About

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad, and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The Agency supports more than 12,000 companies from 80 different industries, which in turn export to 200 markets.  Apex-Brasil also plays a key role in attracting foreign direct investment to Brazil, working to detect business opportunities, promoting strategic events and providing support to foreign investors interested in allocating resources in Brazil.

Since 2010, the agency develops a series of programs with Brazilian companies, startups and local GPs in partnership with the Brazilian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association - ABVCAP, the Ministry of Industry, and Foreign Trade and Services Development – MDIC, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and Communication– MCTIC, and other institutional partners (ABStartups, Start-Up Brasil). The goal is to strengthen the local investment and innovation ecosystem, being successful on supporting many funds to fundraise more than US$ 7 billion and hundreds of companies through its promotional and matchmaking agenda.