ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or ApexBrasil (Portuguese: Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos), is both the trade promotion organisation (TPO) and the investment promotion agency (IPA) of Brazil. Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of the micro- and small business support organisation SEBRAE, ApexBrasil became in 2003 an autonomous non-profit entity funded by the private sector and supervised by the Federal Government of Brazil.