DigitalWell Ventures is starting a partnership with Founder Institute. The collaboration is offering a greater roadmap for all startups – and creates an extended path for those specialized in Health Tech.
Founder Institute is the world’s biggest pre-seed-accelerator. Being a worldwide organisation, they have this far contributed in the making of plus 5 000 companies since the start 2009. The basic idea is to give startups and entrepreneurs early-stage support, committing to a four-month program that is not about running a company. It is about running your company. This operative perspective goes along with the goal that every idea that gets accepted to the program should result in a real business.
The concept has spread to more than 200 cities, giving access to a network of local experts, mentors, and investors. Now Founder Institute’s Norway chapter is teaming up with DigitalWell Ventures. Both parties see great benefits in being able to guide startups in both directions, based on what stage they´re in.
– It is about creating a value chain and making it easier to connect to the next phase. If DigitalWell Ventures has some founders that aren’t up to scratch – we can bring them up to scratch, says Dimitris Polychronopoulos, Lead Director of Founder Institute Norway.
This perspective gives greater possibilities to support and keep in touch with startups and entrepreneurs in need of more preparation, before reaching the scaling phase and entering DigitalWell Ventures accelerator. It also offers an exit plan after Founder Institute for startups specialized in HealthTech.
– We are creating a bigger service for the audience and the founders. A larger roadmap is going to restore faith and hope that the journey doesn’t end after our program. If you have invested in Founder Institute’s program you have gained experience to become more appealing to customers, investors, partners and team members. To have a bigger picture in mind also makes it easier tosell your idea which will make an angel investor more at ease, so we are quite excited with this partnership aligned, says Faraaz Ali, Communication Director of Founder Institute.
The Founder Institute team in Norway, with Faraaz Ali and Dimitris Polychronopoulos to the right of the image.
There is also a common history since the founders of DigitalWell Ventures participated in the Founder Institutes VC Lab-program, before launching the HealthTech accelerator. To start the deal flow in the new partnership DigitalWell Ventures have been given a “golden ticket” to be passed on to an interesting startup that will join Founder Institute’s program.
David Holm, Investment Manager of DigitalWell Ventures, is extra excited that the partnership creates a bridge between the Swedish and Norwegian start-up eco-systems. Hopefully attracting startups from Founder Institute to test their services across the border.
– Many startups need a born-global perspective. If you can prove that early on, it is easier to attract interest from investors. The Swedish market is important to test because it is a gateway to EU and vice-versa, going outside EU into Norway – that´s a great story for investors.
DigitalWell Ventures niche on HealthTech is interesting for the future, Dimitris Polychronopoulos thinks. Both because the subject is addressing the sustainable development goals and because it gives a chance to explore vertical accelerators. In Finland Founders Institute have already started an accelerator focused on FoodTech, which have affected the startup scene quite strongly.
Hopefully, DigitalWell Ventures can light a torch for HealthTech in Norway in the same way.
– That’s a key part of it. The network and specialization are really important, and in that area DigitalWell Ventures can help. The future for Founder Institute, in my opinion, is about creating verticals. That makes mentors, founders, investors, and the whole ecosystem more focused. If we can prove this concept, delivering 3 or 4 companies to DigitalWell Ventures, we might be able to bring this to a higher level, and catch the attention of our headquarters, says Dimitris Polychronopoulos.
Dugnad.ai erbjuder en digital plattform för att kartlägga, organisera och öka kraften i sociala nätverk. Tjänsten används just nu i ett norskt projekt för att minska ensamheten bland äldre.
Med sitt inträde i DigitalWell Ventures acceleratorprogram hoppas Dugnad.ai att kunna exportera en norsk livsfilosofi. Uttrycket ”dugnad” innebär att man kavlar upp ärmarna och hjälps åt tillsammans, vilket är grunden för allt ideellt arbete.
