Casa do Impacto once again joined the Entrepreneurship Awards as the Category Partner for the award that, for the past three years, has placed Impacto where it belongs: the “Most Impactful Startup Award.”

As always, the Entrepreneurship Awards highlight Projects and Entrepreneurs who have transformed their industries. The awards celebrate them through various categories: Entrepreneur of the Year, Ecosystem Award, Rising Female Award, International Personality Award, Youth Startup Award, Most Promising Startup Award, and, of course, the one that matters most to us: Most Impactful Startup Award.

From Education and Accessibility, through Health and Care, to Environmental and Corporate Sustainability, this year’s three Finalist Startups have proven just how far Impact can reach.

• > Class of Wonders: Class of Wonders is an Impact-driven Edtech Company that develops gamified learning experiences for Public Elementary Schools, focusing on Literacy and Numeracy. Its mission is to transform classrooms into spaces where no Child is left behind, using tools that help Teachers combat Educational Poverty. Operating on a subscription model for schools, it is present in Portugal and expanding into Spain. In previous implementations, 84% of Students improved their literacy and numeracy skills. It is led by a Team with over ten years of experience in Education and Social Impact.

• > Knok: Knok offers timely access to quality Healthcare. Through a “Digital Front Door” strategy, it connects Patients, care Providers, and Healthcare Professionals on a single platform.The API-centric platform enables a seamless, engaging, and personalized healthcare experience for all medical conditions through a state-of-the-art “Patient Journey Engine.” They use current clinical practice as their primary source of knowledge to improve care automation and increase financial savings. 

• > ZeroPact: ZeroPact is a technology company that offers an Artificial Intelligence engine that automates the calculation of carbon footprints and life cycle assessments (LCA) for products and logistics chains on a large scale. It aims to address a critical Corporate Sustainability challenge: the difficulty, slowness, and high cost of collecting data scattered across global value chains to measure the Environmental Impact of thousands of individual items. The platform combines artificial intelligence, scientific databases, and operational data to provide solutions for environmental compliance and carbon intelligence.

These are three completely different solutions, each focused on addressing distinct challenges and aimed at reaching diverse audiences. Regardless of whether the initiative is social or environmental, what matters at Impacto is whether there is a clear purpose and whether it’s possible to scale the initiative sustainably and in a financially viable way. It’s refreshing to see innovative ideas gaining ground and a platform to reach even further.

To evaluate this and all the other criteria at play, the responsibility was entrusted to Nuno Comando, Director of Casa do Impacto; Fernando Amaro, from Associação Mutualista Montepio; Inês Pinho, from Unicorn Factory Lisboa; João Magalhães, from Ubbu, the winning project in this category for the year 2025; Maria João Cabral, from Fundação La Caixa; and Rita Branco, from 3XP Global.

Congratulations to Knok Care, which took home the award and thus joined Ubbu, Goparity, and Actif, winners from previous editions.

We must also mention what a positive sign it is to see finalists in other categories presenting impactful solutions that deserve recognition, such as Cozecare, a startup from our Community focused on Mental Health, which competed in the Youth Startup Award category.

What a positive sign and a promising omen for a future increasingly shaped by positive Impact.

We want to take this opportunity to thank Unicorn Factory Lisboa, which continues to invite us to be part of this initiative and to provide a platform for Impact Entrepreneurship.