Latin America. incMTY, the entrepreneurship platform of Tecnológico de Monterrey and Daikin hold the Airtech Challenge 2023, a space where entrepreneurs from Latin America can present their projects focused on the HVAC industry.
This year, the Airtech Challenge handles two central themes within which the proposals must be thought: sustainable technology and user and customer experience (UX / CX).
The launch of the Airtech Challenge took place on June 15, where Shigeki Hagiwara, Senior Associate Officer, Latin America Representative of Daikin Industries commented: "We hope to receive interesting proposals and that we can spend a fruitful visit to Japan with the winners of the Airtech Challenge and that these proposals become innovative projects. At Daikin, we aim to create a sustainable society and improve the customer experience and together with incMTY, we will create new value in the HVAC industry in Latin America."
For his part, Luis Francisco López Azuara, Corporate Innovation Program Leader at incMTY, commented: "At incMTY we invite everyone to improve the world through innovation and entrepreneurship."
The call for the Airtech Challenge is open from June 5 to August 12, 2023 on the website www.incmty.com/airtech
Application requirements
* Have a startup or project within any of the themes of the challenge, with at least one prototype or minimum viable product, until it is in the stage of requiring financing.
* Be people with current citizenship in a Latin American country.
* Be of legal age in the country of residence or be at least 18 years old (either case).
* Have a minimum educational level of technical training and onwards (bachelor's or bachelor's degree, master's or master's degree, specialty or doctorate).
* Have the legal authority to travel within and outside the country of residence. (Indispensable element in case of being a finalist).
* They must clearly explain the problem they identify, how they solve it and the business model of that solution. It is important to note that the link between the solution and the HVAC industry must also be clearly explained in any of the 2 themes of the challenge.
* The initiatives must be established in a Latin American country and operate the solution in the same region. In addition, they must be original ideas and not tropicalizations of technologies from other latitudes or not original, so models such as exclusive marketing or franchises are automatically excluded from this call.
More information at www.incmty.com/airtech
