The startup scene in Brazil

Brasília is the setting for reported startup activity across the Distrito Federal (DF), but the available startup counts and sector figures describe the DF, not Brasília city proper. Correio Braziliense, citing Brasil Startups, reported a DF startup count of 900 in 2023 and 1,200 in 2025, a 33% increase. The same report identified IT, education, and health and wellness as prominent sectors, with B2B accounting for 46.69% of the reported business models. [1, 2]

Reported Brasília-linked company examples include Flug, whose March 2023 crowdfunding pre-seed raised R$1.7 million from 92 investors; Exame also reported at that time that its technology had been used in 13 Brazilian states and mapped more than one million square meters. Origem was described by Reset as a Brasília-founded electric motorcycle startup for delivery workers. Reset reported a R$5 million Barn Investimentos-led round in July 2020 and described a planned motorcycle-rental model for businesses with their own fleets. These are historical reports, not evidence of current company status or availability. [3, 4, 5, 6]

Metrópoles reported that Brasília Tech Hub launched at Biotic on June 25, 2026, with 65 technology companies counted at the park. At launch, the DF governor projected more than R$1 billion in private investment and more than 10,000 direct jobs; those figures were projections, and delivery was not established by the report. [7, 8]