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ANTÓNIO GODINHO

“I’m looking for exciting businesses”

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Blanca Silva e Álvaro Cardoso

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EDITORIAL

COLLISION BACK IN FACE-TO-FACE FORMAT LUIS BARROCA MONTEIRO CEO FINY VENTURES

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he Collision, sister event of the Web Summit, by Paddy Cosgrave, took place in Toronto between June 20th and 23rd.

One of the highlights of this year was its return to face-to-face meetings, after two years in which it took place virtually, due to the covid-19 pandemic. The other highlight was the number of participants, which, according to the Organization, grew by 40% compared to the last in-person edition, which took place in 2019.

Just to give you an idea, the event had more than 33 thousand people, more than 1250 startups, 900 speakers, 1200 journalists, 850 investors and 100 unicorns from more than 140 countries.

This event, which is a fantastic gateway to the North American market, was attended by around 40 Portuguese startups, who for three days were able to interact with ideas and people from all over the world.

Furthermore, for the first time, there was an exclusive event for the Portuguese delegation and its partners on the North American continent, including investors, incubators, universities and others, in order to leverage potential transatlantic synergies between the Portuguese and Canadian communities. . And if we compare with our sister country, where only one Brazilian speaker was present, a speaker who has lived in the US for years, and no startup, then we can see that the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Lusophony is a success.

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Investment Funds and Programs

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Startup Incubators and Accelerators

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INTERVIEW

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António Godinho

“THE ENTREPRENEURIAL VEIN ALREADY BEGAN TO PULSE AS A CHILD”

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omeone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is passionate about business and people”, this is how António Godinho describes himself. With decades of experience leading companies, he´s looking for exciting projects to invest in. Linked to the Euronext Stock Exchange, but is also president of SAD at SC Salgueiros. Get to know a little more about António Godinho...

FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO IS ANTÓNIO GODINHO PERSONALLY? AG: It’s not easy to define

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ourselves. Maybe just in one sentence: I am someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is passionate about business and people.

YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADVANCED TRAINING IN CORPORATE & PROJECT FINANCE AND MARKETING. WHY WAS THE REASON OF THIS CHOICE? AG: Because I’m passionate about business and business systems. Business management came naturally to me because of this appeal for entrepreneurship. The remaining choices are natural and complementary to the basic training.

YOUR CAREER HAS BEEN LINKED TO THE BANKING AREA, NAMELY AT BANCO MONTEPIO, A MUTUAL BANK, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS. HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? AG: It was my first job and it was a fantastic experience.

I got to know the banking activity and the mutual universe. I was lucky enough to join Montepio at a stage of growth in its activity and it was really challenging and a very enriching experience from a professional but also a personal point of view.

As you rightly say, it is a different institution from the others not only because it has a mutualist action logic, but because it has a set of

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people and staff that are distinguished by their values.

YOU WERE CO-FOUNDER & CEO AND DIRECTOR OF SEVERAL COMPANIES, SUCH AS GRUPO ONEBIZ, NBBMERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, GE CAPITAL, ACCIVE - CORRETOR DE SEGUROS, MDS (SONAE) AND SARTORIAL-SOCIEDADE FINANCEIRA DE CORRETAGEM. WHAT DID YOU GET OUT OF THESE EXPERIENCES? AG: It was a very enriching experience in all respects and that largely goes beyond the professional aspect of the different experiences inherent in the financial area. It was, above all, an opportunity to work with extraordinary people from a personal and professional point of view and to expand some businesses internationally to other geographies. This challenge of internationalization is perhaps the most striking fact of all the experiences.

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company. I believe that the entrepreneurial vein already began to pulse as a child.

Therefore, saying goodbye to Montepio was the corollary of building my path at a business level, responding to that entrepreneurial desire.

YOU ARE LISTING SPONSOR EURONEXT STOCK EXCHANGE. HOW DID THIS CONNECTION COME ABOUT IN YOUR LIFE? AG: Through a company I co-founded, NBB, which was dedicated to consulting on company acquisitions and mergers. This company was present in 22 countries.

One of the services was the search for alternative sources of financing for the growth of companies. Naturally, the capital market is one of the ways and hence the link to the Euronext Stock Exchange.

HOW DOES ENTREPRENEURSHIP APPEAR IN YOUR LIFE?

AS A BUSINESS ANGEL, WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WHAT IS YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN STARTUPS?

AG: It came very early. When I was studying, I already thought about having a

AG: I’m looking for exciting deals not only from the point of view of the market and

its potential profitability, but above all because of the quality of the people, that is, the promoters involved.

FEW KNOW ANOTHER ASPECT: YOU ARE PRESIDENT OF THE SAD OF SPORT COMÉRCIO E SALGUEIROS, WHICH PLAYS IN THE PORTUGUESE CHAMPIONSHIP. HOW DID FOOTBALL COME INTO YOUR LIFE? AG: Almost by chance, as a consultant I became a shareholder in a SAD, Leixões in the case. After supporting its restructuring, I ended up selling it. Soon after, the opportunity arose to do the same with another historic brand in Porto... And here we are on this path of putting Salgueiros in the place it deserves.

Also, don’t miss the interview to António Godinho, carried out by Marco António Ribeiro, on the Be On program.

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INTERVIEW

BLANCA SILVA:

“To be an ambassador not only for a style of coffee, but for a nation”

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lanca Silva, Nena to family and friends, is a Colombian living in Portugal for over 30 years. She is passionate about everything she does, and after a career spanning more than three decades in the printing industry, she changed her life and dedicated herself to coffee. Adventurous by nature, she decided to show her country to the world through her coffee: Nena Selected Coffee. Her dream?

Create in everyone who tastes their coffee, “the crazy desire to visit Colombia”.

FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO IS BLANCA ELENA AVENDAÑO SILVA? I am from Colombia, and I have lived in Portugal for over 30 years, mother of 3

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children born in Portugal and I am very grateful and happy to live in this country. I love Portugal.

I am an adventurous, fearless, passionate woman, capable of facing the various challenges and difficulties of life, with a lot of faith in God and hope that a better day will always come. That’s how I was raised by my Parents, my great mentors, inspirers and friends to this day. Just like my children, they are the fundamental reason to move on, leave a legacy, and be hardworking and honest in everything I do!

