Within the scope of Smart Open Lisbon platform, the Lisbon Municipality, alongside Beta-i, has launched SOL Tomorrow, a new program based on collaboration between key organizations in Portugal and startups from around the world to tackle specific social and economic...
We’re getting everything ready for the Lisbon Investment Summit but, this year things will be a bit different. We don’t to spoil too many details just yet. However, we couldn’t really get a hold of ourselves and you need to tell you this. First, as some of you might...
I know that working in fintech is challenging, to say the least. It's hard to reach the big fish in the market, you have tough legal restrictions and it's complex to obtain financial data. However, before people think that entrepreneurs building solutions in fintech...
Hey there, I’m Fabio, and I’ve been working with Beta-i, one of the best organizations in Europe focused on startups and entrepreneurs, as the Program director of SIBSPayForward, the first fintech accelerator in Portugal. Since the application process started, I have...
I just wanted to wish you a happy 2024! I know 2023 was a great year, one of those to be remembered in history. I mean, tele-transportation, first settlers in Mars, and the world's first 3D printed chocolate cake... What's not to love? Well, , let's step out of...
Last week, the muscle of the Tourism sector gathered at the school of Hospitality and Tourism in Lisbon. Representatives from Turismo de Portugal, TimeOut Market, Pestana Hotels & Resorts, and Beta-i (among others!) came together to talk about where the next...
One of the things that makes the U.S such a great place to launch a startup is the ease at which a company can scale up. Launching a startup in one part of the country is, in a lot of respects, the same as launching it another part of the country. However, in Europe...
Web Summit is a Monster. A big beautiful Monster. Its big and incredible and terrifying. If you are like me, then you’ve found yourself scrolling down and down through the endless list of speakers, summits, parties, gathering and drinks and felt a little overwhelmed....
The context is more challenging than ever. Businesses are constantly being pushed to keep up with technology advancements which evolve at such a fast pace that there’s only one way to keep up with constant change and still thrive: to have talented, skilled and...
It's not just the Web Summit who is hiring in Lisbon. At Beta-i, we're looking for a Program Director to head some of our corporate acceleration programs. The Program Director knows what a startup needs to succeed and how to field test their solution with corporate...
Web Summit is not magic. Seriously, you have to hack it. 45.000+ attendees are announced. It’s massive. Much more than a conference, it will be a whole city fuelled by enthusiasm during a full week and that’s what we should leverage on. You can easily get lost with...
This is a guest blogpost by Guilherme Guerra, co-founder of Rnters, one of our Lisbon Challenge alumni. They have just launched their new platform and they want to tell the whole story behind it. “It all began when I was travelling around Southeast Asia. I took my...
Back in January 2016, Ricardo Marvão, Co-founder and Head of Global Resources at Beta-i, had an idea. He felt that startups in Lisbon needed advanced knowledge on crucial topics to better develop their businesses. But, at the same time, they were struggling to get it...