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A deliberately focused annual cohort. Each company gets the attention of operating partners and a shared product and engineering team.
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We co-found
the company.
The conviction of a founder. The discipline of an operating partner.
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From the first market question to the first revenue milestone, we bring the founding partnership, product, engineering and capital into the same operating process.
We build AI-native companies around complex Brazilian markets. Domain expertise, product, engineering and first capital come together from the start. Our role is to build the business alongside its founders, with shared ownership and responsibility for the work.
$500K-$1.5M
Capital moves in tranches tied to product, pilot and revenue milestones. Avante participates as a co-founder, with aligned economics.
First revenue
Operating partners stay engaged through the first revenue milestone, then transition to board-level oversight as the company builds its own operating team.
People, close to the work.
Founders, operating partners and engineers. A team working across São Paulo and Silicon Valley, with experience attributed to the people who earned it.
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São Paulo
San Francisco
São PauloA company takes shape in six stages.
Each stage has work to do and a question to answer.
Understand the market from the inside.
Map the workflow with the people doing the work. Examine the buyer, the cost of the problem, existing alternatives and the constraints of operating in Brazil.
Is there a specific problem, an identifiable buyer and a credible reason to build?
Inside the model.
How does Avante work with founders?
We build AI-native companies around complex Brazilian markets. Domain expertise, product, engineering and first capital come together from the start. Our role is to build the business alongside its founders, with shared ownership and responsibility for the work.
How much capital goes into each venture?
$500K-$1.5M. Capital moves in tranches tied to product, pilot and revenue milestones. Avante participates as a co-founder, with aligned economics.
How long do operating partners stay involved?
Operating partners stay engaged through the first revenue milestone, then transition to board-level oversight as the company builds its own operating team.
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