– Dugnad är det mest norska ord du kan tänka dig. Vi försöker digitalisera dugnadsidén och göra världen bättre på ett smartare och mer effektivt sätt, säger Geir Falkenberg, som grundat bolaget.
Dugnad.ai en deltar i ett projekt som drivs av HelseINN för att minska ensamheten bland äldre i 19 norska kommuner. Deras digitala plattform kartlägger de äldres sociala nätverk och upplevda ensamhet. Via en app kan sedan olika frivilliginsatser mobiliseras och organiseras efter behov.
Enligt Geir Falkenberg är skadeverkningarna av bristande sociala nätverk väldokumenterade på nationell nivå, men för att kunna hjälpa enskilda individer är det inte tillräckligt.
– Frågar du en kommun idag hur många av deras äldre som är ensamma så har de inte sådan data. Kunskap om det en viktig del av det här projektet, säger Geir Falkenberg.
Han menar också att en stor del av den traditionella vården riktar sig direkt till individen, vilket innebär att värdet av sociala nätverk ofta förbises. Sällskap för att komma ut på promenader efter en höftledsoperation kan med andra ord vara lika viktigt som själva ingreppet.
– Vi kan kartlägga vem som verkligen har behov av mer aktiviteter och personer runt sig, så de inte blir sittande passiva och ensamma. Corona har visat ett ökat behov och det offentliga klarar inte att lösa den här utmaningen på egen hand, säger Tone Bjørnov, styrelseordförande i Dugnad.ai.
”Mycket välfärdsteknologi riskerar att reducera kontakten mellan människor – vi använder tekniken för att öka kontakterna.” Geir Falkenberg, grundare av Dugnad.ai
Geir Falkenberg, grundare av Dugnad.ai
Appen, som är verktyget för personerna i nätverken som utför olika insatser, kan i sig vara en del av lösningen. Tillsammans med Oslo kommun tittar Dugnad.ai på hur en snabbt växande grupp ”unga” pensionärer kan engageras som volontärer.
– De måste aktiveras och är en potentiellt viktig resurs, men om de inte används riskerar många i stället själva att drabbas av ensamhet, säger Geir Falkenberg.
Dugnad.ai är en licensbaserad tjänst och riktar sig främst till kommuner och frivilligorganisationer. Geir Falkenberg menar att plattformen kan lösa många utmaningar i skärningspunkterna mellan professionella och frivilliga insatser.
– Att organisera det oorganiserade är mer krävande än att organisera ett företag. Det blir ofta väldigt ad hoc, ostrukturerat och svårt med rapportering kring vad som utförts. Här kan vi ge exakta instruktioner i appen om vad som ska göras med datum, tid och plats – och skicka ett tack efteråt! Jag menar också att man bör sätta större värde på de frivilliginsatser som utförs i samhället, säger Geir Falkenberg.
Dugnad.ai kan visa värdet av det ideella arbetet i en enskild organisation. Totalt sett uppskattas värdet av alla frivilliginsatser som utför i Norge till cirka 80 miljarder kronor årligen, men mer exakt data kring hur väl ett samhälles sociala skyddsnät fungerar är också viktigt för det offentliga. Bolaget har därför fått stöd av Innovasjon Norge för att vidareutveckla tjänsten.
Plattformen är anpassningsbar och kan användas i en rad sammanhang, där sociala nätverk och frivilligarbete spelar en central roll. Från miljöorganisationer till idrottsföreningar. Det stora fokuset på hälsa bottnar i Geir Falkenbergs egen bakgrund som sociolog, som har fått honom att fundera kring hur digitala hälsotjänster påverkar mänskliga kontakter.
– Mycket välfärdsteknologi riskerar att reducera kontakten mellan människor – vi använder tekniken för att öka kontakterna, säger han.
Dugnad.ai är också involverade i en indisk satsning, You can free us, för att hjälpa unga flickor ur prostitution. Behovet av att öka kraften i sociala nätverk är globalt, anser Geir Falkenberg. En stor anledning till att bolaget anslutit sig till DigitalWell Ventures accelerator är tillgången till expertis och nätverk som gör det möjligt att nå en internationell marknad, där Sverige ligger närmast till hands.
