Photo: Our fearless leader and co-founder of the Founder Haus Paloma Lecheta together with Nicola Martins the Adjunct Secretary of Innovation for the State of Santa Catarina 

Yesterday at Sapiens Park, we had the opportunity to meet with Nicola Martins, the Adjunct Secretary of Technology and Innovation for the State of Santa Catarina.

It was a powerful moment to align the FloripaDEZ vision with the state’s innovation roadmap. We discussed how establishing a Digital Economic Zone (DEZ) can serve as a catalyst for Florianópolis, not just as a local sandbox for tech experimentation, but as a gateway for international partnerships and secure digital infrastructure. 

LFG Floripa 🇧🇷🚀 let's DEZ

Ps. We've passed 4k signatures and are en route to 10k. Help us get there by sharing the petition with your colleagues and friends who care to build an innovation friendly zoning within Brasil - enough with the brain drain already right?

Change.org/FloripaDEZ (easy link)