I have a high sense of love for others and I try to help, whenever I can, those who need me. Therefore, I have always been passionate about causes and missions

of a humanitarian scope or in which I find purpose and meaning. That’s where my strength and resilience comes from, believing that we can be part of the solution and not the problem.

My life in Portugal began in Praia da Rocha where I spent a year in various jobs, from working for a restaurant dedicated to sardines, playing basketball for the Portimonense team and working as a freelance graphic designer for Aero Algarve, where I did the advertising sleeves that the plane promoted on the beaches.

After that year in the Algarve, I moved to Lisbon, where I have stayed ever since.

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YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND HAVE BEEN LINKED TO DECO PROTESTE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? Fabulous!! I can only thank DECO Proteste for believing in me and giving me constant new challenges and opportunities. During this period, I created the Department of National Production, I was responsible for the local area and I took on a position within the Multinational to which Deco Proteste belongs. DECO was, without a doubt, a great school, where I managed to develop 5 languages, manage multicultural teams, travel and build a fabulous network of contacts. Today, I recognize that I take the benefit of that construction, the result of my complete dedication and commitment throughout my journey at Deco Proteste.

IN 2021, YOU COMPLETELY CHANGED YOUR AREA, AND ENTERED THE WORLD OF COFFEE, AT CAFÉ PRIMITIVO. WHAT ATTRACTED YOU? After 30 years in the graphic arts world, I understood that I could explore something that, deep down, met my

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roots, culture, purpose and vision of the future. Primitivo was looking for a person capable of representing them in Europe and within the context we were experiencing in the company I understood that he was the most suitable for me.

MONTHS LATER, YOU FOUNDED NENA SELECTED COFFEE. WHAT LED YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION? Effectively, Primitivo was and is for me the starting point of my coffee journey.

I greatly admire its CEO, a woman passionate about the coffee world, innovative and principled. We both have the same vision of life and business, but her core business is green coffee. I noticed that this market was already very saturated here in Europe and I decided to launch, create my own brand, with other coffee profiles and a slightly different market niche.

WHAT DOES NENA SELECTED COFFEE CONSIST OF? WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? Nena Selected Coffee is a company that also aims to be a Life Style. My goal is to make known the particularities and benefits of a 100% Arabica coffee, clean, with fruit notes and floral aromas that elevate the feeling of traveling to a world of incredible natural wealth. I believe that through this coffee I will be able to show Portugal and Europe the beauty of the Colombian Andes, its culture and richness and also clean up the image we have of a Colombia devastated by drugs. That’s why I’m talking about a coffee with purpose.

A cup of good coffee here, a happy family there.

NENA’S COFFEE IS ECO-FRIENDLY. WHAT DOES THIS DESIGNATION CONSIST OF? Basically it has to do with not using pesticides, chemicals, ON STARTUPS MAGAZINE

etc. Colombia has developed very good and natural methods of fertilizing the land and fighting pests through organic composting methods that have been tried for many years. Promoting the growth of plants and the production of excellent coffee, through different stimulations, which occur not only in this product, but also in the banana trees that surround them, in the avocado pear, in the flowers, etc…

And it’s these coffees we’re talking about when we talk about Café “Nena Selected Coffee”.

THE BRAND HAS 5 VARIETIES OF ARABICA COFFEE FROM COLOMBIA. DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP THESE VARIETIES, OR DO YOU INTEND TO EXPAND THE BRAND’S VARIETIES IN THE FUTURE? Yes, my goal, and as the name implies, Nena Selected Coffee, will be to grow within Colombia. In Colombia alone, we have 42 departments, of which 36 are dedicated to coffee cultivation, so I still have a lot to explore. Besides, Colombia is my homeland and I intend to make its richnesses known.

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explore other geographies, always maintaining the same premises and guarantees that the coffee is high quality, and that in the production chain there is respect for farmers, their families and the environment.

WE KNOW THAT BLANCA HAS BEEN INVESTING IN HER TRAINING, NAMELY THROUGH SOME COURSES AT ACADEMIA DO CAFÉ. CAN YOU EXPLAIN BETTER WHAT THEY CONSIST OF? Academia do Café is a specialized training and consultancy company that offers “tailor-made” training courses on coffee. I have already taken the Sensory course - which gives me the ability to taste and discover the coffee’s main notes, give a score, make a good choice, etc., and I am currently finishing the De Brewing course, dedicated to different ways of extracting the coffee correctly and being able to advise my customers so that they get the best out of their purchase. These courses not only help me to offer a better service and high quality products, but they also give me the confidence and credibility I need when I give lectures or workshops. Above

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all, thanks to Academia de Café I have developed the technique of preparing coffee, tasting it, talking about it, and even teaching about this wonderful product, so unknown to most people.

WHAT ARE BLANCA’S UPCOMING EVENTS IN WHERE CAN WE FIND YOUR COFFEE? The next event will be from the 23rd to the 25th of September, also at the Vila de Cascais market. It will be an event organized by Casa da América Latina, where several Latin American countries will participate and I will have a stand representing my coffee.

WHAT GOALS DO YOU INTEND TO ACHIEVE IN THE FUTURE? I would like Nena Selected Coffee, in addition to selling high quality coffee, to be a school, a culture of respect and love for others and for the Planet. In the end, we are not the ones who sustain the planet, it is the planet that sustains us and for that reason we must take care of it.

In this way, I intend that by drinking good coffee, we can learn about the entire value chain, and get to know

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I would like Nena Selected Coffee, in addition to selling high quality coffee, to be a school, a culture of respect and love for others and for the Planet.”

the landscapes, people and cultures that surround it.

I would like to impregnate Europe with an aroma of love and well-being, to be able to influence my clients and friends so that they get back their desire to return to the conquering Portugal, land of Navegadores, but this time to navigate the flavors and aromas of a coffee undoubtedly exceptional.

To make a strong and commercial alliance between Portugal and Colombia, with doors open to Europe and the world. To be an ambassador not only for a style of coffee,

but for a nation.

I can only thank you for this opportunity, and here is my commitment: to create in you the crazy desire to visit Colombia!! Beautiful land, full of music, flavor, landscapes, flowers, colors, birds, waterfalls and much more!! And, of course, to introduce you to the best coffee in the world!

