Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Digital Magazine

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Lardi & Partner Consulting GmbH is a boutique consultancy specializing in digital business transformation and emerging technologies. We enable organizations to transform traditional business models, processes, and operations to meet the needs of the digital economy and customer experience. We help companies define your customer’s needs and identify the best ways to utilize digital and emerging technologies across the business value chain to gain sustainable returns.

How did you get your idea for your business?

When I started the company 10 years ago, emerging technologies were beginning to transform the global business landscape. Back then, I saw a great potential to build the right capabilities required to help corporations navigate a new disruptive business landscape. I was well positioned to lead in this space based on my years of experience in corporate strategy, technology implementation and business optimization. Additionally, I wanted to build a new business model for consulting that was agile and dynamic. This led me to establish a ‘modular’ consulting firm with a small core team and extensive pool of experts who plug-in and out of client engagements as required.

How do you ensure the quality of services in your company?

Our team works closely with clients to ensure that we gain a deep understanding of their business and industry. This is critical, as it allows us to find the best business transformation and technology solutions required to create a sustainable competitive advantage for our client companies. A core business values – authentic, bold and high value – drive our engagement with companies and help us stand out in the market.

What kind of clients do you serve?

We have advised mostly multinational companies across various industries in Europe, Asia and Africa. In addition, over the years we have also advised SMEs, startups and the public sector. Our focus on creating value in business enabled by technology has help the company stand out. I often say, ‘technology is not a silver bullet solution, a clear value proposition should drive any transformation effort’. This approach resonates well with many business leaders and has helped her stand out in the digital space.

How is your company keeping up with technological advancements? How does it help you in staying ahead in the market?

As experts in digital business transformation and emerging technologies, we cover a wide range of topics and solution implementations. We truly believe in the transformative impact of emerging technologies for business and our lives in general. To stay current, we have developed deep knowledge and practical experience in a range of emerging technology solutions, such as blockchain, AI, virtual and augmented reality, 3D-printing, IoT and sensor technologies, and robotics process automation among others. We deep dive into these topics to understand its potential in business, and work closely with global experts to deliver the best solutions to clients.

What are the achievements and accolades the company is proud of?

Lardi & Partner Consulting received the 2020 Global Corporate Excellence Award from Business Worldwide Magazine in the category ‘Digital Business Transformation Firm of the Year‘.

In addition, our CEO, Kamales Lardi, has received numerous awards including:

1. “Top 10 Global Influencers & Thought Leaders in Digital Transformation” (Thinkers360, 2021)
2. The Top 50 Women in Tech – Influencers to Follow (2021)
3. Top 20 visionaries of media and technology industry Adello Magazine, 2021)
4. First ever Forbes Business Council Women Executives Chair (2021)
5. Women in Fintech Powerlist (2017)

How are you giving back to society? (CSR if Any?)

Over the years, our CEO has been actively involved in mentoring startups and helping to drive transformation in the business-technology space. In addition, Kamales Lardi works with women from underprivileged background who are building a career in STEM as a mentor. We have also built technology solutions to drive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including a blockchain-based traceability solution for agriculture supply chain, specifically the palm oil industry.

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Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Digital Magazine

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Unwired India is a neurotech-startup that aims at integrating state-of-the-art research and developments in STEM, for catalyzing the transition of Neuroscience to Neurotechnology. We develop avant-garde, non-invasive neurostimulation products used to solve some of the world’s most critical issues and challenges. Our mission is to take cutting-edge brain research directly into the lives and homes of people, thereby fostering a unique culture of sustainable neuroscience and scientific literacy in India. Founded in 2020, we are the pioneers of Nootropics and non-invasive Neurotechnology devices in the country, and offer much more than high-quality, delicious Brain Nutrition products for daily cognitive support; a full-service health and fitness startup that has become an important part of the local community, here in New Delhi, India.

We develop non-GMO, all-natural nootropic (smart-drug) formulations, Himalayan herb blends and specialized amino-nutraceutical interventions and supplements for enhanced brain function, cognition, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration.

​Through our start-up venture called “Unwired India”, we wish to take Neuroscience to the daily lives and homes of people, thereby making ‘Brain Nutrition’ accessible to the masses in the form of- a cognitive chocolate bar fused with herbal extracts, a smart-drug coffee roast and a herbal tea blend, based on traditional Indian system of medicine. Several of these drugs have been used for thousands of years to effectively manage neurological health issues and recent research in India, U.S. and Germany has proven their efficacy. We intend to employ an evidence-based modern scientific approach towards managing neurodegenerative diseases, depression, traumatic brain injury in soldiers and other geriatric problems like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

How did you get your idea for your business?

