The COVID-19 outbreak has unleashed a chaotic week across the globe. Stock markets yesterday plunged in their worst fall since the financial crash of 1987. Across the U.S., schools shut down, large gatherings have been banned and a number of tech and arts events have been canceled. In California, the Governor declared statewide emergency after a…
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Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in February: Feb 26 BlackRocks Startups Help Black Entrepreneurs Blossom In Brazil Feb 26 The blooming of Brazil’s tech ecosystem will peak in 2020. Fev 25 Banco Votorantim, the seventh largest bank in Brazil, recently announced an $18.38M (R$80M) investment in Weel, an accounts receivables…
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Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in January: Jan 28 Sapore, a Brazilian multinational of corporate restaurants, announced that it has acquired a majority stake in three startups: Lucco Fit, from frozen lunchboxes; Shipp, for delivery; and Zaitt, an autonomous supermarket. Jan 28 Multiplan and brMalls invested R$ 69 million…
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Corporate Venture Capital investments represent most of the money invested in startups around the world. To understand how is Brazil positioned in the sector we spoke with entrepreneur turned investor & the designer and first leader of CUBO Flavio Pripas, Corporate Venture Officer at Redpoint eventures. With a broad experience in corporate development and as…
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Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in December: Dec 30 IBOVESPA leads list of best investments in the year. The index jumped 31,6% reaching 115.645 points (article in Portuguese) Dec 19 Brazilian tech fund Confrapar invested R$200 million in the fintech Zetra, that develops digital tools to further financial education and wellness. Dec…
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Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in November: Dec 2 São Paulo-based startup Housi joined Redpoint eventures’ portfolio with an investment round of R$50 million. Housi receives, manages, and leases real estate through its platform. Nov 25 Brazil included in the Global Entry Program. 20 Brazilian executives will start testing program.…
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BayBrazil week, Aug 20th – 23rd, 2019 In 2019 BayBrazil expanded even more the program around its signature event, the annual conference Brazil in 21st Century. DAY 1 The program kicked-off with a cocktail reception at Docusign headquarters in San Francisco. In partnership with Redpoint e.ventures, we gathered a cheerful mix of entrepreneurs, investors, and tech players…
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2019 is turning out to be a historic year for Brazil tech entrepreneurship. The country has seen a rise of companies that reached unicorn status and attracted record investments. According to LAVCA, 88 Brazilian startups raised $989 million across 88 deals. Some of the largest deals include fitness startup Gympass’ $300 million; real state startup QuintoAndar’s…
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Reshaping real estate is a big deal. And, Brazilian startup QuintoAndar is doing just that: changing one of the most bureaucratic and tech averse industries. To understand how it’s been done we talked to Gabriel Braga, Co-Founder and CEO. He spoke about the company’s creation, its investments, growth and the decision of going global. He…
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Brazilian startup Loggi is moving logistics from the mainframe era to the cloud. By addressing a highly inefficient segment, the company got the attention of global investors. Last June SoftBank’s Vision Fund injected $100 million and Loggi is now valued at $1 billion. We recently caught up with co-founder Arthur Debert. In our interview he…
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Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in October: Oct 30 From Fidelity to Schroders, Money Managers are Bullish on Brazil. Ibovespa has gained 22% this year as economic reforms advanced Oct 24 Cobli, startup that develops IoT tracking technology for corporate fleets, raised US$10 million Series A led by Fifth Wall…
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We are proud to feature an inspiring interview with Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who’s founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures. “What Will Never Work: The…
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