Start-Up

Tekever, which is supplying drones to support Ukraine in defending itself against Russia’s war, has become Portugal’s seventh unicorn after being valued at £1Bn (€1.2Bn) following a new round of [...]

Portugal’s startups attracted €82 million of investment to March this year, but it was half of the amount invested compared to 2024. In the first three months of the year, national startups [...]

Portugal’s Sonae, through its venture capital arm Bright Pixel, has increased its investment in the French cybersecurity startup Sekoia, co-investing €26 million. “As partners of Sekoia.io since [...]

Portuguese healthtech UpHill is leading a European consortium with an €8 million investment to bring healthcare data to three million people. The project foresees the participation of around [...]

The Startup World Cup is coming to Portugal’s Unicorn Factory in September offering the chance for Portuguese startups to bag a million dollars of investment if they win their pitch in Silicon [...]

The 7th edition of Unicorn Factory Lisboa’s Scaling Up programme has kicked off with 10 new scale-ups – the largest addition to date. Unicorn Factory has already helped 58 scale-ups [...]

In Portugal just 14% of more than 4,000 startups were founded or are led by women. And in 2024 of the €48Bn of venture capital raised within the European startup ecosystem, only 12% was [...]

More than two-thirds of Portugal’s startup investors are optimistic about seed stage investments in the first half of 2025. According to Investors Portugal Barometer, this optimism is not a [...]

Seven Portuguese startup hubs including Unicorn Factory Lisboa (17th), Startup Braga (31st), Pedro Nunes Institute (42nd) enjoyed among the best rankings for Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs. [...]

Unicorn Factory Lisboa, which had 60% of Portuguese startups that raised money last year, occupied pole position in terms of the total investment raised by Portuguese startups last year. The [...]