Web Summit’s Ultimate Guide to Lisbon’s Startup Scene

Web Summit’s Ultimate Guide to Lisbon’s Startup Scene

by | Mar 16, 2016 | Featured

Lisbon Startup Scene

If Portugal(’s fame) in the last decades was still deeply attached to a past generation of explorers and remarkable sailing ventures, the last few years put Portugal and Lisbon again under the spotlight due to a rising community of adventurers and creators who have built a strong startup scene.

Crowned “European Capital of Entrepreneurship of 2015”, Lisbon welcomes the Web Summit next November, and the world’s top tech conference just shared a must read guide: “Lisbon: The Startup City Guide” with the help of some key influencers.

One of them, our own President, Pedro Rocha Vieira, starts by clarifying where Lisbon stands: “We are a far cry from the zombie lifestyles of some of the bigger tech hubs. We don’t need to be the Silicon Valley of Europe, we can be Lisbon”.

A great motto that highlights the city’s strong identity – where you’ll find a mixture of solid ideas, top talent and a hardworking network of accelerators, incubators, investors and mentors, topped with a great quality of life and low costs of living.

For instance Uniplaces, mentioned for their recent 24$ million Series A funding, was one of Lisbon’s Challenge Alumni that extracted the most out of all these resources available in the ecosystem.

So, whether if you’re a local or coming to Lisbon anytime soon, having a startup or waiting for your own leap of faith, Emer Henderson’s guide is definitely a must read. Learn about all the resources, main players, programs and events happening on a daily basis and feel free to reach us to know more about our own initiatives at Beta-i here.

What’s your point of view on Lisbon’s startup scene when compared to other renowned tech hubs?

 

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Portuguese Startup Manifesto – Join the Movement

Portuguese Startup Manifesto – Join the Movement

by | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

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The national movement already started!

Check how can you join and manifest yourself!

The Portuguese Startup Manifesto movement was launched during the Startup Europe Week 2016 @LISBOA.

If you didn’t have the opportunity to join the event, here’s an update of the ongoing project.

Several parties from the entrepreneurship ecosystem came together, such as incubators, accelerators, business angels, entrepreneurs, government members, and after presenting the arguments that led to the decision of incorporating Portugal in the European Startup Manifesto movement, this community movement was launched.

During the next four months the Portuguese startup scene will work hard and raise its voice to express all their challenges and innovative ideas, to boost the growth and sustainability of this ecosystem in Portugal.

Here you can have a look at the overall planning for this project that will be presented at the Startup Europe Summit in Berlin, in the beginning of June.   

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Speak Now. You will be heard.

The Portuguese Startup Manifesto is a document created by the startup community and for the community.

Be part of this, follow the movement, share your opinion on social media, using the hashtag #PTstartupmanifesto and engage in an active discussion at the nearest event.

This is the time to be a change-maker, take advantage of this opportunity. 

P.S.: Remember that on the 2nd of March we’ll be in Braga for a small meet-up to listen to your ideas on how to make the Portuguese startup scene greater.  

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