Flavio Feferman, professor at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and Pres of Developing Markets Group

  For the past two years Flavio Feferman has led an initiative to bring the Berkeley-Haas Lean Launchpad entrepreneurship training program to Brazil. In this interview, he discusses the program, how BayBrazil members can participate, as well as his new book on broadband internet in Brazil.     BayBrazil: What is the vision for Berkeley’s…

EdTech in Latin America

Date: Thu, Oct 13, 6pm–8:30pm Location: Udemy headquarters, 600 Harrison Street – San Francisco, CA     Investments in startups focused on education technologies were getting traction in the last few years, reaching a record high in 2015 when funding was over $3 billion. However, according to CB Insights, in Q1 2016 funding dropped to…

3rd Annual Demo Day – Apex-Brasil & Startup Brasil

The Bay Area is becoming a bit more Brazilian. Dozens of Brazilian entrepreneurs are flocking to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, arriving now through next week, to attend a series of events, including our annual conference. Among the week’s highlights is the  Demo Day of Apex-Brasil, on Sep 12. Apex-Brasil will present 11 startups selected…

Impeachment vote: President Rousseff ousted

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016: Brazil’s Senate voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Michel Temer is the new President. Media outlets all over the world are covering the historic vote. San Francisco Chronicle: Tough economic outlook in Brazil after president removed NYT : Dilma Rousseff is ousted as Brazil’s President in Impeachment vote WSJ : Dilma Rousseff Ousted…

Rodrigo Angelico, CEO, Keppe Motor

Brazilian company Keppe Motor is in San Francisco competing in the Global Grand Challenges of Singularity University’s global summit. The event awards companies that can positively impact humanity, in various sectors.  BayBrazil first heard about Keppe Motor last April, when we were contacted by its team. We helped the company with connections in Silicon Valley…

Lisa Dolev, Founder and CEO of Qylur

A Palo Alto-based company through ISDS official security supplier at Rio 2016 is providing entry greeting and screening . Right before the Opening ceremony, we spoke with Lisa Dolev, Founder and CEO of Qylur. She talks about innovations in mass security, the atmosphere in Rio and why the company launched first in Brazil.   BayBrazil: What is…