Education SingularityU Portugal launches in Cascais Tim Hinchliffe Oct 9, 2018 Singularity University, together with Beta-i, Nova School of Business and Economics, and the Câmara Municipal de Cascais launch SingularityU Portugal in Cascais. ... continue reading
Featured Digital identity manager Dashlane opens office in Lisbon, plans to make 40 new hires Tim Hinchliffe Oct 8, 2018 Dashlane, the creators of a digital identity management app, today opens an office in Lisbon with plans to make 40 new hires over the next 18 months. (more…)... continue reading
Awards Portugal’s 1st GovTech for Humanity Contest voted on blockchain has 6 finalists Tim Hinchliffe Oct 4, 2018 After reviewing 113 projects, Portugal's €30,000 GovTech contest for solving the problems of humanity selects six finalists after voting on the blockchain. (more…)... continue reading
Enterprise Software Talkdesk is Portugal’s next unicorn, raises $100M with over $1B evaluation Tim Hinchliffe Oct 3, 2018 Portugal has a new unicorn. Talkdesk raises $100 million while being valued at over $1 billion. (more…)... continue reading
Featured EDP Open Innovation accelerator selects 10 startups from 10 different countries Tim Hinchliffe Oct 1, 2018 EDP Open Innovation, an acceleration project that joins Energias de Portugal (EDP) and Expresso, selects 10 finalist startups from 10 different countries for this year's... continue reading
Featured 7 Portuguese startups kick off 1st ‘blue bio economy’ accelerator Valentina Cullmann Sep 27, 2018 Oceano Azul Foundation and Gulbenkian Foundation selected 7 Portuguese startups to kick off 'Blue Bio Value' , the country's first accelerator program aiming to save marine... continue reading
E-Commerce Amazon taps WeDo to leverage AWS against fraud for ‘Tier-1 North American Telecom’ Tim Hinchliffe Sep 26, 2018 Amazon reaches an agreement with Lisbon-based WeDo Technologies, turning the Sonae Group company into a supplier of technology solutions for revenue assurance and fraud and risk... continue reading
Featured Tourism innovators from 10 countries on ‘The Journey’ to Portugal Valentina Cullmann Sep 24, 2018 14 Startups from Singapore to Colombia came all the way to Portugal for the tourism startup bootcamp "The Journey' powered by beta-i and Turismo de Portugal. (more…)... continue reading
Exits Farfetch IPO raises €754M, new shareholder PETA says ‘stop selling fur’ Tim Hinchliffe Sep 24, 2018 Portugal's first unicorn, luxury fashion platform Farfetch, raises €754 million ($885 million) in its Initial Public Offering on Friday while animal rights group PETA urges... continue reading
Awards InnoEnergy competition lures startups with €100k award Valentina Cullmann Sep 24, 2018 InnoEnergy's global startup acceleration program calls for energy storage ideas to compete for €100,000 award. (more…)... continue reading
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