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 Minas Gerais Virtual Winter 2021 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Belo Horizonte's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Minas Gerais Virtual Winter 2021 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 8,100 Graduates raise over 1.9BN 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:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession

See all upcoming events

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:

Alessandra Costa: Co-Founder, Mulheres do Futuro
Alessandro Garcia: CEO, Solides Tecnologia S.A.
Alexandre Motta: Head of Business Sales, JusBrasil
Álvaro Barbosa: Álvaro Barbosa, Beer Mine
Ananda Portes Souza: Head of legal, MaxMilhas
Ana Paula Camargo: Human Power, Founder Institute
Andre Andrade: CEO, Zumpy
André Menezes: Empreendedor de Impacto, Baanko
Andreas Flugs: Partner, Techmall
Andrew Crawford: Director of Finance & HR, Founder Institute
Ângelo Freitas: Coo, Visuri SA
Bárbara Andrade: CFO, Boca Rosa Company
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
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 Miscow Pauletti: Managing Partner, EquityRio Investimentos
Bruno Augusto Pfeilsticker: Co-Founder and Managing Partner , Trekken Ventures
Carlos Lopes: CEO, Invita Nutição Especializada
Christian Reed: Co-Founder e CEO, Opinion Box
Ciranda De Morais: Founder, She’sTech
Claudio Castro: Founder, One Cloud
Conrado Abreu: Co-founder , MaxMilhas e GAV
Cristiano Maschio: CEO, QESH Payments
Daniel Costa: Chairmain and Co-founder, Take.net
Daniel Calonge: CEO, Monetus
Daniel Guimarães: CEO, 2DA Estratégia + Design
Daniel Coquieri: Co-founder and COO, Purus | BitcoinTrade
Daniel Marques: Football Perfomance Data Science , Zero Pro Hero S.L
Danielle Akemi Jogo: Danielle Akemi Jogo, Techers
Diego Simon: Founder & CEO, B2B Master
Dorirley Alves: Founder & CEO, Revex
Edsmar Resende: Edsmar Resende, Inseed
Edson Mackeenzy: Diretor de Investimento, The Venture City
Eduardo Ferreira: CEO, Cinnecta
Eduardo Carneiro: Sócio e Diretor, TagPlus
Eduardo Iwai: CPO - Investor, Alice Education
Elimar Vasconcelos: Manager, Wylinka
Euler Santos: Director, Fundepar
Fabiano Birchal: Founder and Specialist Consultant; Professor., Iconee; Impact HUB BH; UNA; UNIBH; FGV; SEBRAE.
Fabio Lacerda: COO, Take.net
Fabio Assis: Fabio Assis - CMO and founder at Aqua, Aqua Multitouch
Fabricio Massula: CTO & Founder, Lett
Fabrício José Vieira Ceolin: CTO, MiningMath
Felipe Matos: Head, 10MilStartups
Fernanda Campos: Founder e Conselheira, Monetizze
Fernanda Novak: Partner & Product Manager, Cora
Fernando Americano: CPO | cofounder of Sirius, Sirius Education
Fernando Damasio: CEO, Skoods
Fernando Elias: Founder - CEO, VipCommerce
Filipe Portugal: Associate, Canary
Fred Valente: CEO, eMotion Studios
FREDERICO DE ANDRADE: Professor , Fundação Dom Cabral
Gabriel Hamdan: O caminho é sempre enxuto..., Benvenuto
Gabriel Ferreira: Co-Founder, Coodesh
Genau L. Jr.: Founder & CEO, Yoobe.me
George Jamil: Dr., Informações em Rede Consultoria e Treinamento
Guilherme Yata: Founder-CEO, S3 Projects
Hassan Lauar: VP, Confrapar
Helene Romanzini: Head of product marketing , Remessa online
Henrique Pereira: Co-Founder e CEO, WayCarbon
Henrique Cunha Souza Lima: Henrique Cunha, dcom
