Entrepreneurs Meeting Ray Chan, CEO of 9GAG Ana Almeida Apr 22, 2015 One doesn't simply bump into the CEO of 9GAG, and miss the chance for an interview! Ray Chan was at Go Youth Conference last weekend in Lisbon, and even though he's not... continue reading
Featured Portugal in the eyes of international VCs Inês Silva Apr 20, 2015 It’s not everyday that you have big international VC firms talking and meeting Portuguese startups and founders. That was what happened in the past two days at the... continue reading
Events Startup Braga Acceleration is on again Daniela Monteiro Apr 20, 2015 The first edition of the Startup Braga acceleration program ended on January 29th with interesting results: the 7 teams that participated were able to raise over €1.7M and... continue reading
Events Leveraging Youth With a Conference Ana Almeida Apr 19, 2015 Go Youth Conference (GYC), created by and for young entrepreneurs, happened during this weekend in Lisbon, and PortugalStartups.com couldn’t miss it. Tiago Vidal, who created... continue reading
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
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
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