As a child, Patrick Muggler loved taking objects apart to discover how they worked. His curiosity and drive to create new things brought him to his most recent project: Amby Gear, a smartwatch for kids with GPS and educational games based on physical movement. Raised in Brazil and Switzerland, Patrick is one of the BayBrazilians who…
Leonardo Fleck works in Palo Alto but his ideals have taken him as far as the Pantanal woods and a floating house in the Amazon. He is an environmental economist and scientist at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where he’s been doing a remarkable work on sustainability and the conservation of natural ecosystems of…
Brazilian CEO and co-founder of Blogo, Amure Pinho, talked with BayBrazil about the success of this app that facilitates the publishing and management of multiple blogs. We also discussed his participation in the Evernote competition in San Francisco, the startup’s growth plans and the business ecosystems in Brazil and Silicon Valley. BayBrazil: Blogo attended the…
Several BayBrazil members are entrepreneurs who moved from various regions in Brazil to start or grow their companies in Silicon Valley. They are smart, innovative and possess a contagious drive that enriches our community and the very ecosystem in the valley. On July 21st we had a conversation with Gustavo Lemos, Co-Founder & CEO of IDXP.…
Last Feb 20 we discussed Creativity & Innovation in Brazil and invited designer Everaldo Coelho, Founder of Yellowicon, to participate as speaker. He couldn’t join us but, we were able to chat about his journey as designer and his return to Brazil, after leaving his job at Apple. BayBrazil: Tell us bit about your journey…
On July 2nd, we spoke with Chris Varelas, Founding Partner of Riverwood Capital to get a sense of his current deals and perspective on Brazil’s economy. Chris has kindly participated as speaker in BayBrazil’s events and before launching Riverwood, he was the Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking at Citigroup Global Markets. BayBrazil: Riverwood…
This week BayBrazil is saying good-bye to two startups that we hosted in the valley, in partnership with Plug and Play Tech Center. The founders and teams of Eventick and SocialBase stayed in the region for three months participating in various meetings and events organized by P&P and BayBrazil. BayBrazil: What makes your company different…
On Jan 29, we had a conversation with Eduardo Lins Henrique, Head of Movile in U.S. and a mentor at BayBrazil Mentor program for Brazilian entrepreneurs. BayBrazil: How was the process of moving from Campinas do Mountain View to set up Movile’s operations in the U.S.? Eduardo: Me and our CEO, Fabricio Bloisi, came several…
This week we had a conversation with Luis Dib, a Brazilian engineer who’s been living in the Silicon Valley for 15 years. Luis is a Sr. Embedded System Software Engineer at NVIDIA. BayBrazil: What is your role at Nvidia? Luis: Currently working as lead engineer for system software (meaning everything that is not graphics or multimedia…
BayBrazil’s Sep 11 event An Evening with Brazilian startups is a collaboration with Initial Capital. Its Managing Partner Roi Carthy is also a contributor writer for TechCrunch and the mind behind the idea to create the Brazilian Pavilion at the TC Disrup 2012. BayBrazil: How did you come up with the idea of having a…
On Aug 21st, BayBrazil chatted with Andy Tsao, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank, who had just returned from London. BayBrazil: During the Olympic Games you participated in the Rio Conferences at Casa Brasil in London. How is the climate for business in Rio? Andy: There was a lot of excitement in London during…
Our community is as diverse as it can get. With that in mind, we created this section to get to know professionals from Brazil who work abroad and professionals from all over the world who have connections with Brazil, whether through business, education or culture. We like to call them BayBrazilians. On August 15, 2012,…