For the third consecutive year, the selection was led and coordinated by the accelerator Rockstart, which took one hundred of these companies as references, covering various industries.
In 2024, Lazarillo continues to develop top-notch technologies to enhance the navigation experience for thousands of people, both in open and closed spaces. In addition to the accessible orientation app created in 2016, which currently has over 350,000 visually impaired users connected worldwide, Lazarillo has introduced an innovative Digital Mapping Platform called MapVX. This platform can be integrated with various information channels, such as websites, digital kiosks, and mobile apps, among other options. These achievements recently led Forbes and its annual ranking of the top one hundred Chilean startups, in collaboration with the accelerator Rockstart, to recognize Lazarillo’s work as one of the most sustainable and consistent with its vision, as initially outlined by its current CEO and co-founder, René Espinoza Jiménez.
What is MapVX?
In the digital era, providing advanced technology users the ability to customize their daily experiences is a task that the Lazarillo team has successfully enhanced over the past few years. Despite economic challenges in the startup ecosystem, the vision driving their developers from the start, to strengthen mobility and access to multiple layers of information, remains intact. As René Espinoza, current CEO and co-founder of Lazarillo, states, the digitalization of physical spaces has not only enabled visually impaired individuals to move with greater autonomy. “This work has led us to significant achievements such as the creation of MapVX, our own digital mapping platform that provides extensive information in shopping centers, airports, and any physical location; it creates 100% customizable digital directories and also complements a truly universal accessibility option for users with various types of disabilities in the Lazarillo app.”
Layers of Information
The support of MapVX is state-of-the-art, something already being implemented in airports and shopping centers in the United States, Colombia, and Chile. Likewise, tourism companies have integrated these cutting-edge technologies, such as the Taimar hotel on the island of Fuerteventura in Spain, whose facilities are now 100% inclusive thanks to accessible maps configured from MapVX in the Lazarillo app.
Use Cases
With a digital mapping system, it is possible to manage highly varied information according to customers’ needs. In shopping centers, stores, food outlets, restrooms, and many other points of interest can be mapped, providing data on offers, events, and schedules. In airports, the maps facilitate locating airline counters, boarding gates, immigration offices, and any point configured in the system, allowing people to establish routes easily and intuitively in these complex sites.
Access to Information
To offer unique experiences, MapVX incorporates augmented reality resources in the development of its technologies. This means that everyone has access to this information through various channels. The maps can be linked to mobile apps like Lazarillo, websites, digital kiosks, QR codes, among other options. Thus, users get everything they are looking for at any time, with just one click or by simply looking at their phone screen.
Expansion of Lazarillo
Thanks to sustained work over eight years, Lazarillo now conducts much of its management and investments from its main offices in the United States. The startup also has operational centers in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile, all of which are currently executing various projects.
Discover MapVX and LazarilloApp
With many available and 100% customizable layers of information, MapVX is today the digital mapping platform with the most integration possibilities, continuous support, and all the experience of its developers. Schedule a free demo and enhance the experience of all your customers by Clicking Here. Meanwhile, the Lazarillo app has become a key tool for thousands of visually impaired people worldwide, allowing them to navigate with more autonomy, discovering the city with audio guides and accessible maps. Schedule a Free Demo Here.
