The Zendal group has formalized its commitment with the start up Innogando, with a first investment aimed at the co-creation of specialized devices that improve the productivity of livestock. This bet by Zendal for Innogando reinforces the project of the Galician startup that has been highlighted in the Ranking of the Best 100 Startups in Spain 2021 for its work in the fields of technology applied to the livestock sector and mobility.
Zendal’s participation is not only limited to financial support, but also includes support through its distribution network.
For Zendal, this alliance is part of a broader project that encompasses collaboration with other start-ups and confirms the Porriño-based biotech’s commitment to co-innovation and digital transformation in the world of health and wellness. In the words of its CEO Andrés Fernandez, “the support to Innogando reflects our commitment to research and development in the areas of human and animal health, with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life and well-being”.
Improve livestock productivity
Innogando’s project was born to respond to a demand for digitization of the livestock sector. In this case, to improve the quality of life of professionals through the technologization of many systems and at the same time increase the profitability of their farm and strengthen animal welfare.
Among its most outstanding developments is Rumi, a GPS location system for livestock that monitors the animal’s status in real time and compiles all the information in an App so that the user can access it when needed.
The good reception of this product has allowed a rapid growth of the company, which already has a staff of 10 people and sales nationwide. Therefore, “in the short term, our main challenges are to continue growing, for which we will strengthen our national sales network and prepare ourselves to make the leap to international sales, as we have seen the need for this type of services and others that we are already working on”, said Innogando’s CEO, Elio López.
About Innogando
Innogando was born in 2020 as a project in which technology and nature come together with the aim of digitizing the livestock sector in order to improve the quality of life of professionals, the profitability of livestock facilities and achieve greater animal welfare. Based in Lugo and formed by farmers, veterinarians and computer and electronic engineers, the project is supported by Zendal, Xesgalicia and Vigo Activo.
About Zendal
Zendal is the corporate brand of the biotechnology group that brings together six companies focused on the research, development, manufacture and marketing of human and animal health vaccines and other high value-added products for the health sector. The firms under its umbrella are CZ Vaccines, Biofabri, Vetia, Petia, Zinereo and Probisearch. The company based in O Porriño has a team of more than 500 people, most of them highly qualified.
Its different facilities have multiple differentiated biotechnology production areas and laboratories in Spain and Portugal (planned for the first four months of 2022), which makes it a preferential location for the production of vaccines in Europe. It currently exports its health products to 65 countries.
