As we enter the new year, it’s time to look back at how the last one ended. I was part of some research by the Brazilian journalist Julio Vasconcellos, who lives in Silicon Valley and writes for the magazine O Globo, maintaining the blog “Accelerating Innovation: ideas at high velocity.” Julio got in touch because he wanted to understand what’s happening in the Brazilian startup world. For his article he interviewed: Read more…
More than a month ago we started tracking events revolving around Brazilian startups, social media and digital innovation. Just when we thought we’d noted them all, we found even more.
It’s a clear sign that the market is hot: there are sponsoring businesses; professionals sharing their expertise; an interested public wanting to learn and network; and traditional media outlets and blogs reporting and commenting.
Taking into account that these events are of interest to our audience, we are inaugurating an events page on Startupi. Read more…
Note: we originally wrote this under the title “Nanoita: winner of Idea to Product Latin America, now competing in the global finals.” But luckily we’ve had to update it!
Check out the video of Nanoita’s presentation here; check out the awards ceremony here (the consortium of Brazilian universities involved in the Nanoita project are announced at 10:55). The prize was US$10,000. Read more…
In the final days of August we could follow (in person or on the web) an array of Brazilian events related to the participative web. Some are more niche, but even so they are relevant in their context. They show that the Internet matters in Brazil. In September, there are as many events. Read more…
SocialSmart and Amanaie were present at the Digiday:APPS conference in NYC on August 12th. SocialSmart is based in NY and SP, and includes Startupi in its Brazilian investments. Read more…
Remember the international student technology competition, Imagine Cup? The one in which the Brazilians swept the awards? Among the winners, the Virtual Dreams team took third place in the world in software design with the project Health Tag, which innovates the way we deal with our health. You’ll get to know it. Videos and an interview follow. Read more…
