Latest news and stories about startups in Portugal for expats and residents.
Portugal possesses a distinct set of advantages that make it an appealing destination for international business hubs and startup companies.
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A reflection on the evolution of the Portuguese startup ecosystem over the last decade and the need to focus on future growth.
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.
Miguel Araújo, director-general of Mobinov and a promoter of SCARIA, argues for accelerating industrial convergence between the automotive and aerospace sectors. He says both industries face common structural challenges and share many critical solutions, and highlights the role of initiatives like the third and final SCARIA call to foster startup creation and industrial development in rural areas. The piece calls for intensified collaboration across clusters, supply chains and innovation ecosystems to leverage shared technologies and strengthen regional industrial capacity.
Intuitivo, a Portuguese startup founded in Porto in 2021, is expanding its AI-powered platform to Brazil. The company, which helps teachers create, administer, and grade assessments to reduce administrative workload, aims to reach a potential market of 2.2 million Brazilian teachers. After raising 1.35 million euros in funding, the startup plans to grow its team and leverage its success in Portugal, where it currently supports over 500 schools.
Hugo Veiga and Diego Machado are officially back on the market, now with a project of their own. The duo, who left their roles as global creative directors at AKQA in June of last year, are launching !F Creative Capital, a company that presents itself with a business model identical to that of a venture capital firm.
Innovation is increasingly a collective exercise. The speed of technological evolution, the complexity of challenges and the need to find answers to new problems force organisations to work differently and, above all, together. It is in this context that innovation ecosystems gain importance, bringing together companies, start-ups, universities, and centres of...
The company IPLEXMED has been awarded the eAwards Portugal 2026 prize for developing a medical tool capable of providing respiratory diagnostic results in just 20 minutes.
The fall of Unbabel, which last year hastily sold all its assets to a competitor for just 5.7 million dollars, leaves a deep mark on the Portuguese startup ecosystem, joining a list that includes Chic by Choice (2018) and Farfetch (2023). Although with very different outcomes, these are stories that...
The company has developed a digital platform focused on education and aims to win over part of the 2.2 million Brazilian teachers. The startup's system offers the administration and analysis of student tests.
The Portuguese company Tekever, a manufacturer of drones based on artificial intelligence (AI), announced today the purchase of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), without disclosing the value of the operation.
After being one of the startups invested in by the Angels Way fund, Intuitivo has just closed a 1.35 million euro seed round. With over 200 contracts already established with municipalities and schools, the edutech company, which won the best pitch at the 2024 Web Summit, is now targeting Brazil. It aims to help teachers...
TransPerfect paid $5.7 million (5.1 million euros) for the “totality of Unbabel's assets” in August 2025. Months earlier, Unbabel negotiated a merger with another company at a valuation of $250 million (222.8 million euros), 44 times more, but the operation did not go through, it was reported.
That’s tip top! It was this Anglo-Saxon expression that inspired the new Portuguese digital consulting and training firm for professionals. The investment firm Ó Capital, led by businesswoman Sara do Ó, engineer and manager Rogério Canhoto, and investor Luís Palma da Graça, founder of Vallis Capital Partners, have joined forces to create a company...
The Portuguese tech company greenmetrics.ai, specializing in urban flood monitoring via smart sensors, has expanded into the US and Mexico. Through partnerships with RescAlert Inc. in Florida and Alta Prevención WT México, the company has deployed real-time flood alert systems that monitor rainfall and water levels, aiming to provide predictive warnings that outpace global competitors.
Created in 2020, the initiative has accompanied the growth of the national space sector, with more students, universities, and companies involved in aerospace engineering.
Porto's tech ecosystem now includes 700 startups and 13,000 professionals. The Porto Tech Hub association, founded in 2015 by Critical Software, Blip, and Farfetch, is working with the city council to expand this innovation hub nationally and internationally. The upcoming Porto Tech Hub Conference, led by Luís Silva, will focus on Artificial Intelligence and feature 40 international speakers. The association is also prioritising talent retention through mentorship programmes with the Universidade Católica do Porto and a free postgraduate course in AI. Local officials, including Hugo Beirão, highlight the city's commitment to talent retention through quality of life, accessible housing, and strong academic partnerships across the region.
The Portuguese government sets a target to foster the creation of a new unicorn startup every two years.
Luis Santiago Pinto, who holds a degree and a master's in civil engineering, developed a management career with responsibilities in UBER operations in Portugal, in the implementation and logistics of Lime, and as co-founder of Powerdot. Powerdot was born in Portugal, stemming from a need felt by the founders themselves: to make the charging of...
Over 60 participants from 12 nationalities have three days to develop solutions for maintaining drone navigation in the absence of GPS signals and coordinating swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles. The EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2026, a technological marathon for the European defence sector, begins this Thursday in Leiria and concludes on 17 October.
For a long time, talking about innovation in Defense meant thinking primarily of large companies, military equipment, and technologies developed specifically for the Armed Forces. This is changing and, for Portugal, it is an opportunity we must not miss. The concept of dual-use (technologies with civil and military applications) is gaining ground in...
Carlos Carvalho, president of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), argues that it is 'urgent for the State, which is one of the largest buyers, to invest in national innovation', criticising public tenders that 'block national innovation and leave start-ups out due to criteria that prevent them [from participating], or that do not have a minimum of...'
Following the initial closing of a round of over 500 million euros, Tekever has taken another step in its expansion into the European market. The national technology company has launched operations in Germany, following an initial delivery to the German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. The Munich operation begins with 15 people and serves as...
