With R$ 10 million in resources, the initiative will support projects in artificial intelligence in agribusiness, health, industry and smart cities
The IA2 MCTI Program, an initiative of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) held with the support of Softex, announces the list of 13 groups of CATI-accredited institutions (ICTs) and selected accelerators.
In this new program, which aims to employ artificial intelligence to accelerate technological evolution in four priority areas - agribusiness, health, industry and smart cities - the ICTs and accelerators will be responsible for supporting, monitoring the development of the solution and technological support, and the accelerators will respond for the investment and support in the scalability of the business model of the selected research projects.
The IA2 MCTIC Program aims to select 100 research projects for pre-acceleration and then fund up to 30 of them, enabling ICTs and accelerators to work together with startups, developing more robust solutions and creating businesses with greater impact. In addition to fostering new business, it provides access to national and international markets through open innovation.
IA2 MCTIC offers total investments of up to R$ 500k per project. Accelerators may retain equity and the Program will make a co-investment contribution of the same amount.
Until June 28, registration will continue for the selection of startups, research groups and technology companies interested in developing solutions within the scope of the Program. In the next phase, the anchor companies will be chosen to test and invest in the generated technologies.
Check out the list of the 13 selected ICT groups and accelerators:
Accelerators
Accelerates Cimatec
Accelerates MGTI
AgVenture Hub
Big Accelerator
Daily Accelerator
Darwin Startups
E-VOLVE.AC
FabriQ
Grow Plus
Global OBr
PRAIA – Incubation and Acceleration Support Network Program
VENTIUR Investimentos em Novos Negócios SA
WOW Accelerator
ICTs
Association for Higher Education in Novo Hamburgo
Brazilian Agricultural Research Company – EMBRAPA
Fumsoft – Software Society of Minas Gerais
Reference Centers for Innovative Technologies Foundation – CERTI
CPQD Foundation – Center for Research and Development in Telecom
Itaipu Technological Park Foundation – Brazil
University of Brasília Foundation – UNB
University of Caxias do Sul Foundation
Passo Fundo University Foundation
Atlantic Institute
Instituto Certi Sapientia
Institute of Smart Cities
Eldorado Research Institute
Institute of Technology for Development
Federal Institute of Federal Education of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo
Pontifical Catholic University of RS – PUC Porto Alegre
PUC PR Curitiba Campus
National Service for Industrial Learning – FIEB
National Service for Industrial Learning - FIESC
Senai National Service for Industrial Learning – FIEP
Sidia Institute of Science and Technology
SOFTSUL – South Riograndense Software Development Support Association
Brazilian Union of Catholic Education
University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS
Federal University of Santa Catarina
For additional information about the IA2 MCTI Program visit https://softex.br/iamctic/
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