Belo Horizonte Entrepreneurs: Applications now open for the Founder Institute

Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Belo Horizonte - Brasil 2025 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Belo Horizonte's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Belo Horizonte - Brasil 2025 Founder Institute today.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,500 Graduates raise over $1.85BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events in Belo Horizonte, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, nov 25, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361864
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Build a Product-Driven Go-to-Market Strategy : 3:00pm, nov 26, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361889
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Jacob Jackson: 3:00pm, nov 27, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361924
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 3:00pm, dez 02, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361956
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 3:00pm, dez 04, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361991
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 3:00pm, dez 09, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362029
Enterprise Sales 101 for Startup Founders: Closing Big Deals: 3:00pm, dez 11, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362064
Get Feedback on Your MVP from Product Experts & Find Early Users: 3:00pm, dez 16, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362096
Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event: 3:00pm, dez 18, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362130
Startup Funding AMA & Founder Institute Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, Founder Institute): 3:00pm, dez 30, 2024 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362164
Startup Funding AMA & Founder Institute Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, Founder Institute): 10:00pm, jan 02, 2025 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362195
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Technical Co-Founder: 3:00pm, jan 08, 2025 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362222
Startup to Scale-Up: Mastering Sales & Branding with Mark Kosoglow: 3:00pm, jan 13, 2025 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/362257
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 10:00pm, jan 22, 2025 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/361785

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Since first launching in 2016, the Belo Horizonte Founder Institute has helped build over 20 promising companies in the region, like Sol-lar, Desaperta, Far.me, Vestidas de Branco, and more. The Belo Horizonte program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Pedro Almeida (Head of Investments & Innovation at Raja Valley, and Co-Founder of Pillow Aceleradora), Janayna Bhering (Gerent Negocios e Parcerias, Fundação de Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa - FUNDEP), and Nima Kazerooni (Co-Founder & CEO of Jupter, Executive Director of FI Brazil).

In addition, some of Belo Horizonte's top entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors will be participating in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Belo Horizonte Founder Institute includes:

Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Adam C Kirst: Founder and CEO, Brev
Admar Neto: Founder and Cofounder, Northern and Paraty Brazil by UTMB
Alberto Ferreira: Co Founder, Cervejaria Baden Baden
Alexandre Veiga: Strategic Innovation Partner, Elephant Ventures LLC
Alexandre Dinkelmann: CO-FOUNDER, ONYO
