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Founder Institute Brasil

Brazil chapter of Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator for idea-stage and pre-seed founders.

🇧🇷 Sao Paulo and other cities, Brazil · Founded 2015

EstablishedStartup accelerationEntrepreneurshipPre-seed startups
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Founder Institute Brasil is the Brazil chapter of Founder Institute, a global pre-seed startup accelerator founded in Silicon Valley in 2009. Founder Institute has run programmes in Brazil since 2015. The chapter helps entrepreneurs at the idea and pre-seed stages turn an idea into a fundable startup through a structured curriculum, mentor feedback and a Demo Day. It is run by a team of local leaders and covers several Brazilian cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Curitiba.

Services

ServiceAccepting applications (Winter 2026)

FI Agentic accelerator (Brasil programme)

A pre-seed accelerator programme of 10 sessions plus a Demo Day, with an AI-powered curriculum, mentors and free AI agents.

Who it's for: Entrepreneurs at the idea and pre-seed stages in Brazil

  • Founders give 2.5 percent of future equity to the Equity Collective as a warrant
  • Fee is fully refundable before Kickoff and 75 percent refundable before Session 3
  • More than 200 mentors listed, including investors, CEOs and entrepreneurs
Entrance fee varies by city and deadline
Service

Post-graduate programmes

Graduates of the accelerator get free access to Founder Institute's advanced post-graduate programmes for years afterwards.

Who it's for: Founder Institute alumni

Customers

Entrepreneurs in Brazil at the earliest stages, from idea to pre-seed, who want structure, mentor feedback and a network to launch a startup.

Traction

Updated Oct 2026
2015Year Founder Institute began operating in Brazil
20+Semesters run in Brazil (as of December 2018)
9+Brazilian cities covered (as of December 2018)
30,000+People attended its events in Brazil (as of December 2018)
~150Entrepreneurs graduated in Brazil (as of December 2018)
500+Mentors in the Brazil network (as of December 2018)

Team

Marco De BiasiStartup Investor & Advisor, Program DirectorView profile