Named Pool Giants, led by Marcus Marques and João Kepler project aims to find up to 15 innovative and scalable solutions
According to João Kepler, CEO of Bossanova Investimentos, this initiative is a partnership between Bossanova and the Entrepreneurial Accelerator by Marcus Marques, and in addition to investment, the Founders of the invested startups will also gain a place in the immersion of the Entrepreneurial Accelerator, a program in that Marques has personally trained more than 4,000 entrepreneurs and businessmen, consolidating itself as a reference in the acceleration and management of small and medium-sized companies. Bossanova is a partner of ABES Startup Internship Program.
“I believe that for the venture capital market, there is still no project like this that enables investment for innovative startups and also offers an immersion with one of the best business management professionals in the country. In addition, the invested startups will be disclosed to the companies that make up the Giants group, an ecosystem with hundreds of companies led by Marcus, where companies can become clients of the invested startups, that is, in addition to investment and training, we will also be a acquisition channel for the project we are going to invest in”, explains Kepler.
To be able to be invested in and accelerated, startups need to have a B2B or B2B2C business model; solve Industry problems; having a SaaS business model or combining software & hardware; apply technologies from IoT, AI, business management software, robotics, AR/VR, blockchain, BIM, networks, data security and others; that have at least two people on the founding team; more than a year since the foundation and that are already operating; in addition to having a minimum turnover of R＄20mil.
“I believe that what will change Brazil is education and entrepreneurship, I call education that leverages companies business education, it is an honor to be an ambassador of this type of education and contribute to entrepreneurship in Brazil”.
Companies interested in being invested in and accelerated by Bossanova through Pool Giants can apply through site.
