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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.

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Gaming Startups booming! Bica Studios closed seed round

Rafael Pires

Mar 31, 2015

Led by Portugal Ventures, the gaming start-up Bica Studios announced that it has closed its first seed investment round. The goal is to boost the development of new games. SMASH...

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Industries

What if tourism agents could “fight” for travelers?

Rafael Pires

Mar 9, 2015

Let me introduce you to UBEOS, a 100% Portuguese startup project aiming to provide a greater convenience to the customer when it comes to planning a trip. UBEOS was launched on...

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Entertainment

Tradiio, a music discovery platform, has raised $975,000

Rafael Pires

Mar 7, 2015

Available via the web and through iOS and Android apps, Tradiio’s free platform lets users listen to new music from up-and-coming artists, giving them virtual coins to...

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Launching

The first BMX Sensor in the World is Portuguese – Iddo

Rafael Pires

Mar 3, 2015

The BMX innovation has been dead since 1970, according to the team behind Iddo. It’s quite a long period considering the passionate community around it. Passion and lack of...

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Johnny Dash, a new endless runner game for Android

Rafael Pires

Feb 27, 2015

It looks like the Portuguese gaming community has another game to brag about. We are talking about Johnny Dash, that was released yesterday by Insane Sheep, an independent video...

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EU Mobile Challenge
Awards

NearUs and Surfstoke among the finalists of the EU Mobile Challenge

Rafael Pires

Feb 25, 2015

Two Portuguese apps got into the 6 finalist of the EU Mobile Challenge. The challenge is organized by Applied Innovation Institute (AII), the IE Business School and Mobile...

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Entertainment

Musicverb presents the live music booking management in-app

Rafael Pires

Feb 6, 2015

Let me introduce you to Rui Santos Couto, the founder of Musicverb. He is an event manager and musician. As an event manager, he has a portfolio of hundreds of events, from...

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MARE STARTUP
Launching

MARE STARTUP brought to the public today!

Rafael Pires

Feb 3, 2015

Today, the Mare Startup protocol was signed by the Faculty of Sciences - University of Lisbon, Catholic University of Portugal, Business Forum of the Sea Economy and Society of...

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Big Data

Ignidata gets into Collider’s 2015 class

Rafael Pires

Jan 23, 2015

Ignidata, from Lisbon and incubated at Startup Lisboa, is among the nine ‘Madtech’ startups that made it through the challenging application and pitching process to be...

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Events

The Portuguese Ecosystem will be part of the SXSW program

Rafael Pires

Jan 21, 2015

It was with some surprise, but definitely with a lot of satisfaction that I realised the Portuguese Startup Scene would be part of this year's SXSW, the world's largest event of...

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