Grownt
Brazil · Portugal · Colombia
The original firm: R&D tax incentives, innovation funding, M&A and digital transformation.
Grownt Global LLC
An American company with a Latin accent.
Grownt Global LLC is the Grownt group's international entity, incorporated in Florida to run executive programs, expansion and capital work between Latin America and the United States.
The origin
We come from a firm that executes
Grownt started in Brazil solving an unglamorous and very expensive problem: companies that invest in research, development and innovation and fail to capture the funding mechanisms they are entitled to use. From there came the M&A and digital transformation practices, and from sitting with boards and executive committees came a realisation: the bottleneck is rarely technical. It is a decision bottleneck.
Grownt Academy was created to attack that bottleneck. And Grownt Global exists because the frontier our clients need to understand is not in Brazil, and because running international programs, invoicing in dollars and opening the way for clients who want to grow in the United States requires a real American entity.
Why Florida
Florida is the natural bridge between Latin America and the United States: a concentration of Latin American capital in Miami, a simple and internationally recognised corporate structure, and operational proximity to the group's clients in Brazil, Portugal and Colombia.
The Grownt group
Three fronts, one thesis
Grownt Academy
Executive education
The executive education arm for innovation, with national and international immersions, courses and content.
Grownt Global
United States
The international entity: delivery of global programs, expansion and business structuring between Latin America and the United States.
Who leads
Led by working executives
Program leaders are accountable for results within companies. They bring that operating experience into the sessions.
Diego Teixeira
Founder, Grownt · Managing Member, Grownt Global LLC
Attorney admitted in Brazil and Portugal. He started out helping companies lower their tax burden and today helps them innovate, scale with method and grow with purpose.
He founded Grownt, which began as a consultancy and became a platform operating in Brazil, Portugal and Colombia, with practices in technology, consulting, M&A, venture building and new business.
He took part in the approval of more than R$ 7 billion in R&D projects through instruments such as Lei do Bem, Rota 2030 and Finep, and helped structure the first proton therapy center in Latin America.
Columnist at Jornal do Brasil on growth, innovation, incentives and artificial intelligence in business.
Fabrizio Gammino
Co-founder · Managing Member, Grownt Global LLC
Over 20 years in practice. Business administrator from FGV, certified accountant (CRC-SP 330031) and qualified fiscal board member (IBGC).
In 2009 he co-founded GT Group, an advisory company that now has about 300 professionals and works on research, development and innovation incentives in Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Colombia.
Along the way he worked on R$ 7 billion submitted to instruments such as Lei do Bem, Mover, Lei de Informática, SIFIDE and Colombia's desgravación fiscal (about 10% of the Brazilian market), and on R$ 2 billion raised in direct funding from Finep, BNDES, IAPMEI, Portugal 2030, PRR and CDTI.
He led the first advisory company with more than 200 professionals to earn ISO 56002 innovation certification, one of about 400 organizations worldwide with it, and runs innovation management projects under ISO 56001.
On the tax side, his experience covers electronic SPED audits, special customs regimes, Reintegra, state and federal incentives, ICMS-ST refunds and credit recovery in administrative and judicial proceedings.
Mentor network
Every table has a dedicated mentor throughout the immersion. The network is assembled per program, according to the profile of the cohort, and brings together working executives, technical specialists and investors.
Michelle Lane Messina
CEO, Explora International
Silicon Valley based advisor to CEOs, founders, governments and universities in more than 65 countries. Co-author of the bestseller Decoding Silicon Valley: The Insider's Guide and entrepreneurship lecturer at ISM University in Lithuania.
Darlene Damm
Lecturer, Santa Clara University · Singularity
Co-founded two of the first impact technology companies, in aerospace and drone transport. Former Faculty Chair and Vice President of Community and Impact at Singularity University. Stanford graduate with a master's from Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Sally Dominguez
Founder, XPollinate AI
Award winning Australian inventor, futurist and Singularity University faculty member. Creator of Adventurous Thinking, taught at Stanford and used by NASA and Sony. Helps companies strengthen human creativity in the age of artificial intelligence.
Joana Carrasqueira
Head of Developer Relations, Google DeepMind
Leads developer relations at Google DeepMind, covering Gemini, Gemma and Google AI Studio. A pharmacist by training with an MBA from IE Business School, she worked with governments in 47 countries before joining Google.
Lucas Estevão de Souza
Engineering Manager, Apple (via Avenue Code)
More than 17 years in technology, seven of them at Apple, leading engineering teams in Cupertino. Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, he has given more than 60 talks and mentored over 100 professionals into international careers.
More names will be announced per cohort.
Governance and structure
Structural transparency
Grownt Global LLC is a member-managed limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Florida. Ownership is split equally between its two members, both of whom hold management authority for ordinary business. Extraordinary acts, such as admitting a new member, amending the operating agreement, a merger, a substantial sale of assets or dissolution, require approval by more than half of the LLC units.
Legal nameGrownt Global LLC
Entity typeFlorida Limited Liability Company, member-managed
State filingDocument L26000316531, Florida Department of State
FormationJune 8, 2026
Operating agreementExecuted June 15, 2026
MembersDiego Silva de Carvalho Teixeira (50%) and Fabrizio Egydio Couto Gammino (50%)
Principal office7901 4th St N, Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, United States
Funding
The funding bridge
When the plan written during the program involves innovation, public instruments may lower the cost of carrying it out. Grownt works with these instruments every day. Eligibility depends on each case, and no outcome is guaranteed.
Lei do Bem (Brazil)
Federal tax incentive: companies taxed on actual profit deduct part of their research, development and technological innovation spending from income tax.
Finep (Brazil)
Federal innovation agency offering credit on its own terms and grants for innovation projects, through calls and standing lines.
Mover (Brazil)
Federal green mobility program granting financial credits to automotive supply chain companies that invest in R&D and decarbonization.
SIFIDE (Portugal)
Tax incentive system that lets companies deduct part of their research and development expenses from corporate income tax.
CDTI (Spain)
Spanish public center that funds business R&D projects with partly repayable loans and grants.
A preliminary eligibility reading is part of the programs; execution is contracted separately.
Frequently asked questions
What people usually ask
What is Grownt Global?
Grownt Global LLC is the international arm of the Grownt group. It runs Grownt Academy, with executive immersions in innovation and artificial intelligence for Latin American leaders.
Who founded Grownt?
Diego Silva de Carvalho Teixeira, founder, and Fabrizio Egydio Couto Gammino, co-founder. They are the members of Grownt Global LLC, with 50% each.
Where is the company based?
Grownt Global LLC is a Florida LLC (doc. L26000316531), formed on June 8, 2026, with its principal office at 7901 4th St N, Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, United States. The group operates in Brazil, Portugal and Colombia.
How do I hire a program?
Apply for a cohort or request an in-company proposal on the contact page, or write to academy@grownt.tech.
The next cohort is small by design
If you are accountable for an innovation decision that has stalled, start with the application. The twenty-minute conversation is free and exists so both sides can decide whether it makes sense.