When you enter a Coffee Nena, where the protagonist is the 100% Arabica Coffee, you will undoubtedly want to book your next vacation in Colombia!! Here’s the challenge!

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ÁLVARO CARDOSO

“Multiculturalism is omnipresent. Which enriches each and every experience.”

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lvaro Cardoso studied Law, but his dream was to see the world. He soon left Portugal and traveled to several countries, where he had remarkable and unforgettable experiences.

He has lived in Dubai for 11 years, where he took advantage of the sea to do two of his passions, kitesurfing and swimming in the open sea, while having the opportunity to live with different nationalities and learn from different cultures.

But it was his passion for nature and sport that led him to create the startup UPNDO, which aims to combat sedentary lifestyle and support NGOs at a global level.

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FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO IS ÁLVARO CARDOSO PERSONALLY? I was born in Lisbon, lived in Cascais, so I always had a special connection to the sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

I studied Law, but always with the desire to make an international career and experience several countries, so after the course I started to work in a global company, where I was about 14 years, in various positions, in Portugal, Europe and finally in the Middle East.

Living in London, in a giant city, was an incredible experience, we feel that we live in the center of the world, everything relevant in the arts, culture, politics, business passes through

London. In England, the connection to nature is immense, with numerous parks spread across London and across the country. We ended up having a lot of unforgettable adventures, such as doing the 3 peaks challenge, climbing the 3 highest mountains in one day (24 hours), and the 3 mountains are in 3 different countries (Scotland, England and Wales) that is, 24 hours driving the car (1600km) or climbing the mountains.

YOU DON’T LIVE IN PORTUGAL, BUT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. HOW IS THIS EXPERIENCE? I left Portugal about 15 years ago, the last 11 of which I live in Dubai. It was an incredible discovery, I never expected

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to fall in love with a place so much. Dubai has great and present diversity, a dinner or a business meeting with 5 people means 5 absolutely different nationalities, a person from Nigeria, a Japanese, a Greek and a Filipino... Multiculturalism is omnipresent. Which enriches each and every experience.

Another aspect that I love about Dubai is the variety of options: on the one hand we have the best restaurants in the world, the headquarters of the biggest companies; but on the other hand we have beaches with a fantastic sea (which for me is very important because I do kitesurfing and swimming in the open sea), we have desert

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for adventures and safaris.

We have conditions to do sports like nowhere else in the world, the place where I ride a bike is 150 km of perfect track in the middle of the desert... The geographical location and the ease of flying anywhere is also very important, I am 6 hours from Lisbon, on the other hand I am 2 hours from India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kenya, Tanzania, Iran, Lebanon.

We have made the most of this proximity, from going for a marathon to Teran (Iran), kitesurfing to

Kenya or Tanzania, skiing to Lebanon. I didn’t want to forget to mention the discovery of the Arab and Muslim culture, so close in the social habits of Portugal and the Mediterranean countries. Ingrained family values. Valuing personal relationships, unlike the Nordic countries or the United Kingdom where everything is a little colder.

Living this multicultural reality has a direct impact on UPNDO because our team, which is totally remote, has people from Poland, Slovakia and Portugal, which gives us a much more global and richer vision.

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GRADUATED IN LAW AND WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN HEALTH LAW, YOU STARTED WORKING IN THE HEALTH AREA AT JOHNSON & JOHNSON, WHERE YOU SPENT ABOUT 13 YEARS. HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? WHAT DID YOU LIKE BEST? Working at Johnson gave me the opportunity to make an international career. Being a company and a brand with immense history, it was a very rich experience. One of the things I liked the most was certainly the possibility of working in several countries from Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Middle East. One of the aspects that impressed me was the strength of Johnson & Johnson’s company culture.

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SO YOU DECIDED TO CREATE UPNDO IN 2018. WHAT LED YOU TO THIS DECISION? I saw that more and more people are concerned about their health, a sedentary lifestyle at work is a very important factor for companies, which affects productivity… it is the biggest cause of absenteeism!

We also want to buy, work and connect with brands and companies with a social purpose, with a positive impact on our community.

So, knowing from experience that physical movement is important, I saw an immense opportunity in bringing these two elements together, physical movement rewarded with

the possibility of helping our community. In terms of corporate well-being, we are talking about a market of around US$4 billion worldwide, and in corporate responsibility the scale is even greater: around US$80 billion. I saw an opportunity to combine two of my passions and do something with an impact on the world.

Combat sedentary lifestyle and support NGOs at a global level. The decision was quick and became a mission. As a founder, I want UPNDO to be an inclusive platform where companies, individuals and NGOs work together for positive transformation.

WHAT DOES UPNDO CONSIST OF? WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? The concept is simple, we convert human energy into positive social impact, that is, promoting and encouraging people to be healthier through physical movement (the World Health Organization says that to be healthy adults we have to move about 30 to 45 minutes per day). On the other hand, to involve more and more companies with

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the community, creating more efficient ways in which Corporate Social Responsibility budgets are better used. UPNDO is an innovative way to — Fight sedentary lifestyle; — Promoting a culture and spirit of community; — and give recognition to the Social Impact of companies.

Our main objective is to combat sedentary lifestyle and promote the mission of the various NGOs at a global level that we support together with companies and thousands of people who are part of the UPNDO community. In terms of future vision, we want to grow in the European market and continue to expand this healthy and positive movement.

YOU ARE A KITESURFER AND A TRIATHLETE. DID THAT INFLUENCE THE CREATION OF UPNDO? Yes, I’m fanatical about kitesurfing, I try to take every opportunity to go to the water. Triathlon has a more mental influence and overcoming limits, much like creating and

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growing a technological startup, in which resilience, persistence, overcoming challenges and a focus on improving every day are critical success factors, whether run an Ironman or grow UPNDO. One of the triathlon elements that is reflected daily at UPNDO is that I use running and cycling training to learn.

I always have podcasts or audio books and I take advantage of these 2 or 3 hours a day to learn, get inspired.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO OPEN THEIR STARTUP? I’m lucky to be doing something that I’m passionate about and motivates me limitlessly.

