Featured Guess which startup just received one million euros Ana Almeida Apr 27, 2015 There is a Portuguese medtech startup in the European Innovation Champions League! SWORD Health was selected for funding under Horizon 2020 SME Instrument, with a project of 1.3... continue reading
Gaming Puzzle game Colortrix launched by Arcade Thumb Rafael Pires Apr 25, 2015 Talking about games at Portugal Startups isn't something new. You probably remember the overview we did about Portuguese studios or the recent investment on Bica Studios. We no... continue reading
Featured Meet one of the first travel guide apps available on Apple Watch Rafael Pires Apr 24, 2015 More than just an ordinary watch, the Apple Watch offers all the features we can find in Apple’s smartphones, and even some extra ones. The Portuguese startup iClio, from... continue reading
Entertainment MusicYou raised 300.000€ in seed investment Ana Almeida Apr 16, 2015 MusicYou, a new Portuguese music sharing app, raised 300.000€ in seed investment. The investment round was lead by Smart Equity, with participation from Brains2Market. And as... continue reading
Featured B-Guest and MyGon invested by Portugal Ventures Daniela Monteiro Apr 13, 2015 Portugal Ventures has so far evaluated more than 730 projects submitted by more than 2240 entrepreneurs. From these, the Portuguese Venture Capital and Private Equity firm... continue reading
Industries Improving healthcare: 9 Portuguese MedTech startups Daniela Monteiro Apr 9, 2015 Innovating in the medical field is hard. The bureaucracy makes the time to market longest when compared to other fields and innovation might look impossible to achieve. The... continue reading
Exits Portuguese BestTables acquired by TripAdvisor Daniela Monteiro Apr 9, 2015 Founded in 2011, BestTables has been growing in Portugal and Brazil through their platform that allows booking tables at restaurants in real time on the website or free iOS and... continue reading
Featured Portuguese Startups bringing the internet of things to the manufacturing industry Ana Almeida Apr 7, 2015 Two Portuguese companies, Prodsmart - that focuses on developing process optimization systems for industrial production - and Sensefinity - that's specialized in integrating... continue reading
Featured 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... continue reading
Funding JOBBOX.io raised €750.000 in seed investment Ana Almeida Mar 26, 2015 JOBBOX.io, a tech hiring marketplace with a peer referral rewarding system raised €750.000 in seed investment, in a round led by Portugal Ventures and co-investment from Best... continue reading
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