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WYLINKA

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24

Year of Registration

2013

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Annual income

US$ 1.09 million (FY2025)

Category of SGO

Non-profit

Country

Brazil

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President & CEO
Ana Carolina CALÇADO
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Wylinka: Bridging Brazil’s scientific lab-to-market gap for the social good

Brazil ranks among the world’s largest producers of scientific research, yet by Wylinka’s own count only about 1.6% of that output ever reaches the market as innovation. Founded in Belo Horizonte in 2013 by Ana Carolina Calçado, who still leads it, the organization has made that gap its entire field of work: it sits between the laboratory and the market, helping researchers, universities and public bodies turn discoveries into deep-tech ventures, and strengthening the innovation ecosystems around them.

Its model is unusual for a Social Good Organization. It earns roughly half its income from services — strategic diagnostics, researcher-entrepreneur training, validation and acceleration programs — and draws the rest from public research-funding partnerships, notably with FAPESP, CIETEC and FAPDF. Grant-funded projects have driven its recent growth.

Two points deserve credit....

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Wylinka: Bridging Brazil’s scientific lab-to-market gap for the social good

Brazil ranks among the world’s largest producers of scientific research, yet by Wylinka’s own count only about 1.6% of that output ever reaches the market as innovation. Founded in Belo Horizonte in 2013 by Ana Carolina Calçado, who still leads it, the organization has made that gap its entire field of work: it sits between the laboratory and the market, helping researchers, universities and public bodies turn discoveries into deep-tech ventures, and strengthening the innovation ecosystems around them.

Its model is unusual for a Social Good Organization. It earns roughly half its income from services — strategic diagnostics, researcher-entrepreneur training, validation and acceleration programs — and draws the rest from public research-funding partnerships, notably with FAPESP, CIETEC and FAPDF. Grant-funded projects have driven its recent growth.

Two points deserve credit. First, transparency: it publishes its bylaws and independently audited accounts, both with clean opinions, which remains rarer than it should be among Brazilian organizations of its size. Second, focus: a compact team working a precise, measurable problem rather than a broad cause too large to embrace efficiently.

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Mission statement
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To turn scientific knowledge into social and economic development, closing the gap between what Brazilian science discovers and what reaches society and the market.

Official: “Inteligência para transformar conhecimento em desenvolvimento social e econômico.”

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To turn scientific knowledge into social and economic development, closing the gap between what Brazilian science discovers and what reaches society and the market.

Official: “Inteligência para transformar conhecimento em desenvolvimento social e econômico.”

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Impact

LATEST ANNUAL INCOME
US$ 1.09 million (FY2025)
Previous Annual Income
US$ 868,529 (FY2024)
Latest Surplus/Deficit
(US$ 65,350) (FY2025)
Latest Net Assets
US$ 331,357 (FY2025)
Name of Auditing Firm

Alves & Locatelli Auditores Independentes Ltda. (FY2025, unqualified opinion); Nexia Teixeira Auditores (FY2024, unqualified opinion)

LATEST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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COUNTRY (OR COUNTRIES) WHERE ACTIVE
Brazil
Latest ANNUAL REPORT

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TAX YEAR END
December 31

Governance

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President & CEO
Ana Carolina CALÇADO
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Ana Carolina CALÇADO is co-founder, president and CEO of Wylinka, the Brazilian nonprofit created in 2013 to turn scientific research into solutions for society. She leads its work on deep-tech entrepreneurship, regional innovation ecosystems and diversity in science and technology.
Has Held position since
Unknown
Board Gender balance
Unknown
Number of Employees
24
Number of Volunteers
Unknown

History

Founded in 2013 in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) by Ana Carolina Calçado, with co-founders Elimar Pires Vasconcellos and Renato Lacerda. Starting from the finding that only 1.6% of Brazil's scientific output reaches the market as innovation, the organization has spent 13 years building the bridge between research and market for Brazil's scientific-innovation and deep-tech ecosystem, working with universities, research institutes (including Fiocruz and USP), government and companies.

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Founded in 2013 in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) by Ana Carolina Calçado, with co-founders Elimar Pires Vasconcellos and Renato Lacerda. Starting from the finding that only 1.6% of Brazil's scientific output reaches the market as innovation, the organization has spent 13 years building the bridge between research and market for Brazil's scientific-innovation and deep-tech ecosystem, working with universities, research institutes (including Fiocruz and USP), government and companies.

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Legal Status
Non-profit civil association (associação civil sem fins lucrativos), CNPJ 18.069.623/0001-86
Year of registration
2013
BYLAWS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
Yes
BYLAWS PROVIDED ON REQUEST
No

Contact

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HQ LOCATION ADDRESS
Av. Álvares Cabral, Nº 1030 Sala 303
Lourdes - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais (MG)
30170-002
Brazil
SOCIAL NETWORKS
WEBSITE
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MAIN CONTACT EMAIL
contato@wylinka.org.br
+55 31 97158 7122