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NAVI - A.I. New Ventures
NAVI - A.I. New Ventures is an Artificial Intelligence Hub located at the PUCRS Technology Park in Brazil, focused on connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, investors, and researchers to foster AI-driven business initiatives.
Overview
What NAVI - A.I. New Ventures does
What NAVI - A.I. New Ventures is
NAVI - A.I. New Ventures is an Artificial Intelligence Hub located at the PUCRS Technology Park in Brazil, focused on connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, investors, and researchers to foster AI-driven business initiatives.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 25, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
NAVI - A.I. New Ventures as a community
Community overview
NAVI - A.I. New Ventures is a hub focused on artificial intelligence and data science, founded in 2020. It was established through a collaboration between Wisidea Ventures, a technology-based company accelerator, and TECNOPUC, the largest technology park in Latin America, located at PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul). The organization aims to connect entrepreneurs, corporations, investors, and researchers to foster initiatives and businesses supported by artificial intelligence.
Community focus
NAVI invests in early-stage startups that leverage artificial intelligence as a competitive advantage in their products and services. The organization provides support in various areas, including business development, marketing, finance, and design, to help startups validate their concepts and scale their operations.
Member value
Members benefit from a structured program that includes physical space in a major innovation hub, mentorship, legal and accounting support, and access to research laboratories.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- cohort-based
- Commitment
- moderate
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Researchers
- Benefits
- mentorship, network-access, legal-services, and office-space
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- application
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- Artificial Intelligence
- Regions
- Latin America
Community activity
Notable members
Notable portfolio companies include Greenmotor, Energia das Coisas, SymCORE, NoHarm, NEXXO, Neural Vision, and Vetfy.
Common questions
What to know about NAVI - A.I. New Ventures
Upseed classifies NAVI - A.I. New Ventures under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 25, 2026
Known limits
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