Autor: Consultoria de Investimentos
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Canada Has An Innovation Problem?
Canada is a vast country with ample resources, however political and economic machinery in this country are not open enough to create true and genuine marketplace for disruptive ideas. Cultural, artistic and intellectual innovation form the foundation of innovative economies. No nation can stay competitive and economically advanced while stagnating culturally and intellectually. Innovation requires…
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$2.5m Innovation Fund Targets Excluded Groups to ‘Leave No One Behind’
Innovation fund, by Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and World Bank, asks for proposals to improve data in poor countries on the disabled, excluded populations such as the homeless and refugees, and on challenges related to climate change and urban resilience. The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) in partnership with the World…
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Dois anos após “fundo do poço”, Bombril planeja investimentos
Bombril: após período turbulento, empresa quer alcançar equilíbrio financeiro À frente da companhia desde dezembro de 2015, o executivo Luiz Gustavo Silva disse que teve de fazer um profundo processo de reestruturação São Paulo – Quase dois anos após atingir o fundo do poço, com falta de produtos nas gôndolas de supermercados e alto endividamento,…
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Pequenos negócios terão R$ 20 milhões para investir em projetos de inovação. Inscreva-se!
Dinheiro é fruto da parceria entre Sebrae e a Embrapii Micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs) e startups brasileiras de 11 estados terão à disposição R$ 20 milhões para o investimento em projetos de inovação industrial. O recurso é proveniente do acordo firmado, nesta segunda-feira (12), entre o Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas…
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Velocity accelerator firms score $1.4 M in funding
Birmingham’s Velocity Accelerator Program is off to a prosperous start in more ways than one. The new program, which launched last year and aimed to boost the profile of Birmingham’s startup scene and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses, wrapped up its first year in April with its Demo Day. Enlarge Innovation Depot, the location of…
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Inseed realiza aporte de R$6 milhões em startup de energia solar
O FIP Inseed FIMA – Fundo de Inovação em Meio Ambiente, criado pelo BNDES, e gerido pela Inseed Investimentos, acaba de anunciar aporte de capital em mais de R$6 milhões na Solis, empresa especializada em equipamentos para sistemas de aquecimento solar (SAS). Localizada em Birigui, São Paulo, a startup apresentou média de crescimento de 25% ao ano desde sua fundação em…
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Innovation Fund launches Funding from Natural Gas Cleantech Innovators
OTTAWA, July 31, 2017 /CNW/ – The Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) is accepting submissions for funding to support natural gas cleantech research, demonstration and deployment innovation projects in Canada. NGIF was created by the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) in 2016 to support the funding of innovation in the natural gas value chain. It selects…
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Innovate UK offers £8m to fund digital healthcare innovation. Sign up !
To support a growing, ageing population, Innovate UK is making up to £8m available to UK businesses to develop new and novel digital healthcare solutions. This competition is being run under the digital health technology catalyst, which is part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The aim is to support the development of digital health…
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What are the benefits of embracing a digital innovation process?
The digital innovation process has made organizations more agile, but the shift could present its own set of IT challenges for modern companies. Genpact’s Gianni Giacomelli explains why. Gianni Giacomelli: What we see people most benefiting from right now is significant cost reduction in a number of business processes. Banks, for example, have been able…
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The Lifeblood of Success: How to Encourage Innovation at Your Company
Image credit: Shutterstock Last month, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked leader of the newly created White House Office of American Innovation, Jared Kushner, held his first conference call to discuss the nation’s state of innovation. Coinsidering that those on the call included leaders such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Marc Andreessen and Elon Musk, Kushner…