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NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP
NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP is a non-profit organization at the University of São Paulo that promotes entrepreneurship by inspiring, training, and connecting student entrepreneurs and startups.
Overview
What NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP does
What NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP is
NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP is a non-profit organization at the University of São Paulo that promotes entrepreneurship by inspiring, training, and connecting student entrepreneurs and startups.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2010
- Approximate age
- About 16 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP as a community
Community overview
Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP (NEU) is an organization based at the University of São Paulo (USP) that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship among students. It was established to support students in developing their entrepreneurial skills and connecting them with opportunities in the startup ecosystem. The organization aims to enhance the entrepreneurial culture within the university and facilitate the creation of startups.
Community focus
NEU provides various services aimed at supporting entrepreneurship, including courses on innovation and startup creation, hackathons, competitions for project development, and workshops that connect students with entrepreneurs and startups. The organization primarily focuses on students from USP and aims to impact all campuses of the university.
Member value
Members benefit from mentorship, job placement services, and access to funding opportunities for their startup projects. NEU also facilitates hands-on experience through internships and provides a platform for networking with industry professionals.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- May 17, 2024
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and job-placement
- Program types
- community, bootcamp, and internship
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Br
Community activity
- Annual events
- 1
Events and activity
NEU organizes several events, including the annual Festival de Empreendedorismo da USP (FEU), which features talks and networking opportunities with startup founders, and the ideathon event 'Starting Up: quebrando barreiras com inteligência artificial', scheduled for May 17-19, 2024.
Notable members
NEU has supported numerous startups and initiatives, including MVISIA, which was created during the university and later sold to a multinational company, and 99, founded by Renato Freitas, who has acknowledged NEU's role in helping him hire talent for his startups.
Common questions
What to know about NEU - Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
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