Brazil

34 statements across 25 episodes · 13 bullish · 3 bearish · 24 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2016 by Taylor Peck · said 269 times in 85 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Jan 30, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
iSideWith expands voter guide platform to Brazil, France, and Spain
“We're rolling out into some other countries too right now into Brazil, France, and Spain. So we have a, we have like a little bit of a research team we use for that.”
Taylor Peck Jan 30, 2016 ▶ 14:17 Weird Way To Capture 25m Leads Free with Taylor Peck of iSideWith.com
Oct 7, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hornet Displaced Competitors in France, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Thailand, and Italy
“We're trying to deplete, displace competitors and key markets, and we've done that in France, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Thailand, Italy, and trying to do that the rest of the world.”
Sean Howell Oct 7, 2016 ▶ 7:47 EP 440: $700k MRR, 100,000 Pay $7/mo For Gay Dating App Hornet, Will Beat Grindr?
Mar 22, 2017 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hornet Reached #2 Gay App Globally With Zero Marketing Spend
“We are now number two worldwide, which means we're number one in many key markets, such as France Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Russia, even Taiwan, Thailand, everywhere. And we have up to Q three this year, never spent a cent on marketing.”
Christoph Wittig Mar 22, 2017 ▶ 18:06 EP 606: Hornet Raises $8M to Become Gay Content Hub, 17M Users, 3M MAU with CEO Christof Wittig
Jan 4, 2019 negative
Opinion
Pugliesi: Brazil lacks growth-stage VC funds despite abundant early-stage capital
“In Brazil we have lots of VCs and early stage money, and we don't have more funds specific to growth money or to stages that are later stages.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 7:12 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Jan 4, 2019 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pugliesi: Hi Platform is Brazil's top chatbot provider with 150+ clients
“So in the last two years, we are the number one chat bot here in Brazil. We have over 150 clients.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 3:04 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Feb 10, 2019 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quizlet sees 350% YoY growth in Brazil after Portuguese localization
“We've localized the product into 19 different languages at this point and now making it available globally. And so we're seeing triple digit growth outside the U S. You know, for example last year in Brazil, we saw 350% year on year growth as we made the produ…”
Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 8:17 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers
May 5, 2019
Disclosure
Verne: Netze Operates as a B2B SaaS for Brazilian Agencies
“We started selling websites in this model with the solution for agents entrepreneurs here in Brazil. We started selling in SAS B to B model in revenue, monthly revenue. And it's a SAS B to B.”
Thiago Verne May 5, 2019 ▶ 3:57 1380 SaaS Company in Floripa Launches, Passes $5k/mo Helping Websites Scale with CDN Solutions
May 5, 2019 negative
Opinion
Verne: Operating a startup in Brazil is not for amateurs
“Brazil is not for amateurs. It's very difficult this scenario here”
Thiago Verne May 5, 2019 ▶ 9:53 1380 SaaS Company in Floripa Launches, Passes $5k/mo Helping Websites Scale with CDN Solutions
Jun 29, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
JivoChat spent $200K-$300K on paid ads to seed Brazil
“I think something between two and 300,000 dollars, because I can't say exactly, but I don't, I can't.”
Tim Valishev Jun 29, 2019 ▶ 16:19 1435 Live Chat For Business Passes $5m in ARR, 31,000 Customers, Bootstrapped
Jun 29, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
JivoChat paid $3-$5 per free signup in Brazil
“On average we paid something between three and five dollars per, per signup.”
Tim Valishev Jun 29, 2019 ▶ 17:37 1435 Live Chat For Business Passes $5m in ARR, 31,000 Customers, Bootstrapped
Jun 29, 2019
Insight
Valishev: Live chat signups convert harder in US and Europe than Brazil
“For example, in Russia it's, or in Brazil, it's really popular nowadays. But for example, in Turkey, in Europe, or for that matter, in the United States, it's, it turns out that it's harder to convert signups to active users.”
Tim Valishev Jun 29, 2019 ▶ 12:58 1435 Live Chat For Business Passes $5m in ARR, 31,000 Customers, Bootstrapped
Jun 29, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Valishev: Facebook is up to 10x less efficient than Google for acquisition
“Facebook is sometimes 10, 10 times less effective in number, in terms of Acquiring installation safe users than Google, for example, in Brazil.”
