the opportunity for entrepreneurs to connect with investors

Entrepreneurs, investors and corporations will have a new opportunity in 2023 to exchange visions, interests and promote innovation and entrepreneurship with the new edition of South Summitwhich this year will be held again in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The new edition of South Summit Brazil seeks to generate real business opportunities and high-value connections between the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Latin America and the rest of the world.

This event, organized globally by IE University with the institutional support of the Government of Rio Grande do Sul, has convened the Startup Competitionfrom which 50 finalist projects will be chosen to participate in the meeting, registration will be open until Monday, January 16 and startups from any industry, origin and development phase will be able to present themselves.

Referring to innovation and opportunities for startups worldwide, the 2023 edition of South Summit Brazil will have the motto “Shape the Future” (shape the future) in accordance with its objective of being a sustainable and respectful meeting with the environment.

“We can bet on innovation, but it won’t help us if we don’t have a healthy planet. Since this new edition of South Summit Brazil, we have set ourselves the challenge of building together a future that will always go through sustainability,” said María Benjumea, founder and president of South Summit, in a statement.

South Summit Brazil 2023 It will be made up of eight stages, two more than last year, and will feature 500 internationally renowned speakers and experts.

Among the participants of the 2023 edition are:

• João Kepler, CEO of Bossanova Investimentos.
• Gabriela Chaves Schwery Comazzetto, Head of Global Business Solutions Latam & Brazil para TikTok.
• Pedro Janot, responsible for expanding Richards operations, taking Zara to Brazil and launching Azul Líneas Aéreas.
• Sandra Uwera, Global CEO of Fairtrade in Zambia.
• Alfonso de los Rios, CEO and co-founder of Nowports in Mexico.
• Ruchika Sikri, general partner & principal of Wisdom Venture in the United States.
• Daniel Izzo, CEO of Vox Capital in Brazil.
• Sacha Spitz, CoFounder & Managing Partner of the Argentine fund Newtopia.
• Marcelo Lacerda, chairman of Magnopus).

María Benjumea commented that after learning the first year of this event, “we are going to ensure that the results of South Summit Brasil 2023 much better for all the actors involved”.

It should be remembered that in the previous edition of 2022, South Summit Brazil It was the meeting point for 3,300 entrepreneurs, 8,500 company representatives, more than 500 investors and 80 investment funds, with a portfolio of 65,000 million dollars; in addition to more than 2,500 meetings between entrepreneurs, investors and corporations.

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