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Shilling VC is seeking a young person for a ten-week internship, for which it intends to provide a gross grant of ten thousand euros. The selected candidate will be able to explore 'different perspectives of the venture capital ecosystem', from investment analysis to direct contact with founders and startups, as the managing partner explained to ECO.
This article highlights the impact of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) in fostering innovative startups in Portugal. Since its inception, the program has supported the creation of 12 startups that have attracted over $200 million in venture capital and created more than 1,000 high-skilled jobs. Notable companies include Feedzai, a leader in fraud prevention using AI, and Veniam, which develops vehicular mesh networking technologies for connected vehicles. Other startups span sectors such as cybersecurity (Dognaedis), financial technology (Mambu, Unbabel), automotive and mobility (Veniam, Virtual Traffic Lights), energy management (Prsma), and telecommunications (Streambolico). Many of these companies benefited from collaborations with CMU faculty and research projects, demonstrating the program’s role in driving Portugal’s tech innovation and global competitiveness.
The article discusses Portugal's dynamic startup ecosystem, which has seen significant growth and internationalization, with over 5,000 active startups by 2025 generating €2.85 billion in turnover and employing around 28,000 people. Key factors driving this growth include a skilled workforce, government incentives like the Tech Visa, and support from institutions such as Startup Portugal and AICEP. The venture capital landscape is improving, and Portugal is emerging as a competitive innovation hub in Europe, particularly in sectors like IT, fintech, and renewable energy.
Sérvulo & Associados advised New Frontiers Energy Fund 3 – a closed-end venture capital fund managed by Fund Box – Sociedade Gestora de Organismos de Investimento Coletivo – on its investment in convertible bonds issued by Magenta Purificante. Magenta Purificante is a company that invests indirectly in the Santa Marta Project, a project of ...
Portuguese venture capital firm Indico Capital Partners led a $7 million investment round (about €5.9 million) in the Dutch company Dealroom.co, which developed a data platform on startups, entrepreneurship and international investment. The financing also included participation from Rabobank, US-based Beringea, ...
Portuguese investor Índico has led a €7 million funding round in Dealroom aimed at supporting the platform's expansion into the United States and strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence.
Bright Pixel is taking part in a $12 million (around €10 million) funding round for cybersecurity start-up Mesh Security. The funds will accelerate development of the platform, which brings multiple security systems together into a single integrated system, and expand its adoption among large organisations...
On Thursday the bill repealing the tax incentive for innovation through investment in funds is being debated. The scheme, used by companies for tax optimisation and which channelled millions of euros into venture capital funds, has faced repeated criticism over the years from bodies such as the IGF (Inspectorate‑General of Finance).
Online tutoring platform Preply has achieved 'unicorn' status (valuation over $1 billion) in a funding round that included backing from a Portuguese investment fund.
Indico Capital Partners took part in Preply's €130 million round, led by WestCap, which pushed the valuation of the Spanish language-learning platform to €1 billion — with this new capital injection it soared to unicorn status. “Preply's ability to combine AI with ...
'Portuguese private investors invest little, except when they receive a tax benefit,' laments Stephan de Moraes, an investor and the current president of the Portuguese venture capital association.
Which will be the next Portuguese unicorn, and which sector will produce it? The guest in this episode of the podcast “O CEO é o limite” (The CEO Is the Limit) says there are several high-potential companies in Portugal. Not all will reach unicorn status, but Lurdes Gramaxo, partner at Bynd Venture Capital and president of Investors Portugal, explains what a project needs to get there.
André Matias de Almeida works in the fields of commercial and corporate law, private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, and has extensive experience in capital-raising processes for companies, both from a domestic and an international perspective. A year ago, he left Albuquerque e Associados to join the Proença project...
The Portuguese venture capital firm Bynd Venture Capital plans to make between ten and twelve investments in companies by the end of this year. The firm, specialising in early-stage investment, finished 2025 with 11 new financings for startups, bringing the number of investee companies to 15. The portfolio of investees in ...
The Portuguese venture capital firm has launched the Indico VC Fund III, focused on startups in areas such as AI, deep tech, and space technology. This is the company's sixth fund.
