{"id":925,"date":"2016-04-23T04:27:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T04:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.globewomen.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=925"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:30:03","slug":"2015-youth-innovators-from-brazil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/?page_id=925","title":{"rendered":"2015 Youth Innovators from Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/globewomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deborah-xavier-e1460997397778.jpg\" alt=\"deborah-xavier\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Deborah Xavier<br \/>\nFounder and CEO of Jogo de Damas<\/h4>\n<p>Based on her needs to connect and to develop her own career, Deborah Xavier created a web-based network called \u201cJogo de Damas\u201d that is focused on providing smart content and events for women interested in business, entrepreneurship and career growth. Now a very popular vehicle for linking women nationwide through a variety of events and activities, Jogo de Damas has made Deborah Xavier a much sought after media commentator and columnist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/globewomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/lorrana-scarpioni-e1460997345524.jpg\" alt=\"lorrana-scarpioni\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Loranna Scarpioni<br \/>\nFounder and CEO of Bliive<\/h4>\n<p>Named as one of Brazil\u2019s Top Ten Innovators by MIT\u2019s Technology Review, Scarpioni developed a collaborative network that trades time and skills instead of money. Now valued at US$3.5 million, the company has received venture funding from Brazilian and international investors to grow even more. Social entrepreneur Scarpioni views the trading of time and skills as maximizing individuals\u2019 talents nationally and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/globewomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/luisa-ribeiro-e1461386144841.jpg\" alt=\"luisa-ribeiro\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Luisa Ribeiro<br \/>\nFounder and CEO of Gema Ventures<\/h4>\n<p>Luisa Ribeiro is Co-Founder and CEO of GEMA Ventures, which provides support to global start-ups. Earlier, in 2012, she founded and directed Papaya Ventures, one of the first Brazilian startup accelerators. Previously, she worked at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, focusing on innovation policies for Latin America. She has also worked as a consultant for Accenture Brazil and at Cantillon Capital Management, a hedge fund in London. In 2013, she was named \u201cYoung Global Leader\u201d by the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row clearfix\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; border: 2px solid #f1f1f1; padding: 1em 0;\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/globewomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/raissa-muller-e1461100063112.jpg\" alt=\"raissa-muller\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 40px;\">Raissa Muller, Inventor<\/p>\n<p>Raissa Muller is a high school student who developed a material which works as a selective sponge to facilitate a simple and effective technique to contain oil spills. She was one of five young entrepreneurs from around the world named \u201cGlobal Trailblazers\u201d to be invited to present at the annual Ignition Innovation Summit at Harvard University. For the past few years, she has been researching and working with environmental issues, such as water, oil and sustainability both inside and outside of the lab. Her research has led to her being awarded by Google and Intel, in addition to Harvard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deborah Xavier Founder and CEO of Jogo de Damas Based on her needs to connect and to develop her own career, Deborah Xavier created a web-based network called \u201cJogo de Damas\u201d that is focused on providing smart content and events &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/?page_id=925\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":851,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-feature.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions\/2952"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}