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IFIA Magazine
March 2023

partment came from a member of the Executive Committee and Director of IFIA in Latin
America, Founder and President of ABIPIR, Professor and Inventor Ph.D. Marcelo Vivacqua,
who has extensive experience in managing Startups, in addition to working as a Mentor
and Consultant in the sector and connected with the biggest Acceleration Program of
Startups in Latin America – Inovativa Brazil – and of the world – Founder Institute – São
Paulo, coordinated by Marco di Biasi with methodology from Silicon Valley.

The creation of this Department was only possible through the innovative vision of the
members of the IFIA Executive Committee and the full support of the President, Mr. Alireza
Rastegar, who’s defined this matter as a priority.
The Board of Experts of the IFIA Startups Department is complemented by Anand Kanand,
manager of the IFIA office in India, and Mariangela Lückman, Director of events and edu-
cation at ABIPIR and manager of the Latin American Office at IFIA-ABIPIR.
This initiative will generate benefits for everyone involved: Inventors who do not have busi-
ness experience will be able to connect with Startups who are specialists in this area and,
on the other hand, will benefit from the innovations developed by the inventors, being able
to take them to the market with greater possibilities of success.
Startups that connect to the Department will benefit, in addition to connecting with inven-
tors, from the possibility of participating in events promoted by the IFIA in several countries
with special conditions and connecting with potential investors and commercial partners
in several countries benefiting from the vast network of relationships that the IFIA It has.
We invite you, Inventor, manager, and investor of Startups and Academic researchers to
learn more about the department and the advantages of participating in it by accessing
the website link: https://www.ifia.com/startups-department/
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