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Author: Rafael Pires

Curious tech guy exploring the entrepreneurship world, with a passion for design and photography! Co-founder of Startup X, a non-profit organization responsible for programs like Startup Pirates, Startup Pirates Enterprise and PortugalStartups.com. Enthusiastic about sharing ideas and experiences. Host at Porto Startup Coffee Meetup.

Startup League at WebSummit
Events

Portuguese startups shine with the Startup League at the Web Summit

Rafael Pires

Dec 2, 2016

In September we introduced you to the Startup League, an initiative by domain name registry Radix, that successfully sponsored 15 startups at the recently concluded Web Summit....

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Featured

Kinematix Closes Series C investment Round

Rafael Pires

Nov 25, 2016

Kinematix, a Porto-based technology start-up, announced that they have closed a Series C round of funding with current investor, Portugal Ventures, for $2 million. This brings...

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Magik Play Kids
Education

Magik Play hits the market at the world’s biggest online store

Rafael Pires

Nov 24, 2016

Magikbee, the iPad smart toys startup, was selected to be part of the Amazon Launchpad program in the UK. Magik Play, the startup first smart toy, introduces a special type of...

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knok team
Featured

knok healthcare raises £300k seed round and start international expansion

Rafael Pires

Nov 9, 2016

knok is pleased to announce the completion of its Seed Round totalling £300,000 to expand in Portugal and other countries. knok is an ‘Uber-style’ private health care...

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sibspayforward
Featured

Discover SIBS PayForward, the accelerator for FinTechs

Rafael Pires

Nov 9, 2016

SIBS is glad to announce, in partnership with Beta-i, that the applications for the SIBS PayForward, an innovate accelerator for FinTechs, are open. This is the first program of...

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Aptoide App Awards
Awards

20 portuguese apps running for the Aptoide App Awards

Rafael Pires

Nov 4, 2016

Portuguese Aptoide, 3rd biggest app store in the world, launched the Aptoide App Awards to roll out the red carpet for the best Portuguese Android apps. From a total of 1.000...

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Entertainment

NEXT360: The 360 Virtual Reality Live Streaming Platform

Rafael Pires

Oct 31, 2016

SeatWish is launching publicly NEXT360, a multi-camera platform to monetize live streams in 360 / Virtual Reality, on 8th November during the Web Summit in Lisbon. NEXT360...

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stylesage vogue
Big Data

Sonae IM invests in StyleSage’s Series Seed $2 Million USD Round

Rafael Pires

Oct 21, 2016

Sonae IM, Sonae’s Corporate VC, invested in StyleSage, an US-based machine learning and image recognition company that delivers data-driven insights to retailers and brands to...

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Startup Nano
Featured

Startup Nano, the program for a thousand million opportunities

Rafael Pires

Oct 21, 2016

Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology with applications in all industrial and societal sectors. Even if the nanoscale per se is not visible to the human eye, the effects of...

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industrial plant prodsmart
Awards

Prodsmart is in the running for EIT Digital Challenge 2016

Rafael Pires

Oct 14, 2016

The Portuguese startup Prodsmart has been selected to compete in the EIT Digital Challenge final in the category “Digital Industry”. The company with headquarters in...

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