Start-up Brazil 2.0 support software projects and hardware – Portal Brazil

New phase of Start-Up Brazil program will invest R $ 40 million to support business innovation in technology of inforação

by Portal Brazil published 15.04.2016 14:00 last modified : 15/04/2016 13h16

The Start-Up program Brazil won on Wednesday -feira (13), a new stage, the Start-Up Brazil 2.0. The initiative will include two new projects for the information technology area, the Start-Up Hardware and the RHAE ICTs.

The first support research, development and innovation in partnership with centers and institutes of technology and accelerator. The second enable technicians and managers in innovation practices, and insert researchers in information and communication technology companies (TICs).

The Secretary of the Ministry of Science Informatics Policy, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), Manoel Fonseca, said the initiative provides R investments $ 40 million, distributed as follows: R $ 20 million for acceleration hundred companies nascent technology-based, R $ 10 million in support of hardware startups and R $ 10 million to encourage the birth of new ideas. The three notices must leave in 60 days.

Rules for participation

applicants must have no more than four years of existence. After being chosen, startups need to negotiate its accession to one of 12 accelerators assigned the last program of the announcement.

The acceleration has a duration of up to 12 months for software companies and 18 months for hardware companies to support research, development and innovation (RD & amp; I)., support business modeling, participation in training activities and market access programs

The program

the Start-Up Brazil is a federal government program that seeks to add a set of actors and institutions in favor of technology-based entrepreneurship.

calls national and international occurring at national Council for Scientific and Technological Development ( CNPq) and the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion (Apex-Brazil), respectively. Since 2012, it has supported 183 companies, divided into four classes, coming from 17 states and 13 countries.

For the president of CNPq, Hernan Chaimovich, the Start-up Brazil 2.0 is “a challenge of creation, coordination and catalysis”, to enjoy in a “rational, intelligent and creative” Marco Science Cool , Technology and Innovation (Law No. 13,243 / 2016) in the dialogue between companies and universities.

“the legislation allows, on the one hand, lose the fear of public investment in a private company and, on the other , freedom to the researcher of the public system to develop in the private system without losing its nature, “he said.

President of the Association for the Promotion of Excellence in Software Brazilian (Softex), Ruben Delgado, recalled that the first three groups of startup the program received R $ 27 million public investment and R $ 89.7 million from private sources :.. “There can not be honored when you see that, every real public initiative, the private sector put R $ 3.30 is a fantastic number no government program with such effectiveness, so successful and has as much credibility as to the industry add that amount, “he said

Source: Portal Brazil with information from the National Scientific and Technological Development Council, MCTI and StartUp Brazil