By the end of 2020, Beta-i has made what most of us do when the year reaches its end: a retrospective and look into the future. We have reached some conclusions and made sure our clients, the ones that accompanied us throughout the unusual months of 2020, knew what...
The use of APIs will accelerate the digital transformation of the financial landscape already sparked by the emergence of financial technology (or FinTech) companies. Open Banking is just around the corner for European countries, with banks having to open up their...
After 10 weeks of intensive work and mentorship, the eight startups from Lisbon Challenge found out which ones were getting an investment, but there were no winners or losers, because even the ones who weren’t invested have already closed their first pilots and are...
A quick visit to Slush's website and you will read that the event happens during what is the sh*ttiest weather season of the year. I have never been in Finland before so I don’t know if it can get any sh*ttier, but let me tell you: it is cold. They claim nothing...
For those who are not familiar with the PyData Meetup we’ll explain it: it’s a program from NumFocus, a non-profit in the United States that supports and promotes world-class, innovative and open source scientific computing. It started as a workshop in 2012 with...
It was 7 a.m. last Tuesday when the eight startups from Lisbon Challenge took the train to Aveiro. Waiting for them they had Adriana Costa, Director of IEUA - Incubadora de Empresas da Universidade de Aveiro, and Cândida Cardoso, Manager of Incubation Services, who...
It is not every day that you get the chance to have two Google mentors giving your startup insights on digital strategy, and when you have them for two intensive days, that it is even better! That is exactly what the eight startups from the 8th edition of the Lisbon...
Say what you will, but the fact is the Web Summit was a huge moment for the Portuguese tech and corporate community. We saw it with our own eyes since 3 of our acceleration programs were parked there. SIBS PAYFORWARD The commitment of SIBS with startup interaction was...
As an accelerator, we view our path as similar to a startup's path. We have a hypothesis of how we should run things, we test it, measure it, see room for improvements, and re-launch it. This has been our routine for the past 8 editions. Now, as we are kicking off the...
When Jason Calacanis, “arguably the world’s greatest angel investor”, is asked whether you must be located in Silicon Valley to be a successful angel investor, his answer is an emphatic “yes!” According to him, if you’re not it’s ridiculously hard to get any...
The week before last, more than 2,100 startups from across the globe gathered at Web Summit. 150 of those were Portuguese startups selected for the Alpha startup programme. To best prepare them Startup Portugal and Web Summit, with the support of Beta-i, organized the...
Last week, Lisbon was host to the world’s largest tech conference, the Web Summit. As a result, tens of thousands of people from the tech community made their way to our vibrant capital. To welcome international guests, Beta-i organized a side event. We brought...
techcare, a program developed by Novartis in partnership with Deloitte Digital and Beta-i, started its Bootcamp this week with 11 ambitious startups willing to make a difference in the health ecosystem. Until November 17 all startups have the opportunity to develop...