At Unwired India we believe in Diversity for Disruption.

Standing by our vision we are attempting to catalyse the transition from Neuroscience to Neurotechnology. 19th-century Genetics has now evolved into 21st Century Genomics. Consequently, Biology of the past has become ‘Biotechnology’ of the present. A few years ago we went from the Neuron to the Perceptron, which clearly marked the onset of a new dawning era in Neuroscience. At Unwired India, our scientists & researchers are currently engaged in this quest of transforming traditional Neuroscience into Neurotechnology and personalized Neuromedicine. Join us in this transition as we attempt to take Neuroscience into the homes of people!

How is your company keeping up the pace with the emerging developments in the market?

Beyond Borders: Integrating Traditional Indian Medicine with emerging Technologies for a 360° Perspective

 Sanskriti for Disruption: Unleashing the Minds of 600 Million Young People for a new developing India.

At Unwired India, we believe in a user-driven approach, as we aim to make personalized, consumer-centric Indian innovations our primary objective. We believe in utilizing the efforts of traditional Indian artisans, cultivators, and farmers in order to pay back to society. We give due recognition to the contribution of the traditional artisans as ‘co-creators’ in the process of manufacturing our products. By integrating their knowledge and long-established skills with our modern approach and resources, we aim to boost their social-economic development and drive their expertise beyond borders.

We provide opportunities to highly-motivated business personnels to join as a part of our team, in the form of channel partners, distributors, stockists, dealers, regional managers, and online business partners. We are actively employed in fostering an active working environment with income generation and operation opportunities for rural communities of India, helping them with a platform to manifest their revolutionary ideas.

Join us as we attempt to integrate 3,500-year-old Vedic traditions and conventional Indian Medicine modalities with new emerging technologies in Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Computer Sciences.

How do you ensure the quality of services in your company?

As proud pioneers of Neuroblends, Nootropics and Neurotechnology innovations in India our team of researchers and technicians work day and night to bring to you our wide range of services and products. We at Unwired India employ our time and resources to create the most optimum customer-centric value proposition by bringing you your cognitive support through daily cups of our premium Focal Bean Coffee and Whole Leaf Green Tea. We intend to create an exotic drinking experience for beverage connoisseurs that is worth every sip.

Our team also ensures rapid response and consultation to our valuable patrons; always attempting to get the right information across at the right time. Having a consumer centric model in place allows us to give first priority to the wellness of our clients.

The purpose of the various projects ongoing under Unwired India (The Plastic Brains Project, The Hope Project, etc) is the dissemination of awareness and knowledge about brain-health.

Our catalytic intervention also allows us to actively involve our end users directly at Unwired India thus ensuring their maximum participation in mapping the journey of the products & services they finally consume.  

How is your company keeping up with technological advancements? How does it help you in staying ahead in the market?

As a Neuro-technology start-up, innovation is at the very heart of our business. We combine technology and consumerism to bring the latest scientific developments to the homes and lives of the people. Research and Development driven by science and technology is fundamental to our functioning here at Unwired India which consequently allows us to identify potential roadblocks at a fairly early stage and also stay at the forefront of technological development and innovation.

Being one of the very few Indian companies working in the field of research behind the production of Neuroblends and Nootropics, gives us a competitive edge in the market as we are the ones catalysing some of the major breakthroughs in the country.

What are the methods used from your end to keep your employees motivated?

Motivating people is rarely a methodical task, it has to have a personal edge to relationships with the individuals and teams that one works with. Knowing them by their limitations, their enthusiasms and their mechanisms, it becomes quite easy to assign them tasks of relevance, and eventually the relevance becomes an intrinsic motivation.

Knowledge of processes and plans also aids motivation, as when one knows that their contribution is specific to them and hence valuable, they become important to them just as the one assigning them those.

What approaches do you implement to evaluate their success?

Learning is perhaps the most efficient evaluation method, be it in qualitative/quantitative sense or even as an improvement in attitudes and conduct. Provided that promptness and participation are effects of willingness to improve, any individual who consistently proves it by these, wouldn’t need an external evaluation. What is left for the guides and leaders then is to merely monitor their adherence to instructions and previous comments, and how well they understand their importance.

What are the achievements and accolades the company is proud of?

1. Nominated for the prestigious Indian Achiever’s Award 2021- “Promising Startup Award” by IAF India.
2. Recognized as one of the “Top 10 Biotech Startups 2021” by the Industry Outlook Magazine.

