<p>Web Summit Rio’s startup program, ALPHA, showcases the emerging companies disrupting their industries, and introduces them to leading CEOs, investors and media outlets.</p>
<p>Apply for our 2024 ALPHA startup program and join us next April in Rio de Janeiro.</p>


<p>A member of our startups team will review your application. You’ll receive an email with more information.</p>


Thanks for applying for the Web Summit Rio 2024 startup program

The Startup Lounge during day one of Web Summit Rio 2023 at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Startup? Apply to join the Web Summit Rio startup program

Year-on-year growth of the Brazilian ICT sector in the first three months of 2022.

Amount of venture capital invested in Latin American startups in 2021.

Number of Brazilian startups that reached unicorn status in 2021.

Amount raised by Brazil's Nubank in 2021 to become the digital bank with the highest market value in the world.

Projected amount Brazil's travel tech scene will generate in 2022.

<p>Our startup program offers you the chance to join a community of startups, each selected by the Web Summit Rio team for its potential to grow, its uniqueness and its gamechanging ideas.</p>
<p>If selected, you’ll get three tickets to Web Summit Rio, which give you access to <a href="https://riodevelop.wpenginepowered.com/startups/investor-to-startup-meetings/">investor to startup meetings</a>, <a href="https://riodevelop.wpenginepowered.com/startups/pitch/">PITCH</a>, <a href="/startups/startup-masterclasses/">startup masterclasses</a>, <a href="https://riodevelop.wpenginepowered.com/startups/mentor-hours/">Mentor Hours</a> and more event activations.</p>


What is the Web Summit Rio startup program?

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<div>The world&#8217;s leading media publications and journalists will join Web Summit Rio looking for the next big news story. They’ll help you share your startup’s message with the world – and the world’s leading businesses.</div>
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Brand Awareness

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<div>Investor to Startup meetings are pre-scheduled sessions between the world’s most influential investors and the startups that excite them. If selected you’ll get insider advice on making your startup irresistible to investors.</div>
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Funding

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<div>Networking opportunities are woven through every Web Summit experience. Start networking weeks before the event with the Web Summit Rio app – reach out to investors, sign up for Mentor Hours, and find potential leads.</div>
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Networking

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<div>Schedule meetings with founders who’ve overcome all the odds and trendsetting companies in your industry. And follow up on these leads after the event. You never know who may become your new business partner, investor or mentor.</div>
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Learning

Meet the investors who joined us at Web Summit Rio 2023

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Rodrigo Baer

General Partner

Edith Yeung

Founder & Managing General Partner

Eric Acher

Co-founder

Renata Quintini

Founder

Zach Coelius

Managing Partner

Michael Nicklas

Co-founder & COO

Gina Gotthilf

Partner

Gabriel Vasquez

Izabel Gallera

Santiago Fossatti

Co-founder & Partner

Laura Constantini

Mathias Schilling

Patrick Arippol

Maria Gutierrez Penaloza

Co-founder & General Partner

Ian Hathaway

Luis Lora

Amee Parbhoo

Meet some of our startup alums

“You won’t find a better place in Brazil – or anywhere else for that matter – than Rio de Janeiro.”

“The world’s best speakers.”

“Where the future goes to be born.”

“Rio de Janeiro is becoming one of the best places to build a startup.”

<p class="p1">You’ll now get exclusive access to speaker announcements, ticket discounts and much more.</p>
