As far as I’m concerned, Rio couldn’t have been a more opportune location for the SEWF2012 given that I got to reconnect with various folks I had the pleasure of working with during my Frontier Market Scouts placement in Brazil and its successor in Colombia and now Central American beauty of Belize. A big Thank […]
Entries Tagged as 'Brazil'
Brazil socent map
June 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Typing socent in this title made me realize that just as grad school in the U.S. acronymized my language, twitter is teaching me to communicate in a different type of incoherent syllabus combinations for words.. Sorry guys! I’d like to dedicate this post to a study and recently released iconographic mapping the social enterprise sector […]
Tags:ANDE·BoP·Brazil·social enterprise
VilCap goes QMagico
March 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
For my benefit as much as your own, let’s briefly revisit my role in Brazil. More on this in my first post. As a Village Capital (VilCap) representative here in Sao Paulo, I am working directly with its portfolio company QMagico. This edtech startup is one of 10 social businesses accelerated by Artemisia Negocios Sociais […]
Tags:Blended Learning·Brazil·Edtech·impact investing·Village Capital
The things Artemisia does
March 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Artemisia, a plant mostly known for its medicinal qualities, and its use as the original stock in vermouth, is also thought to uncover psychic powers. Pioneer in social enterprise field-building in Brazil, Artemisia Negocios Sociais couldn’t be better named. Launched in 2004 by the social business clairvoyant Kelly Michel, the non-profit has for almost a […]
Tags:Accelerator·Artemisia·Brazil·impact investing·social enterprise·Venture Capital