Yes, the headaches, the constant challenges, are present in everyday life. But I know that my work and the work of my team have a tangible, material impact on the health of the thousands of users who use UPNDO and that we see ourselves every day moving more and more, and becoming

a little healthier, as we also see the impact of the hundreds of thousands of euros that are distributed by social organizations at a global level. The fruit of our labor results in better health and a more thriving community. My advice is: yes, we need more startups, more entrepreneurs who are passionate and have very clear goals. With strong purposes. With a big and clear purpose we can make amazing things happen.

Finally, I would like to share a testimonial from one of our users: “Upndo changed my life in two ways, first it was the satisfaction of contributing to causes and NGOs that I got to know better, and through that contribution I felt an impact on my physical health because I had to become more active in order to generate more support for these causes. A very positive vicious cycle.”

Receiving such feedback makes our work so much easier and more motivating.

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NEWS

Startup Portugal and IDC launch questionnaire for st

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tartup Portugal and IDC launched a questionnaire to the founders or country startup managers and scaleups with activity in Portugal. Its objective is to analyze the ecosystem status of entrepreneurship in National territory.

“This year, in addition to the usual questions of characterization of startups

such as size, industry, investment they had access or operations growth, Startup Portugal also wants to measure the diversity level of the teams’ founders “, says the statement released by the entities.

Therefore, in addition to the data from this survey, the IDC will also use the consultant’s base research,

Oeiras Valley hosts the “Pitch at the Beach”

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fter Cozumel Island, in Mexico, it’s Oeiras Valley’s turn to host the “Pitch at the Beach”, the biggest investment event in America.

The first edition in Europe takes place between the 2nd and the 4th of July, with the presence of thirty startups that aim to meet a group of business angels, venture capitalists, family offices and private investors, from all over the world, looking forward to get financing and closing deals.

Israel Pons, co-founder of Pitch at the Beach, told NOVO how the idea came about:

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“One day I thought: when are we most predisposed to communicate and talk to strangers? When we’re on vacation! We have a smile on our face, we talk with hotel employees, with other guests, and, almost always, this happens in places surrounded by nature or in paradise. So why not extend this concept to an event that brings together investors and entrepreneurs?

Thus, the idea of Pitch at the Beach was born. It is a business, investment, but also networking event, where business angels, venture

capital, entrepreneurs and speakers participate without using facts or titles. There is only one rule: Everyone has to talk to everyone”.

This event has an accumulated investment of over eight million dollars. In each event, an average of 300 startups apply, but only 30 are selected to present their projects and try to get out of there with funding.

The “Pitch at the Beach” has the support of Taguspark, Oeiras county, Altice Portugal and Huawei.

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artups public data, results of the survey to the startups founders, as well as more than 30 in depth interviews with the main stakeholders of entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The survey results will be included in the second edition of this study, and will be later released during the Web Summit 2022.

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BPI and Fintech House join forces to accelerate technological and financial innovation

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PI and Fintech House (FH)started a partnership to support entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of technological and financial projects.

The objective is to bring the Fintech House community closer, including startups, partners and investors of BPI, particularly in the areas of open banking, ESG, DeFi, metaverse and web3.0, promoting the creation of new projects and testing of new solutions.

The partnership reflects BPI’s commitment to supporting and promoting the national innovation ecosystem. With this collaboration, BPI gains access to a set of startups with disruptive solutions, with which it can develop pilot projects and partnerships. In addition, it allows the bank to continue to internally drive a culture of innovation, promoting interaction between the different areas

of the bank and the Fintech House startups.

The agreement provides the organization of important events throughout the year, the connection of resident startups to the banking ecosystem and the testing of solutions between the startups and BPI, fostering innovation. BPI will also provide mentoring in order to contribute to the growth of the ecosystem present at the Fintech House.

Fintech House is the largest fintech hub in Portugal, serving as a co-work for startups that develop innovative solutions in the areas of fintech, insurtech, regtech and cybersecurity.

At the moment, it has more than 80 startups, with official partners including INCM, Fidelidade, Morais Leitão (MLGTS) and VISA, and has already hosted numerous events, including the ETH Lisbon hackathon.

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NEWS

START and CO. 2022: Three startups selected to collaborate with Nestlé, in Portugal and Spain

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here are three startups finalists for the 4th edition of START and CO. 2022, the Open Innovation program that results from a partnership between Nestlé and Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE), through which international talent from startups is sought to co-create the future of Food, Nutrition and Welfare.

In its fourth year of

implementation, the Start and CO program registered one of the highest levels of participation, with a total of 80 initial applications, 48 startups from 23 different countries. These were evaluated for the Top 10 of the first selection phase, the Pitch to Nestlé experts.

In the second phase, Matchmaking, the program had 4 startups, which

resulted in the three finalist projects: two South Korean startups (10pple and Little One) and a Spanish startup (Shoppermotion).

10pple has developed a technology that allows you to predict and prevent obesity in pets. Little One applied for a smart device for babies project, to collect and monitor different aspects of their daily activities.

Bosch has 250 million euros to invest in the technological progress of startups

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he Bosch Group has announced that it will provide 250 million euros for startups focused on technological progress.

According to the news, the company intends, until 2023, to increase the sales value of more than 800 million euros with environmentally and climate-friendly industrial technology.

As a leading company in terms of innovation, Bosch is at the forefront of efforts to bring climate-neutral technology, sustainable mobility and connectivity to the corporate world.

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Shoppermotion has developed technology that provides realtime analytics and data on daily customer behavior.

These three finalists will now move on to the co-creation, prototyping and exploration of commercial synergies with Nestlé Portugal and Nestlé Spain teams.

EU provides 20 million to support 200 Ukrainian startups

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he European Commission (EC) announced that it will provide 20 million euros, through the European Innovation Council funding program, to support 200 startups in the technologic area.

“The European Commission has launched an ambitious action worth €20 million to support the Ukrainian innovation community.

Through a specific amendment to the 2022 work program of the European Innovation Council, the new initiative will support at least 200 Ukrainian deep-technology

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companies with a maximum amount of €60,000 each,” the EC said in a statement released.

“Non-financial support, such as business consultancy and partnership establishment services”, is also planned, in an initiative that “will strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian innovators to interact with the European innovation ecosystem, enter new markets and benefit from European financing instruments”, the note adds.

