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Empreendedor XXI

CaixaBank and BPI have recently launched the 15th edition of the Empreendedor XXI Awards (PEXXI) andThe Venture Builder is actively promoting it.  With more than 250,000 Euros available, the prizes fall into different categories, aiming to address the following challenges: sustainable cities (CidadeXXI), environmental sustainability (PlanetaXXI), hotels and tourism (ViveXXI), agrifood (SementeXXI), financial sector (BancaXXI),…
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Who is going to be the next Unicorn?

Portugal had the highest number of startups represented at this year’s WebSummit. In fact, Portugal has managed to become in the past years a country which, given its relatively small size, concentrates a lot of tech-related value. In the past decade a couple of unicorns were born in Portugal… although you can not find them…
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Fractaal

Fractaal is a social network cluster formed by several specific semantic networks. Vertical Social networks are starting to emerge as a response to the need for spaces where users can interact and socialize with people who share their interests.  Fractaal can be adapted to various markets or topics, resulting in a conglomerate of exclusive Subnets…
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Podium Dedication (Tradenergy)

Podium is a Portuguese Startup that is a result of The Venture Builder´s innovative Softlanding Program of TradEnergy, from Brazilian origin. The Venture Builder´s Softlanding is a tailor-made program to help startups and scaleups enter the European markets. Is an Program that helps startups quickly adapt to the European markets by understanding how to do…
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BestRide

BestRide (APP+WEB platform) is a new sales channel to solve various problems in the tourism and cultural entertainment services, affecting clients, professionals, residents, businesses, city halls, authorities like the police, Government, traffic and consequent pollution levels. It includes training, specialized publications (B2B/B2C) and a marketplace. In the catalogue, where professionals can build and show their…
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Softlanding Talks in WebSummit 2021

Congratulations if you were among one of the 1528 approved startups. Being the largest startup event in the world,  WebSummit is all about startups and investors. So, with the startup package you are automatically added to the Investor Meetings portal, this is where investors view the startup profiles and select those they would most like…
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South Summit 2021

The South Summit event is back! This year targeting  projects oriented to sustainable and digital transformation. The event will be hosted on the  5th, 6th and 7th of October, in person and online. While the face to face live event -where all the major networking, matchmaking and startup exhibitions take place- will be held in…
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2021 Innovation Call Open Now!

Are you looking for substantial funding to meet your European ambitions? Do you want to move your startup to the most dynamic startup ecosystem in Europe and have access to these unbeatable funds? Have you got what it takes to boost the growth of your company ? Then you are a perfect fit to apply…
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2nd Deep Tech Call

Portugal Ventures is opening a second “window” for  Deep Tech call submission.  Now, besides targeting the development of business solutions in Digital Identity, Security, Software development, Data, Infrastructure, DevOps, it includes FinTech as well.  For this window, funds available  will be between 250,000 and 1 million euros. Startups wishing to apply must be legally-incorporated with…
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Softlanding for Tech Startups

In this new event, you’ll learn everything you need to know to launch, relocate or expand your tech business in Portugal.  We will introduce to you Opportunities for Scaling-up in Europe, especially  The Venture Builder Scaling up Methodology – three steps approach to succeed in Europe, how to make use of Portugal as an effective…
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