MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES 2020
Health
India Latin America Live Events
- Meow Wolf
For translating its
bonkers, art-centric
experience into a
three-minute amuse-
ment park ride
- r.Cup For displac-
ing hundreds of
thousands of dispos-
able cups at concerts
- Secret Cinema
For transforming
popular films into in-
creasingly grand
theatrical events
- Taco Bell
For extending
the experiential
brand activation
trend to its ultimate
(absurd) conclusion:
the Taco Bell
Hotel & Resort in
Palm Springs
- Tait
For staging the
Fortnite World Cup
6. MWM For put-
ting viewers in the
trenches with its War
Remains interactive
VR installation
7. KultureCity
For expanding the
number of sensory-
inclusive venues
so people with au-
tism, PTSD, or
Down syndrome can
enjoy them
8. L-Acoustics
For bringing its im-
mersive sound tech-
nology to Aerosmith’s
Las Vegas residency
9. Engage &
Resonate For
building brand
events for Amazon,
McDonald’s, and
Under Armour
10. Evensi For rec-
ommending your
next favorite event
- Algramo For sell-
ing soap in a whole
new way—by adding
a digital wallet to
the packaging
to encourage reuse
- Ejido Verde
For regrowing the
Mexican pine resin
business with regen-
erative practices and
support for indige-
nous communities
- Magazine Luiza
For easing the way
for small businesses
to sell on its e-
commerce platform
- Agronow For
bringing risk analysis
to Brazilian agricul-
ture to lower capital
costs for farmers
- TPaga For build-
ing out acceptance
of its digital wallet
across Colombia
- dLocal
For bridging the gap
between unbanked
drivers and ride-
hailing apps
- A m a r o For de-
signing data-driven
fashion and going
direct to consumer
- Hoopla For woo-
ing customers via
mobile apps and
physical installations
for brands including
MercadoLibre
and Maybelline
- Biofase For ex-
porting its bioplastic
cutlery (made from
avocado pits) to Eu-
rope and Australia
- Orbia
For reorienting its
conglomerate to-
ward tackling sus-
tainability goals such
as water scarcity
- Meesho
For popularizing
e-commerce by
helping people sell to
their social networks
- Milk Mantra
For boosting tens of
thousands of farm-
ers’ productivity by
31% and income by
57% via its ethical
sourcing network
- Cipla For formu-
lating a pediatric
AIDS drug that can
be sprinkled in food
or water
- Udaan For build-
ing a B2B market-
place for 2 million
retailers in 900 cities
to buy direct from
manufacturers
- Ambee For sens-
ing air-quality data
to make customized
recommendations
- Locus For en-
hancing its logistics
software by translat-
ing ad hoc ad-
dresses into precise
locations
- N i k i .a i For con-
verting voice com-
mands into online
orders, overcoming
dialect barriers
- Urban Com-
pany For doubling
down on beauty
and home services
and offering its pro-
viders free insurance
- Cure.Fit
For bulking up the
gym chain’s wellness
offerings with mental
health programs and
meal plans
- B9 Beverages
For moving
from craft to mass-
market beer
- Maven Clinic
For offering
pregnancy, child-
birth, and fertility
care as a benefit
- Prime Thera-
peutics For detect-
ing medical fraud
via data analytics
- Suki For building
an AI transcription
assistant for doctors
- Lyra Health For
blending in-person
and remote mental
health counseling
- Paragon
Biosciences
For helping radiolo-
gists detect breast
cancer with
20% more accuracy
- Xealth
For creating a
platform that makes
it easy to order
products and ser-
vices for patients
- RxSense
For securing patients
the lowest prices on
their prescriptions
- Alma For giving
therapists an afford-
able way to run
a private practice
- Northwell
Health For integrat-
ing technological
solutions to make
care seamless
between hospitals,
labs, and specialists
- Zebra Medical
VisionFor using
AI to spot brain hem-
orrhages before
they become serious
ZEBRA MEDICAL VISION
Zebra’s Multi-Modality AI Triage Solution, which
alerts doctors to suspected internal bleeding 80%
faster than previously possible for both head CT scans
and chest x-rays, received FDA approval last spring.
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