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Posted by Roy Glasberg, Global Lead, Launchpad Program & Accelerator
We're back at it again and excited to welcome an inspiring group of startups
from all over the world for the 4th class of Launchpad
Accelerator.
This time around, startups from Asia and Latin America will be joined by peers from Africa and Europe. In addition to expanding our reach, we’re also expanding our curriculum. We’ll help the startups dig deeper into machine learning and AI, to help them leverage Google’s latest technologies to scale their apps.
Launchpad Accelerator includes intensive mentoring from 20+ Google teams, and
expert mentors from top technology companies and VCs in Silicon Valley.
Participants receive equity-free support, credits for Google products, and continue to work closely with Google back in their home country
during the 6-month program.
Class 4 kicks off July 17th, 2017 at the Google Developers Launchpad Space in
San Francisco and will include 2 weeks of all-expense-paid training.
Here's the full list of participating startups (by region):
Africa
Twiga Foods Ltd: A tech-enabled sourcing
and distribution platform that replaces informal wholesale markets for the
millions of small and medium size food and FMCG retailers in Africa's urban
markets.
Gidi
Mobile Limited: gidimo is a mobile learning platform that uses mastery
learning & social gamification to deliver personal advancement, in a fun way,
and at unprecedented scale
Flutterwave: Flutterwave is
building technology and infrastructure for digital commerce across Africa
starting with Rave, an app that helps merchants accept mobile money, cards and
bank account payments across 4 African countries.
Paystack: We help businesses in Africa
accept payments from their customers.
JUMO Marketplace: Jumo is the largest
scale, lowest cost financial services marketplace for emerging markets
Asia
EdGE Networks: HR solutions provider
powered by Artificial Intelligence
FastFilmz:
The Super App for Super Fans of South Indian movies!
IndiaLends:
Credit underwriting and analytics platform for unsecured consumer lending
RailYatri:
Intelligent, big data platform that leverages crowd-sourced content to help long
distance travelers
RecipeBook:
Intelligent solutions in food and retail powered by deep learning computer
vision
SigTuple: Smart screening solutions powered
by data driven intelligence
Cicil: We allow Indonesian university
students to purchase items online, and pay for them in monthly installments
without a credit card!
NADIPOS:
Restaurant Management Platform helping simplify operations and analytics
SIRCLO: Empowering businesses to sell
online
HealthMetrics: Assisting companies
managing their employee health benefits efficiently and cost effectively
BLOOM: Transforming remittance businesses
with blockchain technology
Honesty Apps: A Do-it-yourself mobile
application platform for both iOS and Android
Piggipo:
An application that helps users manage and monitor credit card spending more
easily and effectively
QueQ:
Helps users manage time more wisely at crowded places
eDoctor: Allows users to consult doctors
anytime, anywhere
Europe
Gamee:
A social gaming platform
Spendee:
Helps users understand their finances
PublishDrive: Intelligent SaaS enabled
ebook publishing platform to increase sales globally
DrOmnibus:
Multimedia tools that support special needs education and therapy for children
with developmental and behavioral disorders
Latin America
Increase: Simplifies and modernizes how
merchants and companies understand, control and manage their income.
Arquivei: Empowers companies with smart
data from fiscal documents fetch & analysis
Contabilizei:
Tax reporting and accounting SaaS for small businesses in Brazil
Contratado.ME: The marketplace that
puts candidates at the center of their job search
ComparaOnline: The best and the most
transparent marketplace for financial products in Latin America
Switch:
Low cost, mobile bill pay