– Kan vi utföra samma aktiviteter för att minska ensamheten bland äldre på båda sidor gränsen så skulle de vara väldigt intressant. Därför skulle vi gärna testa vilja göra tester i samarbete med svenska kommuner, säger Geir Falkenberg.
DigitalWell Ventures are building healthier startups in the healthtech sector. A new feature in the accelerator makes it possible to apply to be a co-founder, matching different skills with ideas to create balanced teams.
A new initiative by DigitalWell Ventures is reaching for a fourth target group. The accelerator is already covering startups, investors and mentors. Now there is a way channelling those with skills and entrepreneurial ambitions, yet without a company.
The DigitalWell Ventures Talent Matching Platform aims to create an opportunity to find a position in an early stage startup, matching skills with ideas. By applying to the co-founder database, you will be invited to activities for startups and talents. And maybe it could be the start of a new career.
– The purpose is to find people with skills or an idea that wants to be part of a team. It could be technical skills, skills in sales and marketing or domain expertise. A common challenge in many teams is that co-founders have similar key competencies, rather than finding co-founders with complementary skills, says Stefan Skoglund, Innovation Manager at DigitalWell Ventures.
There are also facts about the success rate of teams with at least two co-founders, compared to one-man companies. According to Startup Genome, these startups will raise capital 30 percent more quickly, grow their customers three times as fast, and will be less likely to scale too quickly, avoiding premature scaling.
– We have already noticed that some teams lack certain key competences. Also, this is a way adding women to all male founding teams, and vice versa, to create more diversified teams, says David Holm, Investment Manager at DigitalWell Ventures.
David Holm and Stefan Skoglund is looking forward to be an active part in creating stronger founding teams.
Drivhuset, an organization supporting entrepreneurs with early ideas, has already signed up as a partner, and are applauding the possibility to take part in the matchmaking process.
– This is exactly what we been looking for. Many people talk about this, but until now nobody has been doing it, says Josefin Danielsson, Business Developer at Drivhuset.
The idea to create strong teams, even before there is a company, has been developed by the startup company builder Antler. DigitalWell Ventures version on this concept is to support existing start-ups, but also be an active part in the teambuilding process.
The service is already up and running at DigitalWell Ventures website, and the first applications have already dropped in.
Read more – and send your application!
A milestone has passed for DigitalWell Ventures. Today the first two start-ups – Ineq Solutions and StudyBee – graduated from the accelerator program. But really, there was three start-ups on stage at Karlstad Innovation Park…
The third one was DigitalWell Ventures own organisation. The process of starting an accelerator has been equally educationally for the Ventures teams as for the first companies.
Starting from zero, the first cohort attracted eight companies from four different countries. The accelerator also have gathered an international network of more than 50 mentors from four continents, David Holm, Investment Manager at DigitalWell Ventures, summed up when opening the ceremony.
– I am deeply impressed of the journey you made, and without the first companies there would never have been an accelerator, said Håkan Spjuth, Head of Grants and Innovation Office, University of Karlstad, and board member of DigitalWell Ventures.
Lina Svensberg, Program Manager of DigitalWell Ventures, also stressed the mutual benefit and the contribution the pilot companies have made do develop the accelerator program.
There was no doubt that the first graduation ceremony involved lots of emotions. Lina Svensberg have followed Ineq Solutions for a long time, starting in DigitalWell Innovation Support. Seeing her protégés entering the stage, holding the diploma and with a newly signed deal that gives access to all schools in the City of Stockholm made her shed a tear of joy.
– This journey you have made is incredible and I am so glad that I could take part in it, said Lina Svensberg.
The DigitalWell Ventures team celebrating the first graduates, StudyBee and Ineq Solutions, at Karlstad Innovation Park.
