Brazilian businesses are having to adapt as the country faces the pandemic’s second year with a surge in Covid19 infection and deaths. Professor Heiko Spitzeck, Director of the Sustainability Research Center at Fundação Dom Cabral, led a study with several corporate leaders and shares some of his findings with us, including his perspective for economic…
Jurados do Brasil e do Vale do Silício selecionam 4 startups para Programa de Impacto Um total de vinte e duas startups se cadastraram através das redes parceiras para concorrer a três vagas no programa de Impacto Social do BayBrazil. O time de jurados selecionou as finalistas e sete startups participaram da sessão de Pitch no dia 25…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in March: March 30 Startup Hotmart, an online courses platform, announced round of R$ 735 million raised last year, and it’s now in Brazil’s unicorn list. March 25 Seven startups participated in the BayBrazil Impact program March 25th pitch session. The program aims to support…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in February: Feb 28: Delivery startup Loggi raises $205 million. The company’s largest round to date was led by CapSur Capital and included renowned Brazilian hedge fund manager Luis Stuhlberger’s Verde Asset Management among the backers for the first time, the firm said. Feb 24…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in January: Jan 28 Nubank raised US$400M Series G at US$25 billion valuation, becoming the fourth most valuable financial institution in Latin America. The round was led by both private and public investors including current investors Singapore’s GIC, Whale Rock, and Invesco. Other current…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in December: Dec 29 Fintech Nomad, which allows Brazilians to open a checking account with banks in the United States, raised an investment of R$ 30 million, in a round led by Monashees. Dec 21 Linker received R$ 12 million round investment and warms…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in November: Nov 30 Brazilian digital insurance company Pier is now issuing its own policies following a $14.5 million Series A round of funding. Nov 26 Brazilian e-commerce platform Olist raised a US$ 58 million Series D funding round led by SoftBank Latin American Fund. Other investors in…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in October: Oct 29 Locaweb acquired Startup Vindi for R$ 180 million. Vindi is SaaS company that processes and manages recurring payments for companies and will complement Locaweb’s payment solutions. Oct 29 Via Varejo acquired i9XP for an undisclosed value. The startup is specialized…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in September: Sept 30 The recent BayBrazil study shows an unprecedented number of venture capital firms led or founded by Brazilians, a total of seven. Moreover, an increasing number of tech executives, engineers, product experts who work in Bay Area corporations are venturing into…
We recently updated BayBrazil’s inaugural 2018 survey on the Brazilian tech diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time we focused on tech startups that raised US$2 million or more in the past couple of years. Additionally, we mapped investment funds founded by Brazilians in the Bay Area and funds launched in Brazil that…
Here are the highlights on Brazil’s tech and business scene in August Aug 27 Fintech Nubank received a new round of investment of US$ 300 million on June 4 that has not yet been revealed. The document with the information was filed with the SEC. Aug 25 CyberLabs, a Brazilian artificial intelligence (AI) startup, raised…
To celebrate BayBrazil’s 10th anniversary we expanded our annual conference into a series of weekly webinars. Guest speakers shared insights on the innovation path of Brazil and the U.S. in these past ten years in a variety of sectors and discussed the major disruptions that will shape the next decade. Watch dialogues