Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2022: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.
Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.
Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.
If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Brasil's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Sao Paulo 2023 Founder Institute today.
We will be hosting several free startup events in Brasil over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:
Brasil Events:
- De usuário de ChatGPT a criador: sua primeira automação em 90 minutos: 7:00pm, nov 19, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408310
- Treino de pitch: 90 segundos para convencer mentores e investidores: 7:00pm, dez 03, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408311
- Conheça quem está por trás do FI Brasil antes de decidir: 7:00pm, dez 10, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408312
- Demo Day FI Brasil: conheça as novas empresas do portfólio: 7:00pm, dez 16, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408313
- Transforme uma ideia em app com IA em 90 minutos: 7:00pm, jan 13, 2027 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408314
- Pergunte a quem já fez: os graduados do FI Agentic Brasil respondem: 7:00pm, jan 27, 2027 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408315
- Onde está o dinheiro para startups em fase inicial no Brasil: 7:00pm, fev 17, 2027 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408316
Global or Regional Events:
- From “Maybe” to Momentum: Building a Great Startup Idea: 10:00pm, nov 17, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408456
- From First Idea to First Funding: Global Alumni Stories: 2:00pm, dez 01, 2026 (America/Sao_Paulo): https://FI.co/e/408501
Make better, faster business decisions in 2022 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.
The Brasil accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Alexandre Uehara (Conselheiro de Inovação Corporativa e Palestrante, Innov8), Cassio Falcon, Marco De Biasi (Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director, FI/LAAS/LGA), Mayra Motta ( Proteção de Dados, Plataformas Digitais & IA , MM Corporate Law), Morganna Tito (Morganna Tito, inovabra). In addition, some of Sao Paulo's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:
- Cássio Falcón: Global Growth Marketing Manager, Founder Institute HQ
- Ivan Vemado Marques: CEO e Co-Founder, Sevensete
- Leo Gmeiner: Founder, School Guardian
- Marco De Biasi: Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director/Conselheiro Fiscal, LGA/Italcam/Mobicity
- Mayra Motta: Sócia, Mayra Motta Advocacia Corporativa
- Morganna Tito: Assessora, Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação do Estado de São Paulo
- Neto Concon: Founder and Cofounder, Northern and Paraty Brazil by UTMB
- And many more to be announced.
Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 9,000 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.
It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Agentic’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of the FI Agentic program then receive free access to our advanced post-graduate programs for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.
Join us in Brasil to get funded and build a global business.
Apply to the Sao Paulo 2023 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
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