Beside the new deal with Stockholm, Ineq Solutions have launched a new service called ConfidBox, targeting psychosocial matters at companies. In the same way their core product can gather information about relations between pupils at schools, it can also benefit a company, for example in creating well-functioning working teams.
Founders of Ineq Solutions, Sara Lindahl and Sofi Finnstam especially praised the overall support and expertise provided by the DigitalWell Ventures team. A support that has made them overcome challenges of information security, being female founders and showing that social innovation can be profitable.
The overall support in the accelerator program was also highlighted by Johan Henricson, CEO at StudyBee. During StydyBees run in DigitalWell Ventures their new products and packaging, focusing on schools rather than teachers, has boosted their sales. To this date more than 50 schools use StudyBees digital tools to follow the pupils results, with and early warning-system that shows when support is needed. Having most customers at high schools Johan Henricson also reached out to elementary schools to test the Google Classroom-based product.
Actually, the graduation ceremony was the first IRL-meeting between Johan Henricson and the DigitalWell Ventures team. The quarantine that came with Corona turned DigitalWell Ventures from a dual-location accelerator to a non-location accelerator.
For the next cohort the physical workspaces in both Karlstad, Arvika and Oslo will open. Tale Skjølsvik, Professor and Vice-Dean at Oslo Metropolitan University, manifested this fact welcoming the next generation of accelerator companies to Oslo. She also appreciated DigitalWell Ventures Lean Start-up-based methods and pointed out the impact of innovation and the surrounding ecosystem for the academia, also driven by innovative companies.
To further boost the ecosystem surrounding the start-ups Stefan Skoglund, Innovation Manager at DigitalWell Ventures, also gave a short introduction to DigitalWell Ventures One. A separate investment company that will be launched next year. The idea is to give investors a chance to invest in the start-ups in the accelerator, and also share knowledge and networks to make more people become investors.
A lot of startups may have the right vision, the right team and the right product. Without skills to handle the financial design it can still end up in a crash. Björn Larsson have created a process to make founders think like investors – now all companies in DigitalWell Ventures can take part of that.
When do I want my money back and how much is that going to be?
If you are a founder meeting Björn Larsson, that’s his first question to you. Having experienced both failure and success as a founder himself he started thinking of what founders really should know, before bringing in capital.
The short answer is to make them think like investors.
The more educational perspective ended up with Björn Larsson creating: The Investment Readiness Process by Beels. More than 80 companies have gone through the program, it is also licensed to several start-up hotspots, like Connect Sverige and Linköping Science Park.
– I wish that I had understood better why investors act like they do when I started as a founder. If you don’t have that understanding it´s easy to take things personal, that can make certain decisions by investors almost seem hostile – when they in fact have good reasons to act like they do, says Björn Larsson.
Björn Larsson have created ”The Investment Readiness Process by Beels”. Now all start-ups in DigitalWell Ventures accelerator can take part of it.
His process is about the founders taking control of the financial design of their company. Lacking that control can create a bad situation, both for founders and investors.
– I would claim that 90 percent of the companies that give a short pitch to investors focus on their product, the market, and their team. Last, they briefly bring up their financial needs, that’s almost a nonchalant way asking for money, says Björn Larsson.
In his example a company could be valuated to 30 million. The founders ask for 1.5 million to keep them going for the coming 12 to 18 months – but are just guessing. Björn Larsson want them to be able to pinpoint their financial need to reach the next milestone, how much it takes to reach the next and so forth until a future exit can show the potential value of the investment.
That’s also a remedy to avoid a very high early valuation of a company, which could turn out very wrong.
– 99 percent of all founders wants the valuation in the first investment round to be as high as possible. But as long as a company have a negative cashflow the shares doesn’t really matter. It is the stakeholder with capital that have the power, so the founders have already given up control, says Björn Larsson.
In a common scenario the company don’t even reach their short-term sales goals, hence having to ask the investor for more money – risking “down rounds” lowering the company´s valuation.
