A startup factory operating on three fronts: govtechs, the New National Industry and public and corporate challenges. We combine elite co-founders, venture building and deep knowledge of the Brazilian State and industry.
The market window, in real time — Agente Cognitivo internal radar
We operate at the intersection of public sector, national industry and large corporations— three fronts that reinforce each other to accelerate Brazilian technological sovereignty.
Venture building dedicated to the public sector. We create companies that digitize services, optimize spending and expand State capacity.
We build startups and solutions aligned with NIB missions — reindustrialization, technological sovereignty and Brazilian competitiveness.
Open innovation with method. Agencies and large companies bring the challenge; we assemble squads, prototype and connect to the portfolio.
5,570 municipalities, 27 states, hundreds of federal agencies and a New National Industry that needs technology to happen. We don't believe in consulting or PowerPoint. We believe in companies and solutions built from real problems — public, corporate and strategic for the country's sovereignty.
We are not an accelerator, nor a consultancy. We are co-founders. Each company is born inside Agente Cognitivo from an anchor problem — coming from a public agency, a New National Industry mission or a client company — with thesis, product, contract and capital from day zero.
We map real pain points of public managers, validate with end users and budget assumptions before a single line of code.
A dedicated senior squad builds the minimum viable product, already tested in a pilot with an anchor agency.
We structure contracts, waivers, price registration agreements and the commercial operation specific to the public sector.
We connect the startup to our fund and to the network of investors specialized in govtech for the next round.
We work with public agencies, industries and NIB missions to map recurring pain points and size the addressable market.
Anchor problem validated with a real decision-maker.
We look for senior operators with experience in product, B2G sales or deep vertical domain expertise.
Significant equity from day zero.
Technical squad, legal-regulatory team, growth and fundraising operate inside the factory.
MVP, anchor contract and first revenue guaranteed.
The startup becomes an independent company, with a clean cap table, board and capital to scale nationally.
Seed capital from Agente Cognitivo Capital.
We operate on fronts where State digitization and national reindustrialization converge to generate a billion-dollar addressable market and direct impact on citizens' lives.
Primary care, regulation, medical records and telehealth for the SUS.
School management, adaptive learning and teacher training.
Predictive intelligence, incident management and integration between forces.
Ticketing, fleet management and public transport data.
Tax compliance, revenue recovery and electronic invoicing.
Digital channels, conversational AI and service journeys.
Data platforms, observatories and active transparency.
Environmental monitoring, carbon credits and public ESG.
Pharmaceutical inputs, biotechnology and national production of APIs.
Renewables, green hydrogen, efficiency and critical infrastructure.
Standing forest chain, traceability and productivity in the field.
Semiconductors, cybersecurity and critical national technologies.
Primary care, regulation, medical records and telehealth for the SUS.
School management, adaptive learning and teacher training.
Predictive intelligence, incident management and integration between forces.
Ticketing, fleet management and public transport data.
Tax compliance, revenue recovery and electronic invoicing.
Digital channels, conversational AI and service journeys.
Data platforms, observatories and active transparency.
Environmental monitoring, carbon credits and public ESG.
Pharmaceutical inputs, biotechnology and national production of APIs.
Renewables, green hydrogen, efficiency and critical infrastructure.
Standing forest chain, traceability and productivity in the field.
Semiconductors, cybersecurity and critical national technologies.
Govtechs, New National Industry startups and corporate challenges solved by dedicated squads.
Management and governance platform for collectives, organizations and entrepreneurs of the African-matrix creative economy, integrating registration, projects, accountability and cultural indicators.
Intelligent biosensor for certifying Amazonian oils, ensuring traceability, authenticity and quality across the sociobiodiversity production chain.
Artificial intelligence platform for bioprospecting Amazonian bioactive compounds, accelerating the discovery of new pharmaceutical and cosmetic inputs from sociobiodiversity.
Intelligent traceability platform for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) with AI, connecting extractive communities, industry and market with reliable data on origin and socio-environmental impact.
Intelligent traceability platform for cattle ranching with RFID, integrating producers, slaughterhouses and market with reliable data on origin, health and socio-environmental compliance.
Intelligent platform for agricultural technical education with adaptive AI and offline access, delivering quality training to students and producers in low-connectivity regions.
The new Procurement Law, the advance of generative AI and the digital maturity of public managers open a unique window to build the country's next billion-dollar companies from the public sector.
moved annually in public procurement in Brazil.
municipalities + 27 states, all potential clients.
of Brazilians consider digital public service a priority (McKinsey, 2024).
of public IT spending goes to innovative national solutions.
Practical guides, frameworks and field learnings from the Agente Cognitivo team — made for those who need to decide, structure and execute.
A practical checklist to validate the pain, choose the right legal model and design a go-to-market that survives the public sector procurement cycle.
The minimum data an NTFP chain needs to capture to sustain certification, ESG and industry contracts — without becoming a dead spreadsheet.
Objective criteria for founders and managers to choose between hiring a service, building an internal team or operating via a venture builder.
A method to unpack public calls, identify the thesis fit and avoid proposals that lose due to misalignment, not technical merit.
Specialist in innovation and territorial development.
Specialist in technology and Artificial Intelligence.
In addition to the founders, we have a network of +400 specialists across multiple disciplines.
You are a senior operator, you want impact and equity. We are looking for co-founders for govtechs and New National Industry startups from our pipeline.
You are a public manager and see a critical pain point. We build the solution with you, from pilot to spin-off, within the legal framework.
Large companies and industries bring the challenge; we assemble squads, prototype and connect to the portfolio. We also co-invest in New National Industry theses.
Strategic LPs, specialized funds and family offices: our fund invests in graduated startups with proven national market thesis.
Tell us your interest. We respond within 48 business hours with next steps personalized to your profile.
