🇧🇷 Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in Brazil

Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in Brazil

• BNDES

  Program · Rio de Janeiro

  Brazil's national development bank, funding innovation and anchoring venture funds.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Finep

  Program · Rio de Janeiro

  Federal innovation agency providing grants, loans and venture investment.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Sebrae (Sebrae Startups)

  Program · Brasília · Free access

  National small-business support service with startup programmes in every state.

  Offers: mentoring, info, community

• InovAtiva Brasil

  Program · Brasília · Free access

  Free national acceleration programme backed by the federal government and Sebrae.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• FAPESP PIPE

  Program · São Paulo

  São Paulo research foundation grants for innovation in small companies.

  Offers: funding

• Embrapii

  Program · Brasília

  Funds R&D partnerships between companies and research institutes.

  Offers: funding

• Cubo Itaú

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Latin America's largest startup hub, founded by Itaú Unibanco.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• ACE Ventures

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Early-stage investor and accelerator backing Brazilian startups.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Endeavor Brasil

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Endeavor's Brazilian chapter supporting high-impact entrepreneurs.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Inovabra (Bradesco)

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Bradesco's innovation ecosystem and hub for startups.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Distrito

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Innovation hub and data platform tracking Latin American startups.

  Offers: space, mentoring, info

• Wayra Brasil

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Telefónica/Vivo's open innovation and investment arm.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Liga Ventures

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  Open-innovation company running corporate startup programmes.

  Offers: mentoring

• BNDES Garagem

  Program · Rio de Janeiro · Free access

  BNDES's acceleration programme for startups.

  Offers: mentoring

• Porto Digital

  Program · Recife

  Technology park and innovation ecosystem in Recife.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Lei do Bem

  Program · Nationwide

  Federal R&D tax incentive for companies investing in innovation.

  Offers: funding

• Marco Legal das Startups

  Program · Nationwide · Free access

  2021 law creating a legal framework for startups, including easier investment rules.

  Offers: info

• ABStartups

  Community · São Paulo

  Brazilian Startup Association, publishing ecosystem data and representing startups.

  Offers: info, community

• Acate

  Community · Florianópolis

  Santa Catarina tech association running one of Brazil's strongest regional ecosystems.

  Offers: community

• San Pedro Valley

  Community · Belo Horizonte · Free access

  Founder community in Belo Horizonte.

  Offers: community

• Startup Farm

  Accelerator · São Paulo

  One of Brazil's longest-running accelerators.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Hotmilk (PUCPR)

  Accelerator · Curitiba

  PUCPR university's innovation ecosystem and accelerator.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• CESAR

  Accelerator · Recife

  Innovation institute in Recife that builds and supports tech ventures.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Latitud

  Community · São Paulo

  Founder platform and fund for Latin American startups.

  Offers: investment, mentoring