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Portuguese startup Tally is disrupting the accounting sector by offering an AI-driven platform that replaces traditional accounting firms for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on treasury and tax compliance automation.
Startup Portugal aims to foster the creation of eight additional unicorn companies in the country over the coming decade.
The organization aims to foster the growth of eight additional unicorn companies in Portugal over the coming decade.
A list of 10 Portuguese startups, including those featured in the Forbes Portugal 30 Under 30 list, will be present at San Francisco Tech Week.
Angels Way has added four Portuguese startups—Lampsy, Intuitivo, Smashpro, and UpSpeech—to its investment portfolio, with each receiving 50,000 euros. This brings the fund's total capital invested in early-stage national tech companies to 750,000 euros. The fund, managed by OW Ventures and supervised by the CMVM, operates through a community of 436 small investors who actively participate in the identification and analysis of projects. The startups operate in diverse sectors, including health, education, and sports, all leveraging artificial intelligence and aiming for international expansion.
Lampsy, Intuitivo, Smashpro and UpSpeech are the new bets of Angels Way, bringing the total to 15 startups and 750 thousand euros already allocated by this collective of more than 400 small investors to the national startup ecosystem. Composed of a community of 436 angel investors, Angels Way is one of the funds...
The Portuguese company Tekever continues its international expansion with the acquisition of a company that developed a system to enhance the cargo transport capacity of drones.
The Portuguese-Brazilian company SheerMe was created to connect beauty salons to customers. Now, with the support of L’Oréal, the goal is to strengthen the market in Brazil, where the brand is participating in the Startup Summit.
Startup Portugal has announced that five startups will participate in the Startup Summit in Florianópolis from 26 to 28 August. These companies collectively employ 134 people and have secured over 18 million euros in funding. The selected startups operate in sectors including energy, health, AI, HR, and entertainment. The delegation includes Enline, coalex.ai, Deeploy, sheerME, and Good Casting. Pedro Sacramento, Head of Operations & Internationalization at Startup Portugal, highlighted Brazil as a strategic market for Portuguese startups due to cultural proximity and growth potential. This initiative is part of the Business Abroad programme, which has supported 120 participations in international conferences throughout 2026.
Startup Portugal is showcasing five Portuguese companies in Brazil, highlighting their success in securing more than 18 million euros in funding.
The governor of Hsinchu, home to the world's largest semiconductor companies, met with mayors with the goal of identifying projects that can be developed in partnership.
Visor.ai is a Portuguese company specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) for customer service. One of the clients it has been working with is the Ageas Portugal Group, which has “one of the largest contact centres” in the country. The startup's CEO admits that, “often”, there is a desire to “implement AI to reduce costs”, but there is a path...
Neuraspace has raised an investment of 15.6 million euros, which will be used to “accelerate the international expansion” of the company that uses AI for space surveillance and traffic management.
Launched in São Paulo and Lisbon, the HISIC 2026 distributes 200 million yuan (approximately 25 million euros or 150 million reais) in prizes and brings Portuguese-speaking companies to the Chinese market.
The venture capital firm has allocated 2.1 million euros to support 14 emerging companies.
Portugal Ventures has allocated 2.1 million euros to support 14 startups during the fifth iteration of its INNOV-ID funding programme.
The next competition between countries will not just be for investment. It will be about the ability to convince the best people to build their future there.
Cascade has concluded a funding round of over three million euros to help construction companies win more projects using artificial intelligence (AI). Indico Capital Partners participated in the round. “Every company we work with can point to a project they should have won, but never even had the opportunity to know that...”
Although Portugal is strengthening investment in innovation and entrepreneurship, the blue economy continues to represent only a small slice of that financial effort. Of the approximately 537 million euros channelled to startups through Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) programmes, managed by the Portuguese Development Bank, only about 5%...
This time Portugal will not be left out and will participate in the second phase of the European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI 2.0), a mega-fund from the European Investment Bank that invests in European startups to create future unicorns. The first phase of the ETCI supported 15 mega-funds that are actively investing in European startups that...
Matosinhos establishes itself as the capital of the new blue economy. The municipality is now an important economic hub with a strong connection to the ocean. The Port of Leixões is the largest in terms of economic links, we have a solid canning industry and, of course, it is our fishing that offers the 'best fish...'
Tekever buys the national startup Cloudsweep. The operation is part of the strategy to strengthen the national innovation ecosystem by investing in emerging technology companies.
Portugal has capital available to invest in startups, but lacks sufficiently smart capital to support company growth, argued the CEO of Bright Pixel, João Günther Amaral, in an interview with Lusa. “I would not say there is a lack of capital to invest in Portugal, there is capital to invest in Portugal,” stated Amaral, referring to...