Tim Valishev Jun 29, 2019 ▶ 16:43 1435 Live Chat For Business Passes $5m in ARR, 31,000 Customers, Bootstrapped
Aug 29, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Garcia: Brazilian SaaS startups average a 6x ARR valuation multiple
“We are looking the market here in Brazil, they are paying six times in average of the ARR.”
Alessandro Garcia Aug 29, 2019 ▶ 11:48 1496 Employee Engagement Platform in Brazil Passes $1.8M ARR, Raising $3m on $10m Pre
Oct 21, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Szneiberg: Brazil sees three million labor lawsuits annually
“There is a big issue in Brazil which is related as I, as you said, there are three million lawsuits a year”
Lonnie Szneiberg Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 1:47 1549 Why Did He Leave a $60m Revenue "Unicorn"?
Oct 21, 2019 bullish
Opinion
Brazilian labor laws drive demand for Oi Tchau compliance tools
“There is a legislation issue in Brazil, which works in our favor. So actually the government is pushing the businesses towards this, these tools and there aren't many out there. And not, not familiar with another tool that offer the same complexity as ours.”
Lonnie Szneiberg Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 6:12 1549 Why Did He Leave a $60m Revenue "Unicorn"?
May 3, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Dantas: Vindi raised $3M from Brazilian VC
“We raised three million dollars with a VC here in Brazil.”
Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 11:38 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money
Jul 23, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baker: Churnly has four customers in Brazil via organic SEO
“We've got four customers in Brazil right now. And so, you know, we come up on page one for particularly in Brazil.”
Adam Baker Jul 23, 2020 ▶ 13:28 Churnly Burning $40k/mo, Hits 20 Customers, $200k Revenue Helping SaaS Companies Reduce Churn
Feb 12, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Viva Real reached 7M Brazil property listings and 35K advertisers
“Initially it was just a classifieds model. So we had, you know, advertisers, we had, you know, seven million properties across Brazil and, you know, about 35,000 real estate companies that advertised.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 2:31 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Apr 22, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Insolvency Platform Can Expand to Italy, Romania, Brazil, and Mexico
“We are working now in Spain, but we have a technology to adapt to other European countries, such as Italy, Romania, and also We could adapt the technology to Latin countries, such as Brazil, Mexico, and other Latin countries.”
Christian Tanasi Apr 22, 2021 ▶ 2:16 They Did $210k Last Month Helping Eliminate Debt in Spain
Aug 11, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Voozer charges under $100 monthly in Brazil and $200 internationally
“So in Brazil, it would be less than a hundred dollars, and in the U.S. And international marketing, the international market is 200 dollars for the software.”
Albert Heifaz Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 3:56 $15k in MRR From $50k Raised Helping you Turn Blogs into Audio Content
Aug 11, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Voozer employs only one full-time narrator in Brazil
“In Brazil, we have only one, and all the others, they are part-time.”
Albert Heifaz Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 4:37 $15k in MRR From $50k Raised Helping you Turn Blogs into Audio Content
Aug 13, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Most Brazilian SMBs Don't Know What a CRM Is
“Most of our customer base, they don't know what a CRM is, and when they know what the ERP is, they don't want it because it's just too much.”
Cássio (Casio) Aug 13, 2021 ▶ 3:13 Brazilian Quote to Cash SaaS Hits $10k in MRR up from $2k, $250k raised at $2.5m Valuation
Aug 13, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Plypad Processes Payments Like Stripe for Offline Brazilian Businesses
“So basically we, our main engine is a payment processing system. So we do process all those payments just like Stripe would do. But we don't do Online we do our public is, our audience is roughly offline and well there's a lot of things in, in quote to cash, r…”
Cássio (Casio) Aug 13, 2021 ▶ 4:38 Brazilian Quote to Cash SaaS Hits $10k in MRR up from $2k, $250k raised at $2.5m Valuation
Aug 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Plypad Cuts Boleto Management From Two Days to Two Minutes
“So right now, if you're in Brazil and you have to take care of those customers, you would spend about two days in your month issuing what we call Boleto. This is a, one of the payment methods we have in Brazil. We have to conciliate. You have to handle them di…”
Cássio (Casio) Aug 13, 2021 ▶ 3:49 Brazilian Quote to Cash SaaS Hits $10k in MRR up from $2k, $250k raised at $2.5m Valuation
Sep 29, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Ferber: Britech Global's Brazil venture debt carries an 18% annual interest rate
“It's like it's like 18% a year.”