Alexandre Bezerra: CEO & Founder, Amachains
Alexandre Uehara: Head of Innovation, Innov8 | Rock New Ventures | ABFintechs | Shark Tank Brasil
Alexandre Augusto Mosquim: Gerente de Inovação, Hospital Albert Einstein
Aline Catiusce: COO, Softsul Sistemas
Alisson Mendonça: CEO & Founder, FAARO
Altair Emboava de Araujo: Gestor, Hitt - Hub de Inovação Tecnológico de Taubaté
Amanda Martins: Founder, ciclou
Ana Pires: Head of International Partnerships, Softex
Ana Julia Ferreira: Project Management Officer (PMO), Radix Investimentos
Ana Paula Zamper: Director, Leading Digital Reinvention program, Saint Paul School
Ana Paula Vitelli: President and Chairwoman of the Board, British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil
Andre Almeida: Founder, Business Portugal
Andre Lin: Expert em Projetos de Inovação Aberta, FENASBAC
ANDRE TCHERNOBILSKY: Board member, Founder, CEO, Innovation and Impact Projects
André Costenaro: Head Of Digital & Innovation , Louis Dreyfus Company
Andrea Monti: Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
Andrea Cerqueira: Sales, Marketing and Customer Success Director, Motivart
Andries Oudshoorn: angel investor, advisor and board member, Amachains
Angela Lupi: Co-Founder, Nebula Prima
Augusto Terra, Food Venture Hub
Benny Goldenberg: Founder and CEO, La Guapa Empanadas Artesanais
Bruna Marchi: CEO & Founder, Descomplicando o Inglês Jurídico
Bruna Losada: Vice-Diretora-Geral | Deputy Dean & COO, Saint Paul Escola de Negócios
Bruno Dequech Ceschin: Co-founder & CFO, JUPTER & Director, Founder Institute Brazil
Bruno Okamoto: Founder, EUNERD
Bruno Avillez: Partner, Adsum Business Consultoria
Caetano Maffra: Co Founder, Cuia Tech
Carla De Calvo Dantas: CLV Founder and Lawyer, CLV Advogados
Carlos Nogueira: Head of Sales, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
Carlos Souza: Administrador , CSELOR
Carolina Aguiar: Global Scientific Director - Digital Engagement, Specialty Care, GSK
CAROLINE FARIA: Sustainability Specialist, Schneider Electric
Cesar Thomé: CFO, Levitar
Cesar Tureta: Founder, iLTDA (Creativity Unltd)
César Morais, iLTDA (Creativity Unltd)
Cintia Mano: CEO, COREANGELS
Claudio Gianturco Gulisano: Managing Partner, Lean Business Research (www.leanbr.org)
Claudio Las Casas Alelaf: CEO, Argenprom Brasil
Claudio Santiago: Partner, EscapeTime Brasil
Claudio Colucci: Managing Director, FocusMarket R C M
Clovis Castelo Junior: Head of Research /Member of the Board /Lecturer, FATEC USA / ClienteSA
Cristina Santos: Comunicação e Gestão do Conhecimento de TI, Braskem
Daniel Dinelli
Daniela Coimbra Swiatek: Especialista em Inovação, Nowy Swiat Pesquisa e Assessoria
Daniela Motta: Co-Founder, Clinica Motta & Almeida
Daniela Simão: Audit Committee Member, BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA
Daniele Cabral: CEO & Founder, DAAD Transformando Pessoas
Denise Pereira: CEO, Denise Curi, Phd
Diego Perez: Legal, Compliance & Co-Founder, StartMeUp Crowdfunding
Diego Simon: Founder & CEO, B2B Master
Don Samoil: Managing Partner, Trusted Scale
Eder Campos: Mentor e Investidor Anjo | CX | Modelo de negócios | Cultura, FDC - Fundação Dom Cabral
Edson Ferro: Diretor de Operações Empresariais, SIMPOSS Assessoria Empresarial.
Eduardo Iwai: CPO - Investor, Alice Education
Eduardo Martucci: Product Owner, Exactaworks · Full-time
Eduardo Mendes: Senior Sales Executive - Financial Services , SAS
Elcio Morelli: Founder, Health Angels Br
Eliana Miadaira: CEO & Founder, Portal do Sorriso
Ely Dirani: Associate Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Emily Coelho: Head da Jornada do Empreendedor , SMU Investimentos
Erica Fridman Stul: Managing Partner, Sororité
Fabiana Alves: Marketing & Communications Manager, Comgás
Fabiano Porto: Executive Director, Global Regeneration Institute
