Apex-Brasil Announces Demo Day & Brasil Week Agenda For Silicon Valley

ABVCAP, BayBrazil, Redpoint eVenture, SV Forum + TechCrunch Co-Host Week-Long Series of Events for Startups and Investors
SAN FRANCISCO - Aug. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) today announced the agenda of events and speakers for 'Brasil Week SV' in Silicon Valley. The purpose of Brasil Week SV is to provide international partners and investors a comprehensive look at the latest trends and developments related to investments in the Brazilian venture capital ecosystem.

The week-long series, held September 12-16 at venues throughout Silicon Valley, kicks off with Demo Day hosted at TechCrunch on Pier 48 in San Francisco (Sept. 12). The week's other events include a networking meeting promoted by Redpoint eVentures (Sept. 13), private meetings between global LPs and fund managers (Sept. 14), the Venture Capital in Brazil Forum, organized by ABVCAP (Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) (Sept. 15), and the annual BayBrasil tech conference (Sept. 16). A complete agenda and registration links are posted at the Brasil Week SV events page.

The mission of Apex-Brasil is to promote Brazilian innovation abroad and attract international investment into strategic sectors of the economy. During Brasil Week SV, the agency is helping to showcase 11 Brazilian start-up companies from some federal startup incentive programs. Several of these companies have already attracted significant funding from US investors. The startups include:

1. 2Minds: (social-B2B) 30-day gamefied challenges to help people keep personal goals

2. Ambievo: (clean-tech) contaminants remediation into natural by-products

3. Aquarela: (big data) VORTX data analytics platform that is easier to use for business persons

4. BemVendi: (commerce) co-branded app for Mary Kay-type direct sales agents; provides credit card processing, micropayments, insurance, etc.

5. Bov Control: (agritech) data collection & analysis for small farmers and cattle growers

6. Chipus: (semiconductors) custom chip design with faster time-to-market

7. Conpass: (SaaS-B2B) platform for customer on-boarding and support

8. One Skin Technologies: (biotech) skin regeneration/repair based on stem cells; in vitro human skin

9. Portal Telemedicina: (tele-medicine) remote diagnostics with AI to interpret exams

10. SciCrop: (agritech) big data analytics for optimizing farm crop yield

11. Treinus: (fitness) custom training programs integrated into Garmin, Polar, TomTom

These startup companies will be presenting their business milestones and market expansion strategies to a panel of U.S. investors at Apex-Brasil's third annual International Demo Day. Interested entrepreneurs and investors can register to attend Demo Day, happening September 12th from 6:30-10:00pm, in San Francisco.

"Silicon Valley is the world's largest innovation ecosystem and has a large concentration of venture capital resources," said Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, president of Apex-Brasil, who has been building a relationship with foreign investors and Apex-Brasil for the last five years. "For the first time, the Agency brings together activities and partners in Brazil Week SV to show Brazil as a destination that offers innovative and quality opportunities, in a positive and coordinated initiative."

The second edition of Brasil Week will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, in October. The highlight will be the Corporate Venture in Brazil, a three-day forum that serves as a bridge for foreign and Brazilian corporations to share best practices on Corporate Venturing and to connect with the Brazilian investment and innovation ecosystem. Last year's edition had an audience of almost 600 participants. More than 20 international corporations attended, in addition to 50+ Brazilian corporations, many local VCs, angels, accelerators and tech parks.

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