ADAPTIVES

Adaptives

Build something great together.

Adaptives is the global home for kind, curious and collaborative leaders working across business, academia, innovation and society.

Extraordinary people building meaningful things together.

What is an Adaptive?

We call them Adaptives.

People who stay curious, work across differences and act when circumstances change.

Kind. Curious. Collaborative.

Adaptive fellows

They come from different sectors, disciplines and parts of the world, but share a willingness to learn, contribute and help others move forward.

The community

Meet the Adaptives

Not a directory of members — the things they are building. Projects from across the community, and the people behind them.

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Ymã
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Ymã

Community-led work out of Belém, Brazil.

Ana Luiza Souto da Costa

Arandu Technology
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Arandu Technology

A technology venture built in Belém, Brazil.

Bruna Marechal Melido Couceiro

Hortikids
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Hortikids

Growing food literacy with children in Belém, Brazil.

Letícia Menezes Torres

TEP
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TEP

A venture founded and led out of Belém, Brazil.

João Pedro Baganha

Sourcing Sprints
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Sourcing Sprints

Talent and venture scouting across Lagos, Nigeria.

Sheriff Alabi

Food Tech Hub Latam
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Food Tech Hub Latam

Building the food technology startup ecosystem across Latin America.

Giovanna Regatieri Salas

BetaLife Health
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BetaLife Health

AI platform optimizing blood supply logistics across Africa to ensure no patient dies from blood shortage.

Adaptive Fund portfolio

Myltura
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Myltura

Digital healthcare platform offering virtual consultations, home lab testing, and healthcare financing in Nigeria.

Adaptive Fund portfolio

Brydge
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Brydge

B2B trade platform enabling seamless cross-border payments and procurement across 42 African countries.

Adaptive Fund portfolio

Kaizen Voiz
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Kaizen Voiz

AI-powered voice biometric authentication that replaces passwords with secure voice verification.

Adaptive Fund portfolio

Programs

Challenges worth solving.

Adaptives work together on challenges that matter — from sustainable development and responsible AI to healthcare, education, resilient cities and economic opportunity.

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Adaptive Global Fellowship
Global Programs

Adaptive Global Fellowship

Can early-career leaders build adaptability as a core skill to add value to organizations from Day One?
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Adaptive Intelligence
Global Programs

Adaptive Intelligence

Can a selective executive community of kind, curious, and collaborative leaders invest in each other?

In numbers

From connection to action.

Adaptives has grown through relationships, programs, events and collaborative work across regions.

  • 6
    Adaptive programs, from Fellowship to the Angel Network
  • 23+
    fellows and portfolio founders supported to date
  • 3
    global regions — led from Latin America, expanding to Europe and Asia

Where we build

Where Adaptives are building

Rooted in Latin America, active across Africa, the Middle East and North America — and expanding to Europe and Asia.

What will you build with us?

The world’s most interesting people shouldn’t just know one another. They should build together.