Instituto Mais

What Instituto Mais does

Instituto Mais de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Social, operating as Instituto Mais (or IMais), is a Brazilian nonprofit civil society organization (Organização da Sociedade Civil) founded in June 2006 and domiciled in São Paulo State. The organization specializes in administering public competitions (concursos públicos) and selection processes (processos seletivos) on behalf of municipal governments, public foundations, and state-level public institutions. Its core technology is a web-based examination platform hosted at institutomais.org.br that handles the full selection workflow — online candidate registration, digital administration of objective tests, dissertative exams, practical tests, title evaluations, physical fitness tests, and psychological assessments, and online disclosure of provisional and final results. The platform operates with no native mobile app, no disclosed API, and no disclosed AI components.

The company's revenue model is professional-services based: clients are acquired exclusively through public competitive bidding (licitações) by prefeituras, fundações, and empresas públicas, with contracts structured around per-candidate fees and/or fixed contract fees per competition. Pricing is not publicly standardized. Beyond core concurso administration, the catalog includes psychological assessments, administrative consulting (restructuring, career planning, performance evaluation), training and qualification programs, social development projects, and occupational health and safety services. At the time of observation, approximately 21 public competitions were active simultaneously, spanning municipal clients such as Itapetininga, Francisco Morato, Itatiba, Santa Gertrudes, Jarinu, and Tietê, plus state-level foundations including Fundação PRÓ-SANGUE Hemocentro de São Paulo and FITO (Fundação Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco). The organization is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no investors, no funding rounds, and no headcount data. Distribution is single-channel: candidates self-serve via the website, and contract acquisition occurs through public procurement. One notable risk event was the cancellation of the FIEB (Barueri) competition in 2025.

Name

Instituto Mais

Legal name

Instituto Mais de Gestão e Desenvolvimento Social

Website

https://institutomais.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Instituto Mais is a Brazilian nonprofit founded in 2006 that administers public competitions and selection processes for municipal governments and public institutions in São Paulo State via an online examination platform, with ancillary consulting, training, and assessment services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Recruitment Services

NAICS

Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

University/College Entrance & Admissions Testing Authorities (EDADAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government & Public Sector Direct Hire (BPACAFAK), Public Safety & Government Licensure/Entrance Exam Prep (Civil service, law enforcement, firefighting) (EDANAIAN)

Keywords

• Public sector recruitment
• Civil service examinations
• Government selection processes
• Public administration consulting
• Professional assessments

Headquarters

HQ city

Pinheiros

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Competition Services: Revenue generated by conducting public competitions (concursos públicos) and selection processes (processos seletivos) for government municipalities and public institutions. Services include exam administration, candidate evaluation, result processing, and certification. Pricing structure appears based on per-candidate fees and/or fixed contract fees per competition.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Instituto Mais conducts public competitions (concursos públicos) and selection processes (processos seletivos) for municipal governments and public institutions in São Paulo state, Brazil. The organization administers the entire recruitment workflow through its online platform, including candidate registration, multi-phase examinations (objective, dissertative, practical, title evaluation, physical fitness, and psychological assessments), and digital publication of results. Supporting services include human resources consulting, professional training, social development programs, and occupational health and safety assessments.

Product overview

Instituto Mais offers a unified platform for public personnel management, centered on public contests and selection processes conducted for municipalities and public institutions. The core offering consists of Concursos Públicos for permanent civil service positions and Processos Seletivos for temporary appointments, supported by Avaliações Psicológicas for candidate assessment. Additional services include Consultoria for administrative restructuring and performance management, Treinamento e Capacitação for professional development, Desenvolvimento Social programs, and Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho assessments. All services operate through their web-based platform at institutomais.org.br with online registration and candidate management capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concursos Públicos (Public Contests)

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Consulplan: Consulplan is a Brazilian banca especializada in concursos públicos, selection processes, and public tenders — directly comparable to Instituto Mais as a regional/national competitor in the public-sector exam administration market.
• AOCP: Assessoria em Organização, Concursos, Pesquisas is a Brazilian banca that plans and executes concursos públicos and selection processes for municipalities and public institutions — directly comparable to Instituto Mais in service scope and customer type.
• Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC): Fundação Carlos Chagas is a long-established Brazilian banca administering concursos públicos and selection processes for public and private institutions — directly comparable to Instituto Mais in offering end-to-end public-sector exam administration.
• IBFC: Instituto Brasileiro de Formação e Capacitação is a Brazilian banca administering concursos, selection processes, and public-sector assessments — a direct functional peer to Instituto Mais with overlapping service lines including psychological and technical evaluations.
• Vunesp: Fundação Vunesp is one of Brazil's largest bancas de concurso, conducting public examinations and selection processes for municipalities, state agencies, and federal entities nationwide — directly comparable in core service to Instituto Mais, though at significantly larger scale.
• IDECAN: Instituto de Desenvolvimento Educacional, Cultural e Assistencial Nacional is a Brazilian banca administering concursos and selection processes for public entities — directly comparable to Instituto Mais in public-sector exam administration and assessment services.
• Cebraspe: Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisa em Avaliação e Seleção (formerly CESPE/UnB) is a major public-sector examination administrator running concursos for federal, state, and municipal clients across Brazil — a direct functional peer to Instituto Mais in the public-sector exam administration space.

Broad incumbents

• FGV: Fundação Getúlio Vargas is a broad educational and research institution that also operates FGV Conhecimento administering public-sector exams and certifications — a much larger incumbent whose public-exam arm overlaps with Instituto Mais's core offering.
• Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Projetos): FGV's project arm administers public-sector exams and credentialing programs at scale, providing a benchmark for what a large, brand-rich banca can offer — relevant for understanding Instituto Mais's scale gap relative to broad incumbents.

Emerging players

• Quadrix: Quadrix is a Brazilian banca focused on concursos and public-sector selection processes with a national digital footprint — an emerging competitor to Instituto Mais with overlapping customer segments and online-delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IMais
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/imais

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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