Categoria: funding
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Edital de Inovação para a Indústria tem R$ 55 milhões para investir em projetos
http://www.portaldaindustria.com.br/senai/canais/edital-de-inovacao-para-industria/conheca-o-edital-de-inovacao/ Estão abertas inscrições para empresas de todos os portes que desejam financiamento e apoio de infraestrutura para desenvolvimento de projetos; iniciativa é do SENAI, do SEBRAE e do SESI O engenheiro João Paulo Bodanese, 34 anos, voltou de uma temporada nos Estados Unidos, onde fez um mestrado, com uma ideia que se transformou em…
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The $100bn betThe meaning of the Vision Fund
Succeed or fail, Masayoshi Son is changing the world of technology investing TWO years ago, if you had asked experts to identify the most influential person in technology, you would have heard some familiar names: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Alibaba’s Jack Ma or Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Today there is a new contender: Masayoshi Son. The…
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Insight Robotics receives funding for forestry management innovations
Hong Kong venture capital fund Beyond Ventures has joined with Linear Capital of Shanghai to lead a US$9 million investment that will benefit forestry in national parks and other natural resources all over the world. They are funding Insight Robotics, which pursues a mission to facilitate risk management of the world’s assets by generating…
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Budget 2018: All talk on innovation, but funding falls short
A worker handles copies of the 2018-19 Budget papers. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch The federal government is anxious to continue to project its commitment to innovation, but the spending contained in this year’s budget is nothing if not modest. It is particularly dismal in light of the decision to cut back on the R&D tax concession,…
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Fundos financiam empreendedor em busca de empresa
Tulio Gomes, da TBG: aos 32 anos, em busca de uma empresa para presidir Nos últimos três meses, o mineiro Tulio Gomes, fundador da TBG Investimentos, analisou 221 empresas de pequeno e médio porte. Ele pode passar mais um ano apenas peneirando, financiado por investidores, até encontrar uma companhia específica: com receita estável, margem Ebitda…
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Chinese robotics company UBTECH gets $820 million in funding
Shenzhen-based home robotics company UBTECH announced this week that it has closed a massive $820 million Series C. The round, led by Tencent and a whole slew of other investors, follows a $100 million Series B and $20 million Series C. The bipedal robotics maker certainly isn’t a household name here in the States…
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Israel’s innovation story is extraordinary, but just assuming it will continue would be a big mistake
Some statistics for you: Israel has a population of 8.5 million Israel spends 4.8% of its GDP on civilian R&D – the highest of any OECD country Israel is top ranked globally for employees working in R&D – 140 per 10,000 of the population (the US is second with 85 per 10,000) There is one…
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Finep aprova R$ 18,5 milhões para programa de startups
Primeira rodada do Finep Startup chega ao fim com 19 empresas qualificadas para investimento A Finep investirá R$ 18,5 milhões em 19 startups (média de R$ 973 mil em cada), como resultado da rodada inicial do primeiro edital do programa Finep Startup. Após visita técnica e due diligence de 25 finalistas, a financiadora autorizou o…
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