WHO IS G.EN.T.E
WE ARE A GLOBAL CATALYSER FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE
G.EN.T.E is a journey of experiences in multiple formats online and offline created in partnership with top global organisations and innovators that are presenting the most advanced knowledge and solutions to revert, mitigate the impacts from climate change and accelerate the energy transition worldwide.
THE 3 PILLARS OF OUR
JOURNEY OF EXPERIENCES
B2B, B2C & B2G
WE CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS GOALS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY TRANSITION
BRAZIL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LEAD THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND BE A BLUEPRINT OF SUCCESS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE
We aim to promote the access to highly qualified connections to empower leaders, entrepreneurs, consumers and public agents to innovate, reinvent businesses and influence our society towards a sustainable economic model and way of living.
OUR MISSION IS TO ACCELERATE
THE HUMAN INNOVATION TOWARDS
A GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
FLORA PESSANHA
FOUNDER & CEO
For the past 17 years Flora Pessanha has been working with the largest organizations in Brazil and worldwide connecting them through innovation, marketing, businesses and learning experiences.
“ My whole career has been based on creating and transforming narratives into real experiences that led my clients to growth, to promote innovation and to achieve great business milestones that impacted Brazil and markets all over the world. There is no better time than now to present a disruptive vision with new possibilities for solutions to energy transition and the climate crisis.
My purpose is to bring together my experience and global network to built international alliances in Brazil, in order to provide access to the best and most advanced know-how, knowledge, tools and opportunities available globally right now, so businesses and people can have the right resources and knowledge to implement conscious, consistent and profitable actions towards the creation of a new and successful storytelling for future generations.”
DESIREE TAVERA
CURATORSHIP & PHILANTHROPY
Raised between the US and Peru, Desiree Tavera has spent years working in nonprofits, tech public policy advocacy, disaster relief and for over a decade she was also executive producer of events and art experiences focus on sustainability, such as Burning Man and Miami Art Basel. She worked for tech giants such as Hotels.com, HotelPlanner.com, Airbnb and went on to deploy her skill-sets in response to 2 relief tours in Haiti, 1 in Nepal, the Refugee crisis in Greece, & 1 in Peru. While producing the first humanitarian focused Maker Faire in Kathmandu.
Desiree founded Far Away Projects in 2015 and crafted a successful model of accelerating early stage activists and organisations from all over the world through the incubator model at Far Away. Since then she became a reference in Corporate Social Responsibility and has been working with some of the most relevant investors globally.
AMILCAR GUERREIRO
Amilcar's professional career developed in synergy with the growth of the renewable energy market in Brazil. Graduated in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of UFRJ, postgraduate in Energy Planning from COPPE/UFRJ, MBA in Economic Engineering from UERJ and Electrical Sector Executive Development Program from USP, he is a senior executive with over 40 years of experience in the national energy industry.
He was Secretary of Energy at the Ministry of Mines and Energy in 2003 and 2004, began his executive career at Eletrobrás and Furnas, and worked for more than 20 years as C-Level in relevant organizations in the energy sector such as CEPEL, EPE and PROCEL.
A leader in constant tune with the international market, Amilcar currently works as a consultant with the largest companies in the sector, which seek to reinvent themselves, expand their markets and diversify their businesses, through corporate innovation and technological development with a focus on energy transition.
CONSULTANT & RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIALIST
One of the greatest leaders in the Brazilian technology and innovation ecosystem with global impact, Fabio has a 24-year career focused on Innovation, Research and Technology, Business Development, Strategic Planning and Competitive Intelligence in the industrial sector, together with large companies such as EMBRAER and RANDON . He was responsible for creating the first Corporate Venture Capital in Brazil to position Embraer in emerging high-technology markets and led projects in biofuels, energy optimization, fuel cells and electrification in air and road modes, developing structured sustainability strategies for the company. Fabio also created and implemented the first private Science and Technology Institution (TIC) in Rio Grande do Sul, structured and operated Hélice – an innovation movement in Serra Gaúcha, in addition to actively collaborating with the Federal Government in the development of public policies focused on research, development and innovation. A Mechanical Engineer with Specialization in Aeronautics (USP), Master's in Production Engineering (USP), Postgraduate in Business Management (Fundação Dom Cabral), who developed technological partnerships with universities, research institutes, companies and startups in Brazil and abroad world.
CONSULTANT & INNOVATION SPECIALIST
FABIO MAKITA
EVENTS BY G.EN.T.E
WE PROMOTE THE ACCESS TO NEW AND EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY TRANSITION
STARTUP
BATTLEFIELD
Techcrunch Startup Battlefield , the most important startup competition in the world, arrives in Brazil to transform the country into the epicentre of the global startup ecosystem, bringing together the largest investment funds in the world, innovation talents and large organizations that aim to promote corporate innovation initiatives and solve challenges through the connection with startups.
The Brazilian edition of the Techcrunch Startup Battlefield is the first in the world focus on solutions through sustainable emerging technologies related to renewable energy, water, waste management and mobility/logistics.
B2B & B2C
G.EN.T.E SV
B2B
FAR AWAY IMPACT
BRAZIL
B2B
Unlike all business missions already carried out in the birthplace of Silicon Valley, G.EN.T.E created an unprecedented immersive experience with exclusive access to innovation and a customised programming for the purposes of corporate and startup leaders, who aim to be pioneers in the market and be among the ones at the forefront of the energy transition and sustainability.
A personalised experience for a select group of leaders focus on specific business goals with the purpose to exchange experiences, knowledge, create collaboration bonds with the exponents of technological development and leaders of revolutionary innovation projects of impact worldwide.
In 2024 and 2025, we will promote some exclusive experiences in partnership with Far Away Projects by bringing a select group of international investors during the S20, G20 and COP 30 Summit in Brazil to provide an opportunity to convene international stakeholders with local impact innovators to explore future collaborations in the private and public sectors. We believe that cross-sector, international coalitions are essential to creating economically viable pathways for achieving all 17 UN SDGs by 2030.
G.EN.T.E IN COMPANY
YOUR ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH OUR EXPERTS & GLOBAL PARTNERS
We offer customised services, by working in collaboration with our partners to bring the most innovative solutions available globally to the Brazilian market.
From bringing innovations, creating learning experiences, promoting access to investments, advisory & consultancies to creating a project for specific purposes focused on sustainability and energy transition.
Our goal is to support organisations to
solve business challenges.
INFO HUB
"COMMUNICATING ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS ABOUT EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING AUDIENCES TO TAKE ACTION TO CONFRONT THE
CLIMATE CRISIS"
- UNITED NATIONS