# Kauana Yrina

> Kauana Yrina is a Curitiba-based entrepreneur, project originator and CEO of Condor Connect. Identified as Kauana Vissotto in early coverage, she developed Projeto Jovem Empresário with Daiane Pereira before helping launch the retail accelerator in July 2019. Her public work also includes entrepreneurship education, mentoring, business books, InovaRIC and speaking on innovation and applied AI.

- **Role:** Project originator and CEO at Condor Connect
- **Organizations:** Condor Connect, Projeto Jovem Empresário, Melhore Consultoria & Marketing, Instituto DNA de Inovação, UFPR extension programs, Centro Europeu, AI Labs, Sebrae, HojePR, IN-NOVA
- **Education:** Business Administration, UniCuritiba, Specialization in Marketing, FAE Business School, MBA in Leadership, Innovation and Management 4.0 (public biography), Master’s degree in innovation (public biography wording)
- **Known for:** Recruited 50 professionals against an initial target of 40 for Projeto Jovem Empresário, according to launch coverage., Helped originate Condor Connect and became its CEO., Condor Connect reported more than 200 pitches and 22 startups selected during 2019; these are organizational results.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2017** — Worked in financial analysis at HSBC, market logistics and marketing at Editora Abril, and reader-market coordination at Grupo RIC; the publisher biography does not give employment dates.
- **2017** — Coauthored Abrindo o Próprio Negócio - Minibook, published by Juruá on June 16.
- **2017** — Developed Projeto Jovem Empresário with Daiane Pereira; contemporary magazine coverage dates its launch to August 2017.
- **2019-01** — Projeto Jovem Empresário participants visited Fomento Paraná to learn about business financing.
- **2019-07** — Condor Connect opened on July 30 at Condor Pinheirinho in Curitiba; launch coverage named Kauana Vissotto as project originator and leader of startup development and mentoring.
- **2019** — Facilitated a startup workshop at UFPR’s first science, culture and innovation festival.
- **2021** — Presented InovaRIC conversations on innovation and entrepreneurship.
- **2024-10** — Co-created Inovação Humana: Transformando o Futuro with Charmoniks Heuer for Condor Connect’s fifth anniversary.
- **2025-05** — Discussed startups and entrepreneurship with advertising students at UniBrasil.
- **2026-09** — Her HojePR column addressed whether companies need more technology or better-defined problems.

## Achievements

- Recruited 50 professionals against an initial target of 40 for Projeto Jovem Empresário, according to launch coverage.
- Helped originate Condor Connect and became its CEO.
- Condor Connect reported more than 200 pitches and 22 startups selected during 2019; these are organizational results.
- By June 2024, more than 40 startups had passed through Condor Connect and six had received investment; these are dated organizational figures.
- Coauthor of Abrindo o Próprio Negócio - Minibook with Heitor Côrtes Netto.
- Listed as a coauthor on UFPR extension abstracts for the Laboratório de Inovação em Educação Empreendedora.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — HojePR lists her September 21 column asking whether a company needs more technology or a better problem.
- **2026-08** — Her August 31 HojePR column addressed putting existing knowledge into action.
- **2026-03** — UFPR published 2025 SIEPE proceedings naming her as a coauthor of a LABIEE extension abstract; it reports 12 innovation-management course cohorts during 2021–2024, with participants across 26 Brazilian states and seven countries.

## Links

- Website: https://kauanayrina.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kauanayrina/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kauanayrina
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kauanayrina/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kauana.avilabvissotto/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26