An inspirational journey
The Company
Network for Ideas is an investment and participations company founded on August 08, 2008 that aims to develop opportunities in scalable business through knowledge and relationships.
Purpose
Develop opportunities into scalable business through knowledge and relationships.

Moonshot
10/100 x 5 years
Foundations
Projects
People
Process
Tecnology
Ideas
Scale
Rituals
Management Plan
Dashboards
Planning
Strategy
Growth Hacking
Experiment
Simplifocus
60H
CHE
Conhecimento
Honestidade
Entrega
Global Goals
In 2015, world leaders set 17 goals for a better world by 2030. We have chosen two of these to develop our business. To see all 17 goals click here. NI* is focused on businesses in Renewable Energy and Agribusiness.

Portfolio I

Estapar
It is the leading company in Brazil specializing in private parking lots. It is present in 13 brazilian states with more than 400,000 parking spaces in approximately 1,000 units. There are 7,000 direct employees who serve about 15 million customers per month.

Manobra Solidária
Manobra Solidária is a permanent clothing collection service created in 2004, which helps improve the lives of people in situations of social vulnerability.

Real Investimentos
Real Empreendimentos manages and builds rental properties, such as commercial stores and shopping malls.

Clube do Prado
Clube do Prado is a project with the proposal of offering a leisure area with complete infrastructure for daily use and on demand.
Portfolio II

VG8
A credit and acquiring fintech that through mobility solutions integrates parking lots, shopping centers and shopkeepers, turning payments into experiences that improve people's lives.

ParkHub
ParkHub is an innovation hub whose main objective is to develop opportunities in exponential business based on knowledge, relationships and management.

Indigo Center
Indigo center is an interactive urban mobility center designed for customers to park easily and safely. With 360 parking spaces, it is inserted in a cultural and service environment.

Brain Energy
Intelligent solutions for large-scale renewable energy generation are part of Brain Energy's market proposal. Management of all the steps of an electric generation project, from planning to implementation.
Portfolio III
Bold I
BOLD is a venture capital company that seeks out entrepreneurs and companies who share a fierce vision for a brighter tomorrow. We identify emerging science and technologies that will be able to disrupt and democratize massive markets, creating innovative solutions for humanity’s greatest challenges.
Bold II
BOLD is a venture capital company that seeks out entrepreneurs and companies who share a fierce vision for a brighter tomorrow. We identify emerging science and technologies that will be able to disrupt and democratize massive markets, creating innovative solutions for humanity’s greatest challenges.

Regina Center
Regina Center is a garage building located at Hospital Regina in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. There are 486 parking spaces for patients, doctors and visitors in general.

Fernando Stein
Founder & CEO
Fernando Stein has been developing business since 1992. He was CEO of Indigo Brasil and was member of the international Grand Codir since January 2018 to December 2019.
Brazilian Entrepreneur participated in the creation of several companies in the services and digital segments, and in 2008 created Network for Ideas.
He studied mechanical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and graduated as a commercial pilot. Fernando and his team invest and participate in the creation (venture building) of companies in the segment of urban mobility, energy, and digital / services.

Fernando Carboni
Executive Director
Fernando Carboni is the executive director of NI * and is responsible for the development of projects and businesses in addition to financial control and management of the company.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting, with an MBA in Business Strategy and Finance. He also studied entrepreneurship, finance and business analytics at Harvard. He has worked for more than 12 years in large companies such as Coca-Cola, Harman / Samsung and Lojas Renner.
He has participated in NI * projects since 2008 involved in the creation and development of new projects.
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Contact
Av. Carlos Gomes, 1492 | 803
Porto Alegre - Brasil
90480-001
55 51 98209 1170