The Governança & Nova Economia Community (GoNews) launched the #StartupsVsCovid19 campaign, with support from the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES) and the Brazilian Association of Startups (Abstartups).
In the initiative, companies, entrepreneurs and innovators are sharing experiences and solutions through the hashtag #StartupsVsCovid19, with the objective of bringing the movement to the largest number of people and fostering innovation and information. It is also important to register the solutions in the form: http://bit.ly/StartupVsCovid19. So far, there are more than 170 mapped solutions (updated on 03/27), which are classified in health care, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and faccilities / home office.
“Startups can come up with solutions that help to directly or indirectly mitigate COVID-19 and its effects on health, the economy and business. To foster innovation and create solutions, knowledge sharing is a fundamental part of the search for alternatives to solve the problem ”, evaluates Anderson Godz, creator of the GoNew Community.
At ABES, we are following the unfolding of the crisis with focus and tranquility, providing any and all relevant information and actions to combat the proliferation of the virus, such as the GoNew initiative to identify innovative solutions developed by startups that will certainly contribute to the challenge of overcoming this difficult moment of crisis ", highlights Rodolfo Fücher, executive president of ABES.
The next steps in the mapping are enrichment and expansion of the database of startups, opening of a volunteer program and search for concrete solutions that can mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus.
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