 How are you giving back to society? (CSR if Any?)

Creating a new ecosystem for Youth Neuroscience in India

We at Unwired India, are actively involved in invoking youth-driven disruptive change, by helping transform society to transform business, science, technology and innovation by unleashing the minds of 600 million youngsters and leveraging diversity for disruption to further scale the impact across and beyond the glass ceiling.

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Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Digital Magazine

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Organic Rice Coffee is a product that direct from newly harvest rice of our great FARMERS of licab nueva ecija i convert into coffee and sell it private and in social media to promote local products and help people to have work as there extra income.

How did you get your idea for your business?

My x husband before was a farmer i saw the Goodness everything in rice field and i want to promote local products as there voice in social media farmers need to see there worth by expanding what product they work and that’s the planting rice we should need to be known not only us but the people behind every bowl of rice in our table. we can produce our own coffee also in cheap and healthy because this is organic no chemical added doctors agree to take and use this specially those having acid problems.

How is your company keeping up the pace with the emerging developments in the market?

I use social media promoting local products Instagram tweeter Facebook and talks to people privately.

How do you ensure the quality of services in your company?

Its organic no chemical added that’s it.

What kind of clients do you serve?

I serve all because I’m promoting local products and healthiness in all ages without side effects.

How is your company keeping up with technological advancements? How does it help you in staying ahead in the market?

I don’t use chemicals i use advance communication i don’t not use yet big machine because I’m still in my first stage of business I don’t yet reach the highest peak and i need a help.

What are the methods used from your end to keep your employees motivated? What approaches do you implement to evaluate their success?

Just one thing I want to be successful together with my team i let them know always my success is also there success we all together dream and work HIGH.

What are the achievements and accolades the company is proud of?  

we are recognized in radio station and in rappler and in swak na swak tv program but still this is not enough.

How are you giving back to society? (CSR if Any?)

I’m not yet successful actually I’m in hardship but I’m not given up because i believe this product will left up not only me but to the whole farms and the society we will be known and we will be help others a lot people will engage to healthy living specially we are now facing into pandemic we all need to be HEALTHY. I’m not able not to give back anything or money back but i can share my story and share things to motivate others never give up.

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Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Digital Magazine

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We created the first virtual therapists, aquatic and land mode, using a mixed reality lens (union between virtual and augmented), natural language processing and machine learning, to guide a digitized methodology of exercises with the highest scientific evidence, including nutritional advice and gamification when interacting with virtual objects (eating fruits, save marine animals, destroy viruses and catch legendary monsters), turning the session into a game, increasing adherence to treatment, according to objective and health condition, to rehabilitate injuries, eliminate diseases and promote healthy lifestyles, from the comfort of your home. In addition, they are integrated into a clinic with doctors and digital influencers who recommend them.
We have 4 differentiating attributes:

1. Platforms with virtual therapists, based on machine learning, mixed reality and gamification.
2. Innovative exercise methodology, based on Clinical Reasoning, Training Principles and Physical Exercise Prescription, validated with +700 sessions in people of different ages and health conditions (pregnancy, obesity, chronic diseases and body pain, in the water), digitized in software.
3. Integrated in a Clinic interoperable with health systems, through high international standards (Snomed-CT, HL7/FHIR, GDPR and HIPAA), with doctors and digital influencers who recommend them.
4. Triple impact, because by carrying out Kaenz or Kaibaz, they improve people’s well-being and healthy habits, helping the environment with their products (eco-design and circular economy).

How did you get your idea for your business?

Previously, we failed in two companies that we founded, but we learned valuable lessons, which led us to create this new startup with a scientific-technological base in digital health, to take advantage of this unique opportunity, which generated the global pandemic in the healthtech industry and We are motivated to generate an impact on society, by solving health problems derived from sedentary life, using disruptive technologies to scale and achieve our purpose “Health becomes a reality”. On the other hand, $68B is lost each year in health and productivity due to physical inactivity. In addition, the WHO indicates that 60% of the world population is sedentary, causing health problems for 2,000 million people, such as body aches, tiredness, stress, obesity and various diseases, generating absenteeism, medical leave and low productivity. These data are prior to the arrival of the pandemic, which have been intensified by quarantine and telework, negatively impacting people on a psychological, physical and work level.

How is your company keeping up the pace with the emerging developments in the market?

