“It was best benchmarking I ever made.

I’d had tried to organize by myself – without success – a business trip focused on design leadership.

With BayBrazil’s help, we had accomplished our mission.”

Alexander GuazzelliSuperintendente de Design, Itaú Unibanco

“Silicon Valley is much more than one place. It is a mindset. And BayBrazil was the “glue” that fixed our “fragmented minds” to understand the way the Bay Area plays a global game leading changes in the world for better.”

Danilo LeaoCo-founder and CEO of BovControl

“As a healthcare innovation leader in Brazil, I’ve talked to leaders from various regions around the world. No conversation has been more impactful to me as the one facilitated by BayBrazil during my trip to Silicon Valley in 2014. I look forward to continuing working with Margarise Correa and BayBrazil team and creating bridges in health tech across regions.”

Fernando CembranelliCEO Health Innova HUB/Berrini Ventures

“BayBrazil has served a critical role in connecting Brazil with the Bay Area.  It has created a unique network of professionals and series of events over the last several years.  Due to unending passion and effort, the impact of the organization to the community at large has grown every year.”

Antoine ColacoPartner at Valor Capital Group

“I’m proud to be a BayBrazil member since 2012. I own so much to this organization, which is essential to the Brazilian community in Silicon Valley. Highly Inspirational events both because of the quality of information and the networking. It was through BayBrazil that I developed many of my Silicon Valley connections and had the opportunity to meet incredible talented tech professionals, mentors, friends. As a result many new doors were opened to me.”

Dayse Black Market Manager Brazil, Prezi

“A good number of Brazilians who work, study or invest in the fast paced, tech intensive Silicon Valley constantly identify windows for business and improvement with Brazil. BayBrazil provides a well thought networking structure to connect individuals and catalyze these opportunities”

Robson CapassoMD, Stanford University School of Medicine

“Through BayBrazil, I’ve met great people from many different areas, legal, finance, operation, investment, and founders who have gone through the journey of building and running Brazilian companies. Margarise and her crew have gone out of their way to help me to connect to people that I didn’t have access to. I would recommend BayBrazil to anyone who wants to expand to Brazil.”

Purui WangCTO, WeCash

“BayBrazil has had a remarkable impact on our company trajectory. Establishing for the first time a startup in Silicon Valley coming from Brazil is not an easy task but BayBrazil team helped accelerate the whole process. From a thriving and colaborative community of entrepreneurs, investors and top executives to outstanding events with amazing speakers and excellent networking, BayBrazil has been by far the most engaged and noteworthy organization to bridge Brazil and Silicon Valley.”

Gustavo LemosCo-Founder & CEO, IDXP

“I would recommend Bay Brazil to anyone that is looking to broad their network or learn from the tech/startup world”.

Pryscilla LadeiraGames Merchandising Manager, Google

“BayBrazil is a great ecosystem for companies with a connections to Brazil and the largest such organization in the US.”

Matt SvetichPartner, Drummond Advisors, Founder, Drummond Ventures