It took two professionals two months to get the first version of FreeClas up and running. FreeClas offers free online classifieds, and is a project from Santa Catarina startup B2Top Negócios. They are competing against some large players in the space: OLX and QueBarato (the latter part of Grupo Buscapé). Read more…
We’ve just received news of more regional winners in the Desafio Brasil 2010. Five projects were placed:
Tied for first: Anuncie Lá and Tatem
Tied for second: TraceOn Cold and Trendzz
Runner up: Quicksys Read more…
UniPartners, a new fund created by five business people with 30 years experience in the market has already invested in six startups: Solutis, e-Z Vida, MTM Tecnologia, Gran TI, Smart Energia and CMS. The group is focused on investments in the IT sector that function in the areas of health and sustainable use of natural resources. The founders are Ana Paula Costa Braun, Jack de Oliveira Cavalcanti Jr, João Francisco da Silva Mendes Neto, Likiso Hattori and Liliane Moura Bender (see their profiles here). Read more…
The startup competition Desafio Brasil is reporting the regional finalists. Read more…
I want to publish a cool email I received not long ago.
“Hey Diego! My name is Marcel. I am a Brazilian from Curitiba, a programmer, and living in Amsterdam. I work for http://thenextweb.com.
I would like firstly to thank Startupi. The startup scene is so small in Brazil, it’s cool to see people working to improve it, to create some zoomzoomzoom.
Secondly I’d like to tell you about a startup that some colleagues and I just launched: http://shuffler.fm. Read more…
Anprotec, the Associação Nacional de Entidades Promotoras de Empreendimentos Inovadores (National Association for Entities Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship) is holding the 20th Seminário Nacional de Parques Tecnológicos e Incubadoras de Empresas (National Seminar for Tech Parks and Business Incubators) together with the 18th Anprotec Workshop. It will take place the 20th-24th of September in Campo Grande, Minas Gerais. Read more…
