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Open innovation opportunities in Brazil

Cleantech | ESG | Industry 4.0

* Last Update on April 9th - 2024

Grupo Fleury -  Deadline: May, 2024

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Healthcare

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Objectives

  • Amplia, the Fleury Group’s innovation platform. We aim to connect talents and innovative proposals to make healthcare increasingly integrated, sustainable and accessible.

Opportunity

  • New diagnostic tests:  We seek solutions that are revolutionizing the area of ​​medical diagnostics, whether through the development of new diagnostic exams or improved methods for performing exams

  • Digital patient journey: We connect with innovative solutions on the market that can improve the patient's digital experience and drive digital transformation in the healthcare sector.

  • Health data analysis: We look for data analysis solutions to extract valuable insights, identifying patterns, trends and associations that allow for more accurate diagnoses. and objects.

CEMIG -  Deadline: Oct, 30th 24

Utilities

Utilities

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  • CEMIG announces the launch of the PDI 2.0 Challenge, aimed at receiving proposals for Research, Development and Innovation projects. We invite interested parties to submit project proposals for the development or improvement of solutions to the challenges of CEMIG and companies in the electrical sector, consumers or users of Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Commercialization of Electric Energy services.

Opportunity

  • Development and application of Trends and Technologies

  • Emerging in the context of the electricity sector

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

  • Copilot to support the execution of activities

  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

  • Digitization

  • Robotization

  • Smart Grids and Smart Cities

  • Distributed resources

  • Internet of Things

  • Smart meters

  • Classification: Targeted

  • Communication and data transmission networks (5G, low-orbit satellites,etc)

  • Data democratization and “open energy”

  • Decarbonization

  • Hydrogen

  • Electrification of the Economy

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* And many others

Andrade Gutierrez -  Deadline: Dec, 31st 24

Engineering

Engineering

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General info:

  • Apply directly

Opportunity

  • N/A

ABDI + BNDES + MINISTÉRIO DA ECONOMIA -  Deadline: all year 2024

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Manufacturing

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  • Funding: The total value of each project will be up to R$ 800,000.00 (eight hundred thousand reais), being that the financial compensation of the Platform Innovation for Industry will be, in the maximum, 70% of the total project amount.

  • Target Companies: Partner Company (EP), provider company of industry 4.0 enabling technologies

  • Requirement: The project must be submitted by a alliance. Proponents must have a CNAE primary, secondary industrial or be SENAI contributor.

Opportunity

  • Objective: Develop 4.0 technologies with an impact on productivity with environmental validation real, through micro application, small and medium industrial companies

AÇOLAB VENTURES - Arcelor Mittal - Deadline: all year 2024

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Mining and Metals

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  • Funding: More than R$100 million in startups and small companies innovative companies, following the Smart concept Money. In addition to the investment, the selected startups will be guided and supported by the company in development of new businesses, products and services in the steel chain

  • Target Companies: Startups, micro and small companies.

  • Requirement: Investment phases: • Pipeline Prospecting • Strategic and Technical Analysis • Business Analysis • Negotiation • Agreements • Added value and portfolio management • Next rounds, Spin-In, IPO or Exit

Opportunity

  • Identify startups that have a validated solution and develop new businesses, products and services or incorporate new technologies to increase competitiveness and enrich value proposition of the ArcelorMittal chain. O Açolab Ventures will acquire a stake minority in innovative companies with high growth potential.

STARTUP TETRA PAK - Deadline: all year 2024

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Manufacturing for Food products

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General info:

  • Funding: Programa de aceleração.

  • Target Companies: Startups that develop food products for the Brazilian market. Have a project already in development or an idea that needs maturity and mentoring.

  • Requirement: None

Opportunity

  • Accelerate startups that have ideas disruptors for product launches innovative in the food market and drinks

INOVA + PARCERIA EMBRAPII E BNDES - Deadline: all year 2024

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Mining and Metals

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  • Funding: The total amount available for this theme is of R$10 million.

  • Target Companies: Base industries, primarily those mining companies.

  • Requirement: The project must be between the levels of technological maturity (TRL) 3 (tests of concept) to 9 (market ready).

