From December 1 to 4, bring your startup's challenges into conversations with people building what comes next. Four days of immersion, visits and connections, curated and guided by NewHack.
limited seats · curated selection
Each destination has its own itinerary, seats and investment. You can apply for one or more, depending on your moment.
FINAL 2026 EDITIONSilicon ValleyDecember 1 to 4, 2026
Where technology, capital and product form high-growth companies. The culture of risk, speed and ambition that defined the Valley, experienced from the inside.
CURATED BY NEWHACKLisbon · Web SummitNovember 9 to 13, 2026
Web Summit: November 9 to 12. NewHack programme: November 9 to 13. Official event ↗
Join NewHack's curated programme and side events during Web Summit week in Lisbon. An agenda to connect founders, share insights and start new conversations with the global ecosystem.
APPLICATIONS OPENChinaMarch 22 to 26, 2027
Scale, speed and infrastructure. China concentrates the advances in AI, cloud, data centers and new industrial arrangements that are redrawing the global economy.
New destinations every edition
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Missão AASP: the innovation agenda for the legal community
A dedicated agenda for the legal community, in partnership with AASP. Itineraries connecting AI, startups and venture capital to legal practice. See destinations, dates and terms on the program page.
→ Discover Missão AASPInside the companies and communities building the Valley. These were some of the stops on our previous missions.
The itinerary has also included Stanford, UC Berkeley and the Computer History Museum.
Visits from October 2025 and April 2026. The December itinerary will be curated for the new group.
Curation connects the itinerary with the group's challenges. There is time to ask questions, compare approaches and discuss how what you see could apply to your business.
Visits to companies, funds and universities at the heart of innovation.
Living the ecosystem from the inside, not as a tourist, but as someone who will build there.
Connections with global founders, investors and operators, and with the group itself.
Close encounters with people who have already built what you want to build.
Founders, operators and investors who shared their experience with our groups.
NVIDIA
LinkedIn
GitHub
LinkedIn
Microsoft
LinkedIn
Adobe
LinkedIn
Netflix
LinkedIn
Cursor
LinkedIn
Persona
LinkedIn
ElectricFish
LinkedIn
Circuit Launch
LinkedIn
Foley & Lardner
LinkedIn
Across Capital
LinkedIn
Birdie
LinkedIn
UC Berkeley
LinkedIn
AWS
LinkedInCompanies and meeting venues refer to the time of each mission. The people shown here are part of our history, not confirmed guests for December.
Meetings, visits and conversations that carry on long after the trip. Real moments from previous editions.
Your next conversations could start here.
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Rodrigo Terron
Founder · NewHack and Entrypoint
Co-founder and former CEO of Shawee, he served as COO and CEO of Rocketseat after the companies merged in 2020. He launched NewHack in 2024 and is now a founder of NewHack and Entrypoint, connecting entrepreneurs to programs and international immersions.
Paulo Braga
Founder · NewHack and Entrypoint
12 years in venture capital and corporate venture, with experience at Wayra (Vivo's CVC), Eurofarma and Grupo Boticário. He brings the capital and global-market perspective founders find on the missions.
Share your destination of interest and your startup's stage. Our team will explain the itinerary, investment and next steps in the selection process.
It is an immersion that takes a curated group of Brazilian founders to the world's leading innovation hubs, to experience from the inside how frontier technology is built. Our agenda includes Lisbon during Web Summit in November 2026, Silicon Valley in December 2026 and China in March 2027.
The NewHack programme in Lisbon runs from November 9 to 13, 2026. Web Summit takes place from November 9 to 12. Our final Silicon Valley mission of 2026 runs from December 1 to 4 (4 days). The China mission runs from March 22 to 26, 2027 (5 days).
Seats are limited and selection is curated by NewHack. You apply, tell us about your startup and your moment, and the team evaluates the fit with the group.
For founders who already have a startup with traction and want to think globally, understand how the big ecosystems work and be in a curated room of entrepreneurs at their level.
Yes. Each destination has its own itinerary, seats and investment, and you can apply for one or more depending on your moment.
Yes. Missão AASP is NewHack's mission agenda in partnership with AASP (the São Paulo Lawyers Association), with itineraries in São Paulo, Silicon Valley and China, designed to translate AI, startups and venture capital into legal practice. Learn more at missao-aasp.newhack.vc.
Choose your destination and leave your contact details. Our team will explain the itinerary, investment and next steps. You can share your startup context afterwards.