Featured ASA – The new Startup Accelerator on the block Rafael Pires Apr 17, 2015 The Portuguese startup scene is growing at a fast pace. Besides the investment wave we saw during the last weeks, all the news we get every single day are a good proof of that.... continue reading
Entertainment MusicYou raised 300.000€ in seed investment Ana Almeida Apr 16, 2015 MusicYou, a new Portuguese music sharing app, raised 300.000€ in seed investment. The investment round was lead by Smart Equity, with participation from Brains2Market. And as... continue reading
Featured Shark Tank Week 4 Checkpoint: Facts and Figures Daniela Monteiro Apr 15, 2015 There were a lot of rumors and some guessing about the businesses presenting at Shark Tank. After some expectation, the TV show aired on March 22nd. Now, 4 episodes later, can... continue reading
Featured B-Guest and MyGon invested by Portugal Ventures Daniela Monteiro Apr 13, 2015 Portugal Ventures has so far evaluated more than 730 projects submitted by more than 2240 entrepreneurs. From these, the Portuguese Venture Capital and Private Equity firm... continue reading
Events Startup Braga takes London by storm Inês Silva Apr 13, 2015 Last week, 6 startups from the first edition of the Startup Braga ’s Acceleration Program spent the week in London meeting entrepreneurs, investors and potential clients. The... continue reading
Exits Portuguese BestTables acquired by TripAdvisor Daniela Monteiro Apr 9, 2015 Founded in 2011, BestTables has been growing in Portugal and Brazil through their platform that allows booking tables at restaurants in real time on the website or free iOS and... continue reading
Featured Portuguese Startups bringing the internet of things to the manufacturing industry Ana Almeida Apr 7, 2015 Two Portuguese companies, Prodsmart - that focuses on developing process optimization systems for industrial production - and Sensefinity - that's specialized in integrating... continue reading
Events Smart windows, avatars, bees and more – the first Business Ignition Programme Daniela Monteiro Apr 6, 2015 The University of Porto claims itself as a Research University, a place where the teachers and the students are involved in a creative process of knowledge production and... continue reading
Funding PortugalStartups.com closes a €100K seed round [April Fools’] Daniela Monteiro Apr 1, 2015 We are glad to announce that today we closed a €100K seed round from a group of undisclosed Portuguese tech entrepreneurs. We launched this blog in October with the goal of... continue reading
Featured Gaming Startups booming! Bica Studios closed seed round Rafael Pires Mar 31, 2015 Led by Portugal Ventures, the gaming start-up Bica Studios announced that it has closed its first seed investment round. The goal is to boost the development of new games. SMASH... continue reading
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