Beta-i carried out an Ecosystem Survey to understand the evolution of the innovation market over the past 12 months among players in Portugal's tech community. The survey’s results show a growth in innovation and digital transformation projects during the pandemic....
After last year’s giant success of the Investor’s Academy we decided to bring it back. The goal is to provide participants with the unique chance to learn best practices, first-hand experiences and receive concrete help on how to define their investment roadmap from...
A quick Google search for “you are those you spend time with” reveals the most interesting results. There’s Jim Rohn’s “You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with”, there are mexican, russian, assyrian and japanese proverbs that are variations...
If you stop to think you’ll realize that life’s all about lists. You have the to-do lists, the supermarket lists, the pros and cons lists. Making lists make us feel we’re in control and that we are making the right decisions. And because we know that, last week we...
The second edition of The Journey, a 5-month program for startups to pilot innovative solutions that can be applied in addressing travel and tourism players challenges. started this week, with the support of Turismo de Portugal in partnership with Grupo Barraqueiro,...
Beta-i is joining forces with Câmara Municipal de Lisboa to empower our Community with the best Lisbon Entrepreneurship Week ever. We're opening the sessions to the community so every startup has a learning opportunity. So, from Monday May 14 until Friday May 18,...
The LIS Pitch Competition 2018 was announced alongside the rules and what the winner is taking home. The rules are simple: you have 3 minutes to pitch and 5 minutes of Q&A. The winner is taking home 1000€ (courtesy of Beta-i), two tickets for SingularityU Summit...
This third edition is even more ambitious than the previous ones. The goal still continues to be the contribution of startups and their innovative ideas to a better, smarter and more efficient city. But this year you can count with new verticals and a “SOL Lab”. The...
This year’s edition of the Lisbon Challenge, an ambitious 3 month international acceleration program for tech based startups, is launched today, with 8 startups stepping into the final stage of the program, that already includes investment. In the applications stage,...
Hauck & Aufhäuser supports for the first time the start-up accelerator program Protechting by Fosun, Fidelidade and Luz Saúde, which is already starting its third edition this year. On March 15, the launch of Protechting in Germany was announced during a business...
Applying to an open innovation program is not only about the prize money. It’s not as much about winning as it is about getting to know the corporates and getting pilots with them. Applying to an open innovation is a business decision. That was the case for...
You’re probably wondering: soft what? I’ll explain. Soft-Landing is a program for startups and tech companies that have a world scalable business. This year we are offering a Soft Landing program on TravelTech vertical as Portugal is one of the most promising...
When Ectosense participated on Protechting they ended up with a pilot with Luz Saúde. Since then they’ve come a long way, managing to secure a €1.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Saffelberg Investments, a leading Brussels-based private equity group, this...