Startup? Apply to join the Web Summit Rio startup program

Web Summit Rio’s startup program, ALPHA, showcases the emerging companies disrupting their industries, and introduces them to leading CEOs, investors and media outlets.

Apply for our 2024 ALPHA startup program and join us next April in Rio de Janeiro.

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

300
%
Year-on-year growth of the Brazilian ICT sector in the first three months of 2022.
19.5bn
US$
Amount of venture capital invested in Latin American startups in 2021.
10
Number of Brazilian startups that reached unicorn status in 2021.
500m
US$
Amount raised by Brazil's Nubank in 2021 to become the digital bank with the highest market value in the world.
21
Total number of Brazil-founded unicorns.
6bn
US$
Projected amount Brazil's travel tech scene will generate in 2022.

What is the Web Summit Rio startup program?

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.

If selected, you’ll get three tickets to Web Summit Rio, which give you access to investor to startup meetings, PITCH, startup masterclasses, Mentor Hours and more event activations.

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1500+startups

700+investors

30,000+attendees

Brand Awareness

The world’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.

Funding

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.

Networking

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.

Learning

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.

Meet the investors who joined us at Web Summit Rio 2023

Meet some of our startup alums

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