Tupuca wins the Luanda 2017 Seedstars Award

O Seedstars Luanda 2017, was held on Friday (13), where several Startups presented their solutions, each focused on the reality of our society and with the aim of making certain activities of our day-to-day easier.

The event was held by TGI(Thomson Group International) had the company as ambassador KiandaHUB, It also had several regional partners as Enel Green Power e Microsoft 4Afrika. Other support includes MenosFios (you should know…) and other local companies like 7 Mobile, Soba, Infrasat, Integrated Solutions, BantuMakers, Revista Gestão e Rumo, among others.

The Startups that presented their projects and competed for the Seedstars Luanda 2017 award were:

1. Screwed up a Startup that comes up to help people know the prices of products in various supermarkets. With the application created by this startup, end users will be able to save, knowing exactly where to buy a particular product. The Android version of the app is now available in the PlayStore.

2. 4 Software: a Startup focused on companies and schools to manage their businesses faster, cheaper and more efficiently.

3. Tecno Society: a company that develops portable electronics, capable of carrying low energy consumption equipment through water. This was one of the presentations that most aroused the curiosity of the jury and the audience, everyone wanted to understand how it was possible to carry electronic devices using only water.

4. Tupuca: a company that offers its customers the service of Take Away and home delivery of food. Certainly the great heavyweight of this edition, since this startup has become quite known in recent times. Initially Tupuca had not been announced as a finalist, but on the penultimate day, to everyone's surprise, Startup went, saw and won.

5. Deya: a crowdfunding platform to connect entrepreneurs and creatives to a supportive community to help them bring their ideas to life. This was the first startup with a Startup Studio BantuMakers. The idea was well received among entrepreneurs who are counting on funding for their projects.

6. On the Via: a Startup that appears to revolutionize the way ordinary people have access to advertising campaigns, a startup that is well adapted to the Angolan reality. The idea is “simple”, to install screens on candongueiros (aka blue and white) and to advertise on these screens. The range of information in taxis is quite impressive!

7. AngoGaming: a virtual competition platform for the gaming community in Angola dedicated to e-Sports. Taking advantage of the growth of the Angolan players community, this startup intends to increase the number of tournaments using its online platform.

8. Salo: an online startup that allows its users to find and hire services for certain tasks, such as cleaning, deliveries, domestic services. It was certainly the most applauded project of the day. This year there was no “public award”, otherwise the trophy would have a certain destination.

The “Salo” is also a product of BantuMakers, which came to show that it is firm in this project of finding innovative solutions, managing to insert 2 startups in a range of 8 seedstars Luanda finalists.

The jury cast consisting of View All, Armando Teixeira, Claudia Makadristo, Adrian Vinuales e Joel Epalanga, elected the Tupuca as winner of Seedstars Luanda 2017, thus giving the chance to represent Angola in the regional event SeedStars Africa, in Mozambique and later in the global event in Switzerland.

Seedstars Luanda 2017 winners:

1. Tupuca
2. In Via
3. Deya

Less wires, here congratulates the organization of the event, to Tupuca - big winner of this edition, as well as to all startups that presented their projects.

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* Photos by: Luis Massafe