GoLedger will receive, in addition to financial resources, mentoring from Petrobras. Photo: Petrobras.
GoLedger, a provider of blockchain solutions, was one of the twenty companies that won the III public notice of the Petrobras Connections for Innovation Program – Startups module. The company is in the group of projects in digital technologies. Startups that reach the end with successful projects may become suppliers to the oil company and other companies in the sector.
This is the largest selection of its kind in the oil, gas and energy sector, says Petrobras. That’s because startups will receive a total of R$22 million. The contributions will be up to R$ 500 thousand or up to R$ 1.5 million, depending on the category – deep tech or soft tech.
Project verticals include, in addition to digital technologies (12), robotics (3), inspection technologies (2), geological modeling (2) and energy efficiency (1). The signing of contracts and the start of work should take place at the beginning of next February.
Petrobras will also provide technical mentoring and management support with Sebrae consultants. 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.
GoLedger provides Hyperledger blockchain solutions
A GoLedeger provides solutions for governments and businesses. your solution GoFabric is for network orchestration in Hyperledger blockchain. O defense Ministry qualified the GoLedger as a Strategic Defense Company (EED) and GoFabric as a Strategic Defense Product (PED).
The startup has also carried out projects, for example, at the São Paulo Military Police and won the competition from Ceará Information Technology Company (Etice) and the Information and Communication Technology Company of Paraná (Celepar).
As a recent study by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Petrobras showed, published by Blocknews last week, the oil company accounts for 10% of blockchain projects in the oil and gas sector. There are four tests and uses, including in partnership with the consortium that explores the Libra field, in the pre-salt.
According to Petrobras, startups from previous editions have projects in the final phase and in the validation phase. Unidroid, from SĂŁo Paulo, begins next January to field test the world’s first firefighting robots for classified areas, that is, with a risk of flammable atmosphere. The startup passed the 2020 notice.
Unidroid’s engineering director, JosĂ© Carlos de Castro, said that the partnership with Petrobras was a lever for the business. “This process allowed us to develop an innovative technology that could lead us to be one of the largest robotics companies in the country”, he says.
In addition to GoLedger, the startups that Petrobras chose are:
