slides presented by our editor, Diego Remus, at La Red Innova - Madrid, June 16 2011.

1. Venturing
the
#Brazilicon
Valleys
with
@DiegoRemus
of
Startupi.com.br

2. Discover
how

3. Discover
how
Come
together
fly
high

4. Discover
how
dive
deep,
float
nice,
land
so;!
Come
together
fly
high

5. Discover
how
dive
deep,
float
nice,
land
so;!
Come
together
fly
high

6. 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

7. 1)
Startupi.com.br
who
we
are,
what
we
do

8. Startupi.com.br
• 1st
source
of
content
specific
about
brazilian
startups
+
the
ecosystem
• in
Portuguese
and
English

9. 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

10. 2)
Brazilicon
Valleys
a
diversity
of
logical
spaces
#brazilicon

11. No
place
like
another
• “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
• important
“when
you
were
born,
not
where”
–
Sarah
Lacy
(TechCrunch)
in
“Brilliant,
Crazy,
Cocky”

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 3)
Valleys
to
bridge
Becoming
stronger
#brazilicon

18. 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?

19. 4)
Brazilian
Zeitgeist
perspecJves
#brazilicon

20. 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

21. 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

22. Thanks!
QuesPons?
Tips?
Come
together
fly
high,
dive
deep,
float
nice,
land
soq
venturing
the
#brazilicon
valleys!
@diegoremus
startupi.com.br