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Jamile Sabatini Marques, Director of Innovation at ABES, welcomed the participants and highlighted that the objective of the meeting was to encourage the integration of the entity's associates with the Brazilian startup ecosystem, which is currently expanding, to discuss global trends and perspectives of this business model based on technology and innovation. “We consider it important to see corporations and startups undertaking together and integrated in order to leverage innovation in Brazil”, he commented.
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The importance of connecting companies and startups was also emphasized by Francisco Camargo, president of ABES, when recalling the changes that have taken place in the ranking of the most valuable companies in the world in the last 10 years, whose first positions have been occupied by technology companies, such as Google and Apple. He recalled that Brazil has a complex regulatory environment and that the association has been working on proposals aimed at strengthening innovative Brazilian industries, such as the elaboration of long-term public policies, improvements in the relationship between government, companies and universities, and decentralization. of funding sources through regional agents and incubators.
Integrated network to support startups
Alan Leite, CEO of Startup Farm, a leading private accelerator in Latin America, spoke about opportunities for startups in areas such as healthcare, education and financial services. “Fintechs are bringing new dynamics to the financial segment and e-commerce via mobile represents only 8% of the market, despite the fact that Brazilians are very connected via smartphones. There's still a lot to grow," he said.
Leite believes that the country needs to improve entrepreneurial education and that the Brazilian startup ecosystem has advanced a lot since 2010. “Brazilian investors are still risk averse, but the capital available to startups is increasing”. He also commented on Dynamo, an articulation movement in the area of public policies focused on the startup ecosystem, which is working to improve the business environment in the country and to bring together government agents. The executive pointed out that Brazil has relevant regional ecosystems for innovation and startups, such as: Belo Horizonte (MG), Recife (PE), Campinas (SP), Florianópolis (SC) and São Paulo (SP).
In sequence, Andriei Gutierrez, coordinator of Brazil, Digital Country, an initiative by ABES to debate the importance of data in digital transformation, and manager of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs at IBM Brazil, brought several examples of projects from Brazil and other countries that have a positive impact on industry, the environment, education, health, urban mobility, among other sectors. “Startups play a key role in solving problems and providing people with a better quality of life,” he said.
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Felipe Ninni, Business manager at INSEED Investimentos, explained how the capital market company works to foster startups, looking for innovative businesses that have strong competitive advantages and solve relevant market problems. INSEED is one of the managers of the CRIATEC funds, which rely on BNDES resources. “We invest in hard tech startups that offer products for the B2B market, both those that are at an early stage and those that have annual revenue of up to R$ 20 million. We collaborate with the development of the team, the market and the products, so that startups return their invested capital and become companies with structured management, strategic planning and governance”, he explained.
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Chairman of the board of FITec, a private foundation in the area of technological innovations, and Director of Polo Consultores Associados, the executive Vanda Scartezini brought to the event the success case of the startup Parallaxis, a highly complex shared investment project of the foundation. She also explained about the institution's role in business development and talent retention in Brazil, by giving professionals the opportunity to work on highly complex technological projects.
Renato Intakli, partner and director of Parallaxis, said that the company was born as a traditional economic and financial consultancy and evolved to become a startup that works with market strategy, data and opinions through the union of economic intelligence and data science and machine learning. “We have been meeting specific customer demands, in the taylor made format. The partnership with FITec comes to help us have an innovative, digital and scalable solution”, he explained. Among the goals of Parallaxis are: to combine knowledge of economics and finance with a strong technological base and create a new experience of data analysis, democratizing access to indicators and market analysis. Sindipeças and ABAG – Brazilian Agribusiness Association are some of the company's current clients.
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