Felipe Matos, Startup Farm, Brazil

"I will be happy to share my thoughts and learnings from working directly with tech entrepreneurs in Brazil over the last 19 years. I believe that the fact that I´ve played several different roles in the ecosystem, as entrepreneurs, accelerator, investor, government official and policy maker makes them very valuable for the event."

Felipe Matos is the founder and head of Startup Farm, one of the leading startup accelerators in Latin America, that have supported hundreds of startups and thousands of entrepreneurs all over Brazil, generating more than USD 1 billion in aggregate valuation. He is also executive coordinator of Dínamo, a joint-initiative of private agents of the Brazilian startup ecosystem to promote public policy improvements for startups. He is also board member of the Brazilian Startups Association.