Developmental companies in the Amazon, the so -called bet on sustainable innovation models aimed at the global market. These initiatives prepare for the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30) in November in the city of Belém (PA).
A startup Managed by businessman Maurício Pantoja in Igarapé-Miriri (PA) is an example of a business in line with the sustainable development model that values the commercialization of products extracted by traditional communities with the standing forest. Focused on the beneficiation of regional fruits in the form of pulp and powdered fruits, the company already works directly with two cooperatives and generates opportunity for 340 communities families in Igarapé-Miri and Abaetetuba.
“In addition to connecting the production of these small communities through fair trade, we also use technology to better manage, predict harvesting, reduce waste and add value to products,” he explains.
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The businessman recalls that acai was the first fruit to benefit in the form of pulp and sold in the Brazilian market, but soon other fruits entered the product portfolio.
“We are from the world capital of Acai, so we depart from it and be integrating other cultures such as Cocoa and Cupuaçu to reduce the monoculture in the region and make these producers put all year round and not just in the acai crop,” he says.
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Another development company focused on the area of training that also undertakes in a sustainable way, in the capital of Para, Belém, is the one led by businessman Vitor Alves. From courses offered on virtual platforms, the startup leverages small businesses through the teaching of entrepreneurial technologies. “Technology is always a differential for the small business. You have today artificial intelligences that increase the speed with which you solve problems, issue notes, do inventory control and even find customers and do market analysis,” he explains.
Both were the winners of the 11th edition of Startup Day, promoted by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae), in Belém, on Saturday (22), with the aim of impacting the ecosystem of these developing companies, from a day of workshops, mentoring and connection opportunities. Among the more than 300 initiatives registered, the two were highlighted in the bioeconomic and technology categories, respectively.
According to Sebrae do Pará’s superintendent director, Rubens Magno, the meeting is an opportunity for startups to launch and develop their great ideas in a year of preparation for COP30.
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“What we want is to show that in the Amazon is no different from other places in the world that breathe innovation,” he says.
For Pantoja, being in this environment reflects an effort in the construction of the visibility of companies that are outside the commercial circuit of large capitals. “We have this goal of reaching the international market, much because it is a market that values the work that takes care of biodiversity and that care about the people who live in the forest. So events like Startup Day are opportunities for us, not only from the interior, but from all over Pará, to be able to show what we are doing and that is serious.”
