Entrepreneur David Figueira, PhD in Physics from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), founding partner and director of operations of the brewing group Lamas Corp, was announced today as the new president of the Unicamp Ventures group, a relationship network of the University's daughter companies. The announcement was made during the Unicamp Ventures Annual Meeting, an event held online, this Thursday morning (October 22).
Elected by the Group's Board for the 2020-2022 term, Figueira is the seventh entrepreneur to occupy the position of president of Unicamp Ventures. Before him, prominent entrepreneurs were presidents of the group, such as: Fabricio Bloisi, CEO of iFood of the Movile Group, and César Gon, CEO of CI&T, who were also at the online meeting sharing the experience of their companies this year.
Entrepreneur of the year
During the same event, the rector of Unicamp Marcelo Knobel also announced Júlio César de Oliveira as the Entrepreneur of the Year, the main category of the Entrepreneur Award, organized by Unicamp Innovation Agency and the group of entrepreneurial alumni Unicamp Ventures.
The entrepreneur of the year was chosen from among the three finalists, winners in the categories of Social Impact, Innovation and Greater Growth (Scale-Up). Among the criteria for choosing Oliveira as entrepreneur of the year are his performance fundamental to the company's success, its ability to build strategic networks and its collaboration with the innovation ecosystem.
Oliveira explained that upon assuming the role of CEO of Idea! Electronic Systems, a daughter company of Unicamp founded in 1997 by students from the University, began to aim and develop ways for the company's business to cover the global telecommunications market.
Under his leadership, the results began to appear in the company's exponential growth, which in 2019 showed 25 times greater revenue, resulting in seven times more jobs when compared to the company's performance in 2016.
Read the full articles on the Inova Unicamp Innovation Agency website:
David Figueira, from Lamas Corp, is the new president of Unicamp Ventures
Júlio de Oliveira, CEO of Idea!, is Unicamp's Entrepreneur of the Year 2020
