Start-Up

Indico Capital Partners has announced a new fund focused on Portuguese companies. The Indico R&D Fund is, as the name indicates, is an investment fund aimed at software companies in Portugal. [...]

The Icelandic marine technology startup Hefring Marine has raised €2.2 million in an investment round led by Faber to support its expansion plan to open an office in Portugal. The funding will [...]

Over the years innovation has been a key component to the growth and competitiveness of companies in all sectors and the wider economy, and Portugal’s pharmaceutical sector is no exception. New [...]

Investments foreseen for the Banco Português de Fomento’s (BPF) Strategic Recapitalisation Programme have fallen 10% on what had been expected at the start of November. Several companies have [...]

Portugal is now the 6th most important startup hub in Europe according to the FT, but there were signs last year that it is becoming increasingly more difficult to get venture capital funding [...]

While Portugal’s fintech ecosystem might seem small compared to other European countries, it does boast distinctive advantages including a robust tech talent pool across a wide range of technical [...]

Startup Portugal has announced the launch of its latest programme ‘Start Now, Cry Later’, a programme that aims to involve Portuguese universities in the startup community and help students with [...]

In the first quarter of 2024, publicly owned venture capital company Portugal Ventures invested €5.3 million in tourism start-ups as part of its campaign Call Turismo+Growth, an initiative from [...]

The Portuguese digital health startup Tonic App has raised €10.85 million in a new Series A investment round. The amount raised will permit the company to reinforce its investment in AI and allow [...]

The Portuguese healthtech startup UpHill has successfully raised €7 million that it will use for its overseas expansion plans to open offices in Spain and the UK. The Series A investment round [...]