Felipe Tiozo is Co-Founder and CTO at BeConfident, an AI-powered language learning platform that teaches English through WhatsApp and mobile apps. The company reached a valuation of R$ 530 million in just two years since its 2023 founding.

Felipe has been programming since age 10 and won the world robotics championship in 2015 in South Africa representing Brazil. He studied at Universidade Federal do ABC and won HackBrazil at Harvard/MIT with BeConfident.

Felipe and his three co-founders grew up in the outskirts of Sao Paulo and competed together in robotics competitions as children. He is passionate about software engineering, education, and people.

BeConfident raised R$ 85 million in Series A funding led by Prosus Ventures in 2026, following a R$ 2.5 million pre-seed round from Latitud and prominent angel investors. The company serves over 100,000 paying customers across 100+ countries.

BeConfident generated R$ 60 million in revenue in 2025 and aims to reach R$ 300 million in 2026, a 5x increase. The platform recently launched BeConfident Labs in partnership with Stanford University to develop advanced AI models for education.