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Experts Dedicated to Making Your Move to Brazil Simple and Secure
At StartBrazil, we streamline your journey from investment to permanent residency — connecting international entrepreneurs to Brazil’s most promising startups and guiding you every step of the way with trusted legal support, vetted opportunities, and a tailored roadmap.
About StartBrazil
StartBrazil helps international professionals, founders, and families obtain Brazilian residency through established legal pathways, including digital nomad and investment-based options. Brazil offers credible and accessible residency programs for foreigners—but navigating them in practice is rarely simple. Requirements are spread across institutions, timelines are unclear, and the coordination required between countries is often underestimated.
We exist to bridge that gap.
We actively facilitate Brazilian residency by helping clients prepare, structure, and coordinate their applications from outside Brazil, while working in close collaboration with OAB-licensed Brazilian legal professionals who handle all in-country legal work. Our role is to bring clarity, continuity, and momentum to what is otherwise a complex, multi-step process.
Whether a client is a remote professional seeking flexibility, or a founder or investor pursuing a long-term residency strategy that can extend to their family, StartBrazil turns Brazil’s legal frameworks into a clear, executable plan.
Residency Pathways
We Support
StartBrazil helps clients identify the right pathway, understand the real requirements, and move forward efficiently.
Digital Nomad Residency
For remote professionals earning income abroad who want legal residency, flexibility, and the ability to live in Brazil without making a local investment.
Investment & Startup Residency
For founders, investors, and families seeking long-term optionality. This pathway combines a qualifying investment with a residency strategy that can transition to permanent status over time.
Daniel ATZ
About the Founder
StartBrazil was founded by Daniel Atz, a U.S.-based entrepreneur and researcher with nearly a decade of experience in global mobility, cross-border operations, and citizenship strategy.
Daniel’s engagement with Brazil began in 2014 and deepened through years of language study, professional collaboration, and institutional research. That same year, he obtained dual citizenship through ancestry in Luxembourg—an experience that shaped his understanding of residency and citizenship as long-term strategic assets rather than one-time legal events.
Before launching StartBrazil, Daniel worked in international trade in New York, supporting European startups expanding into the U.S. market. In 2019, he founded LuxCitizenship, a platform that has helped more than 3,000 Americans successfully reclaim EU dual citizenship and move abroad through ancestry-based pathways.
In the Media
Daniel is frequently cited by international media on topics related to dual citizenship, global mobility, and cross-border migration trends. His work has expanded beyond individual cases into large-scale demographic research on European diaspora communities, including Brazil.
In 2025, Daniel personally navigated the process of establishing a company and pursuing residency in Brazil as a foreign founder. That firsthand experience directly informs StartBrazil’s practical, execution-focused approach today.
Daniel Atz and his work have been featured and cited by international media outlets, including:
Related Ventures
StartBrazil is part of a broader ecosystem of projects founded by Daniel Atz focused on global mobility and international life planning. Together, these ventures reflect a long-term commitment to making global mobility intelligible, credible, and achievable.
LuxCitizenship
Citizenship by ancestry services, with over 3,000 successful cases
Citizenship.eu
A pan-European platform analyzing citizenship eligibility across multiple EU countries
American Emigration Review (AER)
A research and media project tracking Americans moving abroad and global migration trends
StartBrazil's Team
How We Work
StartBrazil is legally based in the USA. We are not a Brazilian law firm. All legal representation and formal filings in Brazil are handled exclusively by our partners, OAB-licensed Brazilian legal practitioners.
Our role is active and hands-on:
We help clients choose the right residency pathway
We prepare them for what the process actually involves
We coordinate documentation, timelines, and expectations
We work alongside trusted partners to move cases forward
For our clients, Brazilian residency is not theoretical. It is a concrete outcome tied to flexibility, opportunity, and long-term security.
Start Your Journey
to Brazil Today
Join the growing movement of people securing Brazilian residency. Limited capacity in our inaugural program means early access is essential for priority consideration.
