Fashion ‘Entrepreneurship democratizes the realization of dreams’: PM Costa at Farfetch launch Tim Hinchliffe Apr 27, 2018 Speaking at the launch of Farfetch's new Dream Assembly accelerator, Portugal Prime Minister António Costa remarked that entrepreneurship democratizes the realization of... continue reading
Awards Tonic App’s ‘Google for Doctors’ named Silicon Valley’s TiE50 finalist out of 7,400 startups Tim Hinchliffe Apr 24, 2018 Portugal's own Tonic App, whose search engine is considered to be the "Google for Doctors," is named one of the top 50 startups by TiE50 with a chance to win the top startup prize... continue reading
Featured Functional drinks startup Iniu already at €234,000 in crowdfunding via Seedrs Tim Hinchliffe Apr 23, 2018 Iniu becomes the first functional drinks startup to raise equity crowdfunding through Seedrs, which is already at €234K for its frozen juice offerings. (more…)... continue reading
Featured 2 big success stories for Portugal’s hospitality startups this week Tim Hinchliffe Apr 18, 2018 Portugal's startups in the hospitality industry are flourishing with at least two success stories coming out this week. (more…)... continue reading
Enterprise Software Volkswagen acquires 90% of Lisbon software startup VTXRM Tim Hinchliffe Apr 17, 2018 Volkswagen Financial Services acquires a total of 90% of the shares of Lisbon-based software startup VTXRM. (more…)... continue reading
Featured Porto’s Sword Health raises €3.7M to develop new digital therapies Tim Hinchliffe Apr 16, 2018 Porto-born Sword Health raises €3.7 milllion in seed funding to accelerate the development of new digital therapies and to boost the startup's global growth. (more…)... continue reading
Education Meet the 21 Montepio Acredita Portugal finalists Tim Hinchliffe Apr 13, 2018 The 21 finalists for the eighth edition of Montepio Acredita Portugal are announced at the Microsoft Portugal headquarters in Lisbon. (more…)... continue reading
Big Data European Innovation Academy returns to Portugal with AI, robotics focus Tim Hinchliffe Apr 12, 2018 The 15-day European Innovation Academy Entrepreneurship Program is returning to Portugal in July with the aim of making the country a leader in AI and robotics by 2025. ... continue reading
Aerospace European Space Agency challenges Portuguese companies to ‘Oscars of Space’ competition Tim Hinchliffe Apr 10, 2018 The European Space Agency is challenging Portuguese companies to compete in the Copernicus Masters program (aka the Oscars of Space) that awards prizes to innovative solutions,... continue reading
Funding Braga startup MUB Cargo raises €500K to expand into Spain James Rosenfield Apr 6, 2018 Braga startup MUB Cargo completes a seed investment round of over €500,000 to expand operations into Spain. (more…)... continue reading
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