As crisis in Brazil deepens in these last weeks of 2015 with another ratings agency downgrade, our members wonder what are the prospects for 2016. So, we had a conversation with Pedro Sirotsky Melzer, Managing Director of e.Bricks Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based independent offshore VC firm with a focus on early stage internet and mobile technology companies.…
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BayBrazil & Zendesk present: Brazil in 2016 When: Wed, January 27, 2016, 6pm-9pm Location: Zendesk headquarters at 1019 Market Street, San Francisco, CA Pre-registration Brazil is in its worst recession in decades. The country’s GDP is projected to contract by 3.7% and, in these 12 months through mid-December, consumer prices jumped 10.7%. Adding pressure to the…
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On Nov 2nd, 2015, BayBrazil hosted Nicolas Szekasy and Hernan Kazah, co-founders of Kaszek Ventures, one of the most active VC firms in Brazil and Latin America. In an exclusive conversation with Andy Tsao, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank, and BayBrazil members, the co-founders discussed their latest investments, the opportunities they envision in the Latin American…
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When: Wed, Nov 18, 6pm-9pm Where: Berkeley Haas School of Business, 2220 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, room S480 Entrepreneurship has never been so popular across Latin America. A region that used to rely primarily on the exports of raw materials has been under a transformation in the last few years resulting in a surge of new tech…
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When: Monday, Nov 2nd, 6pm-8:30pm Where: Silicon Valley Bank, 2770 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA Founded by Nicolas Szekasy, MercadoLibre’s former CFO, and Hernan Kazah, MercadoLibre’s co-founder, Kaszek Ventures is one of the most active VC firms in Brazil and Latin America. Beleza na Web, Dress & Go, GetNinjas, GuiaBolso, GymPass, Netshoes and Nubank are…
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After under graduating with honors in Business and having a successful career being promoted as the youngest VP at JP Morgan’s Brazilian office, Renata Velloso decided to pursue a more meaningful path. She went back to college and got her M.D. from Unicamp, Campinas State University. In 2011, she moved with her family to Silicon…
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In the process of building the Brazilian-American tech hub, BayBrazil has had the privilege to include prominent leaders from various regions, especially Silicon Valley. It’s our pleasure to publish this interview with our very first member: Steve Ciesinski, President, Global Partnerships, SRI International, Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He talks about hosting Brazil’s…
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In this August 5th, we are pleased to interview three Brazilians who embarked on a road to change the way people record and share their memories. Meet Bruno Gregory, Marcelo do Rio e Marcio Saito, co-founders of Graava. BayBrazil: How did you come up with the concept for Graava? Bruno: In 2012, a friend and I…
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BAYBRAZIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE EDITION #4 Our annual conference will gather tech leaders to discuss the digital market, investment trends, entrepreneurship and Brazil’s role in the global economy. Date: Sep 25, 2015, 8:30am – 6:30pm Location: SRI International , 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA There has never been so many bad news coming from Brazil. Economic downturn…
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Born in Rio de Janeiro and educated as a journalist, Ambassador Eduardo Prisco Paraiso Ramos was appointed Consul General of Brazil in SF in June of 2011, after serving as Ambassador of Brazil in Panamá and El Salvador. He has had a distinguished career in the Brazilian Foreign Service and has been an advocate for…
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Reinaldo Normand is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in founding and running bootstrapped and venture-backed tech startups. We are pleased that he is part of BayBrazil Mentor team and recently spoke with him about his e-book Innovation Squared and the steps leaders can take to adapt their businesses in a rapidly changing tech landscape.…
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Itaú Unibanco, BayBrazil Corporate Member, and Redpoint e.ventures continue at the forefront of tech innovation with the launch of Cubo, a non-profit initiative that goes to market as the hub for tech startups in Brazil, beginning in September 2015. Located in Vila Olimpia, in the southern part of São Paulo, Cubo offers more than 50,000…
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