Autor: Consultoria de Investimentos

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Innovation is an important element for any business fighting to stay relevant. Business-to-business (B2B) companies in particular need to push hard to offer the best product for their customers. As business customers determine what products and services to buy, they are persuaded less by marketing and more by the performance and specifications of what they…

Dona da Mercedes-Benz investe US$30 milhões em startup de táxis voadores

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in BNDES

Quarta-feira, 2 de agosto de 2017 A Volocopter, uma empresa alemã que quer construir táxis aéreos elétricos que podem voar sem ajuda de seres humanos, arrecadou cerca de US$ 30 milhões de investidores, incluindo a montadora Daimler – dona da Mercedes-Benz – e o empresário Lukasz Gadowski. As informações são da Fortune. O Volocopter usará…

After years of stagnation, Colorado’s innovation schools see breakthrough in improvement, data show

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in innovation

By Nicholas Garcia, Chalkbeat A year ago, as the State Board of Education began to consider fixes for Colorado’s lowest-performing schools, there was scant evidence that giving schools freedom from some state laws and local policies would significantly boost learning. Since 2010, only three low-performing schools that had been awarded “innovation status” had succeeded in jumping…

Creative industries to benefit from £80m innovation fund

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in BNDES, funding, innovation

Cultural organisations and universities are being encouraged to work together as part of an £80 million programme designed to address issues within the creative industries. The scheme is seeking to come up with new ways of working or create new services that tackle problem areas such as skills shortages, equality and diversity, and finance models.…

E se você pudesse pedir qualquer coisa por delivery? Startup de Curitiba chega em São Paulo com essa proposta

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in Start up

Sabe quando você decide cozinhar aquela receita que está morrendo de vontade e no meio do processo lembra que está faltando um ingrediente? Foi exatamente da falta de sal e pimenta do reino que nasceu uma super ideia de negócio. Juliano Hauer, Lucas Ceschin, Eduardo Petrelli e Ivo Roveda, ambos de Curitiba, estavam estudando Finanças…

Hackaton Contra a Corrupção. Participe!

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in inovação, Inovação e Tecnologia, Start up

Idealizado pelo MPPB, através de seu Núcleo de Gestão do Conhecimento e Segurança Institucional (NGCSI), o Hackfest contra a Corrupção, que chega em sua 3ª edição, é uma Maratona Hacker de Programação que pretende, por meio do desenvolvimento de soluções tecnológicas, envolver a sociedade no combate à corrupção. O tema deste ano é HACKFEST CONTRA…

Taiwan’s digital nation plan

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in funding, innovation

Taiwan’s ICT industry is expected to grow 3.96 percent in 2017 on the back of rising demand for high-tech devices from end-users. Realizing the need for digital transformation, Taiwan has recently launched its 8-years Digital Nation Plan, dubbed DIGI+, to develop its high-tech economy and propel digitalization among companies. eGov Innovation speaks with Mr. Francis Liang,…

Teoria das Janelas Quebradas

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in BNDES

Há alguns anos, a Universidade de Stanford (EUA), realizou uma experiência de psicologia social. Deixou duas viaturas idênticas, da mesma marca, modelo e até cor, abandonadas na via pública. Uma no Bronx, zona pobre e conflituosa de Nova York e a outra em Palo Alto, uma zona rica e tranquila da Califórnia. Duas viaturas idênticas…

UK Plots Post-Brexit Tech Investment Fund

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in funding

Start-up Funding UK will provide funding for startups to boost British tech firms seeking to expand to the world stage following Brexit. The British government is proposing a new venture capital fund in order to help nurture innovative firms based in this country. Called the National Investment Fund, the government says it will help…

Public-private funding initiatives proposed to support long term investment in innovative UK businesses

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