Venturing the #Brazilicon Valleys
with @DiegoRemus of Startupi.com.br
Discover how
Discover how
Come together fly high
Discover how
Come together fly high
dive deep, float nice,
land so;!
Discover how
Come together fly high
dive deep, float nice,
land so;!
Contents
1) Startupi.com.br -‐ who we are, what we do 2) Brazilicon Valleys – diversity of logical spaces
3) Valleys to bridge – becoming stronger
4) Brazilian Zeitgeist – perspecJves
#brazilicon
1) Startupi.com.br who we are, what we do
• 1st source of content specific about brazilian startups + the ecosystem
• in Portuguese and English
Startupi.com.br
An angel came first
• Startupi.com.br started in 2008 by SocialSmart Ventures, of angel investor Michael Nicklas from NYC. There was no place to keep an eye on the brazilian startups. “A gap we had to map”.
• edited since 2009 by journalist Diego Remus
• joined in 2011 by Sixpix Content, of entrepreneur Bob Wollheim
2) Brazilicon Valleys a diversity of logical spaces
#brazilicon
No place like another
• important “when you were born, not where” – Sarah Lacy (TechCrunch) in “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky”
• “Silicon Valley was started by people from other places, it’s a place in our hearts” – Dave McClure (500 Startups/GOAP) at “StartuParty” in Brazil
What is there
• entrepreneurship classes spreading through universiJes, centers and online educaJon
• educaJonal boom: more universiJes and courses
• also more educaJonal startups (e-‐learning)
• from 15 to 71 years old innovaJve entrepreneurs
• naJonal team of mentors: Aceleradora
• Brazilian AssociaJon of Venture Capital (Abvcap) started training angel investors
What is there • “Desafio Brasil” compeJJon: 159 submissions from 11 states for 2011
• internaJonal compeJJons LaJn Moot Corp 2011 and Global I2P winner is from BR
• BR students always on finals of Imagine Cup
• big ones like MS, Intel, IBM supporJng startups
• events: youPix, OnWeek, Social Media Week, Expo Y + spreading: Entrepreneur Fair, Startup Meetups, BR New Tech, Startup Weekend, TechValley
What is there • crowdfunding plahorms – peer to peer investment • spread of social commerce -‐ every business into it
• different virtual payment startups, including mobile
• Brazil “champion” of Endeavor’s Global Entrepreneur Week; set the agenda
• marketplaces: thousands of people making a living through Buscapé, or boo-‐box, or Lomadee + applicaJon stores, e-‐commerce plahorms
What is there • Finep Prime government program giving R$ 120k to 1k+ startups since 2009
• Criatec seed fund from NaJonal Development Bank
• angel investors associaJons in 5 regions • “Individual Entrepreneur” law – easier to go formal
• CNAE 2.0 business cathegories -‐ diferenJaJon • NaJonal Broadband Plan – more and bemer access
• mobile phone everywhere, 3G almost there
What is there
• open innovaJon compeJJons and contests – specially by phone operators, also Grupo Buscapé
• media groups (Globo, SBT, Band) buying shares in startups (e-‐commerce, e-‐payments, e-‐verything)
• new millionaires everyday and new middle class with new needs, wills, ways of buying
• social business and impact invesJng
• coworking spaces with strong entrepreneur and business innovaJon efforts
3) Valleys to bridge Becoming stronger
#brazilicon
Becoming stronger
• from idea to product to good business: make innovaJve profitable products that people need
• from bootstrap to scale: few seed capital, angel investors, early stage investment, first rounds
• internaJonal tracJon: brazilian similars created before Youtube or Foursquare didn’t have the same success due to Jming, posiJoning, resources?
4) Brazilian Zeitgeist perspecJves
#brazilicon
In Brazil
• all gets bemer but more complex and challenging • abundance, new economics and markets
• thou, sJll some dificulJes • companies invesJng, too • World Cup 2014
• Olympics 2016
As about startups
• understand “new Brazil” and lead others into • Jme for exercising and for general innovaJon
• fine-‐tune products that fit in the market
• make it a strong business
• go global
Come together fly high, dive deep,
float nice, land soq
venturing the
#brazilicon
valleys!
@diegoremus
startupi.com.br
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