This €20 million of support will be disbursed through an invitation for proposals to a pan-European network of startup associations.

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STARTUP

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avvy Capital Partners was created in 2019 by a group of experienced Business Angels and aims to provide its investor experience in order to create a constructive environment for the growth of funded startups.

Marco Soares, John Guichard and Frederico Couceiro are Savvy’s three Managing

Partners.

The company is made up of Business Angels with know-how from different sectors of activity, who have experienced the full cycle of building up a business from the ground.

With over 12 years of experience in data analytics and solutions across multiple backgrounds (retail,

healthcare, manufacturing, etc) and multiple geographies (Europe and South America).

So far, Savvy accounts for 1.05 M€ in financing and 1.16 M€ in committed. In total, 10 investment committees held that resulted in 14 invested startups, more 2 startups in due diligence.

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Gabinete: We boost betterinformed, inclusive, and meaningful visits to museums, towns, wineries, parks, historical sites, and monuments in the world.

Cultural and natural heritage venues hold many stories to tell, knowledge to share, and collections to explore.

Visitors to the public space have different needs and interests: they have different or limited time-frames to perform the visit, they speak different languages, or may have some visual or hearing disability.

At O Gabinete we are convinced that it is of great importance to manage and deliver information and content using the technologies vastly available

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for the public. Our job is to facilitate what visitors are looking for and how they want it, and reduce any frictions on the delivery of that experience.

We achieve this by creating and distributing interactive content to each visitor profile with no need for downloading an app as well as providing tools to find their way around, even if there is no internet connection. Unlike an audio guide or a typical app, we provide content and wayfinding according to the visitor’s expectations, language, available time and interests.

We work with different types of content: • Text and Images • Sign language

videos, Subtitles, other languages, and Audiodesciptions • Video, Audio, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) Wayfinding is not only about getting from point A to point B but showing the most significant route to that specific visitor. Our wayfinding tools include custom maps to locate relevant points of interest and an Augmented Reality function to help visitors locate themselves and find routes.

Furthermore, venues obtain visitors’ data about their behaviour, route, interests, and a tool to analyse it. Árvores is our web platform that manages and delivers content in the visitor’s own

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mobile, or to a touchscreen or a tablet installed onsite. It includes tools to automatically translate and produce audios in 39 languages.

If there is no internet, we have a solution: BoxToLife is our low-energy IoT device for content distribution that provides a WiFi network without internet connection.

Mar Fuentes has been working for museums for 25 years, and in the last 12, she has mixed technology and exhibition design to improve visitors’ experience.

She founded O Gabinete in Portugal in 2019 with business partner Carlos Mondragón from their obsession with the idea of making heritage places accessible to anyone and

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where people can learn and have fun.

Carlos has been developing technology for culture and education for the last 15 years. He has focused mainly in designing products that are usable for different user profiles.

O Gabinete has projects in Spain, Mexico, and Portugal.

For Parques de Sintra in Portugal O Gabinete developed PenaQuest.

PenaQuest is an interactive guide to promote and enhance the visitor experience to the Parque da Pena outdoors. It is a tour used in a gamified way using a web app, including BoxToLife devices that allow visitors to access the experience without the need for an internet

connection, and the content is in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. It holds an interactive map and an AR tool for showing directions.

In 2019 O Gabinete received an award from the American Alliance of Museums in New Orleans for our project Tumba 7, in Mexico.

It consisted of a digital replica of the tomb using large-format screens and augmented reality.

Currently, O Gabinete is developing new projects with heritage venues such as wineries and vineyards, natural parks and historical towns. And, we are developing our new version of products for weatherproof content delivery.

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ssedius.pt results from the channeling of the personal experience of labor harassment, explained in the work “Labor Harassment: When Work Aprisiona”, by Noémia Carvalho, and from her knowledge in Digital Marketing, in the construction of a safe and transparent space psychological and legal support for victims of workplace harassment.

Harassment begins in the workplace, harming professional performance, but it extends to all areas of human life: it affects family, social and individual coexistence, it is a factor of serious disturbance of mental health and contaminates the legitimate “inner peace”. ”.

Assedius.pt has as structural pillars of its cause, transparency, political, economic, social and religious exemption, efficiency, loyalty, respect and confidentiality of testimonies and the identity of all victims.

Presenting itself as a pioneering project in Portugal, bringing together, in a single platform, all the necessary means, through professionals of excellence, to give voice to a current and increasingly significant labor, social and emotional scourge in society: 16.5 % of the population in Portugal has already suffered, at least once, during their working life, a form of

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harassment at work. As you read these words, someone is harassed.

The platform offers, on the one hand, an anonymous and secure vehicle for receiving complaints, and on the other hand, it is concerned with providing companies and other entities with an opportunity to improve their internal communication, creating trust and improving the working environment. , acting preventively in the fight against labor harassment.

Expectations for the future focus on deepening the path we have been following: on the one hand, continuing to promote our platform as a “safe place”, never discrediting the victim, much less devaluing the relevance of their problem, and debating , with employers, preventive solutions so that they are concerned with taking on an urgent and necessary ethical and legal commitment to internally combat the various forms of labor harassment.

A “victim” is never just a “victim”: it has a face, it has a name, it has rights, it has duties and it has a voice that cannot, and should not, be silenced. We want to encourage that voice to be heard and credible, within the workplace and throughout the social community.

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he 2nd season of Be On, the Finy Ventures talk show, to give image, life and voice to those who breathe entrepreneurship, has already started. In June, we had the presence of Luís de Matos (Chairman & CEO of Follow Inspiration), Ana Teixeira (Co-Founder & CEO of MUDEY) and António Godinho (Business Angel and Listing Sponsor Euronext Stock Exchange).

But it doesn’t end here! In July, Marco António Ribeiro presents three more guests.

PEDRO MARIANO

PEDRO MARIANO CEO ASSEDIUS Has a degree in Marketing & Advertising from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo (ISCET), however he worked in banking for more than 20 years.

He recently created the assedius.pt platform, which provides psychological and legal assistance to those who suffer from moral or sexual harassment at work.

