10 startups with socio-environmental activities are chosen for Cielo’s mentoring program

Ten startups out of a total of 262 registered were chosen to participate in a Cielo’s mentoring program in this year. The selection focused on the so-called impact companies, that is, those that aim to solve socio-environmental problems.

The idea of ​​the program is to provide support to boost the business of these companies, whose areas of operation include logistics, education, ESG, human resources, communication and retail.

They are: Barkus, Eneway, Firgun, Klumie, Minha Coleta, Nina Tech&Food, Original Experience, Restin, Retrilhar and Wastebank. According to Cielo, these startups seek financial return while claiming to commit to measuring the impact they generate.

The program, which has been in existence since 2018, will be carried out in a hybrid format, ending in November.

“Evaluating each of the impact startups and understanding how much their solutions can bring back to society increases the relevance of the theme, present throughout Brazil”, says Ana Fusco, head of Garagem, Cielo’s innovation hub.

The program released a brief summary of the performance of each of the chosen companies. Look:

barkus

It is an edtech that aims to democratize access to financial education for young people and adults through technology, expanding horizons, helping to change realities and reducing inequalities. Our main solution is Iara, an artificial intelligence that, individually and automatically, teaches various topics in the financial world through Whatsapp. We can learn about how to have a better relationship with money in a light and humanized way, in the palms of our hands.

eneway

We are a Social Impact Startup. We believe that changing the world is not word of mouth, but word of mouth. We generate productive inclusion for families through entrepreneurship, transforming their homes into official dark kitchens of food delivery brands.

Firgun

It is a social fintech that facilitates access to microcredit for micro-entrepreneurs from minority groups, for example low-income people, women and blacks. Our mission is to reduce social inequality through productive credit, supporting the maintenance and growth of these businesses, increasing income and generating job vacancies.

klumie

Bilingual educational platform for the professional education of deaf people and insertion in the job market.

My Collection

It connects the recyclables chain from home to industry by tracking every journey and creating benefits for everyone involved.

Nina Tech & Food

It is the gateway for confectionery and bakery producers to an ecosystem that integrates tradition and technology through a journey that aims to train entrepreneurs and formalize these small businesses. We are a management, profitability and accessibility platform for small food businesses
artisanal to the formal market.

Original Experience

We sow the culture of living & feeling, instead of buying and storing through experiences that generate economic, social and environmental impact.

rest

It is a Foodtech ESG that connects the food industry, which has products close to expiration date (FIFOs), with the Food Service, industrial kitchens and commercial restaurants, selling these inputs with the aim of avoiding food waste, generating savings and profitability, always with quality and point-to-point delivery
Score.

rethread

It allows companies that offer experiences in nature to offer their tours online, in addition to facilitating day-to-day operational and administrative routines.

Wastebank

Structuring action that uses the payment arrangement and waste to stimulate the creation of productive arrangements in the recycling chain, from the perspective of the circular economy,
reverse logistics, financial-environmental education, social inclusion and extra income. You generate value for the world and WasteBank generates value for you.