Liga Retail, program of Liga Ventures, is open until the 24th of March
Liga Ventures – an accelerator specialized in generating business between startups and large corporations – entered into a partnership with GPA – one of the main retail groups in Brazil, controller of the Pão de Açúcar and Extra banners – and Leroy Merlin – a chain of building materials stores and decoration founded in France in 1923 – with the objective of following innovations and trends in the retail market, in addition to seeking new ideas and business opportunities for the segment.
The two corporations will be part of Liga Retail (https://liga.ventures/retail) – a program that prospects, selects and accelerates startups with solutions for store optimization, artificial intelligence, data usage and big data. Applications for startups that wish to be part of the program are open and will run until the 24th of March.
For Rogério Tamassia, co-founder of Liga Ventures, the participation of the two companies generates great expectations for the program. "The partnership of giants like GPA and Leroy Merlin allows the Liga Retail acceleration program to become even more interesting for startups and for the retail sector, as it will allow more business, knowledge and network opportunities", he comments.
On the other hand, participating in the acceleration allows corporations to contribute even more to the development of innovations that should revolutionize the retail market, in addition to seeking solutions that leverage the company's business.
Liga Retail Acceleration Program
Applications for the acceleration program can be made through the website http://liga.ventures/retail/, until March 24th. After closing, four startups will be selected that have innovations related to IoT applied to Retail, loss reduction, stock and inventory management, reverse logistics, automation, customer satisfaction, smart picking, among others. In the last cycle with the participation of GPA, there were more than 400 applications, and the startups Numenu, Menu.com.vc, Saffe and SEED Digital were chosen to participate in the program.
For 4 months, entrepreneurs will be able to explore business opportunities with the two large participating companies, receive mentoring from executives from Liga Ventures, in addition to accessing a broad network with partners and potential investors. No consideration in equity interest or intellectual property is required from accelerated startups.
Created in 2015, Liga Ventures (http://liga.ventures/) is one of the largest startup accelerators in the country and a pioneer in the corporate acceleration market and corporate ventures, with partners such as BNDES, GPA, Brink's, Porto Seguro , Embraer, Mercedes-Benz, AES Brasil, Intel, TIVIT, Eaton, WebMotors, Sascar, Cateno, Saint-Gobain, Unilever, ELO Card, Ticket Log and Vedacit. In addition, it has more than 11 thousand startups in its database. In 2017 alone, more than 3,000 entries were made in acceleration programs, in which the League is responsible from the startup selection process to the day-to-day monitoring with entrepreneurs. The League has also accelerated more than 100 startups in its acceleration cycles and created unprecedented studies through the Liga Insights project, pointing out startups that are innovating in the sectors of AutoTech, Retail, Emerging Technologies, HR Techs, Health Techs, IT, Real Estate , Elections 2018 and Martechs.
The two corporations will be part of Liga Retail (https://liga.ventures/retail) – a program that prospects, selects and accelerates startups with solutions for store optimization, artificial intelligence, data usage and big data. Applications for startups that wish to be part of the program are open and will run until the 24th of March.
For Rogério Tamassia, co-founder of Liga Ventures, the participation of the two companies generates great expectations for the program. "The partnership of giants like GPA and Leroy Merlin allows the Liga Retail acceleration program to become even more interesting for startups and for the retail sector, as it will allow more business, knowledge and network opportunities", he comments.
On the other hand, participating in the acceleration allows corporations to contribute even more to the development of innovations that should revolutionize the retail market, in addition to seeking solutions that leverage the company's business.
Liga Retail Acceleration Program
Applications for the acceleration program can be made through the website http://liga.ventures/retail/, until March 24th. After closing, four startups will be selected that have innovations related to IoT applied to Retail, loss reduction, stock and inventory management, reverse logistics, automation, customer satisfaction, smart picking, among others. In the last cycle with the participation of GPA, there were more than 400 applications, and the startups Numenu, Menu.com.vc, Saffe and SEED Digital were chosen to participate in the program.
For 4 months, entrepreneurs will be able to explore business opportunities with the two large participating companies, receive mentoring from executives from Liga Ventures, in addition to accessing a broad network with partners and potential investors. No consideration in equity interest or intellectual property is required from accelerated startups.
Created in 2015, Liga Ventures (http://liga.ventures/) is one of the largest startup accelerators in the country and a pioneer in the corporate acceleration market and corporate ventures, with partners such as BNDES, GPA, Brink's, Porto Seguro , Embraer, Mercedes-Benz, AES Brasil, Intel, TIVIT, Eaton, WebMotors, Sascar, Cateno, Saint-Gobain, Unilever, ELO Card, Ticket Log and Vedacit. In addition, it has more than 11 thousand startups in its database. In 2017 alone, more than 3,000 entries were made in acceleration programs, in which the League is responsible from the startup selection process to the day-to-day monitoring with entrepreneurs. The League has also accelerated more than 100 startups in its acceleration cycles and created unprecedented studies through the Liga Insights project, pointing out startups that are innovating in the sectors of AutoTech, Retail, Emerging Technologies, HR Techs, Health Techs, IT, Real Estate , Elections 2018 and Martechs.
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