Opportunity

  • Support the development of projects Research, Development and Innovation (PD&I). How, utilization of waste mining as a source of agrominerals and processing and purification of waste

Embrapi and BNDES -  Deadline: Sep, 25th 25

Pulp and Paper

Forestry & Sustainability

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Opportunity info

  • Budget: US$ 5 million (R$ 30 million)

  • WHO CAN ACCESS: Startups, small businesses and industrial companies

  • GOAL: Sustainable economic exploitation of Amazonian biodiversity, based on technologies applied to native production chains and aiming at local social strengthening

Challenges

  • Agroforestry Systems and Fruit Culture: logistics and food conservation, new food products and development of certified chains;

  • Non-timber management: non-timber processing and commercialization and nut quality;

  • Sustainable Wood Management: access to drying and marketing, new centers of excellence for finished and semi-finished products;

  • Fisheries and Aquaculture: best handling practices, development of by-products, alternatives to the lack of slaughterhouses, arapaima by-products (protein hydrolysates, flour, etc.) and technological improvements for fish processing;

  • Transversal: certification, logistics, connectivity, design, quality, automation and traceability;

  • Others: extractive industry, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, cosmetics, polymers, textiles and clothing, machinery and equipment, chemicals, paper and cellulose, rubber and plastic, paints, pests and diseases.

AB INBEV -  Deadline: Sep, 27th 25

CPG

Consumer Products Goods

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Challenges

  • Industry 4.0

  • Sustainability & Environment

  • Supply Chain

BASF -  Deadline: Sep, 27th 25

Pulp and paper

Agriculture

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  • Global initiative, can be applied outside Brazil

Challenges

  • Agriculture

Usina São Manoel SA -  Deadline: Dec, 12th 27

Pulp and paper

Agriculture / Energy

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Opportunity info

  • USM Labs is looking for solutions that can promote innovation for the agro sector!

Challenges

  • Any initiative related to Agriculture industry

Engeform -  Deadline: Dec, 31st 30

Engineering

Engineering

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General info:

  • Apply directly

Opportunity

  • N/A

Natura -  Closed

CPG

Consumer Products Goods

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Challenges

Opportunity info

  • The Natura Campus Program encourages the relationship between Natura and Science Institutions, which can be public or private institutions including universities, colleges, research institutes, technology institutes among other organizations focused on teaching, research, extension and technological development activities, with profit or not

  • WELL-BEING AND RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE

  • ​SUSTAINABILITY

Engeform -  Deadline: Dec, 31st 30

Engineering

Engineering

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General info:

  • Apply directly

Opportunity

  • N/A

Spic Brasil -  Deadline: Jan 29th, 24

Utilities

Utilities Eletricity

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Opportunity info

  • Startups, research centers, universities and technology-based companies that wish to contribute to the operational efficiency of HPP São Simão and the electricity sector can register their projects. Read the full regulation and find out more.

Challenges

  • a) CHALLENGE I - Continuous analysis of hydraulic oil quality - Monitoring of oil quality (physical-chemistry) of bearing equipment and units hydraulics Reference Value: R$ 1,600,000.00 (One million and six hundred thousand reais) Duration: 18 months

  • b) CHALLENGE II - Predictive monitoring due to cavitation - Prediction of need for maintenance of turbines by checking wear caused by cavitation. Reference Value: R$ 1,600,000.00 (One million and six hundred thousand reais) Duration: 18 months

  • c) CHALLENGE III - BIM navigation integrated with O&M data - Access and agile compilation of BIM model information and automatic generation of new projects for modernization packages Reference Value: R$ 1,600,000.00 (One million and six hundred thousand reais) Duration: 18 months

  • d) CHALLENGE IV - Automated analysis of health and safety forms - Auditing handwritten documents and extracting their data for calculation and generation of area KPIs. Reference Value: R$ 1,600,000.00 (One million and six hundred thousand reais) Duration: 18 months

Fit Tecnologia -  Deadline: Feb, 24

Automotive

Automotive

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Opportunity info

  • Funding:

  • Type: Grant with Co-development of initiatives

  • Prototyping - up to R$50,000.00

  • Squad dedicated to development - R$ 250,000.00 (Approx. 2,000h)

  • + Infrastructure (workplace and prototyping equipment)

Challenges

  • WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

  • To participate, your company* must fit into the “4:2 of OASIS”:

  • One of 4 market segments: Agro, Health, Mobility and Energy + one of 2 technology verticals: Artificial Intelligence or Internet of Things.

