general public.
2010 Ganadores
GLED | CHILE
Gled is a company specialized in the development of augmented reality solutions.
OSCOMP | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
OsComp’s near isothermal compression technology can increase production from natural gas wells, extending their useful production lifetime by a decade or more.
UNIMA | MEXICO
Unima develops and commercializes biotechnology products for the control of foodborne diseases in the food production chain.