All of our science-based technology startup at healthtech is aligned with our Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP): Health becomes a reality! Because we address a global problem, through the use of innovation, creativity and exponential technologies (Mixed
Reality, Digital Humans, Machine Learning and Big data), managing a world of abundance with EXO attributes. We have a Lean culture of experimentation with data driven using dashboards (OKR) and interfaces with advanced talent distributed on demand, relying on social technologies. On the other hand, our core is artificial intelligence algorithms and automated processes, which are nourished with the data and experiences of our users when using Virtual Therapists (Kaenz and Kaibaz), to improve engagement and adherence to treatment with gamification. Finally, we have created Asdisal, the most relevant community in healthtech startups with 256 members from 20 Iberoamerican countries, promoting networks and collaboration synergies.

How do you ensure the quality of services in your company?

Since the team discovered this mindset of abundance, applying exponential technologies from the referents of Singularity University, Exponential Medicine, Exponential Organizations and ExO Community, they have inspired us to work on the great challenges of humanity in health with various ideas, innovations and creativity, which is embodied in the culture and purpose of Exponential Digital Health.

What kind of clients do you serve?

Customer Segment: Patients with health problems, which can be solved with an optimal prescription of physical exercise and rehabilitation, such as body aches, fatigue, stress, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and various pathologies, which generate absenteeism, medical leave and low productivity , who want to access technological services and products of digital health, that solve their problems in a simple, safe way and in the comfort of their home, without transfers, valuing their time.

How is your company keeping up with technological advancements? How does it help you in staying ahead in the market?

Our Commercializable Technological Product has solved different challenges, iterations and validations, so that it works with the following attributes, in Kinceb (Digital Clinic), integrating two platforms or apps (iOS, Android and Huawei) with the first Virtual Therapists of the world (Kaenz and Kaibaz), based on a mixed reality lens (union between virtual and augmented) with wireless headphones, with development of 3D environments for video games and gamification (Unity), architecture with cloud microservices (AWS), to be interoperable with standards in health systems (HL7/FHIR), which analyzes smart patient data and smartphone sensors, applying data bioengineering, biomarker analysis and mathematical modeling with neural network algorithms (Machine Learning), to personalize and correct the exercise methodology, based on Clinical Reasoning, Training Principles, Prescription of Physical Exercise and articles of the last 5 years with level of scientific evidence Ia and Ib, according to the Oxford Scale. Digital Humans use GTP-3 (OpenAI) and MetaHuman (Unreal). Also, our products incorporate ecodesign and circular economy, for greater durability, hygiene and without waste to the environment, including Amazon logistics to distribute them anywhere in the world, from their warehouses.

In conclusion, all these processes involve an orchestration of development, scientific research, innovation and application of various disruptive technologies, which are being developed by the main global leaders that allow us to deliver a unique and innovative solution, capable of scaling to new markets.

What are the methods used from your end to keep your employees motivated? What approaches do you implement to evaluate their success?

1. To align a technology-science-based startup in healthtech, it is very relevant to empower the entire team with a clear Massive Transformational Purpose (MTP) and address a global problem.
2. We live in a changing world with great opportunities and abundance, which must be channeled by applying the 10 ExO attributes (IDEAS and SCALE) and exponential technologies are necessary to scale our innovations.
3. The power of networking and collaboration are fundamental when leading communities that share your purpose, values and vision.

Regarding the metrics or KPIs, we have created an Organization with the potential to scale to different markets with a minimum of resources, by implementing ExO attributes, delivering greater value and an exquisite experience to our clients, differentiating ourselves from the competition. In addition, during the last 5 years, we have received different awards: Third place at Ignite: International Conference of Startups in Silicon Valley (2018); selected as a disruptive company in the Exponential Medicine of the Singularity University (2019); Finalists of the Company Builder Transfer AP (Pacific Alliance) applying the EBELI method (Evidence Based Entrepreneurship & Lean Innovation) (2020); Health Innovation Award (2020); ExO Entrepreneur Latam (2021); “Fifty of the Most Influential Voices in Healthcare for 2021” for Medika Life and finally, generating networks and collaboration synergies, by being part of communities such as Asdisal (Healthtech Startups of Iberoamerica), Chilean Association of Immersive Experiences (ACHEI), XR Latam and Association of Entrepreneurs of Latin America (ASELA-USA).

What are the achievements and accolades the company is proud of?