Yuri Ferber Sep 29, 2021 ▶ 16:07 Britech SaaS For Financial Firms Hits $10m ARR, up 70%, on just $3m Raised
Nov 12, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sheetgo operates profitably after minimal fundraising
“We raised a little bit of capital and but here in, in, well, in Spain, the team is divided between Brazil and Spain. Mostly we raised a little bit of capital in Spain not much. So we're actually run as a profitable company.”
Yannick Rolt Nov 12, 2021 ▶ 8:27 SheetGo Hits $70k in MRR Helping You Get More out of Google Sheets
Jan 24, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Marinelli: Traction Targets 600,000 Potential Industrial Companies in Latin America
“We have, like, 300,000 In Brazil, summing up all Latin America, we have like 600,000 companies to achieve.”
Igor Marinelli Jan 24, 2022 ▶ 15:46 LATAM SaaS + IoT Grows 10x to $1.2m in ARR, $3.7m Round at $15m Valuation
Feb 26, 2022 positive
Opinion
Bargetti Recommends Zoop Despite Limited Brazilian Options and Feature Gaps
“There ain't much, there ain't many options in Brazil for what we want. So yes, I recommend them, but I also want something that some things that they don't have yet, but you know, it's part of the game.”
Felipe Bargetti Feb 26, 2022 ▶ 14:21 Payment Processor in Brazil Hits $27k in MRR and $72m GMV Run Rate
May 3, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
QuestionPro grew Latin America revenue from $100K to $4.5 million
“Ah, so we started off at a hundred grand, and now it's four and a half million bucks. Just out of Latin America. Not just Mexico, but all of Latin America. Mexico, that includes Brazil and everything else, really, right?”
Vivek Bhaskaran May 3, 2022 ▶ 15:16 He Acquired Companies through Whatsapp. Bootstrapped with $30m in revenue today.
Jun 8, 2022
Assertion Contradicted
Freary: Most small merchants in Brazil operate completely offline
“Most of the merchants, the small entrepreneurs in Brazil are 100% offline.”
Guy Freary Jun 8, 2022 ▶ 1:49 This SaaS makes sure your gas station doesnt' run out of chargers. You won't believe their revenue.
Aug 3, 2022
Assertion Supported
Jovtenko: Brazilian big-city tech pay is roughly double smaller cities
“Don't hire in Rio or in other big cities because the pay grades, and we actually checked, is probably two times compared to smaller cities.”
Vlad Jovtenko Aug 3, 2022 ▶ 7:52 How he Negotiated $9m valuation with $1m ARR sales attribution SaaS tool
Oct 24, 2022
Disclosure
DocSales delayed its international launch to focus on Brazil during COVID-19
“So we started this business in Brazil two years ago. The idea was to be international first, but then we were caught by the COVID pandemic. Actually we and everybody else, right? And we had to change our plans. And then we focused for the first two years in th…”
Mauricio Quiguela Oct 24, 2022 ▶ 2:31 9 mistakes sales reps make when they finally send the docusign to the prospect
Apr 7, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Garcia: Solides is the only SMB HR software player in Brazil
“Today we don't have other players providing HR software for small video companies in Brazil. In the US you have a Bumble HR and other players, but here we are playing this game alone.”
Alessandro Garcia Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 6:55 Rippling of Brazil Solides Hit $35m ARR up from $15m ARR and Raised $100m at a $800m Valuation
Feb 29, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Abujamra: Klooks sold private Brazilian financial data to Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and Moody's
“Originally the data we would sell to other intelligence platforms. So we would sell to Bloomberg, to Capital IQ Moody's analytics. So these guys would get our data, which is like financial data of private Brazilian companies and just put on their products unde…”
Alex Abujamra Feb 29, 2024 ▶ 3:00 He Did $1m last year selling South American Business Data to firms like CapIQ
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