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The Serra Catarinense accounts for 2.7% of total number of companies and 3.1% of the revenue generated by the technology sector. According to data provided by the ACATE Observatory, these numbers represent 333 companies, generating more than 3,000 jobs and R$ 500 million/year in revenue, approximately.
Headquarters of the first Innovation Center launched by the state government, the city of Lages concentrates several technology companies in the mountain region of Santa Catarina and the work of entities such as the Instituto Orion (Orion Institute) and theMIDI Lages incubator.