When: March 15th, 1:30pm-7pm Location: Box headquarters, 900 Jefferson Ave, Redwood City It will take a century to close the current global gender gap! That’s the conclusion of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report released at the end of 2017. Despite a number of initiatives by both public and private sectors to promote equality,…
When: Tuesday, Nov 14, 6pm-8:30pm Location: eBay Headquarters – 2065 Hamilton Avenue, Bld. 7, San Jose Pre-registration In the past 5 years technology has been transforming the traditional financial industry across the globe. Fintech startups in various regions are disrupting the way in which businesses and consumers make payments, transfer money, obtain loans and manage…
BAYBRAZIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE Brazil in the 21st Century is a one-day conference to talk about science, technology, entrepreneurship & Brazil’s role in the global economy. It’s also a fantastic place for networking. On Sep 21st, 2017, we will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, government representatives and private-sector leaders to take a deep dive in the latest tech…
When: Thursday, June 8, 6pm-8:30pm Location: Silicon Valley Bank, 2400 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA Pre-registration Investors remain bullish on Brazil, despite the corruption and political uncertainty that continues to embroil the country’s government. Buenos Aires-based VC firm Kaszek Ventures has just announced it raised a $200 million fund to invest mostly in Brazilian internet startups. …
When: May 11, 6pm-8:30pm Location: DocuSign, 221 Main Street, San Francisco, Suite 1500 – 15t Floor Our houses are getting smarter, self-driving cars are roaming around, healthcare will be redesigned thanks to Artificial Intelligence, specifically, recent advances in Machine Learning and Deep Learning. The technology that models our brains is already changing the way we…
Date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 6pm-8:30pmLocation: Silicon Valley Bank, 2400 Hanover Street, Palo Alto Corporations continue to play an increasingly active role in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world. Despite a decrease of 2% in corporate venture capital deal activity globally, according to CB Insights report the number of new CVC firms making first-time investments reached record levels in…
When: Friday, April 21st, 6pm-9pm Location: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way-Bld.15, Menlo Park, CA Corporate tech companies in the Bay Area continue to attract high-skilled Brazilian talent. Although there aren’t statistics data to clearly illustrate this trend, in these past years we’ve seen an increasing number of Brazilian professionals moving to the region. That’s why since…
When: Wed, March 8, 6pm– 8:30pm Location: Evernote, 305 Walnut Street, Redwood City, 94063 According to the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report it will take 170 years before there is global equality between men and women. Around the globe, women earn less, work more, have less participation in the labor force and is…
When: Wed, Feb 8th, 6pm-8:30pm Location: DLA Piper, 2000 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Although in a slower growth pace than many would like to see, the Brazilian entrepreneurial ecosystem has been evolving in the last few years thanks to both private and public initiatives & the work of talented founders, teams, investors and…
When: Wed, Jan 18, 2017, 6pm-9pm Location: Google SF Startup Space, 301 Howard, San Francisco While 2015’s challenges are not yet behind, economies around the world are ending 2016 with a new set of troubles. A recent IMF study reviewed that global debt reached a record $152 trillion last year, a much higher amount than…
Date: Friday, Nov 4th – 6pm-8:30pm Location: Pillsbury, 2550 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA Pre-registration The intersection of data & media has revolutionized the advertising industry. According to PwC, digital advertising is poised to grow from $135 billion in 2014 to $240 billion in 2019. A recent e.Marketers report shows that digital ad spending…
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…