About
Startupi is a blog focused on the world of Brazilian Internet software startups. Brazil has a dynamic and growing Internet software sector and Startupi’s main objective is to encourage the internet startup market in Brazil by making news and information available to entrepreneurs and potential investors. Startupi covers topics such as venture capital, acquisitions, product launches, conferences and other news of interest. Startupi is itself a startup and is funded by SocialSmart, a US-based venture fund focused on Latin America with emphasis on Brazil
Startupi is a play on the words “startup” and “Tupi,” one of the predominant indigenous groups in Brazil at the time of Portuguese settlement. Find out more about Startupi in this inaugural post.
Team
Diego Remus, the current editor-in-chief, is known as the “freemium networkaholic wikinomist sociographer”, and is a communications specialist focused on hypermedia, economic journalism, cultural journalism and game strategy. He has worked in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo as a journalist and in the corporate world in marketing, information science, content management, technology innovation, web consulting and games. He joined SocialSmart initially as part of the social applications agency, Amanaiê. The hub of his digital life is here: http://migre.me/33
Michael Nicklas has worked in NYC’s Silicon Alley as a technologist, entrepreneur and angel investor for fifteen years. He has helped companies including Viacom, IBM, Nielsen and Disney develop and deploy strategic technology initiatives. In addition to overseeing his investments and strategy consulting firm in NYC, Michael created SocialSmart Ventures in 2008 to focus exclusively on early-stage software investments in Latin America with an emphasis on Brazil.
Gilberto Alves Junior has been an interface designer for eight years and is a partner in Amanaiê. He was one of the first to work with and write about Web 2.0 in Brazil. He has presented at conferences for businesses like Microsoft and at events like iMasters Intercon, and at universities such as PUC-Campinas and Anhembi Morumbi. He writes for WebInsider, and his work has been cited in graduate and post-graduate research in various fields.
Gil Giardelli co-founded Gaia Creative, Justmail, Trendinnovation e Permission. He coordinates at ESPM university curses about Digital Innovation and Startups, creative economy and entrepreneurship in the digital age. Speaker in more than 400 events as RioInfo, Fórum de Inovação RJ, WebExpoForum, and companies as Banco Real, Visanet, Vivo, Natura, Motorola, among others. Co-author of “Internet — O encontro de dois mundos” and author of “e-causos”.
