Innovative region: Brazil
The fourth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference organised by government agency Apex-Brasil in partnership with Global Corporate Venturing was the most popular yet, with a who’s who of attendees who “came to grow” in the theme of the event.
Since the partnership started in 2016, $184m has been invested in Brazilian entrepreneurs by corporate venturing units, according to Jayme Queiroz, investment manager at Apex-Brasil, in his closing remarks on the first day of the conference. And the trend is…