Volume 8 - Volume 8
GENERATION MECHANISMS OF ENTERPRISES: THE ACCELERATION OF START-UPS IN BRAZIL
Abstract
Start-ups accelerators are considered mechanisms of enterprise generation. The overall objective of the study is to characterize the accelerators participating in the National Start-ups Acceleration Program – Start-up Brazil. The main results obtained were: profile of the start-ups selected by the accelerators, start-ups in areas such as education, Information Technology and Communication - ICT, health, creative economy, among others; Information on the accelerator, such as acceleration sites (Brazil, United States of America - USA and Sweden) and number of start-ups between 3 and 130 in several stages (pre-accelerated, accelerated, accelerated and portfolio); The investment per start-up can vary between R $ 20,000.00 and R $ 3,000,000.00 and the shareholding of 1% -40%, depending on the accelerator and its internal and external investors; And acceleration methodologies have aspects such as mentoring, technical visits in other countries, events, access to capital, networking and portfolio management.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 4187-4199
Author's Name: Amanda Luiza Soares Silva, Cleide Ane Barbosa da Cruz, Valéria Melo Mendonça, Paulo Roberto dos Santos, Iracema Machado de Aragão Gomes and Ana Eleonora Paixão
Volume: Volume 8
Issues: Volume 8
Keywords: Accelerator; Start-ups; Entrepreneurship.
Year: 2018
Month: March
Pages: 4187-4199