– That can result in a brutal dilution of the share value. It´s a very common scenario, risking the founders to lose energy and disappointing the angel investors, who also may lack resources for further investments. In the long run that reduces the access to venture capital. My vision is to have more investors joining in early stages, without getting burned, says Björn Larsson.
He is though super clear that his process isn’t about lowering valuations in general, it´s about having the facts to estimate a relevant valuation:
– I would never in my life try to convince someone to lower or increase the valuation of their company. I just recommend them to go through my process, then they can make those calls themselves.
Finally the initial question also needs to be outspoken between the founders: When do I want my money back and how much is that going to be?
– That is why I want to put the founders in the investors position. One founder may have 20 percent of the shares and the other 80. And if the answer is economic independence, that can mean very different things…that must be written down in numbers, says Björn Larsson.
– It could also be that one founder with key competence plans a early exit. That could be critical for the company, so the founders timeframe is as important as the investors.
Matching the founders visions and goals with the investors economic expectations, in time and volume, is a way of creating a common agenda. If both parties have this understanding the relationship have gotten a good start.
But not knowing the investors good enough is the most common mistake made by start-ups, Björn Larsson thinks:
– It´s so easy getting in a situation when the investors have time and money, and you don’t. I sometimes wish there was a time of engagement – but when the investment is made you are “married” to the investors.
– Every startup knows the importance of getting to know your user/customer. But the same kind of logic could also be applied to your investors – by getting to know them and their needs, their perspective and language, you will be able to build a more compelling value proposition to them, and also avoid some of the most common mistakes in your financial design.
– That’s why we have chosen to include the Investment Readiness Process by Beels in DigitalWell Ventures accelerator program, and offer it to all our startups.
One of the companies of DigitalWell Ventures accelerator have made a major breakthrough. Ineq Solutions digital toolbox for a safe school environment is now approved by the City of Stockholm, making the service available to almost 180 schools.
– The collaboration means that we have now have a potential market where we can reach many schools, making Buhobox available on the City of Stockholms platform for Digital Learning Resources. We now have no contractual obstacles and can start the sales to the schools, says Sara Lindahl, who founded Ineq Solutions together with Sofi Finnstam.
BuhoBox Sociogram is a digital tool for measuring and visualizing social relations within a group, based on the pupils’ own answers. The overview is making it possible to detect individuals in risk of getting excluded. Knowledge about social relations is a key factor for creating a safe and healthy environment in school.
Sofi Finnstam and Sara Lindahl, founders of Ineq Solutions.
The approval of BuhoBox by the City of Stockholm has taken place because the service has been requested by individual schools, where Ineq Solutions now is preparing the implementation. Of course, there is also a symbolic value in Stockholm approving the service.
– We can now focus on spreading the method so that it benefits as many children as possible. The City of Stockholm is a major partner, which we hope can make other municipalities discover our products, says Sofi Finnstam.
Ineq Solutions received early-stage support from DigitalWell Innovation Support and is one of the companies in the DigitalWell Ventures accelerator program.
– It’s very rewarding following the journey of a regional start-up, from early stage to a major commercial breakthrough, says Lina Svensberg, Program Manager, DigitalWell Ventures.
The support of DigitalWell Arena and DigitalWell Ventures has meant a lot for the progress of Ineq Solutions, according to Sara Lindahl and Sofi Finnstam:
– One example is knowledge about how to handle matters of information security, which have been decisive signing the deal with the City of Stockholm.
Is it possible to use digital tools to relax in a connected world? In this special summer episode of The Be digital podcast we discuss this together with Tristan Elizabeth Gribbin, founder of the Icelandic startup Flow.
Flow is offering meditation for modern life in VR, virtual reality, or using a mobile app. The digital world brings a lots of possibilities but is to many people a source of increased stress. Studies show how we spend more and more time watching our smartphones, even at night.
But can the digital world also offer relaxation and decrease stress? Tristan Elizabeth is convinced of that.
