ACT | The App Association exists to help our members flourish. 2020 may not be the year any of us expected, but it was a year during which our members managed to celebrate many successes, overcome challenges, and grow their companies. We are delighted to welcome so many talented and innovative new members this year and collaborate with many of our long-standing member companies. Our members develop and innovate technologies across all sectors of the app economy and play a key role in the app ecosystem the App Association represents. We’re proud to serve our members, tell their stories, and help them to continue creating technology that improves our lives. We hope you enjoy reading these member profiles as much as we loved writing them!
L’Escapadou (France) – In 2010, Pierre Abel started creating educational apps for children to improve their writing, spelling, and math skills. He was inspired by the Montessori method and his own daughters’ learning and creativity. Platforms have allowed this family development studio to access the global market and be hugely successful.
App Family (Sweden) – Per Haglund designs engaging puzzles, colouring games, and educational memory training apps for children from ages 1-6. App Family developed some of its apps in cooperation with educators, in particular, to help children with special needs. Relying on app store optimization, Per has gained customers all around the world and accumulated more than 95 million downloads.
Nouss (Spain) – Nouss, founded by Fernando Guerrero, is a global provider of artificial intelligence engines for dynamic real-time intelligent planning capabilities to institutions and companies in several market verticals. Their solutions show how tech SMEs can contribute and play an essential role in helping authorities in mitigating the COVID-19 outbreak on our economies and societies.
imagiLabs (Sweden) – The way Dora Palfi and Beatrice Ionascu see it; if technology equals the future and women don’t equal technology, then women don’t equal the future. That’s what this female-founded start-up is trying to avoid by bringing tech education and coding skills to teenagers with the customisable imagiCharm.
Wello (Romania) – By 2030, the world population of obese children and adolescents is predicted to grow by 60 percent to 254 million. With this global health challenge in mind, Sveatoslav Vitziu developed a wellness app focused on helping children and families generate healthy nutritional habits.
Layers Studio (United Kingdom) – The best solutions usually have a lot of… layers. That’s what inspired James Hanson to launch Layers Studio, a design studio providing efficient solutions ranging from mobile and web apps to marketing strategies and the integration of web software and communication tools.
Greenly (France) – Alexis Normand leveraged his experience in the connected health industry and passion for the environment to create a personal finance app that allows users to measure their personal carbon footprint. The app analyses users’ spending habits and helps them choose greener alternatives.
Brain+ (Denmark) – Kim Baden-Kristensen decided to combine technology, computer games, and neuroscience to create Brain+. Brain+ is a mobile health company that offers gamified versions of different cognitive training exercises targeting cognitive improvements such as attention and memory.
Oh BiBi (France) – Oh BiBi, a mobile game design studio founded by industry veterans Stanislas Dewavrin and Marial Valery, specializes in making traditional computer and console-centric games accessible for mobile platforms. Oh BiBi’s games have the colourful characters and unique designs that one usually associates with PC and console gaming.