This innovation consists of the creation of the Department of Startups, a sector of the IFIA that will be responsible for preparing, carrying out and monitoring actions in different countries of the world and whose main objective is to help Startups to connect with each other and with potential investors and commercial partners in addition to strengthening relationships with Inventors and Academic Researchers.
This Department will benefit academic researchers who find it difficult to transform their research results into market-successful solutions.
With the connection with Startups or through training that will be offered to transform these projects into Startups, the process will be facilitated.
For groups of angel investors and Venture Capitals, approaching this Department will result in great advantages as they will have access to a portfolio of Startups from different countries where they will find the best investment opportunities.
The initiative to create the IFIA Startups Department came from a member of the Executive Committee and Director of IFIA in Latin America, Founder and President of ABIPIR, Professor and Inventor Ph.D. Marcelo Vivacqua, who has extensive experience in managing Startups, in addition to working as a Mentor and Consultant in the sector and connected with the biggest Acceleration Program of Startups in Latin America – Inovativa Brazil – and of the world – Founder Institute – São Paulo, coordinated by Marco di Biasi with methodology from Silicon Valley.
