BRAZIL TECH AWARD: Three UK scale-ups shortlisted as finalists

Eight international scale-ups have just been chosen out of the 138 that entered the first edition of the Brazil Tech Award, which is the only Brazilian competition to attract innovative companies from all over the world to Brazil.

“There were 29 countries that entered scale-ups in the Smart Cities, HealthTech, Fintech, Entertainment, Agtech, Manufacturing and MadTech areas. Out of the 138, we had great participation from companies in the Health, Agrobusiness and Fintech areas,” commented Sandra Sinicco, Co-Founder of LatamTECH.UK, the British company that manages the award.

“The countries that most of the scale-ups came from were the United Kingdom, India and the United States. However, it is very interesting to see that we have two companies from Russia and two from Portugal among the finalists, as well as one from Israel. The other three are British,” she added.

The presentations, along with the final company pitches, will be on November 4th at the FIESP Theater (Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo), from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. LatamTECH.UK will support the finalists so that they can prepare the best presentation to the Brazilian public.

Running in parallel will be an EXPO that presents the Brazil Tech Award 2019 semi-finalists and finalists. As well as these innovative scale-ups, the chambers of commerce of various countries will participate in the Expo, along with the British government.

“The EXPO will showcase some of the world’s most creative scale-ups and the idea is to foster relationships between foreign and Brazilian companies,” said Gustavo Sanchez Reulet, Co-Founder of LatamTECH.UK.

The 2019 Brazil Tech Award offers an unprecedented £70,000 award for services to the winning scale-up, including a free one-year office in Sao Paulo in a WeWork building; Business Development services by Deloitte; digital marketing by Eydos Digital; coaching by Sterna and business strategies by New Option; and legal support and Public Relations services by GrupoCASA Brasil.

The acceleration programme Acelera Startup will also take place on the day of the award. This initiative will bring together more than 500 technology-based innovation companies that will go through mentoring, have business meetings and may attend the 2019 Brazil Tech Award Final at the end of the event.