This book examines the behavior of high-tech startups and important aspects of innovation ecosystems in Brazil. It discusses how the local business environment boosts startups and high-tech entrepreneurship, leading to the most successful implementation of technology parks and incubation movements in Latin America. In the first part, the chapters explore the experience of Brazilian high-tech startups with regard to innovation, funding, background of the entrepreneur and their efforts entering international markets. The second part is dedicated to innovation ecosystems and explains the role of business incubators, acceleration programs, and university entrepreneurship in the country. 

Moacir de Miranda Oliveira, Jr. is Full Professor and Head of the Business Administration Department at University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen is Visiting Researcher at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, USA - and Assistant Professor of Management at Centro Universitario FEI, Brazil.

Felipe Mendes Borini is Associate Professor at University of São Paulo, Brazil and at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), Brazil.

1. Introduction.- 2. Startups and technology transfer from universities and research centers - An analysis of the impact on launching new products.- 3. Internationalization of Brazilian high-tech startups.- 4. The background of the entrepreneur in high-tech incubated startups.- 5. The financing of the startup life cycle.- 6. The contribution of technology parks to high-tech startups.-  7. Evaluation and challenges in managing business incubators.- 8. Practices and indicators of sustainability in business incubators.- 9. Acceleration Programs in Brazil: a government case study of SEED.MG.- 10. Grassroots movements: new gears in the engine of Brazilian university entrepreneurship ecosystems.- 11. Cases of university spin-offs.