Fabiano Rangel: Head : Organizational and Institutional Development , Leão Alimentos e Bebidas
Fabio D´Novaes: Co-Founder e CEO, Born Global Partner
Fabio Frazão: Founder and Director, Mexeri.ca
FABIO TOMAZ: COO, ENERGY REVIEW
Fábio Póvoa: Managing Director, Smart Money Ventures
Fábio De Faria: Advogado, N Partners
Fabiola Benvenuti: Human Resources Advisor, Dentsu
Felipe Brasileiro: co-founder & CEO, Parafuzo
Felipe Dos Santos: Co-Founder, Play2sell
Felipe Wasserman: PARTNER , BABUXCA
Felipe Giannetti: Managing Partner, StartSe
Felipe Maruyama: Diretor de Operações, programas e projetos, Centro de Inovação, Empreendedorismo e Tecnologia (CIETEC)
Fernando Zago: CEO, Grupo Zago: Banco Afro ; IVUUP ; Levee ; ÉSSE ; Zago Consultoria, Engenharia e Meio Ambiente
Flavio Galvão: CEO & Founder, ECP Ambiental / StayEasy / Canal Poluição
Francesco Weiss: Co-Founder & CEO, eRa - Retail Analytics
Franco Torres: Associate, Brunel Partners
Frank Rolim: Frank Rolim, Founder conecte.ai
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
Franklin Ribeiro: Head Startup Ecosystem, Investe Sao Paulo
Gabriela Accorsi: CPO e Co- Founder , La Decora
Gabriela Marques Teixeira: Head of Digital Solutions, Stefanini
Gianfranco Vento: CEO , Cassa di Risparmio di San Marino
Giovanna Claro: Founder & General manager, eHeadset
Guilherme Cabral: Founder/CEO, Vacalabs
Guilherme Yata: Founder-CEO, S3 Projects
Guilherme Terrengui: Founder, Sumsub
Gustavo Maierá: BizDev, mesttra
Gustavo Bakai: CEO, Voit
Henrique Macedo: Socio/Partner, GAAP Auditores & Consultores
Henry Suzuky: CEO & Founder, Axonal Consultoria Tecnológica
Humberto Matsuda: Managing Partner, Matsuda Invest
In Hsieh: Empreendedor especialista em Ecommerce
Isaque Gabriel Da Silva: Co-founder e CLO , ENERGY REVIEW
Jeferson Procopio: CEO & Founder, 37924499000133
João Cerqueira: Co-Founder and CEO, 4H Knowledge Management
João Gabriel Chebante: Consultor, Sucellos
Jorge Azevedo: Angel Investor and Author, Como nasce uma startup
Jose Maria Rodríguez Perez: CEO & Founder, CINN
Juliana Gavini: Especialista de desenvolvimento industrial, SENAI - Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial
Junior Borneli: CEO e Fundador da StartSe, StartSe
Lais Fonseca Alves: Founder & CEO , Precavida
Laura Gurgel: Founder, Clube de Negócios
Laurent Serafini: CEO
Leandro Hernández: Founder, Cuida.Life
Leo Gmeiner: Program Director, Founder Institute Brasil
Licinio Januario: Co-Founder, WOLO TV
Lilian Natal: Head of Communication, DISTRITO
Lilian Natal: Co-founder
Lucas De Lima Neto: Executive Diretcor MME & ESG / Partner, Empírica
Lucas Galvanini: Co-Founder & Sales Director, KnowCode
Lucas Oliveira: Portfolio Manager, COREangels Atlantic
Luis Felipe Adaime: CEO & Founder, Moss.Earth
LUIZ EDUARDO LEAO: Gerente de Tecnologias Educacionais, SENAI - Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial
Luiz Fernando Silva: Especialista em Gestão Estratégica, Ltrainning Planejando Ideias e Negócios
Marcelo Costa: Owner, Founder, Valoração Consultoria
Marcelo Vivacqua: Founder and CEO, Associação Brasil Internacional de Inventores, Cientistas e Empreendedores Inovadores - ABIPIR
Marcelo Bella: C-Level, Mentor e Investidor Anjo, Picpay
Marcio Motter: Finance Executive “as a service” | Advisor | Mentor, N/A
Marcio Mendes: CEO & Founder, Marketing Sustentável
Marco De Biasi: Managing Partner, Latin American Angels Society
Marcos Olmos: Head of VC, VOX Capital
Marcos Cacalis: Head of Innovation and Optimization, Kashimir Consultoria e Gestão Empresarial
Marcos Avila: CEO & Founder, THERA CONSULTING
Marcus Maida: socio, PMM
Mariana Guarini: Membro do Conselho de Administração , MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Mario Rodrigues: CEO , IBNVendas
