"Brazil is a vibrant melting pot where every innovative interaction is fueled by curiosity, openness to different cultures, and a dedicated mindset" Raquel Kibrit, Sterna 🇧🇷 OPEN: Brazil has officially kicked off – bringing EU 🇪🇺 startup programme managers and their startups into Latin America’s most dynamic innovation ecosystem. This year we’re joined by 10 leading startup programme managers from 9 countries, all representing vibrant European innovation hubs, as well as 10 startup founders from their portfolios. Let's introduce the startup programme managers: 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Pugacewicz, Innovation Manager and Entrepreneurship & Academia Coordinator Digital Economy Lab (DELab), University of Warsaw 🇬🇷 Athanasios Paraschos, Managing Director, Startup Greece 🇧🇪 Catherine Breyssens, Senior Programme Manager EIT Community, EIT Food 🇭🇺 Evelin Regina Szasz, EIT Jumpstarter Programme Lead, EIT Regional Innovation Scheme 🇵🇹 Jorge Pimenta, Innovation Director, Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) 🇹🇷 Kadir Dikili, Head of Startup Department & Directorate General of National Technology Republic of Türkiye, T.C. Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı | Republic Of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology 🇧🇪 Marie Russier, Head of Entrepreneurship Programmes, EIT Food 🇲🇰 Nina Nikolich, Co-founder and President, Western Balkan Startup Alliance (WBSA) 🇪🇸 Matheus Provinciali Coelho, Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship StartUB!, Universitat de Barcelona 🇺🇦 Olena Shershun, Associate Partner/ Programme Manager, Civitta/ RadarTech Over the coming weeks, participants will dive into the Brazilian market, connect with investors and corporates, and pave new pathways for EU startups to scale internationally. A big thank you to our programme partners Gernot Schwendtner - Upvisor Global 🌐 & Raquel Kibrit - Sterna International Business, for powering this journey. Stay tuned – the journey has just begun 🌎✨ Eva Somodi Ayala Kahana Adina Beer Eden Dvir Zano Maytal Perlman Tal Caspi Maayan Sharon Orestis Trasanidis Leslie Harris Marta Kaczmarek Balazs Furjes Laurent Roux Luke Incorvaja Márton Herczeg, PhD Martine Van Veelen Mido Talhouni Audrey Alamy Antoni Pijoan
The FOMO reaches new heights Good luck to the team of superstars
Brazil here we come! Such a fascinating ecosystem with so much potential for EU innovation
Welcome to the OPEN BRAZIL programme - amazing to be able to build bridges between 🇪🇺 Europe <> 🔥 LATAM 🇧🇷 👏 Sterna International Business; Honored to be part of this EIT Global Outreach
So excited!
I am so so super excited! Thank you for such an opportunity Ido Rosenblum Eva Somodi ! Really interesting content so far!
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1moOh.. I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it. Very happy with the selected cohort. We are preparing for you a programme that will support your startups entering the Brazilian market, and increaseing their commercial growth.