The São José dos Campos Technology Park is a trailblazer in the State of São Paulo. Created in 2006, it is considered the largest innovation and entrepreneurship hub in Brazil.
The Park is in a 15 million m2 area where 145 companies and startups, 6 science and technology institutions and 10 educational and research institutions are located. Companies such as Avibras and Nestlé have their innovation centers in the Park. Unifesp, Unesp and Fatec have their campuses here.
Over 300 companies are connected to the Park through programs that encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Resident startups and companies participate in the programs offered by Nexus, the Park’s innovation hub, created to assist businesses with different profiles.
The Park also manages the Brazilian Aerospace Cluster, the most important cluster of the industry in Latin America, which gathers over 100 companies that operate in aeronautics, space and defense. It is also responsible for APL TIC VALE, the Paraíba Valley Information and Communications Technology Cluster, which gathers over 80 companies of the sector, specializing in smart cities, agribusiness, retail and industry 4.0.
INVESTMENTS
The São José dos Campos Technology Park has received over R$ 2.7 billion in public and private investments.
The synergy and innovation environment also contributes to increasing job opportunities in São José dos Campos. Currently, TechPark and its companies offer 1.700 skilled jobs: 60% of workers have undergraduate or graduate degrees.
JOIN THE PARK
Tech-based companies can apply to a spot in the Park all year round. All information can be found in this link:
Projects in initial stages also can join the Nexus Lab program all year round. For more information, please contact [email protected]
Startups can participate in selection processes for incubation and acceleration in March and August. The guidelines are published on the Technology Park website in this link:
For more information on the Brazilian Aerospace Cluster, please e-mail [email protected]
For more information on APL TIC VALE, please e-mail [email protected]
