The Facebook Applications Challenge was launched in August, when Mark Zuckerberg visited Brazil.
Entries were taken until October 19th and in November Facebook began reviewing them to choose the winners.
The winners were announced January 20th on Facebook’s page about the Challenge. Read more…
If you recall, Campus Party Brazil 2010 (which took place at the end of January) hosted a contest called Campuseiros Apresentam (”Campus Party Participants Present”). Ten projects were selected and were presented again at the finals and now we have the list of finalists:
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Remember Netweaving for Innovation’s trip in which TeiaMG representative Juliana Lima went to Silicon Valley? One of the fruits of this trip came from a conversation she had with the decision makers at Ning.com (a tool for social networks that supports OpenSocial).
Juliana told them about the trends in Brazil, and they decided to offer a Ning Developer Challenge in Brazil. Read more…
Remember PS10, the competition for the best Latin American startup hosted by Pulso Social? Three Brazilians were among the finalists (Drimio, HelpSaúde and Navegg, which got second place). The winner was a Colombian startup called LetMeGo, which has announced a challenge to find a Brazilian partner.
LetMeGo has a global vision and offers a novel approach to the hotel industry online: the opportunity for travelers to present their itinerary and receive offers from hotels. It’s up and running in English and has investment from Torrenegra Labs. Now the startup is looking for a Brazilian partner to develop a Portuguese version of the system (as well as a partner to do a Spanish version). Read more…
Brazilian startup SiliconReef is headquartered in Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and is now the winner of the business plan competition known as Challenge Brazil 2009 (sponsored by FGV/Intel Capital/Derraik Law Offices).
SiliconReef is prepared to produce and sell chips (integrated circuits) to improve the efficiency of equipment drawing on renewable sources of energy (green, or sustainable technology). The product, EH01, promises to improve efficiency in the energy generation and storage of wireless networks by up to 70%. Read more…
Entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and venture capital: If you are interested in these things, you are invited to attend the trade show October 15 and 16 at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. During the show there will be a presentation of the 16 semifinalists for Challenge Brazil 2009, and the group will be cut to 8 finalists. Read more…
