Weezie, a startup from Porto which specialises in Fibre Optic Network Management Solutions, is set to be Portugal’s latest ‘gazelle’ company preparing to leap into the US market. Weezie has [...]
Last year was the third best year ever for investment for Portugal Ventures. Between investments in new startups and capital injections into the companies in its pre-existing portfolios, the [...]
Preparations for first edition of ‘Scaling Up’, the programme from Unicorn Factory Lisboa targeting scaleup startups, are being finalised for its launch at the end of January says the CEO of the [...]
More than 30 ‘high-growth’ companies have applied to Lisbon Unicorn Factory’s ‘Scaling Up’ programme, with up to eight candidates expected to be selected to join its first edition, it was [...]
Portugal’s venture capital company Indico Capital Partners has invested €4 million in five startups – Famedrop, Data4Deals, Ittinsect, Inclita Seaweed Solutions and Biomimetx. Two are [...]
Court orders suspension of bank programme A programme involving the management of €500 million in funds destined for SMEs – ‘Programa Consolidar’ (Consolidate Programme) – [...]
Orthopaedic footwear company ‘Neskid 4Allfeet’ and its founder Joost Pijnenburg was chosen as the entrepreneur to be highlighted at this year’s Day of the Entrepreneur. Held on November 18, [...]
The amount of funding from venture capital companies and business angels in Lisbon startups is likely to be just over €333 million. The amount is way above the €96.8 million raised in 2021 [...]
IPLEXMED, a Braga startup which is a spinoff from the University of Minho, has won the Born from Knowledge Awards (BfK) which are attributed each year by the Portuguese National Innovation Agency [...]
With inflation pushing up the average supermarket shop to 15% since the pandemic, one innovative and sustainable startup – Raiz – has a sustainable answer: vertical farming. Text: Chris Graeme [...]
