ICT Science, Technology and Innovation Institute
Qualified as an ICT under Brazilian Federal Law No. 10,973/2004, based in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais. We connect startups, companies, government and academia across four service lines: technical events, grant funding, startup support and coworking.
Each of the Institute's services exists to solve a concrete bottleneck for those innovating in the North Corridor — access, resources, method and place.
Access to the agenda that moves the region, from VN Summit to recurring business roundtables and technical meetups throughout the year.
From mapping the right call for proposals to submission and reporting, backed by the ICT accreditation that unlocks exclusive funding lines.
Scientific method applied to business: market validation, data and experiments that reduce the risk of scaling.
A physical space in the middle of the network you want to reach, to work close to those building innovation in the region.
Saint Lake Valley began as a movement of entrepreneurs, researchers and public managers who wanted to put the North Corridor on the innovation map. Four years later, the movement became an institution: we are formally a Science, Technology and Innovation Institute, based in Lagoa Santa.
That changes what we can deliver. As an ICT, we access funding lines closed to ordinary companies, sign R&D projects with methodological rigor, and transfer technology with legal certainty.
VN Summit is one of the Institute's four service lines — the one that physically brings the network together once a year. The rest of our activity is captured in the indicators in the next section.
VN Summit debuted in 2025 and is now the Institute's events line. The numbers below describe that edition specifically — not the Institute's overall activity across grants, startups and coworking.
Describe the problem, the grant call you're interested in, or your startup's stage. The Institute's technical team does the initial assessment and returns with a work plan.