What Global Networking does

Global Networking is a privately held, founder-controlled Brazilian services company founded in 2013 by André Bianchi and Joyce Bianchi, headquartered in São Paulo, with operational reach across eight countries spanning Brazil, the United States (Silicon Valley, Miami, Orlando, New York), China, Israel, Panama, and Paraguay. The company organizes international business immersion programs, trade missions, mentorship sessions, training workshops, and qualified networking groups for Brazilian entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and business associations seeking international expansion, market understanding, and strategic connections abroad. There is no proprietary software or technology platform; the offering is delivered through manually curated experiences that combine agenda content, specialist involvement, technical site visits, institutional access (notably via the founders' roles at LIDE Panama, Grupo MX8, and Câmara de Comércio Mercosul e Américas), and in-person networking.

The core revenue streams are four professional-services lines: organized business missions and immersions (quote-based, tailored by destination, duration, and specialist involvement), individual or group mentorship and strategic meetings, in-person and online training workshops and lectures, and recurring qualified networking group memberships. The Podcast Empresarial functions as a complementary content-marketing and top-of-funnel demand-generation platform, not a separately monetized product. All services are custom-priced with no published rate card; prospective clients submit profile forms or contact the team via WhatsApp and email to receive personalized proposals.

The go-to-market motion is sales-led and event-driven, with direct outreach to groups, associations, and organizations rather than individual consumers. Marketing relies on founder-led organic social (Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn under André Bianchi's personal brand), earned media coverage in major Brazilian publications (Folha de São Paulo, Revista Veja, IstoÉ), and the podcast. With 1-10 employees, no external funding, no disclosed revenue, and no public valuation references, the company operates as a lean, founder-anchored service firm whose growth is paced by mission cadence rather than capital deployment.

Name

Global Networking

Legal name

Global Networking

Website

https://globalnetworking.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Networking is a privately held São Paulo-based services firm, founded in 2013 by André and Joyce Bianchi, that organizes international business immersion programs, trade missions, mentorship, and qualified networking experiences for Brazilian entrepreneurs, executives, associations, and family-owned businesses across eight countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Business Missions and Immersions: Organized international business missions and immersions for groups of entrepreneurs, executives, and organizations. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to each group's specific destination, duration, agenda, and specialists involved.
2. Mentorship and Strategic Meetings: Individual or group mentorship sessions and strategic meetings to support entrepreneurs with opportunity analysis, international expansion, strategic relationships, positioning, and business development.
3. Training, Workshops, and Lectures: In-person and online training sessions and workshops on topics including international business, networking, innovation, expansion, leadership, and international business structuring.
4. Qualified Networking Groups: Networking group memberships providing environments for relationship building between entrepreneurs, executives, specialists, and leaders focused on experience exchange, real connections, and business generation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Networking organizes and delivers international business missions, in-person and online immersions, mentorship and strategic meetings, training/workshops/lectures, qualified networking groups, and international business expansion advisory for Brazilian entrepreneurs, executives, business associations, family businesses, and professional service firms. Services are quote-based, tailored to each group's destination, duration, agenda, and specialists, and delivered across destinations including Silicon Valley, Miami, Orlando, New York, China, Israel, Panama, Paraguay, and Brazil.

Product overview

Global Networking is a single-service business focused on organizing and delivering business experiences, not a technology platform with modular products. The company offers a unified portfolio of services centered around international business missions, immersions, strategic meetings, mentoring, training workshops, qualified networking groups, and international business expansion consulting. The Podcast Empresarial serves as a content platform that complements the core service offerings. All services share the common purpose of connecting Brazilian businessmen to national and international ecosystems of business, innovation, expansion, and strategic networking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Podcast Empresarial: Business podcast featuring conversations with businessmen, specialists and leaders from Brazil, Panama, United States and Paraguay about business, expansion, strategic connections and opportunities for Brazilian companies

