Venture builder connecting corporates, startups, and investors across Latin America
FCJ Venture Builder is a partnership-model venture builder operating across multiple countries, with a Brazil-anchored team of 201–500 people. The tech stack is sales-centric (Pipedrive, HubSpot, LinkedIn, WhatsApp) rather than engineering-heavy, and active hiring skews toward sales (5 roles) over engineering (1), reflecting a business-development-led operation. Current project focus spans lead generation, sales funnel acceleration, and scaling startup ventures through corporate innovation partnerships.
FCJ Venture Builder creates new companies by connecting corporates, startups, investors, and academic institutions around innovation and venture creation. The model pairs corporate clients seeking innovation with startup opportunities and investment capital, using customized frameworks to share risk and manage execution across fundraising, technology selection, and program delivery. Headquartered in Belo Horizonte with hiring concentrated in Brazil, FCJ operates across multiple markets and explicitly targets scaling challenges including qualified lead generation, sales pipeline efficiency, and internationalization.
FCJ is a venture builder (not a traditional VC) that creates new businesses by connecting companies, startups, investors, and universities. It uses customized investment models where FCJ shares operational risk, handles fundraising, technology selection, and program execution for corporate clients pursuing innovation.
FCJ's primary stack includes Pipedrive and HubSpot for sales and customer management, LinkedIn and WhatsApp for outreach and communication, React and React Native for mobile/web development, and GraphQL for backend services.
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