Flow´s digital meditation tools offer a mental break on busy days – and move the users to the magical Icelandic scenery.
Listen to Tristan Elizabeth talk about:
Flow participates in the swedish-norwegian accelerator program DigitalWell Ventures – a part of the DigitalWell Arena initiative.
Tristan Elizabeth Gribbin.
Drygt 20 medarbetare i Arvika kommun har under juni testat SunSense digitala tjänst för prevention av skadlig UV-strålning. Testet kan ge intressanta svar om både produktutveckling och arbetsmiljö.
SunSense är ett av bolagen i DigitalWell Ventures accelerator, som bidrar till utvecklingen av skalbara, digitala hälso- och välfärdstjänster. SunSense lösning är enkel att använda, via en sensor som fästs på kläderna skickas info om UV-exponering till en app i mobilen. Tjänsten är individanpassad efter bland annat hudtyp och ögonfärg, innan maximal daglig dos uppnås får användaren en notifiering.
Det test som genomförts är ett samarbete mellan SunSense, DigitalWell Arena, Scaaler Consulting och Arvika kommun. Mellan 1 juni och 1 juli har drygt 20 anställda i Arvika kommun fått testa SunSense lösning. De yrkesgrupper som deltagit jobbar främst utomhus och involverar bland andra parkarbetare, förskolepersonal, renhållningsarbetare och driftstekniker.
Syftet är att få svar både om produktens användarvänlighet och potentiella risker i arbetsmiljön.
Enligt Vidar Mortesen, co-founder och VP Strategic Partnerships på SunSense, är bra samarbetspartners och pilotkunder som är nytänkande och beredda att testa innovativa lösningar helt avgörande för näringslivets möjligheter att utforska nya marknader. Hittills har SunSense tjänst mest riktats mot privatpersoner, men är man också intresserad av hur den kan bli ett verktyg för att skapa en trygg arbetsmiljö.
– Det ger oss möjlighet att få feedback och synpunkter från slutanvändarna, och i det här fallet arbetsgivaren. Ganska ofta är det svårt att hitta bra samarbetsytor mellan näringslivet och det offentliga – därför har det varit befriande med en så positiv inställning till att utveckla och genomföra det här projektet, säger Vidar Mortensen.
Steve Skoog, projektledare på Scaaler Consulting, är tacksam för att så många personer velat ställa upp och dela data om sin UV-exponering. Deras upplevelse av att använda tjänsten blir också viktig för det fortsatta utvecklingsarbetet.
– UV-exponeringen blir relativt snabbt hög i det vackra vädret, främst för den grupp som ständigt jobbar utomhus. Vi har också fått flera intressanta synpunkter kring hur tjänsten kan utvecklas, exempelvis genom en funktion i appen där användaren kan se sin UV-exponering över tid, säger Steve Skoog.
I den projektrapport som nu tas fram ska ytterligare feedback från användarna samlas in via en enkät. De data om UV-exponering som registrerats kommer att analyseras mer ingående, bland annat genom att jämföras med data från SMHI. Resultatet kommer även att delges forskare vid Karlstads universitet, som ett stöd i utvärderingen.
Ola Mossberg, elnätschef på Teknik i Väst, har varit DigitalWell Ventures nyckelkontakt för att kunna etablera testet. Enligt honom har idén om att testa ett digitalt verktyg som kan förebygga ohälsa mottagits med intresse i kommunen.
– Många har varit nyfikna på att delta och för oss är det viktig kunskap att få in i verksamheterna om hur arbetsmiljön ser ut för våra anställda som vistas mycket utomhus. Att det är ett koncernövergripande projekt inom hälsa och digitalisering, där många verksamheter tillsammans med aktörer från näringslivet deltar är utvecklande för oss. Vi vill bidra med erfarenheter och data för att kunna ta forskning och utveckling av dessa frågor vidare, säger Ola Mossberg.