Products and services

• Imersões de Negócios no Brasil e no Exterior (Business Immersions in Brazil and Abroad) In-person and online immersion experiences for Brazilian business owners and executives who want to understand new markets, expand their strategic repertoire, access specialists, and build relevant connections, delivered in Brazil and key international destinations.
• Missões Empresariais Internacionais (International Business Missions) Organized multi-day group business missions for entrepreneurs and executives to strategic international destinations including the United States, China, Israel, Panama, Paraguay, and other relevant markets, combining site visits, specialist sessions, and networking.
• Mentorias e Reuniões Estratégicas (Mentorships and Strategic Meetings) Individual or group mentorship sessions and strategic meetings that support business owners in analyzing opportunities, international expansion, strategic relationships, positioning, and business development.
• Treinamentos, Workshops e Palestras (Training, Workshops, and Lectures) In-person and online training sessions, workshops, and lectures covering international business, networking, innovation, expansion, leadership, new markets, international presence, and business development, delivered to groups of entrepreneurs, executives, and organizations.
• Grupos de Networking Qualificado (Qualified Networking Groups) Membership-based networking environments for entrepreneurs, executives, specialists, and leaders focused on experience exchange, real connections, and business generation among qualified members.
• Expansão Internacional de Empresas (International Business Expansion) Advisory and connection services that connect Brazilian business owners with specialists and partners to support evaluating international structures, new markets, operations outside Brazil, and growth strategies.
• Podcast Empresarial A conversational content platform featuring conversations with national and international guests about topics relevant for business owners who want to expand their market vision, understand new business environments, and access discussions about opportunities in Brazil and abroad.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ international business missions organized across 8 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LIDE PanamacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013André Bianchi serves as Sócio-Presidente (Partner-President) of LIDE Panama, and Joyce Bianchi serves as CEO of LIDE Panama. LIDE is a leadership and international development organization. This relationship provides strategic access to Panama's business ecosystem, institutional connections, and cross-border networking opportunities between Brazil and Panama. The partnership enables joint business missions, institutional agendas, and networking events in the Panama market.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Startup Grind: Startup Grind operates a global community of entrepreneurs with events, content, and international conferences connecting founders to investors and ecosystems (notably in Silicon Valley). It targets the same founder audience seeking international expansion and Silicon Valley immersion as Global Networking.
• LIDE (Grupo LIDE): LIDE is a Brazilian-origin business leadership organization that organizes international missions, forums, and networking events for entrepreneurs. Global Networking co-founder André Bianchi is Sócio-Presidente of LIDE Panamá and LIDE co-organizes missions with Global Networking, making LIDE the closest comparable on business model, audience, and destination portfolio.
• Endeavor: Endeavor is a global organization supporting high-impact entrepreneurs through mentorship, international missions (notably to Silicon Valley), and peer communities. It targets the same Brazilian founder/expansion audience as Global Networking and runs structured international trips as a core part of its programming.
• Grupo MX8: Grupo MX8 is co-founded and led by André Bianchi and organizes its own multi-country business immersions (e.g., the 8th edition covering Paraguay and Panama). It is essentially a parallel, founder-led immersion business with overlapping audience and destinations, making it the most direct competitive peer to Global Networking.

Others

• Câmara de Comércio Mercosul e Américas: Bilateral and multilateral chambers of commerce (including the one where André Bianchi is Director of Institutional Relations) organize trade missions, delegations, and business roundtables between Brazil and partner regions. They overlap thematically with Global Networking's international-connection mission but typically as non-commercial intermediaries.
• ApexBrasil: ApexBrasil is the Brazilian government's trade and investment promotion agency that organizes trade missions and internationalization programs for Brazilian companies. It is a thematic adjacent, not direct competitor, but partially substitutes for Global Networking's international-expansion value proposition through publicly funded programs.

Broad incumbents

• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives offering peer forums, international events, and business education experiences. Its international chapter programming and experiential learning offerings directly overlap with Global Networking's mission and networking group products, but at far greater scale.
• Web Summit: Web Summit is a large-scale international tech and business conference organizer running flagship events (Lisbon, Rio, etc.) where Brazilian entrepreneurs network with global players. It competes for the same Brazilian founder attention and international-expansion budget, though at much larger event scale.
• EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization): EO is a global peer network of business owners offering member learning, international events, and cross-border networking. It addresses the same need for qualified executive networking and international exposure that Global Networking sells, but at a larger, chapter-based, recurring-membership scale.

Emerging players

• Boomtown Network: Boomtown-style business networks run curated international trade missions and founder exchanges for SMEs and entrepreneurs expanding abroad. They address a similar use case to Global Networking's immersion business, often with smaller groups and more thematic focus (e.g., tech, manufacturing).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/CanalAndr%C3%A9Bianchi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-networking-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/andrebianchi10

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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