The Lean Innovation Award is sponsored by Impact Hub Bern (© title photo by Fabian Gfeller Fotografie) and chose 19 ventures to take part in their exclusive Master Classes to help the different companies and organisations to develop their business models, improve their pitches, and incorporate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Kona Connect was chosen for our project Sophia – the world’s first chatbot to empower survivors of domestic violence gather potential evidence and get the support they need. Let us introduce these great fellow participants here.




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Introducing:
Lean Innovation Award participants

Breath Atelier supports companies in increasing the health and performance of their employees through Breathwork workshops and gives them the opportunity to take a deep breath. Photo by Breath Atelier
MY LEG is a unique device that restores sensory feedback to amputees by gently stimulating with pulses of current the skin of their remaining leg. The long-term vision of MY LEG is to improve mobility and prosthesis cognitive integration, by restoring sensory feedback, in people with leg amputation where they matter the most to them, during their daily life.


Green Leaf is a beverage start-up from Bern that has set itself the goal of launching a turnaround in food consumption (beverage market). They offer products that are sustainable and natural. Green Leaf builds a decentralised value chain, which leads to a network of suppliers and customers. .
Desiraz are building a community to promote creative talents via a cross-platform community, to disseminate sustainable projects in a qualitatively appropriate manner and to make professional and personal advice more accessible to smaller SMEs and startups.


Recycle Design: as in nature, there is no waste as a construct in recycle design. Everything that is no longer used is material and the basis for something new. This Swedish design principle is applied in the entire process of design, development and production, with everything from material procurement to sales taking place in local cycles. The history of the product is central. It is absorbed, spun on, reinterpreted or emphasised.
Crownos accompanies you on this journey and provides you with inspiration through an individually tailored selection of high-quality watches that perfectly suit you and your needs. We present you watches from Swiss manufacturers, which are fully committed to the passion and tradition of watchmaking.


Camino del Sol brings calmness, balance, and solidarity into your everyday life. You walk with ease to a relaxed place, restore your balance with suitable Pilates exercises and enjoy the evening together with a healthy aperitif.
Breiby is an innovative baby food subscription service that delivers healthy, fresh and sustainable food to your doorstep. It should solve the time problem that prevents many parents from feeding their children healthy and sustainably. In addition, the use of optical food waste counteracts one of the biggest problems in the industry.

Habinum provides global localised, statistical and live real estate market data to help renters know the appropriate prices in any given area.


Heureux is a creative agency that brings together videographers, photographers, musicians and other artists. We work and collaborate with artists around the world, giving the brands we work for exactly the team they need. Our vision is to build a community and a creative network.
Jaipur Handblock Print creates ethically and sustainably produce contemporary designs by combining the Indian inspiration with western colours and patterns, bring those unique products to Switzerland and run a program to categorically improve the living conditions, health security and education of those artisans with the gained


Plaça del Sol wants to create a “place under the sun” in the city of Bern, where different people meet and where relationships can develop on an equal footing. A meeting place and meeting point that is open to everyone and that everyone helps shape. Another important point in Plaça del Sol is the creation of symmetrical relationships and thus stimulating an actual exchange between different cultures and spheres of life. It shouldn’t always be one side that “learns” something, but we all learn from each other and create something new together.
Solery identify suitable properties and bring their owners, users and investors together in order to use previously unused roof and facade areas for electricity production with photovoltaic systems for the benefit of everyone.


Schöne recyclete Plastikflaschen: Have you had enough of the conventional, unsightly plastic bottles in the bathroom for shampoo, douche and conditioner and in the kitchen for soaps and detergents? We have the solution. Beautiful and simple bottles made of recycled PET for refilling your supermarket products or for refilling from the store you trust. The bottles are made in Switzerland. The PET was collected in Switzerland or recovered from the oceans. Contribute to a sustainable and clean planet with a beautiful home.
SVELTA – stay liquid: Tenants must deposit a security of up to three months’ rent when taking over the rental property at the latest, which is often a heavy burden on the budget. In addition, the procedure is laborious and paper-heavy. This is exactly where SVELTA comes to the rescue: with its fully digital approach and state-of-the-art technologies, it gives tenants access to the guarantee certificate in seconds. The tenants benefit from the highly efficient cost structure in the form of low premiums. In summary: the fairest and most convenient access to living space for everyone!


thinkgate aims to provide consulting and development services as well as the sale of IT solutions in the area of Airport Operations & Resources Management, with the aim of establishing an optimal control of the complex passenger flows. We base our competence on our ability to create realistic forecasts as well as our specialist knowledge and experience in IT, aviation and airport operations. Our goal is to enable the smoothest possible processes for the airports, their customers and partners and especially for the passengers. Smooth processes are the basis for lower structural costs and higher service quality.
Trebies by la_manu_factura: “Treber”, a waste product from beer production, is used to produce salty and sweet cookies – the “Trebies” – regionally and fairly. The “Trebies” thus make a contribution to the food waste that is produced in the brewery of beer. The focus is on the utilization of “spent grains” from microbreweries in and around Bern. The “Trebies” can be tailored to your personal diet as you wish. No waste – just taste “Trebies”

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