Mosaic Fertilizers -  Deadline: Feb, 02nd 24

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Chemicals / Agriculture

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​Talent Acquisition & Development challenge - HR tech

  • Drive diversity recruiting and build a diverse talent pool

  • Build and promote an inclusive culture

Challenges

  • Women + races&ethnicities + pride + generations + Diverse Skills + Veterans

Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico -  Deadline: Feb,07th 24

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Utilities / Waste Management

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R$1.8 million for solutions that reduce plastic in water

  • R$990,000.00 for 9 Innovative solutions at the prototype stage that incorporate digital technologies and contribute to reducing the amount of plastic in Brazilian water bodies

  • R$990,000.00 Up to 3 solutions, among the winners of the ANA Notice to increase scale and stimulate the market launch of innovative solutions validated throughout the stages of the ANA Notice.

Challenges

  • The Future Sanitation Challenge: Plastic-Free Rivers is made up of the three categories listed below. Each project can be entered in only one category:

  • Social: Reduction in the amount of plastic in water bodies through the actions of citizens, collectors, cooperatives or collector associations

  • Public Management: Reduction in the amount of plastic in water bodies through the action of city halls and the Federal District, public consortia, companies providing collection, transportation, transshipment, treatment and disposal services for household solid waste, or subnational agencies regulating solid waste services.

  • Industry: Reduction in the amount of plastic in water bodies through the action of industries, from the generation of products using plastic to recycling or reintroduction of plastic into the production chain.

Total Energia -  Deadline: Feb, 09th 24

Energy

Energy - Oil and Gas

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Opportunity info

  • TotalEnergies is committed to producing and supplying energy at increasingly affordable, reliable, safe and clean costs - fundamental elements for the socioeconomic development of society as a whole. And creating prosperity in the territories in which it operates is a maxim for the company. Therefore, we look for projects aligned with this strategy and that offer scalable solutions, integrating the improvement of quality of life, the promotion of economic development and the preservation of the environment.

Challenges

  • CURRENT SCENARIO:

  • Brazil, and in particular Rio de Janeiro, has great potential for sustainable development, despite infrastructure obstacles. We have institutions of technical excellence and a population with entrepreneurial capacity. Startups that participate in this challenge must offer answers to the structural problems of local communities and a long-term vision for the solutions implemented.

  • EXPECTED SOLUTION:

  •  In addition to creating prosperity for territories, through profitable and sustainable projects, the solutions presented need to offer objective indicators for measuring impact. It will be through monitoring these indicators that we will be able to guarantee the continuous improvement of the initiative, as well as its sustainable growth. TotalEnergies has a long-term commitment to Brazil, and we seek this same vision from our partners.​.

WEG -  Deadline: Feb, 24th 24

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

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Opportunity info:

  • WEG, as a global supplier of electrical machines and automation for industry, infrastructure and energy systems, stands out in innovation through the constant development of solutions to meet major trends focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric mobility and industry 4.0.

Opportunity

  • What we look for: Technological solutions to industry problems, innovations for the implementation and offering of solutions for Industry 4.0.

  • What we offer to our partners:  Access to laboratories and manufacturing environments to manufacture prototypes, carry out tests and experiments on the solutions offered, with the support of an experienced technical team. As a company with manufacturing parks in several states in Brazil and in several countries, WEG offers the opportunity to scale solutions for these different plants.

  • In addition to all this, your brand will be associated with the WEG brand, as a partner.

Fapemig -  Deadline: March, 20th 24

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Renewables and many others

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General Info:

Objectives

  • Encourage a culture of innovation in companies, startups and cooperatives in the State of Minas Gerais.

