2015 LATAM Founders Awards Gala Honors Investors & Entrepreneurs
This is the event of the year for everyone in the business world. Meet business owners, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world to learn from them and form connections that could lead to phenomenal growth and increased business potential.
Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 11, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The second annual LATAM Founders Awards Gala will be held on March 18, 2015 at Ballroom in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event honors Latin America investors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs in many categories.
Following last year’s event in which Brian Requarth, founder of VivaReal, was awarded the prestigious award of 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year. This exposure helped VivaReal to amass the largest real estate inventory in all of Brazil tripling their revenue from the previous year.
Aceleratech received the distinguished Best Accelerator award. In response to this award, the founder says, “We were able to celebrate with all those entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors who helped us build what Aceleratech is today. Many people were curious about our company and looked us up.”
The B2C Company of the Year went to iFood who observed that “Latam Founders was the first entity to recognize iFood for its great work as an Internet startup in Brazil and we felt very proud of that.”
Latam Founders creates a unique networking environment that allows investors and entrepreneurs to meet in settings that allow both sides to engage and evaluate each other in a more informal situation.
About LATAM Founders
Today, Latam Founders has over 550 members from 18 countries and includes companies like Google, Movile, Microsoft, Twitter, nubank, SambaAds, EasyTaxis. Founded by Pam Granoff in 2012, Latam Founders has seen a rapid expansion as business owners and entrepreneurs have seen this vehicle as a way to showcase their talents and abilities to investors in a unique environment.
“The Latin American market is poised for rapid global expansion,” explains Granoff, “and this event recognizes some of the leading companies as well as ‘companies to watch’. Our networking events have opened many doors for both investors and entrepreneurs. The ability to access opportunity for both investors and entrepreneurs is a value that can’t be measured.”
The Event of the Year for Business Professionals
At the 2nd Annual Latam Founders Awards Gala, the esteemed members will choose superior businesses from these nominees:
- Best Investor: Astella Investimentos, e.bricks, Kaszek Ventures, Monashees,Redpoint eVentures
- Best B2C: Dafiti, Easy Taxi, Guia Bolso, ifood, Ingresse,
- Best B2B: Printi, RockContent, SambaAds, Canal da Peca, Conta Azul
- Best International Company: Airbnb, Eventbrite, Sendgrid, SurveyMonkey, Zendesk,
- Best Accelerator: 21212, Aceleratech, Gema, NXTP Labs, Wayra
- Entrepreneur of the Year
The awards for Most Innovative Company and Most Impactful Company will be “People’s Choice Awards”; this means your contributions will determine who will win!
Most Innovative Company: Conta Azul, Descomplica, Eventbrite, Guia Bolso, Intellipost, nubank
Most Impactful Company: drconsulta, Easy Taxi, Endeavor, Movile, nubank
Please vote HERE
This event is being sponsored by Baptista Luz, Printi, Easy Taxi, Distrito , Adyen, Endeavor, Ernst & Young and many others who will be recognized in the coming weeks.
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