MARTA PONTES CITY COUNCILOR OF CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE MATOSINHOS (CMM) Has a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of from the University of Porto, and attended executive training in the area of SME management and sustainable management at the Porto Business School.

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past four years, he has held a coordinating role as the Presidency’s Chief of Staff. Since October, she has been Councilor for Economic Development, Commerce and Tourism, and is responsible for the promotion and support of activities in the areas of economic development, the promotion of tourism, consumer protection (CIAC) and civil protection.

DIOGO PENA BASTOS BUSINESS ANGEL/MANAGING PARTNER — INCLITA SEAWEED SOLUTIONS

DIOGO PENA BASTOS She worked as a senior clinical technician in the former drug addiction care centers and at the Associação para o Desenvolvimento Integrado de Matosinhos, where she also accumulated functions in the area of training, coordination of employment/ insertion measures and project management.

He was a professor of Psychology in the Clinical Secretariat Degree at CESPU, Higher Education and Polytechnic Cooperative.

For seven years she was linked to the area of Promotion of the Local Economy and Tourism in the city of Matosinhos. For the

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Studied Microbiology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and did an MBA in Business Administration at the Porto Business School.

Was a Founding Partner at Mermaid Investments, Partner at RDI Partners, Strategic Consulting at Samushi and Board Advisor for Business at 3Decide.

Currently is a Managing Partner at Inclita Seaweed Solutions and a Business Angel involved in various corporate and venture initiatives, working for investment firms, and managing and implementing new technologybased startups.

Watch or review the episodes of this 2nd season of BeOn here.

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O EMPREENDEDOR

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Empreendedor is an entrepreneurship contest that brings together entrepreneurs, startups, business angels, business angel associations, investors, venture capital and incubators.

It intends to be the link and networking axis between the main players in the national market, identifying and promoting entrepreneurship throughout the national territory, among the youngest.

O EMPREENDEDOR HAS AS MAIN OBJECTIVES: • •

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Reinforce and boost the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem; Reinforce and promote the role of schools in identifying and promoting their students’ entrepreneurial skills; Integrate and bring municipalities closer to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in their region; Identify, support and encourage business ideas with great potential; Contribute to the acceleration of business ideas; Empower with know-how and investment the start-ups that are better prepared; Inform and prepare those interested in undertaking for the opportunities and challenges; Incorporate and work the theme “Entrepreneurship” in the country’s schools;

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As a national contest, it involves the active participation of municipalities, and was created so that entrepreneurship appears in anyone’s life and in particular in schools and to the youth.

THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMPETITION, BOTH IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF DISSEMINATION AND DELIBERATION, AS: • • •

Create space for networking among the participating community: entrepreneurs, startups, municipalities, business angels and associations of business angels, investors, venture capitals and incubators.

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The first stages take place in each Municipality; Recognition of the entrepreneurial ecosystem itself; Involve and encourage entrepreneurship in the region itself, starting with secondary schools, polytechnics and universities; Financial support for the development of the contest in your municipality.

2 Municipality Members will be judges for the first phase.

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implemented.

In the various phases of each stage there will be a pre-defined panel of judges. In each Municipality, this panel will ideally be composed of: 2 Municipality Members; 2 Entrepreneurs of the Municipality; 2 Business Angels and 1 Finy Ventures Member. In the national final, the panel of judges will be composed of: 4 Entrepreneurs; 4 Business Angels; 1 Member of Finy Ventures.

TO PARTICIPATE: • This contest works in two stages, divided into three categories, with the first stages taking place locally in each of the adhering Municipalities, in order to stimulate the active participation and involvement of the Municipality, and to determine the best projects/start-ups that will move on to the next phase, involving political power, business associations, schools, polytechnics, universities and companies.

After the local phase, the best, classified by category and by Municipality, move on to the national final, a phase in which the best projects from all the participating Municipalities will compete.

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Students develop a business idea related to a topic suggested by the teacher; Learning is done in a practical way, in the construction of a business model, feasibility study and sustainability of the idea; Elaboration of a market study based on interviews with the target audience of the idea; Construction of a prototype or simulation of what makes the project a reality; Preparation of Marketing, Operational and Financial plans.

To participate in the contest, the entrepreneur only needs to register his idea or startup on the website O EMPREENDEDOR. OEMPREENDEDOR.EU

1. Secondary Education ( from 14 years of age) and Vocational Education students; 2. University and Polytechnic Higher Education Students; 3. Projects and Startups under 3 years old (or Spin-offs).

Depending on each category, an entrepreneurship methodology is

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPOWERMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN WOMEN Current challenges for women in the global economic landscape

The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs

ANDREA LAVAREDA HEAD OF B2G & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (FINY VENTURES)

How targeted support for women-led business can unlock sustainable economic growth REP ORT MA RCH 2022

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n 2015, Forbes praised Portuguese startups, making a comparison with the entrepreneurial spirit, inherent to the Portuguese DNA, referring to the discoveries, which are one of our greatest historical marks in this civilization.

According to the article published by the magazine, the nation famous for “sea voyages” had returned to discoveries. And this time, through entrepreneurship.

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From 2015 to now, seven years later, and after many seas sailed, we were able to witness a true wave of entrepreneurship that, inland and out to sea, raised us to levels where the most enterprising countries in the world appear.

Riding on this wave, much has been debated, studied and researched on the increasingly desired gender equality, or social equivalence between the various genders. Female entrepreneurship thus gained strength and awakened a new generation of women entrepreneurs.

The journey of a woman entrepreneur is arduous, as well as that of men.

Entrepreneurship means taking risks and for a woman it means facing a series of obstacles, especially when it is more than demonstrated that there is still a long way to go to balance this balance of inequalities.

Entrepreneurship can be understood not only as creating one’s own business / job, but also as climbing the positions in the top management of companies.

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level, to be leaders.

The question that is asked is: Why is it so important and why is there so much talk about female entrepreneurship?

The known answer is because in the path of equality between men and women, entrepreneurship in women brings, in addition to the necessary diversity, a paradigm shift and oxygenation in the business world, contributing in a fundamental way to the generation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. All this favors the emergence of new companies, new ideas, new ways of doing business.

Allied to these ideas, softskills or behavioral skills, are extremely valued in the current market and notoriously well developed by women, we know that.