Igor Fernandes: Product Growth Manager, Growth Boost Consulting
Igor Senra: CEO, Cora Moip
Israel Scussel Degasperi: Gestão de Projetos e Estrategista de Growth, Tração Online
João Guilherme Gallo: Founder/Founding Team, Trybe / AppProva / Buzzero.com
Joao Paulo Kitsis: Head of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, Sympla
Juliana Brasil: CEO, Myps
Leandro Libério: Business Innovation Partner and Founder, Raro Labs/ 26INove (RACE)
Leandro Pessoa: CEO, Overdub Tech
Leonardo Barros: CEO, Tangerino
Liliane Carvalho: Coordenadora empreendedorismo, Biominas e Idez
Lívia Brandini: Founder & CEO, Kultua
Lucas Sávio Oliveira: Partner, dcom
Luis Lourenço: CEO and Founder, RD CRM, Plug CRM
Luiza Baião: Coordenadora, G2Capital
Maíse Góis: Maíse Góis, Vestidas de Branco
Marcello Ladeira: CEO and Co-founder, Siteware Soluções SA
Marcelo Oliveira: Cofounder and CTO, Minutrade
Marcia Malaquias Do Amaral: confounder | gerente, ALLUAGRO | KPMG
Marcus Drumond: Partner, dcom
Mariana Paixão: Cofounder & Head of Operations, Loft
Marina Gontijo: CEO & Founder, Ways
Matheus Luiz: CEO, d20 Labs
Matheus Azzi: Bacharelado relações econômicas internacionais, Fundepar
Maurilo Silveira: Founder, Square Egg
Max Gaudereto Oliveira: CEO and Co-founder, Max Milhas
Michel Costa: CEO , TECHPAR Investments
Micheli Junco: CTO, B2mamy
Miguel Barreto: CEO e diretor, Sol Lar (FI Graduate) e Founder Institute Brazil
Mônica Hauck: Founder e CEO, Sólides Tecnologia
Newton Paskin: President & CEO, Explorer Technologies
Nilson Gouvêa Junior: Founder and CEO , Duo Gourmet
Nima Kaz: Co Founder, JUPTER & Director, Founder Institute Brazil
Osvaldo Lino Pimentel Neto: CEO, Monetizze S.A.
Paloma Lecheta: Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute
Paola Cicarelli: CEO, Cuboz
Patricia Mourthe: Design Lead, Cogna Educação
Patrick Picon: CEO , Ideia Brasil Publicidade
Paulo Renato Cabral: Founder, Instituto Inovação
Pedro Almeida: Founder, Arkad Ventures
Pedro Teixeira: Partner, TroposLab
Pedro Israel: Co-fundador, Melhor Plano
Pedro Calvo: COO | Professor de Growth, Weex
Pedro Graziano: Founder, BeGreen Urban Farm
Pedro Drummond: Co-founder and Partner, Omni Capital
Pedro Ivo Martins Brandão, Dito
Piero Contezini: CEO, ASAAS
Rachel Horta: Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Maisha Ventures
Ramon Azevedo: Diretor Executivo, Fundepar
Regina Migliori: Founder & CEO, Migliori & MindEduca
Reinaldo Normand: General Partner, Niu Ventures
Renata Horta: Parthner, TroposLab
Renata Carvalho: CEO, She’s The Boss Tecnologia Ltda
Renato Paquet: CEO Founder, Polen
Ricardo Carvalho: Director and Board Member, G2Capital
Rodrigo Moreira: CEO, Smartalk
Rodrigo Toledo: Associate, Confrapar
Rodrigo Fernandes: Founder, Contabliss
Samilla Dornellas: Samilla , Far-me
Tatiana Santarelli: Co fundadora, CEO, TeamHub
Thiago Bajur: Ceo, Arkmeds
Thiago Miqueri: CEO, KOMUH
Thiago Mendes: Biografia Thiago Mendes, Agenda Consulta
Tiago Gavassi: Founder, PANIC LOBSTER
Tomas Duarte: Founder & CEO, Tracksale
Valéria França: Engenheira de Software, Evercode Web Solutions
Victor Salles: Co-founder, Hekima
Victor Júlio Oliveira Milagres: Advogado, dcom
Vinícius Soares: Co-Founder & Head of Product, Monetus
Vitor Peçanha: co-founder, Rock Content

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.