Investor Breakfast Club on June 22 is focusing on SportsTech and the new megatrends of sports. Joining the event is former Norwegian star skier Lasse Kjus, now representing Igloo Innovation. From DigitalWell Ventures perspective SportsTech matches well with HealthTech, making the sector very interesting for the future.
Winning 16 medals at the World Championships and the Olympics Lasse Kjus made a big impact in alpine skiing. But maybe his engagement at Igloo Innovation will prove to have even bigger impact in the world of winter sports. Together with Jarle Aambø, founder of Igloo Innovation and former manager of Norways alpine ski team, they’ll share their vison of innovation in the sports industry.
Igloo Innovation focus on sports, science and business development, supporting an ecosystem that’s developing knowledge, techniques, products and health services related to winter sports. Today the cluster has about 40 members, including Norwegian Sports Academy, Polar and Smart Innovation Norway.
– From DigitalWell Ventures perspective, this is very strongly linked to innovation of digital health and welfare services. Sports promote public health, even if we have not niched ourselves against elite sports, and all services that can get people moving are interesting, says David Holm, Investment Manager at DigitalWell Ventures.
– We also have high ambitions and want to work with the best. Igloo Innovation has an ambition to become a world leader and we can learn a lot by collaborating with them, also giving them access to our innovation system and the Swedish ecosystem of health and welfare services.
The new megatrends in the sports industry (stated by Anja Kirig) are affecting the whole society, not just elite athletes. One of these megatrends is about mobility: “Sport must be brought to the people and not the people to sport”. Making exercise almost an on demand-service.
Another megatrend that makes room for startups and innovation is that technology is pointed out as “the new co-trainer”. The next generation wearables will develop from just tracking and motivating to give the individual hobby athlete advice on how to train and exercise correctly.
Håvard K. Bjor, COO of Igloo Innovation, will talk more about how these megatrends will impact the future of sports at the Investor Breakfast Club.
Joining the event is also Kjetil Fladmark Larsen, Marketing Director of Snøbyen. SNØ is the world´s biggest indoor arena for winter sports. Snøbyen is the new district growing next to the arena and a hub for the sports industry, innovation and inspiration and hosting the R&D centers of several top brands in winter sports, such as Atomic and Salomon. Of course, Igloo Innovation is also located at SNØ and Kjetil Fladmark Larsen is looking at them as the innovative motor of the winter sport park.
Appen ”Closer to you” hjälper par att förbättra sin kommunikation med hjälp av artificiell intelligens. Nu söker DigitalWell Arena par som vill hjälpa till att utveckla tjänsten för den nordiska marknaden.
”Closer to you” har utvecklats av det lettiska bolaget Asya. Tjänsten är baserad på AI-teknologi och kan bedöma olika känslolägen i kommunikationen baserat på rösterna. Hur man säger något är med andra ord lika viktigt som vad man säger. Appen ger också statistik på hur mycket parterna lyssnar och pratar under samtalet.
”Closer to you” hjälper även till med att välja intressanta och roliga samtalsämnen för att bryta vardagsmönster och både psykologer och terapeuter har varit med och tagit fram underlaget.
Feedbacken från samtalen ger insikter för att man ska kunna förbättra sin kommunikation. Samtalens framsteg illustreras i appen av en blomma, som växer när dialogen är god.
Par med småbarn är en huvudmålgrupp för tjänsten, eftersom tidsbrist, trötthet och andra utmaningar i vardagen lätt kan leda till sämre kommunikation.
DigitalWell Arena söker därför kontakt med 20 svenska och norska par för att anpassa tjänsten till den nordiska marknaden. För att delta ska man bo tillsammans och ha gemensamma barn under fyra år.
Som tack för din medverkan får du tillgång till ”Closer to you” gratis i 6 månader!
Kontakta Marika Martin, processledare på DigitalWell Arena: Marika.martin@compare.se
Läs mer om Asya och ”Close to you”.
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