WASHINGTON, CMC – The Jamaica-based firm, Pathogenix, is amongst 5 entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean who will current their options on the GET Discussion board, the flagship occasion of the Inter-American Improvement Financial institution (IDB) on December 2 this 12 months.
The IDB Lab, the innovation and enterprise capital arm of the IDB Group, mentioned Pathogenic is among the many 5 women-led companies which have gained the WeXchange Ladies STEMpreneurs 2025 competitors.
It mentioned, WeXchange, a platform connecting ladies entrepreneurs in STEM (science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic), acquired greater than 400 entries from 35 nations, providing options in edtech, healthtech, fintech, software program as a service (SaaS), biotech, climatetech, agtech, e-commerce, and different fields.
The enterprise capital fund AVP Ventures led the choice course of, which concerned greater than 86 judges from over 59 organizations, together with 52 funding funds from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The IDB Lab mentioned that the chosen startups are both actively elevating capital or plan to take action within the coming months. Will probably be introduced to enterprise capital traders and key stakeholders within the Latin American and Caribbean innovation ecosystem on the WeXchange Demo Day 2025 on December 2 in San Salvador, El Salvador, throughout the GET Discussion board.
In line with IDB Lab, Pathogenix, the patented air high quality monitor Pathogenix.ai makes use of synthetic intelligence (AI) and nanobiosensor know-how to create a strong biomedicine software for detecting, monitoring, and effectively controlling bacterial pathogens.
“It permits early detection of the sort A flu virus, Legionella micro organism, formaldehyde, risky natural compounds, and gases, together with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide, in beneath 5 minutes.
“ Its detection capabilities are mixed with a speedy filtration system that may clear the air in the identical timeframe,” the IDB Lab added.
The opposite chosen startups are from Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, and Argentina. The IDB Lab acknowledged that the WeXchange platform goals to facilitate connections amongst entrepreneurs, traders, and coaching contributors.
“The winners will current their options at a plenary session throughout the GET Discussion board, giving them vital visibility in entrance of traders and key stakeholders from the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
“They can even take part in networking actions and have the chance to deepen their understanding of essentially the most related discussions about innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
