Text: Maxi Media
Photo: Nathalie Brasil
With the theme Impact Connections: Challenges and Opportunities, the largest impact accelerator in the north of the country wants to awaken entrepreneurs and startups from the Amazon ecosystem to the purpose-driven business segment.
Coordinated by Idesam, Amaz Aceleradora de Impacto will hold the 105th Meet Up of the Jaraqui Valley community next Tuesday, the 15th, starting at 6 pm. The meeting will take place in the auditorium of the Moinho Innovation and Technology Center, at Nilton Lins University. Located on the university campus, which is on Avenida Prof. Nilton Lins 3259, block D, near the library. The event is free, but to access the meet up you must register on the Sympla website through the link.
“Meet Up is a meeting designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and generate genuine connections within the innovation ecosystem. With a light and uncomplicated format, it promotes more dynamic and assertive interactions between the different actors in this environment — from entrepreneurs to investors, from enthusiasts to support institutions — stimulating the construction of synergies and collaborations,” explains Jaraqui Valley Community Leader, Isis Arébalo.
For 11 years, the community has been creating a meeting point between innovative businesses and the various pillars that make up the ecosystem, as is precisely the case of this 105th Meet Up, which will be held at a university technology center by a business accelerator. Idesam won two Jaraquis Graúdos last year, in the 'Innovation Institute' and 'Angel Investor' categories with the Bioeconomy Priority Program (PPbio) and with the Amaz Impact Accelerator, respectively.
” This year, we celebrate 5 years of operations in the Amazon and, since “Since the beginning, when we created the first hybrid fund, we have already evaluated more than 500 potential businesses, accelerated 52 initiatives and invested directly in 18 businesses with socio-environmental impact. As a result, more than a thousand families in 56 municipalities in the Amazon have benefited and we have also contributed to the conservation and/or restoration of 447 thousand hectares of native forest,” says Gabriela Souza, Operations Leader at Amaz.
Nilton Lins University also won the Jaraqui Graúdo award, in the same edition of the award promoted by the Jaraqui Valley community, in the 'Innovative University' category, for its performance in stimulating entrepreneurship in Amazonas and valuing the transformative role of innovation.
“For the University, being alongside institutions like Idesam, which has a history of actions focused on entrepreneurship and socio-environmental innovation, is a source of great satisfaction and is in line with our projects and initiatives to join forces with other institutions that work for the sustainable development of the Amazon with a focus on the reality of our people, customs and unique characteristics,” commented Gisélle Lins Maranhão, rector of Nilton Lins University.
