Centro Esportivo Virtual

What Centro Esportivo Virtual does

Centro Esportivo Virtual (CEV) is a Brazilian non-profit knowledge management portal founded in 1996 and operated from São Paulo, serving the academic community of researchers, professors, and students in Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure. The platform is freely accessible under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use and operates as a horizontal community hub rather than a commercial product. CEV's audience is concentrated in Brazil, with content published in Portuguese, and its geographic footprint is regional (South America, primarily Brazil).

The portal consists of six integrated modules: a Biblioteca (Library) hosting books, articles, and videos; Comunidades (Communities) providing topic-based discussion forums covering areas such as Sports Legislation, Physical Activity and Aging, Handball, Capoeira, and Physical Education in Sergipe; Eventos/Congressos listing academic conferences including the 30th anniversary DesconferenCEV; an Atlas mapping higher education institutions (IES) in Physical Education; a Quem é Quem (Who's Who) directory of field professionals; and the main Portal interface aggregating these resources. Supporting partners include Projetime for development services, FEDEESP (the Physical Education Students Federation) for institutional backing, Encontro Educa for educational events, and the Apoia.se crowdfunding platform enabling direct community financial support. No AI/ML capabilities, proprietary technology beyond standard web portal architecture, or mobile applications are evident in the disclosed information.

Name

Centro Esportivo Virtual

Legal name

Centro Esportivo Virtual

Website

https://cev.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centro Esportivo Virtual (CEV) is a Brazilian non-profit web portal founded in 1996 that serves as a knowledge management hub for researchers, professors, and students in Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure through a library, discussion communities, events, and an institutional atlas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Knowledge Management Portal

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAMAJ

Digital Archives, Libraries & Institutional Access Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Digital Publishing Platforms (E-books & Online Articles)

Keywords

• Academic knowledge management
• Sports science portal
• Physical education resources
• Research publication platform
• Sports community network

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo, SP

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Centro Esportivo Virtual (CEV) operates a web-based knowledge management portal serving as a centralized hub for the Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure academic community in Brazil. The platform delivers a digital library of scientific publications (books, articles, videos), topic-based discussion communities (e.g., Sports Legislation, Handball, Capoeira, Physical Activity and Aging), an event/congress module, a geographic atlas of higher education institutions, and a directory of researchers and professionals, all freely accessible under Creative Commons for non-commercial use.

Product overview

Centro Esportivo Virtual (CEV) is a knowledge management portal for a community of researchers, professors, and students in Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure. The platform consists of multiple integrated modules: a Library for publications (books, articles, videos), Communities for topic-based discussions, Events/Congresses for conferences and symposia, an Atlas for higher education institutions, and a Who's Who directory. The portal is freely accessible for non-commercial use under Creative Commons license.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal CEV Centralized web-based knowledge management portal serving as the entry point and integration layer for the Library, Communities, Events, Atlas, and Who's Who modules, freely accessible to the Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure academic community in Brazil.
• Comunidades (Communities) Topic-based discussion forums for the Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure community, covering areas such as Legislative Sports (CEVLeis), Physical Activity and Aging, Physical Education in Sergipe, Handball, Capoeira, and Sexual Harassment in Combat Sports.
• Biblioteca (Library) Digital library hosting books, articles published in periodicals, and videos on topics related to sports, physical education, and leisure, providing researchers, professors, and students with open access to scientific publications.
• Eventos / Congressos (Events / Congresses) Event platform providing information and registration for conferences, symposia, and events related to sports science and physical education, including flagship events such as DesconferenCEV-30 anos and "Que Educação Física é Essa?".
• Atlas (IES) Geographic atlas / directory of higher education institutions in Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure across Brazil, providing information about educational programs and institutions.
• Quem é Quem (Who's Who) Directory of researchers, professors, and students in the field of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure, providing professional visibility and networking for the community.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and moderate.

• ProjetimeminorOthersSupport partner providing development services for the CEV portal. Projetime is listed among supporters helping maintain and develop the platform infrastructure.
• Apoie o CEV (Apoia.se)minorOthersCrowdfunding platform partner enabling supporters to contribute financially to CEV's operations and maintenance.
• FEDEESPmoderateOthersFederação dos Estudantes de Educação Física (Physical Education Students Federation) listed as a supporting partner of CEV.
• Encontro EducaminorOthersEducational event partner listed among CEV supporters, likely involved in promoting educational activities in physical education.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• CAPES: Brazilian federal agency that operates the Portal de Periódicos, the dominant academic database for Brazilian graduate programs. Comparable as the primary institutional academic content hub in Brazil.

Direct peers

• PLOS (Public Library of Science): Open-access scientific publisher operating journals across disciplines. Comparable to CEV in its open-access mission and academic content distribution model.
• ORCID: Non-profit identifier system and researcher directory providing persistent digital identifiers. Comparable to CEV's 'Quem é quem' Who's Who directory module for academic profiles.
• Redalyc: Latin American open-access academic publishing platform with strong presence in social sciences and humanities. Comparable mission and structure to CEV's open-access knowledge distribution for academic communities.
• SciELO: Brazilian-led regional scientific digital library network providing open access to academic journals across Latin America. Directly comparable to CEV as a Portuguese-language academic content platform serving researchers and institutions.
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Community-curated directory of open-access academic journals. Comparable to CEV's Library as a discovery and indexing layer for academic scholarly content.

Broad incumbents

• ResearchGate: Global academic social network connecting researchers and their publications. Comparable to CEV as a discovery and community layer for academic content, though at vastly greater scale and funding.
• SSRN (Social Science Research Network): Preprint and working paper repository focused on social sciences. Comparable to CEV's Library module as a repository and discovery layer for academic publications.
• Academia.edu: Global platform for academics to share papers and track engagement. Comparable to CEV's Biblioteca and Communities modules as a paper-sharing and discussion layer for researchers.

Emerging players

• OpenAlex: Open catalog of the world's scholarly works providing open替代 to proprietary citation databases. Comparable to CEV's Atlas as a directory/index of academic institutions and outputs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/cev_centroesportivovirtual
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centroesportivovirtual

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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