We present our first Open Innovation Program, where, as a Peruvian textile company, we are committed to collaborating with startups to solve real challenges in the field, traceability, and responsible production.
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We are looking for technological and sustainable solutions that create a direct impact on small producers, climate resilience, and the organic cotton value chain.
Explore the challenges we aim to solve
How might we create new products or by-products in the cotton value chain by leveraging waste and rotation crops to enhance climate resilience and increase farmers’ profitability?
How might we integrate organic monitoring and management of the pink bollworm to boost cotton yields, reduce control costs, and protect the organic certification of producers?
How might we monitor, analyze, and correlate climate and productivity data to generate resilience indicators and optimize the management of organic cotton?
How might we apply affordable, organic, and segmented nutritional plans that strengthen the cotton plant, reduce pest pressure, and improve the profitability of small producers?
Benefits of participating
Being selected as a Program solver offers you the following benefits:
Validate your solution with BECOME in a real production environment.
Visibility in the open innovation ecosystem in Latin America.
Access to technical knowledge, data, and context for a purpose-driven textile industry.
Possibility of establishing medium-term business alliances .
Requirements
The program is aimed at startups, scale-ups, innovative MSMEs, universities, and technology centers, both national and international, that have technological solutions aligned with one of the challenges posed.
Have at least 1 year of continuous operation.
Demonstrate income in 2024 equal to or greater than USD 133,000.
Present a solution aligned with one of the challenges.
Have demonstrable technical and operational capabilities for co-development and implementation.
Have a solution with a technological maturity level (TRL) between 5 and 7, validated in a relevant environment.
If you are outside of Peru, be willing to operate or implement in Peruvian territory.
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Key dates
13
JUL
Closing of applications
01
AGO
Selection Day
04
AGO
Communication of results
