Unicorns

Text & Photo: Chris Graeme Portugal’s technology startup market is too small to be anything more than a pilot according to Pedro Ribeiro Santos of Armilar Venture Partners who spoke at the [...]

Iterable, a multi-channel marketing company using AI technology has opened an office at Unicorn Factory Lisboa with plans to hire over 100 people over the next few years. Based in San Francisco, [...]

From healthcare and content streaming to sustainable proteins made from bio-organisms, the steady flow of technology startups and scale-ups moving to Lisbon from Europe and the US seems [...]

Unicorn Factory Lisboa is one of the reasons why Portugal is considered by the Financial Times as the 6th best ecosystem for startups and scaleups in Europe. Essential Business interviews CEO Gil [...]

Eight new technology companies have been integrated the ‘Scaling Up’ programme at Lisbon Unicorn Factory. They are Aptiv.io, Dig-In, Get More Brain, Lovys, MeetGeek, Musiversal, MyCareforce and [...]

Farfetch, the former unicorn with Portuguese DNA, has seen 50% knocked off the value of its shares over the past two days because of investor fears over a shrinking margin and accumulated debts [...]

Lisbon’s Unicorn Factory, based in the Beato neighbourhood in the capital, is working on expanding into new innovation districts in Lisbon based on vertical thematics. Reports ECO online news, [...]

For the past eight years Lisbon has become a magnet for talented startup entrepreneurs, technology professionals, digital nomads and relocaters from all over the world. Thanks partly to generous [...]

Venture Capital has become increasingly more important in Portugal to secure finance and investment for startups and small companies in technology areas for growth. Stephan Morais of Indico [...]

The healthcare unicorn Sword Health is to hire 300 professionals throughout this year. The company started by Vírgilio Bento (pictured), which is considered a Harvard Business School case study, [...]