Categoria: angel investor
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Bruxelas tem mais 2,1 mil milhões para acelerar startups
VentureEU é um fundo de fundos de capitais de risco que pretende estimular o investimento em empresas inovadoras em fase de arranque ou expansão. A Europa não quer ficar para trás na corrida dos apoios à inovação. É claro que, para já, está muito atrasada: os 26 unicórnios europeus de 2017 comparam com 109 norte-americanos…
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Aporte em empresas nascentes por fundos de venture dispara
Startups de tecnologia, internet, serviços financeiros e de seguros são alvos de interesse e de diversificação de investidores anjos, capital semente e do mercado de capitais Mercado brasileiro desenvolve seu ecossistema de sobrevivência O aporte em empresas nascentes (startups) disparou no primeiro trimestre de 2018, em comparação com iguais períodos de 2016 e 2017. O…
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Venture Capital Needs To Clean House. But The Bones Are Good
Rebecca Lynn is a co-founder and general partner at Canvas Ventures. The Silicon Valley firm focuses on early-stage U.S. tech investments. Play a game of word association with anyone and say the words, “venture capital,” and I bet you would get answers like “sexual harassment,” “gender discrimination,” and “bro culture.” That’s because the dominating headlines…
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Patrons, do Kickstarter, vai estimular o financiamento de ideias inovadoras
O Kickstarter, maior site de financiamento coletivo do mundo, anunciou recentemente o lançamento do Patrons, um projeto que vai facilitar a vida de iniciativas que precisam de financiamentos mais substanciais. A novidade, que será lançada no ano que vem, deve aproximar empresas maiores, já consolidadas, de organizações menores com as quais compartilham interesses em comum. Apesar das…
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IBM, Tiffany, J&J among 16 vying to build $20M RI innovation campus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The R.I. Commerce Corporation said Friday it received 16 applications to tap $20 million in bond money for a new innovation campus in the state, with big names including IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Tiffany among those vying for the project. The campus has been a long-cherished goal of Gov.…
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NEW SUPPORT ANNOUNCED FOR WOMEN IN INNOVATION
Innovate UK is to run a second phase of its female-only competition, making funding and support available to entrants Innovate UK has announced that it is to run a second phase of its Women in Innovation competition. The programme, which will launch later this year, will consist of a funding competition and support package to…
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China pledges more measures to stimulate innovation
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — China will do more in implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, and keep on making the Chinese economy more innovative and competitive, Premier Li Keqiang said Monday when delivering a government work report at the annual parliamentary session. The country will empower innovation teams and leaders by seeing that they have…
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RESEARCH FUND EMBRACES INNOVATION
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a $3 billion endowment funding scientific research programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has helped finance life-changing scientific innovation, from human embryonic stem cell treatments to the processing technologies that underpin modern computing. An equally bold and experimental ethos underscores investment strategy at the fund. A risk parity strategy with…
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Startups brasileiras candidatas ao valor de mercado de US$ 1 bilhão
Depois de PagSeguro, 99 e Nubank terem atingido o status de unicórnios, como são chamadas as startups com valor de mercado superior a US$ 1 bilhão, a lista de candidatos a figurar no seleto clube está engordando. Stone, ZAP VivaReal, Neoway, Resultados Digitais, Ebanx e o aplicativo iFood, da Movile, são alguns dos nomes comumente…
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation announces S$5.1 Million in research grants
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a Division of Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd., announced on 28 February 2018 the three finalists that will receive S$5.1 million (~US$3.9 million) in support of research projects for up to three years through the Johnson & Johnson Innovation World Without Disease Grant Call Collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology, and…