--- title: "Smart Cities Challenge for Startups" url: https://www.seedstars.com/community/entrepreneurs/programs/open-innovation-challenge/ --- PROGRAM # Smart Cities Challenge for Startups Finding and co-creating innovative solutions to support infrastructure, transportation, and better waste disposal with LIMA EXPRESA and VINCI Highways group. Open innovation program to foster Smart Cities Startups 1. [HOME](/) 2. [WHO WE WORK WITH](/community/) 3. [ENTREPRENEURS](/community/entrepreneurs/) 4. [SEEDSTARS PROGRAMS](/community/entrepreneurs/programs/) 5. OPEN INNOVATION CHALLEGE ![Ministerio](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Ministerio_Peru-01-01.max-594x300.png) ![Proinnovate](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/ProInnovate_web-01.max-594x300.png) ![LIMA Expresa VINCI](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Lima_Expresa_Identifier_RGB-01-01.max-594x300.png) ![powered by](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/poweredbyvinci-01-01-01.max-594x300.png) ![vinci](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/VINCI_f-01.max-594x300.png) ![Seedstars](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/SeedstarsLogoWebsite-01-01.max-594x300.png) ## About the Program ### About the Program: details Finding and co-creating innovative solutions to support infrastructure, transportation, and better waste disposal with LIMA EXPRESA and VINCI Highways group. **Join the call for the Open Innovation Program to foster Smart Cities Startups!** [ESPAÑOL ](https://www.seedstars.com/community/entrepreneurs/programs/open-innovation-challenge-es/) ![](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Lima.max-1280x550.png) Choose Your Challenge! Smart Cities: * **Accident and Incident Detection and Prevention:** How to identify and reduce accident detection time? * **Smart Roads: Data from Customers** Solutions to obtain massive data from users in Smart Roads with current infrastructure * **Waste Management & Circular Economy:** How to manage 20 tons of waste per day? Collect, segregate and recycle disposals on the roads [APPLY NOW ](https://seedsta.rs/3CR2uZO) Benefits * **Co-create solutions** : LIMA EXPRESA & winning Startups led by Seedstars (structure, mentoring, and tools for business design). * **Own and sell your product/service** : IP - Intellectual Property, and startup technology / purchased by LIMA EXPRESA and VINCI Highways, becoming the startups’ client. * ** _Purchase:_** After the co-development process, LIMA EXPRESA and the rest of the concessions of the VINCI Group could purchase the solution, becoming clients of the startup. * **Expand your business** : opportunity to internationalize your product/service to VINCI Highways Center of Excellence. * **Network and mentoring from executives:** at LIMA EXPRESA and VINCI Highways Startups gain knowledge of market needs thanks to the experience, network and knowledge of the group. **Prize: Grant around up to 1,291,000 PEN*** (around 346,000 USD) for all winning solutions** to implement the co-development project that meets the challenges proposed. The amount will be split as follows in the Terms and Conditions section below. ![](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/photo-1572270184090-3c5a62939cfa.max-1280x550.jpg) Accident and Incident Detection and Prevention * KPI: Targeting up to 5 minutes (detection time) with a 95% to 100% of effectivity * We are looking for Software solutions (with or without hardware solutions) that allow the quick detection of incidents in the road, determining if it is an accident or an incident (informal event vs formal accident that LIMA EXPRESA needs to detect). We are not looking for a software that registers incidents, we aim for an intelligent system that helps to differentiate a false positive from an accident * Artificial intelligence, Smart cameras integrated with Ai and Big Data, Machine learning, IoT solutions, Data analytics * The solution should have an interactive dashboard that allows immediate actions and responses to the accidents * It would be desirable to include predictive analytics based on history/occurrence or events over the years (weather conditions, traffic or any relevant forecast) [APPLY NOW ](https://seedsta.rs/3CR2uZO) ![](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/LimaExpresa1.max-1280x550.png) ![](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/LimaExpresa.max-1280x550.png) Smart Roads: Data from Customers * Create a platform to capture massive data from users in Smart Roads with current infrastructure (Smart cameras) for improving customer experience by data analytics, AI and Machine learning * Obtain 300k full registers (use of data acceptance) * System to communicate road to driver * Interoperability with other concessions, municipalities, police [APPLY NOW ](https://seedsta.rs/3CR2uZO) Waste Management & Circular Economy * Solutions for collecting automatically 20 tons of waste per day * Solutions for _Waste valorization_ , reusing, recycling, or composting the _waste_ collected * KPI: Target collect and segregate 80% of the waste * Collect, segregate, recycle [APPLY NOW ](https://seedsta.rs/3CR2uZO) ![](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Residuos.max-1280x550.png) ## Program Timeline ### Program Timeline: details PHASE 1 Open Call 21st of March 2022 PHASE 2 Close of applications 15th of April 2022 PHASE 3 Scouting 21st of March - 19th April of 2022 PHASE 4 Annoucement of finalists 2nd of May 2022 PHASE 5 Demo Day & Winner Annoucement 19th of May 2022 ## Project Team ### Project Team: details ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Paula_Garcia.max-376x376.jpg) REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER AT SEEDSTARS Paula García [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-garcia-malpica/) ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Jose_Miguel_Reta.max-376x376.jpg) ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE & PROJECT LEAD AT SEEDSTARS Jose Miguel Reta [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-miguel-reta/) ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Carlos_Rubio.max-376x376.jpg) MANAGER ON MARKETING, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND INNOVATION AT LIMA EXPRESA Carlos Rubio [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-rubio-vassallo-90467921/) ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/MariTomey.max-376x376.jpg) INNOVATION SPECIALIST AT LIMA EXPRESA Maria Tomey [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-tomey-3018572a/) ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Screen_Shot_2022-02-17_at_19.21.16.max-376x376.png) GLOBAL MARKETING PROGRAMS MANAGER Maria Camila Albornoz [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariacamilalbornozgoyeneche/) ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Moni.max-376x376.jpg) INVESTMENT ANALYST AT SEEDSTARS Monica Gomez [__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-gomez-espadero/) [TERMS AND CONDITIONS ](https://seedsta.rs/smartcitiesterms) ## About Us ### About Us: details [ ![sEEDSTARS](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/seedstarsprogramshell.max-320x550.jpg) ABOUT #### Seedstars Seedstars is a Swiss-based group with the mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Seedstars connects stakeholders, builds companies from scratch with public and private partners and invests in high-growth ventures within these ecosystems. Seedstars aims at fostering impact investing and impact entrepreneurship over the world. Through different activities, that range from venture scouting, events organization to company building and entrepreneurial education programs. VISIT THE WEBSITE ](https://www.seedstars.com/) [ ![LIMA EXPRESA](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Lima_Expresa-01.max-320x550.png) ABOUT #### LIMA EXPRESA Since 2016, LIMA EXPRESA is a company of VINCI Highways, world leader in road concessions. It is in charge of a public-private concession, granted by the Municipality of Lima in 2009, which includes 16 km of the Vía de Evitamiento, from the Trébol de Javier Prado to the Óvalo Habich, and an express road of 9 km, located between the Huáscar Bridge and Av. Morales Duárez, on the border with Callao. Learn more at http://limaexpresa.pe/ and www.asisonlascosas.pe. VISIT THE WEBSITE ](http://limaexpresa.pe/) [ ![VINCI](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/VINCI_f-01.max-320x550.png) ABOUT #### VINCI Highways VINCI Highways, a VINCI Concessions subsidiary, is a leader in road concessions, operation and mobility services. We design, finance, build and operate motorways, bridges, tunnels, urban roads and mobility services on a network of more than 4,000 km in 16 countries. VINCI Highways leverages its expertise to deliver the highest performance and safety standards and treat drivers to a positive experience. VISIT THE WEBSITE ](https://www.vinci-concessions.com/en/vinci-highways) [ ![Proinnovate](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/ProInnovate_web-01.max-320x550.png) ABOUT #### Proinnóvate The ProInnóvate Program of the Ministry of Production promotes and consolidates innovation and entrepreneurship, technological and productive development in the country. ProInnóvate seeks to contribute to the growth of the competitiveness of the productive sector for the growth of the economy, social welfare, environmental protection and sustainable development VISIT THE WEBSITE ](https://www.proinnovate.gob.pe/) ## Read more [ LATIN AMERICA • Lima expresa lanza convocatoria para startups interesadas en desarrollar soluciones en seguridad vial, vías inteligentes y reciclaje de residuos LIMA EXPRESA, empresa de VINCI Highways y concesionaria vial de la Vía de Evitamiento y la vía expresa Línea Amarilla, presentó la convocatoria de innovación abierta “Smart Cities Challenge for Startups”, el cual convoca a las startups a nivel global __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/lima-expresa-lanza-convocatoria-para-startups-interesadas-en-desarrollar-soluciones-en-seguridad-vial-v%C3%ADas-inteligentes-y-reciclaje-de-residuos/) --- ## Sitemap - [Sitemap](https://www.seedstars.com/sitemap.md): every public page on this site - [llms.txt](https://www.seedstars.com/llms.txt): what Seedstars does and where to start