Mar 12, 2021

LAST UPDATED March 11, 2021 Nubank and Loggi are some of the companies that has already taken part in Google’s Accelerator program in Brazil; For the first edition of 2021, the ten startups selected were Gupy, Safe Space, Justto, Datarisk, DealerSites, Hygia Bank, Redação Nota 1000, Manipulaê, Grão and Leads2b; Besides support and tools to improve the use of cloud and machine learning, the edition offers mentoring with a focus on developing leadership skills. Google for Startups Accelerator has announced this week that, for the first time, has a class entirely formed by companies led by women. The ten Brazilian startups selected for the first class of 2021 will have mentoring sessions with Google experts and partner companies over the next three months. The content will be dedicated to solving technical and leadership challenges. The startups selected were Gupy, Safe Space, Justto, Datarisk, DealerSites, Hygia Bank, Redação Nota 1000, Manipulaê, Grão and Leads2b. “Despite our efforts at Google to increase female representation in our community and around the world, we know that we still have a long way to go,” says Fernanda Caloi, program manager at Google for Startups Brazil. “So we decided to include the leadership development module in this edition, aware that leaders need and want to go beyond increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs for their startups.” Three out of the ten selected startups have already been part of Google for Startups programs: the HRtechGupy, the online predictive modeling platform Datarisk and Leads2b, focused on the generation of leads in the B2B market. In addition to the support and tools to improve the use of cloud and machine learning, among other technologies, the edition offers mentoring with a focus on developing leadership skills.