Featured Portugal Tech Visa kicks-off January 1, 2019 Tim Hinchliffe Dec 19, 2018 Portugal's Tech Visa, enrolled in the National Strategy for Entrepreneurship StartUP Portugal, is set to take effect on January 1, 2019. (more…)... continue reading
Featured Portugal’s tourism budget to accelerate 450 startups with €1.5M Tim Hinchliffe Nov 13, 2018 The Portuguese government wants to position Portugal as a "hotspot country to locate investments and develop new businesses," and will allocate €1.5 million to accelerate... continue reading
Big Data Portuguese govt supports 15 AI projects for public services Tim Hinchliffe Oct 25, 2018 The Portuguese government is backing 15 new AI projects for public services to the tune of €3.8 million. (more…)... continue reading
Featured Portugal among top 25 countries for govt startup initiatives: StartupBlink Tim Hinchliffe Oct 5, 2018 A report by global startup ecosystem mapping group StartupBlink shows that Portugal is among the top 25 countries for government startup initiatives out of 125 countries. ... continue reading
Featured UN lists Portugal among world’s most developed digital services countries Tim Hinchliffe Aug 23, 2018 The UN lists Portugal as one of the countries with the "highest degree of performance'' in the world when referring to digital public services offered by the state. ... continue reading
Awards Cascais City Points app wins UN World Summit Award for govt, citizen engagement Tim Hinchliffe Mar 28, 2018 The hits keep coming for Cascais as its City Points app takes home the UN World Summit Award for digital innovation in government and citizen engagement. (more…)... continue reading
Featured The €55M Portugal Social Innovation Fund is ‘paradigm changing’ Tim Hinchliffe Mar 15, 2018 Portugal's Council of Ministers approves €55 million for the creation of a "paradigm changing" Social Innovation Fund to help finance startups and entrepreneurs. ... continue reading
Featured Portugal next on Cisco’s agenda for partnerships in nation digitization Tim Hinchliffe Mar 6, 2018 Cisco consolidated more power on Friday using its blueprint to Country Digitization Acceleration (CDA) as it signed a partnership with Portugal. (more…)... continue reading
Featured Startup Visa: The Gateway to Indian startups in Portugal Rafael Pires Jan 23, 2017 The Portuguese Government announced in India the "Startup Visa" program, on January 9th, 2017, during the India - Portugal Summit. This will be a visa facilitation program for... continue reading
Featured What does Brexit mean for Portugal, startup-wise? Daniela Monteiro Jun 29, 2016 We still don’t know what the implications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union are. Reality indicates there’s a long process to come. As many cities try to claim... 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