  • Encourage open innovation practices in the Minas Gerais production environment

  • Promote, through innovation, economic development and promote market insertion of innovative products and processes

  • Contribute to increasing the competitiveness of mining companies

  • Encourage partnerships between companies, cooperatives and startups for technological development and the generation of products and processes with market value

  • Encourage the development of areas considered a priority for the State

Opportunity

  • Agriculture in the semi-arid region of Minas Gerais: taking advantage of the potential of the semi-arid region of Minas Gerais, with focus on generating income and quality of life in this region.

  • Olive Oil and Wine Production Chain: improvement and added value to olive oil products and wine, or generation of new products in the olive oil and wine production chains of Minas Gerais. 

  • Milk and Derivatives Production Chain: improvement and added value to dairy products, or generation of new products in the Minas Gerais milk production chain.

  • Coffee Production Chain: improvement and adding value to coffee products, or generation of new products in the Minas Gerais coffee production chain.

  • Biofuels Chain: development and improvement of processes, methodologies that increase the efficiency of the biofuel production chain, focusing on the generation and distribution of income and environmental sustainability.

  • Hydrogen (H2 ) as a source of energy: development of processes for obtaining and producing hydrogen as well as production of H2 fuel cells 

  • Renewable energies: innovation and technologies involving, among other energy sources, solar, wind and biomass, with the aim of transforming Minas Gerais into a major energy producer associated with low environmental impact and low carbon

  • Lithium, Niobium and Rare Earths Production Chain: development of technological products or processes based on Lithium, Niobium and Rare Earths.

  • Immunobiologicals and Biopharmaceuticals: development of immunobiologicals and biopharmaceuticals for local manufacturing of strategic products for the health sector, whether private or public, and of health products high cost and/or great health and social impact.

  • Artificial intelligence and IoT: development of innovative products or processes that apply artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), with a focus on increasing industry productivity, agriculture, health care, population well-being or any other sector of the economy.

  • 5G or 6G communication: generation of innovations and technological solutions based on 5G or 6G technologies, focusing, among other things, on intensifying connectivity between people and objects.

Dexco -  Deadline: March, 21st 24

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Manufacturing 

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General Info:

  • Dexco's open innovation program has new open challenges and remains focused on relationships with startups. The last two editions were a success, 91% of pilots continued in the program. Dexco has connections with startups as one of the pillars to foster a culture of innovation in the company, working alongside engaged stakeholders.

  • Categories: 

    • Energy​

    • Waste

    • Forestry

Opportunity

  • Optimization of fuel consumption: We look for potential solutions to the challenge of “Optimizing Fuel Consumption”. This challenge occurs in an industrial context, focused on the internal movement of forklifts. This is an opportunity to optimize the fuel consumption used in this operation.

  • Detection of porosity in panels: We look for solutions to the challenge of “Porosity detection in panels”. This challenge occurs in the context of manufacturing MDP panels and deals with identifying the porosity of wooden panels.

  • Elimination of silica in industrial equipment: We seek solutions to the challenge of “Eliminating silica in industrial equipment”. This challenge occurs in the context of the MDF production plant, whose equipment (boilers, biomass silos, industrial fans, dryer scrolls, multicyclones, conveyors, screws and dryer structures) are affected by the abrasiveness of the silica present in the biomass, which is used as a source of thermal energy.

  • Real-time analysis of impregnated paper: We look for potential solutions to the challenge “Real-Time Analysis of Impregnated Paper”. This challenge occurs in the context of wood panel production, in which analyzes of resin applied to impregnated paper are carried out, which are time-consuming and susceptible to analytical errors, and seeks to find innovative methods to measure in real time the relevant variables in the impregnation process.

  • Alternatives for industrial waste disposal: We look for potential solutions to the challenge “Alternatives for the disposal of industrial waste”. This challenge occurs in the industrial context, where there is a constant search for operational efficiency and reduction of environmental impact, and specifically deals with the management of foundry sand for bronze and brass alloys, settled ceramic mass and decorative paper impregnated with urea and melamine resin.

  • Gas consumption management: We look for potential solutions to the challenge “Managing gas consumption”. This challenge occurs in the industrial context, aiming to reduce overall gas consumption in units, by monitoring consumption in real time.

  • And others

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