Startup Alley: Brazilian Pavilion At Disrupt Shows An Exploding Startup Scene

Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

Brazil is rapidly taking its place in the tech world as a fertile place for startups. Evidence of that was clear at TechCrunch Disrupt this week in San Francisco. In order to give you a sense of the sheer scale of the Brazilian presence, we came up with a new format — rapid-fire one sentence pitches. Check it out.

Ooif.me – Location-based and interest-driven network of people and channels.

QualCanal – Qual Canal is a monitoring tool for TV in social networks.

Rota los Concursos – Adaptive learning for Brazil.

SambaAds – Samba Ads is the largest premium video network in Latin America.

Scup – Social media monitoring and management platform.

Site Sustentável – Neutralize CO2 emissions from websites by planting trees.

Verduca

Superlead – Internet marketing platform for Brazilian SMBs.

ViS – Game-changing analytics platform for clinical-trial planning.

WeGoOut – Find the most popular nearby parties and meet friends of friends.

WineTag – An intelligent multi-platform social network that works as a personal sommelier for every consumer, recommending the best wine for each user.

Moovia – Your professional network.

XJOBS – Marketplace for outsourcing online jobs.

Zoop – Zoop is a secure mobile social commerce and payment platform that enables merchants and consumers to take full advantage of a seamless shopping experience anywhere, anytime, anyway.

Universo – Universo.mobi is a powerful DYI App creation platform.

trip2gether – Collaborative and intuitive travel planning and sharing.

Sonoma – Discovery of finest wines and gastronomic products of Brazil.

MyMaket