Bonzun facts for kids
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| Private | |
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founders | Bonnie Roupé |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Services | e-Health |
Bonzun is a company from Sweden. It gets support from important groups like the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. Bonzun helps pregnant women find health information that wasn't easy to get online before. They mainly focus on helping people in China.
The company's website and app have been very successful in China. Because of this, the founder has won many awards for her new ideas.
Bonzun's Story
Bonzun is a company that uses technology to help women's health. They created the world's first tool to check symptoms for pregnant women. It's like a virtual midwife, and both UNICEF and WHO recommend it.
Bonzun started in 2010. The founder, Bonnie Roupé, got very sick when she was pregnant with her second child. She couldn't find any helpful information online. Bonnie and her baby were okay, but she realized many women around the world suffer because they lack information.
She wanted to create a service to share important health research. This information could help and even save lives for mothers and doctors everywhere. Bonnie knew that about 20 million women get pregnant in China each year. This meant there was a big need for medical information there. Bonzun's website explains common and serious pregnancy problems. It makes information easy to find in China. This helps pregnant women and healthcare workers learn more, especially in rural areas.
Bonnie Roupé is from Sweden. She started the company in mainland China without a local partner. She said it was a good way to learn. But she also thought it might have been faster with a local partner.
In 2012, Bonzun was chosen for "Innovation Against Poverty." This award came from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). In the same year, Bonnie Roupé was named one of Sweden's top talents under 40. This was by the Swedish magazine, Veckans Affärer.
In 2014, Bonzun announced that the World Health Organization and United Nations’ Children's Rights & Emergency Relief Organization (UNICEF) were supporting their work. Because Bonzun focused on the Chinese health market, their new ideas were used in many hospitals across China. They were also used in 3,700 clinics.
That year, Bonzun also made a mobile app. Pregnant women now use this app to understand their test results at hospitals in China.
In late 2016, Bonzun joined a three-month program called Chinaaccelerator. This program helps internet startups from all over the world. The program ended on December 6, 2016, at Chinaccelerator Batch 10 Demo Day in Shanghai, China.
In June 2016, InspiringFifty chose Bonnie Roupé as one of the Nordic region's 50 most inspiring women in tech.
In March 2017, she was listed as one of Sweden's 125 most powerful women. She was ranked as the 10th most powerful woman entrepreneur in Trade and Industry 2017. This was also by Veckans Affärer.
In 2019, Bonnie Roupé was named Founder of the Year in Sweden. This award was given by the Swedish government agency Tillväxtverket at Demoday.
Awards and Recognition
- Innovation against poverty – from SIDA
- Selected for the LifeScience Investment Hotlist by Stockholms Stad
- Best social business in Shanghai
- Best Design – Nominated for China's Top Mobile & Internet Start-up GMIC Beijing 2015
- Top Mobile & Internet Start up in China - Female Innovator of the Year
- Super startup – Listed as one of Sweden's potential "unicorn startups" by Veckans Affärer
