A Village for Healthy Founders
Co-own infrastructure in an intentional community of founders in Florianopolis, an island in southern Brazil.
Building a Founder Village
Founder Village is developing an intentional community and infrastructure for founders looking to build successful businesses while living a healthy entrepreneurship lifestyle in Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Founded in 2023.
A network of builders who found, and founders who build
Built for the long game
Co-own real estate
Members are invited to own a share of the village's premium real estate.
Revenue share
Tokenized assets distribute operating profits back to holders.
Curated community
Experienced founders only. Signal density over scale.
One village, many doors
Each asset is operated, financed, and increasingly owned by the community it serves.
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Founder Haus
A premium beach club 80m from the ocean in Jurerê — suites, rooftop, coworking, and wellness. The home of healthy entrepreneurship.
Floripa Institute of Technology
Founder Village is one of the founding organizations of the Floripa Institute of Technology (FIT) — an independent institute advancing research, education, and policy at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and human flourishing in Florianópolis.
FIT University
Learning and upskilling programs across AI, crypto, network states, startup societies, wellness, longevity, and new space — built with universities and global faculty.
- Executive & founder programs
- Research fellowships
- University partnerships
FIT Embassy
International promotion of Florianópolis for founders, investors, digital nomads, remote company founders, and the Brazilian diaspora returning home.
- Soft-landing for founders
- Global delegations
- Diaspora engagement
FIT Cluster
Think tank and ecosystem work around AI, compute, data centers, special and digital economic zones, networks, and emerging societies.
- Policy & whitepapers
- Compute & data-center strategy
- Special zones design
What's happening in the village
Paloma Lecheta Joins Free Cities Podcast
Founder Haus co-founder Paloma Lecheta joined Timothy Allen to discuss Jurerê Internacional, healthy entrepreneurship, FloripaDEZ, and the path toward Brazil's first free-city experiment.
FloripaDEZ Reaches the 4K Supporter Mark
The Change.org campaign for FloripaDEZ is now hovering around 4,000 verified signatures, signaling growing support for a Digital Economic Zone in Florianópolis.
Founder Haus Crosses 270+ Hosted Events
Founder Haus' Luma presence now lists more than 270 hosted events, showing how often the community gathers for founder dinners, builder meetups, wellness sessions, and high-signal experiments.