Awards Protechting accelerator wins UN award for sustainable development in China Tim Hinchliffe Dec 18, 2018 The Protechting accelerator in Lisbon is awarded the "Sustainable Development 2018 Enterprise Best Practice" prize by the Chinese Network of the United Nations Global Compact... continue reading
Events Lisbon to host Business Angel Summit Tim Hinchliffe Dec 10, 2018 Lisbon is about to host the best business angels and venture capitalists in the country and Europe for the first time at the Business Angel Summit. (more…)... continue reading
Featured ‘Our ambition is to have several global acceleration programs next year’: Beta-i Tim Hinchliffe Nov 27, 2018 Portuguese accelerator Beta-i has big plans for 2019, including an expansion plan to have several global acceleration programs by next year. (more…)... continue reading
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 Amazon Web Services opens 1st office in Portugal Tim Hinchliffe Sep 25, 2018 Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announces the opening of its first office in Lisbon, Portugal, to support its growing customer base in the country. (more…)... 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
Awards Winners of European Innovation Academy 2018 surprise with social impact ideas Valentina Cullmann Aug 10, 2018 Platforms connecting homeless people with support, disabled job-seekers to the market or a community on mental illness: The winners of this year's European Innovation Academy... continue reading
Featured Call for applications: EDP to award €50K for clean energy innovation Valentina Cullmann Jul 31, 2018 Until September 10, the EDP Open Innovation Awards is accepting applications of clean energy startups to compete in a two-week accelerator program for €50,000 in funding and the... continue reading
Education ELSA AI startup for English language fluency is scouting developers in Portugal Tim Hinchliffe Jun 11, 2018 AI for language assessment startup ELSA is looking to hire developers in Portugal for its app that helps people learn English. (more…)... continue reading
Events Beta-i wants to create a ‘new consciousness’ for investing in Portuguese startups Tim Hinchliffe Jun 5, 2018 Beta-i wants to help create "a new consciousness," so that institutional investors invest more in the local startup ecosystem, both in Lisbon and in Portugal as a whole. ... continue reading
Oct 23, 2023 “ESG has gone from a marketing gimmick to now being an essential component of corporate strategy” – Eelco van der Enden at Horasis Global Meeting
