At first glance, nothing, and this could be the start of one of those jokes that begin with three people walking into a bar. But in fact, what these three projects have in common is that they were all part of the final of the sixth edition of RISE for Impact, proving once again that this program is made for and by all those who have the spark of innovation for Impact itself, regardless of the social challenge they want to solve. There is room for everyone.

There was room for many applications that arrived in record time, including ninety-three projects that demonstrated that Social Impact is alive and well. There was a time, intense and challenging, for a Bootcamp overflowing with Entrepreneurial energy. There was time for months of training, hard but liberating. There was time for a final Demoday that closed this program and chose the podium for the sixth edition of Casa do Impacto’s training program, dedicated to Social Sustainability:

 

1st PLACE:

Lampsy Health – Vicente Garção e Leonor Pereira:

Lampsy is a patent-protected device that improves the safety and quality of life of people with epilepsy. It immediately notifies family and emergency contacts during a seizure, ensuring immediate medical attention. Discreetly integrated into a lamp, Lampsy helps users avoid stigma, allowing them to live independently and confidently.

Lampsy Health receives €3,000, incubation, and mentoring at Casa do Impacto.

 

2nd PLACE:

DAT – Dança, Arte e Terapia – Maria Eugénia Brandulo, Ana Stange Klix and Irene Labar Pirez:

This project aims to promote Individual and Community Well-being through art, especially dance, as a tool for social transformation. DAT develops therapeutic programs for vulnerable sectors, led by an interdisciplinary and multicultural team that encourages inclusive and integrative practices. The programs include Tango Therapy for active aging, Inclusive Dance, which integrates dance, art, and healthy practices, and programs that encourage creativity and self-awareness in young people and children.

DAT – Dance, Art, and Therapy receives €2,000, Incubation, and Mentoring at Casa do Impacto.

 

3rd PLACE:

Green Dash – Rita Pinhol:

GreenDash is a web-based, AI-powered platform designed to simplify and automate the process of creating Sustainability Reports in compliance with the European CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive). By leveraging advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, GreenDash enables companies—especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)—to comply with legal obligations while promoting greater transparency, accountability, and positive environmental and social Impact.

GreenDash receives €1,000, Incubation, and mentoring at Casa do Impacto.

 

The end of this edition brings with it a special sense of accomplishment. RIS for Impact is the first initiative promoted by Casa do Impacto in the context of the CONNECT Consortium. It was with the support of our omnipresent partners, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universidade Católica Portuguesa (through the Yunus Social Innovation Center at Católica-Lisbon), as well as our Social Investors, Lisbon City Council, Fundação Galp, and Fundação Santander, that we carried out all these months of work.

 

This involvement was crucial in this final Demoday, and the jury included Nimay Çelikyay, Social Impact Project Manager at Fundação Galp, and Nuno Simões, Head of Digital Performance at Santander Universidades and Fundação Santander Portugal, who joined Inês Schmidt, Founder of Associação Une. Idades, whose place was hers since Une.Idades won first place in the last edition, and Nuno Comando, Director of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Social Economy.

RISE for Impact will be back, there is no doubt about that. We continue with our mission to help Entrepreneurs develop their ideas and become true social transformers. We look at all those who have already gone through this program, so many of whom have become national references in the Impact sector, and we remain certain: Social Impact is alive and well, and there is so much talent out there that needs an opportunity to shine. We are here to provide it.