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Tropical Matter promotes an environmentally conscious culture by providing material alternatives made from renewable resources. Tropical Matter was founded by Debora Zuniga Arias.

Llenamaster automates the filling of water in any container.

We create healthy and sustainable solutions for the world based on insects. A very nutritive and eco friendly food source. Currently we are using about 50% of the habitable land for agriculture and the livestock industry is the major contributor to CO2 emisions, but In just 30 years the amount of food available will not be enough for the world`s population. By making healthy, and tasty products from insect powder such as flour for bread, cake mix, and even protein shakes, we are able to reduce the amount of livestock usage and also provide a sustainable and scalable solution. Our business model is based on 3 keypoints: >Mass and Standarized Production which is possible using our insect incubator (which is patent pending) >Sustainable and efficient Production since Costa Rica has the perfect weather conditions, >And our Partner Program to provide jobs and income to the poorest sectors of Costa Rican society. Our partner program is supported by BID Lab and Fundecooperación who are helping us deliver the program on a national scale. Costa Rica Insect Company and we Save the World Eating Bugs!

ClearLeaf uses patent-pending technology, organic certified in the EU and Japan, to control and manage a wide range of harmful pests while maintaining natural balances on the farm, protecting farmers and consumers. ClearLeaf currently has pre- and post-harvest solutions for the coffee, banana, multiple vegetables, melon, sugar cane, strawberries and flower sectors. GotaBlanca® is currently sold online in Costa Rica since launching its direct sales program in 2020. Our first product line, GotaBlanca®, is a line of non-toxic contact-action liquid emulsions that uses surface chemistry and colloidal technology to enhance plant growth through the control and management of fungal and bacterial diseases.

IMIX Consulting S.A.S engages in the creation and development of inclusive digital ecosystems based on financial inclusion. It offers a digital platform for financial inclusion that transforms transactional processes, as well as enables physical and digital channels to provide a portfolio of financial services products closer to its customers. The company provides digital linking of people and shops. It serves financial and microfinance entities; and shops. The company is based in Bogotá, Colombia. It has additional locations in Quito, Ecuador; Lima, Peru; and San José, Costa Rica.

Developer of medical devices and other technology intended to treat joint injuries and diseases. The company's devices replace lost and damaged cartilage and encourage new tissue growth, enabling medical practitioners to access cost-effective and on-demand devices that improve outcomes in young and active patients with knee damage.

Manufacturer of unique home decor products intended to emblazon artwork designed by people with disabilities. The company's home decor product is created by people with intellectual disabilities, including Down syndrome, Autism, and Cerebral palsy, enabling them to earn a livelihood through artwork.

Brands Of Holding Inc. is a holding company that operates an e-commerce marketplace, enabling brands to sell a variety of products, including apparel, accessories, lifestyle items, and personal care products. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the company serves markets in Latin America, including Nicaragua, Argentina, and Mexico. Brands Of provides local entrepreneurs with essential digital tools for exporting their products and enhancing their brand visibility. Through its platform, the company offers digital marketing services, consulting, and business intelligence, effectively targeting consumers both locally and within the diaspora of their home countries, particularly US Hispanics.

MakerHealth wants you to make tomorrow's health technology. Since 2008, their academic roots at the MIT's Little Devices Lab has taken their founders from the jungles of Ecuador, to coffee farm clinics in Nicaragua, to the sleepless hospitals of London and New York City to make medical invention tools that everyone can use to launch their own ideas. Originally part of an approach to reinvent the way MIT students were taught medical device design, their founders soon found an impact opportunity to train front line staff to go from providers to prototypers. Their DIY medical technology research gave way to stealth nurses in Central America---quiet everyday medical makers saving patients lives. Would they find them in America? Equipped with grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to find out, they created the MakerNurse project as a research study to understand medical making in America. Today, MakerNurse continues as part of the MakerHealth family spanning hospitals across America and around the world. They believe everyone can be a medical maker. In a world where health care technology is increasingly black boxed, and unaffordable, they found a stealth community of innovators working around the clock to make health better, by making their own devices to make us better. These are the health makers, the tinkerers and the explorers that inspire their team to create instruments, to rewrite medical education, and the build the invention infrastructure in hospitals around the world. Whether it's a prototyping kit part of tomorrow's doctor’s bag, or a MakerHealth Space laboratory dreaming up a prototype prescription, their global team is passionate about democratizing your ability to create and invent the things you can hold in your hand. These are the things that heal. And the things that their team is making sure you can make. We're MakerHealth and you are a health maker

Airstrument provides a motion-tracking wearable device that offers gamified feedback for rehabilitation and assistive purposes. It is currently testing the device as a musical and gamified platform for hand rehabilitation in collaboration with hospitals and NGOs in Israel, India, and Costa Rica.

Quiro is a surgery simulation video game that enhances medical education by providing practical training through mobile devices. Launched in 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela, the company operates an online game-based learning platform designed for medical students. Quiro's web-based and mobile applications offer an affordable and engaging approach to medical training, enabling users to access interactive educational resources from anywhere. This innovative platform aims to improve the quality and accessibility of medical training worldwide.

Colibrí accelerates the transition to renewable energy and increases the purchasing power of Nicaraguan families. Hummingbird is catalyzing the transition to clean energy and unlocking the purchasing power of Nicaraguan households.