Since the beginning of this decade, our generation of women entrepreneurs has faced uncontrollable adversities, first a pandemic and then a military conflict in Eastern Europe, which is causing changes and uncertainties in the international economic landscape, changes that

bring the economic crisis, food and rising unemployment. We speak within a European context, but with worldwide repercussion, which will require fast-paced actions, in economic innovations and in the restructuring of markets, especially new ways of thinking about work and business.

In 2014, on November 19, the “Women’s Entrepreneurship Day” was established by the United Nations (UN). The idea is to attract worldwide attention to the economic and social impact of the movement. The leadership and political participation of women, economic empowerment, among other issues, are priority areas for the initiatives coordinated

by UN Women, in order to strengthen the role of women, which we thus witness, is gaining more and more strength.

Also according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – “Portugal’s TEA rate has consistently shown values close to the average of innovation-oriented economies, and since 2010, this consistency was already particularly robust”, read

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MASTERCARD INDEX OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS 2021 GLOBAL RANKING

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that TEA corresponds to Total Entrepreneurial Activity and converts the current entrepreneurial landscape into numbers.

European funds have also contributed through their incentive instruments, so that these processes, which involve relevant investments, can be scaled and allow for faster and more consistent results. Portugal enters this ecosystem with our entrepreneurial fabric already well known for its innovation and more importantly, with the notorious growth of female entrepreneurship. But where are we situated in this ecosystem?

Many more barometers and studies point to this growth.

According to the latest edition of the Mastercard Women Entrepreneurs Index (MIWE), «Portugal is in the 22nd place in the global ranking and in the 6th place in the ranking of countries with the highest percentage of women entrepreneurs», ahead of countries like Spain , Italy or Ireland. The indicators of short-term economic projections cannot be clear

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at the moment, as we are still waiting for an economic recovery to unfold, which still suffers from many upheavals.

Mastercard also mentions its goals for 2025, whose objective is to connect 25 million women entrepreneurs to the digital economy in a project aimed at young people between the ages of 8 and 16, to encourage them to pursue careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), through the Girls4Tech programme, which took place this year in Portugal for the second time.

Still within the scope of technology and innovation, Woman In Tech (which in Portugal is led by Cláudia Mendes Silva and Romana Ibrahim) is a global movement whose mission is to empower 5 million women and girls by 2030.

A Woman in Tech is an international non-profit organization with a mission to bridge the gender gap and help women adopt technology, promoting the empowerment of girls and women around the world.

These incentive programs

and initiatives are premised on the strong resilience and adaptability of women at the head of startups or the companies they lead. These skills are key factors, which can be an important driving force in the transformation and innovation of the business world.

According to Jane Prokop, Global Segment Leader for Small Businesses at Mastercard, “The global economic recovery depends on resuming more sustainable and inclusive growth that empowers women entrepreneurs and supports their businesses”.

This observation meets the need to address the possibilities that exist for the internationalization of entrepreneurial projects and characterize the different means of financing available in the market.

There are many eyes focused on Portugal at the moment, we attract investments and major events of innovation and entrepreneurship, such as the Web Summit or even the example of the G-100 (Global Networking Meeting), held in Cascais last May and which was brought to Portugal by Linda

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Pereira from CPL Events.

The G-100 is a group of 100 women global leaders, businesswomen, political leaders, Nobel laureates and other women who inspire entrepreneurship and female empowerment in our country. Leadership, entrepreneurship and the debate on gender equality policies, as well as the position of women in the fabric that makes up the business world, were extremely important topics discussed at this global meeting, which is repeated in our country. in 2023.

We still have a long way to go, in search of the absolute

success of Portuguese entrepreneurs. We are no longer in the 15th century, nor in the era of great navigations and discoveries, we do have other enormous challenges, many miles to navigate, but this time in a more technological and competitive world, with tools that we women know how to use very well.

The context is not an epic poem by Virgil, but we know that being a woman and being an entrepreneur is to be daring. And as the poet said in his work “Aeneid”: “Fortis fortuna adiuvat” or luck favors the bold... And we women are bold, every day.

The G-100 is a group of 100 women global leaders, businesswomen, political leaders, Nobel laureates and other women who inspire entrepreneurship and female empowerment in our country.”

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TIPS FOR STARTUPS

BY ANTÓNIO GODINHO BUSINESS ANGEL E LISTING SPONSOR EURONEXT STOCK EXCHANGE

1 It is essential to have quality external consultants, namely in the accounting and legal areas. These professionals, being always important, in the startup of companies gain an even greater preponderance;

2 Focus on the elaboration of a business plan that is not just to impress investors or partners, but should be the lighthouse that guides the company on its path towards success;

3 Periodic elaboration of a written budget of the company and respective continuous control of costs and income in a logic of analysis of the company’s exploitation to correct the company’s route in time, whether in a conjunctural or even structural perspective.

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A VSM Capital é uma Sociedade Anónima de Gestão de Participações Sociais, criada em Maio de 2016 por um grupo de Business Angels orientados para o investimento em empresas comprometidas com objetivos de sustentabilidade financeira, ambiental e social.

Por essa razão, a sociedade possui uma linha de co-investimento aprovada até 3.000.000€ com o IFD - Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento, para investimento em Startups das zonas Norte, Centro, Alentejo, Algarve e Ilhas e já investiu em 10 projetos.

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Fund: Coordination, Management, Monitoring and Auditing Organization: POAT - FEDER Value: Diverse Deadline: 30/11/2023

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Fund: Assistência Técnica Organization: POCH - Fundo Social Europeu (FSE) Value: Diverse Deadline: 31/12/2023

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STARTUP SERVICES | STARTUP FUNDING BO.x é o local onde encontra todo o apoio para começar a criar e desenvolver a sua Startup.

