nir-vana innovation network

The Portuguese company, founded in January 2008, is located in Lisbon and is specialized in creating educational and scientific toys which improve education levels in society and allow children to learn while playing. Its activity is always based on cooperation and analysis of the market trends worldwide through the research and innovation team.

The toys are inspired by the STEAM. The STEAM areas are Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics and all the educational and scientific toys include the Brain Activator seal that gives the ability for children to develop skills such as concentration, memory, reasoning, learning, social and manual skills while playing and having fun. All toys include an educational book that is much more than a simple instruction manual.
The book presents, in a simple and illustrated way, educational contents on the theme of toys and proposes the realization of fun experiences.

The company wants to establish a distribution services and/ or a commercial agency agreement with partners in Austria, Sweden and France.

Advantages & innovations

Brain Activator The Brain Activator seal indicates the educational skills which can be stimulated by each toy. It includes the development of Motor, Emotional, Social and Cognitive Skills through playing and learning. One of its main aims is developing educational toys that combine fun with education by fostering curiosity, as well as improve essential skills in kids for their growth. Creativity Their toys encourage kids to perform tasks in a new or different way than usual. Social skills Kids will also improve their social skills with the kits, through interaction and knowledge sharing. Memory Improvement of the ability to enconde.Store and retrieve various kinds of information. Learning Their toys allow kids to improve their fine motor skills, as well as hand-eye coordination wich is the basis of simple movements such as writing. Vocabulary Language developement vocabulary enrichment and communication skills are improved with their toys. Manual skills Its toys allow kids to improve their fine motor skills, as well as hand-eye oordination which is the basis of simple movements, such as writing. Concentration Their toys develop the ability to abstract from distractions and focus on particular task, focusing on the really important informations. Reasoning Its toys improve their ability of dealing with problems, associations and deduction skills. It already exports its products to present in over 45 countries, among them: Brazil, United States, Japan, Mozambique, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Poland, Greece, Italy, Canada, Australia. They have won several prizes.

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

The Portuguese company is interested in commercial agents or distributors in Austria, France and Sweden which have privileged contacts and know-how in the industry of toys, namely local companies, department stores and retailers. The partner should have knowledge of educational and scientific toys and needs to understand the market because this Portuguese company has the capacity to adapt all the toys to enter with the best way at the market.