Juntos Por Estradas Mais Seguras Anuncia Oito Finalistas Para Seu Programa Empreendedor Global 2020

Juntos Por Estradas Mais Seguras Anuncia Sete Finalistas Para Seu Programa Empreendedor Global 2020

Acelerador de arranque para nomear Cohort 3 em meados de Dezembro

BROOKLYN, NY ? 4 de dezembro de 2019 ? Juntos pela Safer Roads (TSR), uma coalizão de empresas líderes do setor privado, impulsionada para salvar vidas, anunciaram hoje que sete empresas foram nomeadas como Líderes em Segurança Rodoviária em sua final de 2020 Programa Empreendedor Global (GEP). O GEP, patrocinado pela Dreampact Ventures e pelo Silicon Valley Bank, conecta empresas em fase inicial com especialistas em segurança rodoviária de empresas multinacionais, governos regionais e universidades para reimaginar soluções que reduzam os acidentes e as fatalidades nas estradas do mundo.

Em seu terceiro ano, o GEP 2020 é focada na resolução de problemas e na construção de soluções em três áreas centrais:

Serviços de Transporte Inteligentes
Segurança no Transporte Comercial
Soluções de Transporte People-First

Finalists will present to a selection committee in mid-December at the GEP Pitch Day to be held at Silicon Valley Bank in San Francisco. Three of the startups will be chosen for TSR?s Cohort 3. The 2020 finalists include:

Awayr A.I. – a developer of human factors modeling software for human machine interface (HMI) technology and embedded systems, helping engineers design the next generation of autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems, ships, spacecraft and other sophisticated platforms used in high-risk, high priority situations. Awayr A.I. is working to dramatically improve distraction testing in the vehicle development process, to decrease driver distraction and to enable inspired vehicle design without compromising safety.

Visão CY – uma empresa de sistemas de visão e aplicações com uma tecnologia revolucionária de visualização holográfica 3D para aplicações AR-HUD e HMI. A tecnologia CY Vision transforma o pára-brisas num novo ecrã, permitindo uma vasta gama de aplicações de segurança e infoentretenimento para a próxima geração de veículos.

Derq – desenvolvedor de uma plataforma de IA que se integra com sistemas de tráfego e sensores existentes e alimenta análises avançadas em tempo real e aplicativos de segurança veicular conectados para ajudar cidades e autoridades rodoviárias a eliminar acidentes rodoviários e gerenciar melhor o tráfego.

Digisure – an insurance services provider reshaping the insurance market by utilizing data driven customized underwriting at a transactional level, enabling marketplaces to digitally self-serve and outsource their Risk and Insurance needs in real time via API.

Medição de Imparidade Marijuana e Condução (IMMAD) ? a company specializing in educação, serviços e tecnologia em torno da condução deficiente que ocorre com o uso agudo da marijuanaincluindo um teste objectivo de dois minutos para medir a disfunção da retina e determinar a aptidão para conduzir com consumo de marijuana.

Road-Aware ? a fleet management company providing driver performance assessment and improvement via a knowledge-based warning system, including alerts and safe speeds to drivers that are location specific, road geometry specific, and vehicle and load specific. It also allows Safety Managers to score driver performance.

Populus ? a mobility company that provides a platform to help cities and private mobility operators of shared bikes, scooters, and cars deliver safe, equitable, and efficient streets through better data and analytics.

?It?s a privilege for us to work with today?s best and brightest entrepreneurs who are focused on building transportation safety solutions to make our world?s roads safer,? said David Braunstein, President, Together for Safer Roads. ?We continue to see increases in applicants, which indicates that there are more and more companies focused on solving these issues. Likewise, our members are dedicated to providing advice, mentorship and networking to each year?s Cohort companies, helping to bring these potentially life-saving solutions to market more quickly ? and that?s a good thing for everyone involved.?

Em 2019, a Cohort 2 foi composta por Sinergias Rápidas, Idelic e Tecnologia de Peloton. ?The program expanded our opportunities and perspectives through joint projects, and we were able to look at road safety issues with a much broader view,? said Charles Chung, CEO of Brisk Synergies. ?We partnered with TSR on two projects – the Cidade de Houston e o Cidade de Bellevue, WA – that are bringing absolute values= to a broad audience.?

?The GEP is one of the most important programs offered by Together for Safer Roads ? a stage for the road safety industry?s best and brightest to gain momentum in understanding and solving road safety root causes,? said Pablo Gonzalez, Co-founder and Principal at Dreampact Ventures. ?Nurturing the next generation of road, traffic, and city safety startups accelerates our and TSR?s mission to work with the world?s most socially-minded and innovative companies. We?re excited to see what Cohort 3 will deliver to the world.?

?All around the globe, we work with clients that are defining what?s next, what?s happening and what?s important in technology,? said Cody Nenandal, Director, Silicon Valley Bank. ?Because we support the future and the businesses making it happen, Together For Safer Roads? GEP program was a sensical fit for a partnership. We?re proud to support this unique accelerator program to help identify the next vital technologies in road safety, and move their ideas to market quickly.?

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Together for Safer Roads is a global NGO that builds public-private partnerships around local projects, fleet safety management and technology initiatives to prevent traffic crashes, injuries and deaths. TSR was started in conjunction with the UN’s Decade of Road safety and has partners around the world. TSR?s members include AB InBev, AIG, AT&T, CalAmp, Republic Services, Lyft, Marsh, iHeartMedia, Octo Telematics, Geotab, PepsiCo, UPS, Walmart, and others. Learn more at www.togetherforsaferroads.org