Maurizio Calcopietro: Managing Partner, Core Angels Atlantic
Mayra Motta: Sócia, Mayra Motta Advocacia
Mayra Castro: Ambassador, Seedstars
Melquizedeque Macêdo
Monica Lobenschuss: CEO, Vendas Exponenciais
Nando Gaspar: CEO, Conexão Empreendedora
Nara Iachan: CMO, Cuponeria
Neusa Andrade: CEO & Founder, Indiip- Intelligent Drug Information and knowledge Integration Platform LLC
Nima Kaz: Co Founder, JUPTER & Director, Founder Institute Brazil
Odete Afonso Duarte: Corporate Communication Branding , ESG Executive, Consultant
Otávio César Cafundo De Moraes: CEO , Brasil Diverso
Paloma Lecheta: Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute
Pâmela Ponce: CEO, IAPRENDI & ELA S/A
Pâmela Ponce: Founder e CEO, IAPRENDI
Patricia Lacerda: CEO & Founder, FOL Solutions
Paula Machado: CEO & Founder, Meister Safe System
Paulo Faria: CEO & Founder, OTSE
Paulo Carneiro: Manager, Craton-Roche
Peixoto Accyoli: Chief Executive Officer, RE/MAX Brasil
Rafael Sampaio: CEO Brasil, NovaRed
Rafael Campos: VC Portfolio Manager, VOX Capital
Rafael Angelo Nanis: Coordenador Growth Marketing, Atmosfera Ventures
Raquel Molina: CEO, Futuriste Tecnologias Inovadoras
Reinaldo Azevedo: CEO, ENERGY REVIEW
Renan Basso: CTO | Digital Strategist | Startup Builder, MB LABS
Renata Bonaldi: CEO & Founder, Sleep Up
Renata Tomazeli: CEO & Founder, Youfeel
Renata Marques: CIO Latin America, Natura &Co
Renato Simon: Managing Partner, LAAS Latin American Angels Society
Renato Alckmin Lombardi: CEO , REAL INTELLIGENCE Consultoria e Gestão Empresarial
Ricardo Normand: Venture Partner, Tomahawk.vc
Ricardo Oliani: Director, Counselor e Co Founder, ABRAPS - Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais pelo Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Ricardo Abiz: CEO & Founder, Sppock | polo di innovazione
Ricardo Pinto Martins: Founder, TRIWI
Rita Costa: CEO, International Career Consultant & Business Partner
Roberto Soria: Head of Professional Services LATAM, Thomson Reuters
Robson Del Fiol: Channel & Franchising Director, Skyone
Rodrigo Bindes: CEO e Co Founder, Nutrifresh
Rodrigo Huback De Azevedo: Founder/CEO, ISBrasil e IBND
Rodrigo Oliveira: CRO, StayApp
Rodrigo Oliveira: CEO e Diretor de Estratégias, Plástico Virtual, Blob e Álamo Inteligência Comercial
Rodrigo Olmedo: Director, uGlobally
Rodrigo Bombonati S. Moraes: Deputy Director, Samambaia Technological Park - PTS-UFG
Rodrigo Saad Rodrigues: CEO & Founder, Monitoragua
Rodrigo Barbosa: Partner, Communications Director, Araucária Ventures & Consulting
Rodrigo Grossi: Co-founder Startups Global LInk, Partner and COO, Dynadok
Rogerio Augusto Cortes: CEO, Catalisar
Sanderson Pajeú: Founder & CEO, naPorta
Sandra Arango: FMCG International C-Level Executive, Ex-P&G/KHC/Reckitt
Semi Kim: Sr. Fintech Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sergio Escobar: CEO & Partner, BCF Ventures, Managing Director, Lalotte Ventures
Sergio Emanuel Cusmai: CEO and Founder, AIpha-G
Simone De Carvalho Soares: Founder & Executive Director, Simone Soares Comunicação e Sustentabilidade
Tais Scaroni: Especialista em Inovação Aberta, Cogna
TATIANA YOSHIDA: Technology and Innovation Coordinator, Grupo Energia
Thiago Pereira: Founder, Advisor BPO
Thiago Garcia: CEO & General Partner, 10X Partners
Tiago Martins Oliveira: Co-Founder, Lev Gestão Empresarial
Tijana Momirov: Startup Consultant - Product Management, StartupSetup
Vando Ribeiro: CEO, Grupo 2MI
Vanessa Abrahão: Head of Customer Success , Groove Marketing de Incentivo
Victor Lugli: Managing Partner, Lugli Group
Wilian Silva Vieira: CEO , Pitaco Criativo

And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute is designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding. The Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.