Create a world-class team, led by 100% dedicated founders (CEO: Cristian Cortés, COO: Beatriz Isler and CTO: Carlos Neira) who have worked together for +13 years in different health projects, who complement each other and share values ( excellence, integrity and deep respect at the service of people), constantly adapting to achieve the purpose that “health becomes a reality”. Creators of the first virtual therapists (Kaenz and Kaibaz), Digital Clinic (Kinceb) and the Asdisal community, made up of 256 healthech startups in Iberoamerica. We won third place in the International Conference of Startups in Silicon Valley (2018), we were selected as a disruptive company in the Exponential Medicine of the Singularity University (2019), Health Innovation Award (2020), ExO Emprendedor Latam (2021) and “Fifty of the Most Influential Voices in Healthcare for 2021 “for Medika Life. Finally, we are part of the Chilean Association of Immersive Experiences (ACHEI); XR Latam Community and Association of Entrepreneurs of Latin America (ASELA-USA).

How are you giving back to society? (CSR if Any?)

Innovation generates a triple impact (economic, social and environmental), considering it a B Company, because every time our clients hold sessions with virtual therapists (Kaenz and Kaibaz) integrated in the Digital Clinic (Kinceb), they improve their health, well-being, quality of life and at the same time, they help the environment with their products (eco-design, circular economy and low energy consumption).

Positive social externality: It improves the quality of life of our users, making them healthier, more productive and happier people. In addition, it reduces worldwide the curves of infected by coronavirus, hospitalizations and burden of health systems, generating a great economic and public health impact.

Positive environmental externality: We promote the circular economy and ecodesign in our products, to increase durability, hygiene and thus avoid the generation of waste and waste. In addition, we reduce CO2 air pollution by eliminating patient journeys to clinics. Finally, all our interfaces (web and app) are in dark mode, to reduce electricity consumption and avoid eye damage.

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Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Digital Magazine

Jeppe Klausen is the founder of Penni.io, and has extensive experience in driving value through technology in the insurance industry – and has been programming since 5th grade. He has been an entrepreneur for more than 15 years and successfully exited his last business. Founded in 2017, Penni.io provides a technology platform enabling insurers and brokers to become winners in online sales through partnerships.

Penni.io: The Brand, The Story

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The customers’ digital expectations are increasing every day, and the insurance industry is transforming to seize the massive opportunity in digital customer engagement. Penni.io helps the insurers selling insurance products where the customers are → in their partners’ digital channels.  Approximately 40% of total insurance sales come through partner companies such as banks, travel agencies, retailers, trade unions, car dealers, etc. (source: McKinsey), and Penni.io makes these partnerships happen in a digital world. Penni.io’s vision is to make insurance distribution easy and accessible by utilising the partners’ many digital touch-points they already have with their customers.

The Penni Connect platform delivers the fundamental infrastructure and functionality of digital insurance distribution at scale. Penni Connect optimizes conversion and increases sales by providing full online customer journeys. These customers’ journeys are always customizable thanks to the adaptable widgets and checkout solutions. Powerful analytics and insights into customers’ behavior are also accessible on the platform.

Penni has worked with some of the industry leaders: BoughByMany, Topdanmark, April, Axa, SEB, FDM, Tryg, Coopforsinkringer, Anytime.

Penni.io got funded 2 million € in 2020 and 5,7 million € in 2021.

How did you get your idea for your business?

Being an entrepreneur in the insurance sector for 15 years has made me see lot’s of opportunities, but in 2017 it appeared that distribution of insurances at relevant customer touch-points online was the biggest opportunity of them all.

How is your company keeping up the pace with the emerging developments in the market?

We’re investing heavily in technology and sales to grow faster than our competitors.

How do you ensure the quality of services in your company?

We’re very focused on compliance – especially ISAE3402. This has also driven a significant process internally of ensuring that we work with continuous quality in all aspects of delivering SaaS.

What kind of clients do you serve?

Our main clients are insurance companies and their distribution partners.

How is your company keeping up with technological advancements? How does it help you in staying ahead in the market?

We’re constantly investing in new and mature technology that will enable us to deliver value. This comes from conferences, user group meetings and a dedicated tech team that are curious

What are the methods used from your end to keep your employees motivated? What approaches do you implement to evaluate their success?

We give a lot of responsibility to the individual as well as making sure our office feels “a bit like home”.  We’re a strong believer in OKR, which is our main framework for setting direction as well as following up on both performance and happiness.

What are the achievements and accolades the company is proud of?

That we have in three years’ time have been able to land customers in DK, SE, FR, UK and ES.

How are you giving back to society? (CSR if Any?)

We have a green profile and are working constantly with our ESG. On top of that, we try to ensure that our employees are happy and we treat them with respect.

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