Tag: venture capital
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FINEP põe dinheiro para ser sócia investidora das startups
O projeto Finep Startup, lançado no último dia 27 de junho, não é o primeiro do braço de fomento do MCTIC para as startups, mas tem um diferencial: a entidade se tornará sócia das empresas selecionadas. Serão pelo menos 50 empresas selecionadas e a proposta é, sim, incentivar a busca por investidores anjos e por…
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A strategy that will make Canadian innovation flourish
Wal van Lierop is President and CEO at Chrysalix Venture Capital. Despite a decade of policies meant to foster entrepreneurship, Canada’s technology industry remains frail. The Conference Board gives Canada a “D” on innovation, ranking us 13th among 16 peer countries. They are surpassing Canada in income per capita, productivity and quality of social programs. Canada is…
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Biomedical innovation depends on immigrants’ contributions
Johannes Fruehauf, MD, is the co-founder and president of LabCentral in Cambridge He said: I am an immigrant who, like many of my immigrant colleagues, feels proud to be contributing to my new country by working hard and creating new jobs for others. Yet our stories — indeed our very existence — make some people in government uncomfortable.…
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Startup Canada Innovation Forum 18 may
Are you one of Canada’s top industry executives? Register to attend the Startup Canada Innovation Forum in Toronto on May 18, and build the future of Canada’s small business economy. This exclusive event brings together, celebrates and creates a platform for influential executives, high-growth entrepreneurs and government decision makers to share and spread ideas on the role of industry in building…
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America has become so anti-innovation – it’s economic suicide
If you’ve used the internet at any point in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard of Juicero. Juicero is a San Francisco-based company that sells a $400 juicer. Here’s how it works: you plug in a pre-sold packet of diced fruits and vegetables, and the machine transforms it into juice. But it turns out…
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Startup oferece solução para economia colaborativa e combate ao desperdício de alimentos
A Associação Brasileira de Supermercados estima que cerca de R$6 bilhões anuais são literalmente jogados fora por conta do desperdício de alimentos. As perdas podem ser causadas por diversos fatores, que vão desde o prazo de validade vencido até a armazenagem inadequada dos produtos. Para ajudar a resolver este problema, acaba de nascer uma startup.…
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Innovation in Canada
More particle than wave A geeky prime minister wants to make the country more inventive ASKED by a journalist in April about Canada’s role in fighting Islamic State, Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, came back with a pithy lecture on quantum computing. “The uncertainty around quantum states,” he explained, lets quantum computers encode much more…
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“Israeli Innovation Is Powering the American Economy”
More than 6,000 investors and entrepreneurs crammed the Israel Convention Center in Jerusalem Thursday for the annual OurCrowd Investors’ Summit, braving Jerusalem’s freezing rain to attend what was billed as the largest gathering of investors in Israeli history. Including investors from 82 countries and corporate representatives from close to 300 companies, as well as 250…
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Apex-Brasil organiza semana de eventos no Vale do Silício
OBJETIVO É PROMOVER O BRASIL COMO DESTINO DE INVESTIMENTOS DE CAPITAL EMPREENDEDOR E APRESENTAR STARTUPS BRASILEIRAS AO MERCADO NORTE-AMERICANO A Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Apex-Brasil) organiza, de 12 a 16 de setembro, a Brasil Week Silicon Valley, em São Francisco, Estados Unidos, com o objetivo de oferecer aos parceiros e investidores…
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Export Venture Forum seleciona empresas exportadoras para investidores
A ABVCAP e a Apex-Brasil estão selecionando empresas exportadoras, ou em processo de internacionalização, com alto grau de inovação e atuantes em mercados em crescimento para se apresentarem a investidores. A apresentação será feita na quinta edição do Export Venture Forum, que será realizado dentro da III Conferência Brasileira de Venture Capital, dia 27 de outubro, no Hotel…
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