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Key people at 100 Open Startups.
100 Open Startups is an open innovation platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that connects early-stage startups with corporate partners and institutional investors. The organization facilitates corporate-startup engagement across Latin America by hosting matchmaking events, publishing industry reports, and promoting collaborative business development practices. Its primary initiative is an annual ranking system that evaluates and scores participants based on their active engagement and contract volume within the regional innovation ecosystem. The platform has tracked the quantitative growth of these corporate partnerships since its inaugural ranking, with its 2022 edition recording a historical peak in ecosystem participation and deal flow. The network operates in alignment with regional entities like the Open Innovation Center Brazil to standardize corporate venture activities and accelerate technology adoption. 100 Open Startups was founded in 2016 by Bruno Rondani.
100 Open Startups is a pioneering open innovation platform in Latin America that connects corporations with startups to foster collaboration and drive market transformation through innovation. Its mission is to transform the market and society via corporate-startup partnerships, organizing events like the Open Innovation Week (Oiweek) since 2008—which gathers over 150,000 professionals—and publishing the annual Ranking 100 Open Startups since 2016 to monitor open innovation practices and recognize leaders.[1][4]
The platform evaluates and ranks startups based on their attractiveness to the corporate market, while also highlighting top corporations in open innovation. It operates as a corporate-startup engagement tool maintained by over 100 global organizations, with a focus on sectors like startups, entrepreneurship, and open innovation, employing 51 people in São Paulo, Brazil.[1][3][5]
Founded around 2014 (with roots tracing to 2008 via Oiweek), 100 Open Startups emerged from efforts to promote open innovation in Latin America, led by CEO Bruno Rondani. The company evolved from organizing the Oiweek community to launching the Ranking 100 Open Startups in 2016, which has grown significantly— the 2022 edition broke records, reflecting the rising importance of open innovation amid increasing corporate-startup collaborations.[1][2][4]
Key milestones include building a network of over 150,000 professionals and evaluating thousands of startups annually (e.g., over 44,000 in recent rankings), establishing itself as a leader in tracking and rewarding open innovation progress.[1][2][3]
100 Open Startups rides the open innovation wave, where corporations increasingly partner with startups for faster innovation amid digital transformation pressures. Its timing aligns with LatAm's startup boom and global shifts toward collaborative ecosystems, countering traditional R&D silos—evident in ranking growth since 2016 and 2022 records.[2][4]
Market forces like corporate demands for AI, sustainability (e.g., environment challenges), and edtech favor it, as rankings spotlight startups addressing these (e.g., Pix Force in computer vision, VALOPES in waste tech). It influences the ecosystem by standardizing open innovation metrics, boosting startup visibility, and enabling cross-border connections (e.g., Brazilian, Colombian, US firms).[3]
100 Open Startups will likely expand its ranking's global reach and deepen AI-driven matching as open innovation matures in emerging markets. Trends like corporate sustainability mandates and tech convergence (e.g., IoT, VR) will amplify its role, potentially integrating more real-time data analytics.
Its influence may evolve toward facilitating investment flows and policy impact, solidifying its status as LatAm's open innovation benchmark—building directly on its mission to transform markets through collaboration.[1][4]
Key people at 100 Open Startups.
