This Friday (3), Petrobras announced the twenty winning companies in the III public notice of the Petrobras Connections for Innovation Program – Startups module. With a value of R$ 22 million and aimed at small innovative firms, the selection is the largest ever opened in the oil, gas and energy sector in the country.
Startups will receive contributions of up to R$ 500 thousand or up to R$ 1.5 million, depending on the category, to be used in projects in the verticals of Digital Technologies (12), Robotics (3), Inspection Technologies (2) , Geological Modeling (2) and Energy Efficiency (1).
The expected date for signing the contracts and starting work is February 2022.
In addition to financial support for the development of innovation projects, the selected companies receive technical mentoring with specialists from Petrobras and business mentoring and management support with consultants from Sebrae, the company’s partner in the public notice.
At the end of the process, successfully completed projects have the possibility of meeting the demands not only of Petrobras, but also of becoming suppliers in the oil and gas production chain.
“Petrobras’ leading role in the interaction with startups, companies and science and technology institutes makes the company a great engine of innovation, accelerating large value deliveries, in addition to contributing to the development of the innovation ecosystem in the country”, assesses the director of Digital Transformation and Innovation at Petrobras, Nicolás Simone.
According to him, the investment is aimed at meeting the demands mapped internally at the company and the agile development of solutions with the possibility of being implemented in the oil and gas industry.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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