Posted by Leticia Lago, Developer Advertising
Final summer season #WeArePlay went on a digital tour of the U.S. to highlight the tales of app and sport founders from each state, and earlier this yr we visited India sharing tales from throughout the nation. As we speak, we’re persevering with our tour internationally with our subsequent cease: Europe. From an app growing independence for the aged to a sport for kids with neurodevelopmental issues, meet the founders of 126 apps and video games firms constructing rising companies on Google Play.
Let’s take a fast street journey throughout the area, with tales of founders that have been impressed to create their firm to assist others round them.
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| Geert, cofounder of Cubigo |
Growing independence for aged folks
First up is Geert from Belgium, who’s the founding father of Cubigo. When Geert’s grandmother moved right into a nursing residence, managing her care felt overwhelming so he used his expertise from working in tech to create his app. It’s aimed toward aged folks – they’ll use it to e-book taxis, days out, order meals, schedule appointments and message mates. Household and nursing employees may also keep up to date with their plans and actions, to allow them to present higher help. His purpose is to provide aged folks independence, and Geert hopes Cubigo will turn into a worldwide participant in senior care. Learn extra tales from Belgium.
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| Zafer and Sercan, co-founders of Otsimo |
Video games designed for kids with neurodevelopmental issues
Subsequent up are mates and co-founders Zafer and Sercan from Turkey, who co-founded gaming firm Otsimo. As a teen, Zafer bought inspiration to create cell instruments for teenagers with studying difficulties by seeing his autistic brother get pleasure from taking part in on his telephone. Quick ahead to his school years, Zafer and his course mate Sercan made a collection of apps aimed toward youngsters with delayed speech and developmental issues. The primary, created alongside particular wants specialists, was Otsimo | Particular Training which will be tailor-made to the person’s necessities. Their apps use voice recognition and machine studying to assist youngsters enhance their speech, cognitive and social abilities, with rewards and stickers to maintain it enjoyable. The Otsimo group have simply launched a completely customizable Augmentative and Various Communication (AAC) app for non-verbal folks of all ages. Learn extra tales from Turkey.
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| Maxence and Oxana, co-founders of Appsent |
Making residence administration and cleansing simpler for everybody
Final however not least, now we have Maxence and Oxana from France, co-founders of Appsent. Maxence and Oxana struggled to maintain their home clear after they have been each working from residence. Sweepy is their resolution – it’s a wise residence cleansing schedule that assigns family duties on specific days and for specific folks. The couple are actually proud that their app has been downloaded by a lot of folks with autism and ADHD, who inform them that it helps them to handle their properties. They’re now creating a factors and rewards function, to attempt to encourage youngsters to become involved within the home tasks too. Learn extra tales from France.
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