Luciana Leão | Júri do Pitching

Liga Ventures

Luciana is Operations Director at Liga Ventures. For 10 years has been dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and startup-corporate engagement in different territories. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidade Federal Fluminense, an MBA in Marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a Master in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology from the University of Waterloo - Canada. She was directly involved in renowned initiatives in the innovation ecosystem, nationally and internationally, which includes: acceleration manager at BNDES Garagem, manager of the Mindsets for Growth program (MaRS - Canada) and Mentor of Women in Tech Program (Communitech - Canada).

Leonardo F Filardi | Júri do Pitching

iDG - Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão

As an Expert in Design Thinking from Stanford’s d.School and an Entrepreneurship graduate from Babson, I have over 20 years of experience in impactful social innovation projects. I was part of the team that established the Incubator at Universidade Veiga de Almeida, the Ibmec Entrepreneurship Center, and Startups Brasil Factory. Additionally, I coordinated the Shell Youth Initiative Program and Yunus Social Businesses. I led the implementation of 42 Rio and 42 Abu Dhabi, innovative programming schools that prepare young individuals for the job market. Currently, I am the Director of Education at iDG

Oswaldo Gama | Júri do Pitching

Engineer, specialist in Urban Territorial Planning and Strategic Management, MBA in Branding and Master Degree in Architecture and Urbanism. Experience with creative economy, network and community management, fundraising, branding, project management and consulting. Worked in organizations such as Templo, RJ Criativo, Benfeitoria. He is currently a Project Analyst at Firjan.

Roberto Grosman | Júri do Pitching

SBT

Roberto Grosman is an executive with a well-established career in the technology and marketing industry with more than 20 years' experience in companies such as F.biz (where he served as CEO for eight years), Google, Amazon and Descomplica. He also co-founded Fulano, one of Brazil's first start-ups. He’s currently the Chief Transformation Officer at SBT, leading the company’s digital journey and innovation strategies. Grosman has a degree in Business Administration from FGV and a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, USA.

Pedro Carneiro | Júri do Pitching

Pedro Carneiro leads the investment fronts of ACE Ventures, one of the main early stage venture capital investors in Brazil. Graduated in Civil Engineering from Unicamp, where he started his entrepreneurial journey, Pedro was a partner at Solstício Energia, a startup incubated at the innovation center of Unicamp, leading the sales, marketing and engineering fronts. He also went through the controller team of Natural One, where he conducted asset sales processes, cost management and project management. Today, he also works as a postgraduate professor at ESPM, in finance and management for digital businesses, and as a director at FIESP, in the department of small and medium industry.

Cláudia Schulz | Júri do Pitching

Cláudia Schulz is currently Director of Special Programs for Communities at Abstartups. She was a network and social mobilization coordinator at the Digital Office of the Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (2013 to 2015) and was chief of staff at the Secretariat for Citizenship and Cultural Diversity of the Ministry of Culture and Coordinator of the Rede Cultura Viva Platform (2015 to 2016). She is co-founder of Fora do Eixo e Mídia NINJA (2009 to 2021) and was coordinator of the Propulsion Zone - NINJA Innovation Hub (2019 to 2021). He was a Digital Culture and Innovation agent at UNIJUÍ Space + Innovation (2021 to May 2022).

Claudio Dipolitto | Júri do Pitching

InoveLab Ateliê da Inovação

Claudio Dipolitto has a PhD in Innovation Management from COPPE/UFRJ. Innovation Leader of the Sokrates.AI Platform of Intelligent Socratic Applications and Post-Doctoral Researcher, at with the LUDES laboratory at PESC/COPPE/UFRJ. Advisor on the SEBRAE Local Innovation Agents Program. Mentor of purpose-driven businesses which combine profitability and positive impact. He created Hope Canvas and WEkigai to design businesses aligned with the 17 SDGs and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs). He was a teacher and mentor at the Business Incubators at UFRJ and UFF. At FGV, he taught Innovation in the Creative Economy. He was a consultant on the Strategic Plan for the UFRJ Technology Park.

Juliana Sarilio | Júri do Pitching

uliana is a Head of BB Ventures, Banco do Brasil's Corporate Venture Capital investment program. Graduated in Business Administration from FEI, with an Executive MBA in Leadership and Management from Saint Paul Escola de Negócios and ESMT (European School of Management and Technology)/Berlin and with an MBA in Data Science and Analytics from USP/Esalq, she is an enthusiast of topics related to open innovation and the startup ecosystem.

Alexandre Batalha Chrockatt de Sa Jacobs | Júri do Pitching

Mentor com 11 anos de experiência em Mentoria. Executivo e Empreendedor nas áreas de tecnologia e educação. Conselheiro da ABMEN.