Startup seeks to promote corporate networking in addition to events

According to the Survey of Brazilian Professionals (A Panorama on the Hiring, Dismissal and Career of Professionals, Catho, 52,4% of workers are hired through indications of friends or acquaintances, showing that the network of contacts has importance to conquer “a ideal vacancy”. That said, Pertalks emerges as an innovative platform that encourages face-to-face social interaction.

Transforming the way people meet and share knowledge in different spaces, the tool is far from being one more to promote virtual connections. The app expands the concept of networking by enabling productive encounters in everyday places such as hotels, museums, bars, cafes and restaurants.

The application aims to stimulate meaningful connections, which go beyond the love relationship, allowing users to meet in real time to exchange ideas, make friends, practice languages and discuss mutual interests. The dynamics works as follows: a user is staying in a hotel or visiting a museum and found that there is someone with the same interests or similar experiences nearby ( Pertalks is responsible for connecting the two profiles using a geolocation technology. 

“We believe that the best connections happen spontaneously, in relaxed environments and outside the traditional work environment.With Pertalks, we want to offer a platform that allows people to meet in everyday places such as hotels, museums and bars, to share knowledge, expand their networks and, of course, have fun”, he explains Luis Quadros, CEO and founder of Pertalks.

The platform has already been selected for the Web Summit Rio 24 as one of the most innovative and disruptive startups in the market, has 4000 users and can be used in any city. By prioritizing face-to-face interactions, Pertalks provides the discussion of professional, academic or simply cultural exchange topics, which can lead to the stabilization of decisive contacts. “We are tired of saying that messages are subject to interpretation. So, considering that it is important to meet other people for the personal and professional development of the individual, what is better than to meet face-to-face in this case?”,”, etc finalizes Frames. 

The app is available for download on iOS or Android.