Brazilian entrepreneur Haroldo Jacobovicz founded Arlequim Technologies in 2021 after accumulating experience across multiple technology sectors. The company specializes in cloud virtualization, offering services designed to improve computing performance without requiring hardware replacement.

Choosing Technology Over Construction

The path toward Arlequim began with an unconventional career choice. Despite completing civil engineering training at the Federal University of Paraná—and growing up with two parents who practiced in that field—Haroldo Jacobovicz found himself drawn to computing during the 1980s when information technology was still gaining traction in Brazilian business.

His father Alfredo balanced engineering work with a university teaching position. His mother Sarita had earned distinction as one of Paraná’s earliest female civil engineers. Their son respected this legacy but recognized that his interests lay elsewhere. The possibilities emerging in computing seemed more aligned with his temperament for identifying new opportunities.

Setbacks and Corporate Learning

Before graduating, he cofounded Microsystem with three partners possessing programming abilities. Their target customers—pharmacies, supermarkets, and small retailers—showed insufficient interest in automating their operations. The company lasted roughly two years before closing.

Rather than returning immediately to entrepreneurship, he joined Esso. The American oil distributor selected him from a pool exceeding two hundred engineering applicants. His trajectory there moved from sales roles in southern Brazil to market analysis and eventually commercial strategy at national headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Computer-processed data formed the foundation of his analytical work.

When fuel price freezes during the Cruzado Plan increased workplace pressure, he relocated to the Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant. Advisory responsibilities there revealed how state enterprises encountered obstacles when trying to adopt computing technology due to asset procurement regulations.

Building Government-Focused Ventures

These insights informed Minauro, a rental operation providing computers to public agencies through contracts structured around their administrative constraints. Equipment refreshes every eighteen months and bundled maintenance addressed the procurement difficulties he had witnessed.

Software acquisitions transformed this hardware business into something broader. Companies named Consult, Perform, and Sisteplan contributed applications for municipal tax collection, financial management, healthcare administration, and educational systems. Together they formed the e-Governe Group, which continues operating across Brazilian municipalities.

Horizons Telecom later brought him into telecommunications, serving corporate customers for over a decade.

Arlequim’s Market Approach

Arlequim Technologies employs cloud servers to process tasks beyond the capability of user hardware, streaming results back to existing machines. This model serves three audiences: businesses managing technology budgets, government bodies limited by procurement rules, and individual consumers seeking better performance.

Gaming enthusiasts represent a particular focus within the consumer segment. For these users, the service enables gamification experiences on equipment that would otherwise fall short of application requirements.