3 Cambodia Health Startups Win the Lafiya Innovators Incubator and Head to Switzerland
Our Lafiya Innovators program has been supporting early operational startups focused on health-related thematics. And now, we’ve selected our final three!
- Impact Hub Phnom Penh
Over the past three months with Lafiya Innovators program, 10 health-related startup teams have been through an intensive incubation period with a series of masterclasses and 1-1 mentoring sessions with the program’s dedicated business mentor, health expert, and finance expert.
It all culminated just a few days ago, when the 10 teams pitched before a public audience and panel of judges on their startup and its positive impact on Cambodia’s health sector. Three of these startups were selected to represent Cambodia to join Lafiya Immersion Week in Switzerland and were awarded a 10,000CHF cash prize each to strengthen their operations!
Meet the Winning Teams
- Meet Doctor: helps people with medical conditions to get fast and easy access to highly qualified doctors.
- Green Lady Cambodia: provides safer menstrual product choices, educates young people on Sexual and Reproductive Health topics and facilitates menstruation classrooms with sewing workshops for girls and women in Cambodia.
- Agri House: produces and sells cricket-enhanced, nutritionally balanced snacks for Cambodia’s primary school-aged youth market.
Curious to learn more? Watch the recording of them pitching here!
Spotlight on Sovanvotey of Green Lady Cambodia
At the end of the program, we caught up with Hok Sovanvotey, founder of Green Lady Cambodia:
“From this program, I can access the necessary tools for my growth in the entrepreneurship journey. I appreciate the one-on-one mentorship plus coaching that the Impact Hub team has designed and put together attentively to fit the nature of the startup. I appreciate all the mentors, coaches, and teams that put efforts into this program to promote and inspire more happy and balanced entrepreneurs.
At first, I didn’t expect to win the competition or even think about pursuing the opportunity initially because of the fear of “dreaming big”. But what pushes me forward through this program is, I believe, the need to heal the gender role inequality in society.
Pitching to the public pushed my team and me to expose more to the public and to tell them about what I am currently doing to bring more awareness on Sexual and Reproductive Health and invite them to think about what else can help solve the problem in this area.
I am happy and excited to be selected as Cambodia’s representative. I will try to absorb as much as possible from my experiences in Switzerland. And improve what I am currently doing with my startup to bring more positive impact to the Sexual and Reproductive Health sector in Cambodia.”
This program is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Foundation Botnar and organized by Impact Hub Phnom Penh and Impact Hub Basel.
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