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STARTUP INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS AÇORES NONAGON » Lagoa São Miguel http://www.nonagon.pt

BRAGA

STARTUP ANGRA » Angra do Heroísmo http://www.cmah.pt

NERSANT » Braga http://www.nersant.pt

TERINOV » Azores http://www.terinovazores.pt

STARTUP BRAGA » Braga http://startupbraga.com

AVEIRO INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS DO MUNICÍPIO DE AVEIRO » Aveiro http://www.cm-aveiro.pt UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO INCUBATOR » Aveiro http://www.uaincubator.com AEA BUSINESS CENTER » Águeda http://www.aea.com.pt VOUGAPARK - CENTRO DE INOVAÇÃO » Sever do Vouga http://www.cm-sever.pt ESPAÇO EMPREENDEDOR » Ovar http://www.cm-ovar.pt IERA » Murtosa http://www.neva.pt IERA POLO DE VAGOS » Vagos http://www.neva.pt IERA POLO DE ALBERGARIA-A-VELHA » Albergaria-a-Velha http://www.cm-albergaria.pt INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS DO MUNICÍPIO DE ÍLHAVO » Ílhavo http://www.cm-ilhavo.pt

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INOV.POINT » Murtosa http://www.tagusvalley.pt

HEALTHTECH TAB » Guimarães https://healthtechtab.eu SET.UP GUIMARÃES » Guimarães http://www.cm-guimaraes.pt

STARTUP INCUBATION NETWOK » Coimbra http://www.asin.pt IPN INCUBADORA » Coimbra http://www.ipn-incubadora.pt CETEC » Coimbra http://www.novotecna.pt INCUBADORA DO MAR » Figueira da Foz http://www.ieff.pt MIRA CENTER » Mira https://miracenter.pt

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INCUBADORA » Celorico de Basto http://www.mun-celoricodebasto.pt

STARTUP ALENTEJO » Vendas Novas, Alentejo http://www.cm-vendasnovas.pt

INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS DE VIEIRA DO MINHO » Vieira do Minho http://www.cm-vminho.pt

PACT » Évora http://www.pcta.pt

LIFTOFF TO MARKET » Braga http://www.aaum.pt

BRAGANÇA MUNICÍPIO DE CARRAZEDAS DE ANSIÃES » Carrazeda de Ansiães http://www.cm-carrazedadeansiaes.pt

CASTELO BRANCO CENTRO EMPRESARIAL » Idanha-a-Nova http://www.monsantoghe.com

COIMBRA SOUL-FI » Coimbra http://soul-fi.ipn.pt

INCUBADORA DO CENTRO DE NEGÓCIOS DO ALENTEJO » Évora http://www.nere.pt ADRAL » Évora http://www.adral.pt

FARO GROWIN PORTUGAL » Faro https://www.growinportugal.com STARTUP PORTIMÃO » Portimão http://www.cm-portimao.pt ACRAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS » Faro http://www.acral.pt

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LISPOLIS » Lisboa http://www.lispolis.pt PLAY LUSÓFONA » Lisboa https://play.ulusofona.pt POSITIVE HEALTHTEC LISBOA » Lisboa http://www.positivebizcapital.com IDEA » Lisboa https://ideaspaces.pt SMART OPEN LISBOA » Lisboa https://smartopenlisboa.com SPAIN FOODTECH » Lisboa https://spainfoodtech.es STARTUP JUVENTUDE - NIDE LISBOA » Lisboa https://startupjuventude.pt

BIG IMPACT » Lisboa https://bigimpact.pt

STARTUP SINTRA » Sintra https://startupsintra.com

BUILDING GLOBAL INNOVATORS » Lisboa https://www.bgi.pt

STARTER BUSINESS ACCELERATION » Lisboa https://theenergystarter.com

DEMIUM » Lisboa https://demium.com

WPP BOOSTER » Lisboa https://wppbooster.com

DRAPER STARTUP HOUSE » Lisboa https://draperstartuphouse.com

BLUE BIO VALUE » Paço de Arcos http://bluebiovalue.pt

FROM START-TO-TABLE » Lisboa https://www.fromstart-to-table.com

SIBSPAYFORWARD » Lisboa http://sibspayforward.beta-i.pt

IMPACT HUB LISBON » Lisboa https://lisbon.impacthub.net

CUATRECASAS ACELERA » Lisboa https://acelera.cuatrecasas.com/en

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NOVA SBE HADDAD ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE » Carcavelos https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt ZERO GRAVITY » Lisboa http://www.zerogravityacceleration.com MANPOWER » Lisboa https://www.manpower.com FOUNDER INSTITUTE » Lisboa http://fi.co EIT CLIMATE-KIC » Lisboa http://www.climate-kic.org EDP STARTER » Lisboa http://www.edpstarter.com BUILD UP LABS - STARTUP STUDIO & INCUBATOR » Lisboa https://builduplabs.com PROTECHTING » Lisboa http://protechting.pt BETA-START » Lisboa http://beta-start.com STARTUP LAB » Lisboa http://startuplab.pt ACREDITA PORTUGAL » Lisboa http://acreditaportugal.pt DISCOVERIES » Lisboa http://startupdiscoveries.com INCUB´UP ANPME » Oeiras http://www.anpme.pt/incubup

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STARTUP LIGHTHOUSE » Lisboa http://startuplighthouse.eu

FOUNDERS FOUNDERS » Porto http://www.founders-founders.com

BLUETECH ACCELERATOR » Lisboa https://bluetechaccelerator.com

THE FINTECH HOUSE » Lisboa http://thefintechhouse.com

RESOLVE HEALTH » Porto http://www.resolve-health.pt

LISBON CHALLENGE » Lisboa http://www.lisbon-challenge.com

LABS LISBOA » Lisboa http://labslisboa.pt

BLUE BIO VALUE » Paço de Arcos http://bluebiovalue.pt

ERICEIRA BUSINESS FACTORY » Mafra http://www.cm-mafra.pt

THREE51 » Lisboa http://three51.com

TEC LABS » Lisboa https://teclabs.pt

TECHSTARS » Lisboa https://www.techstars.com

PRODUCTIZED » Lisboa http://www.productized.co

SIBSPAYFORWARD » Lisboa http://sibspayforward.beta-i.pt

BRAVUZ BOOSTER » Lisboa https://bravuz.com

CASA DO IMPACTO » Lisboa https://mais.scml.pt/casadoimpacto

NOVA MADAN PARQUE » Monte da Caparica http://www.madanparque.pt

MERCADO DA INOVAÇÃO » São Domingos de Benfica http://www.jf-sdomingosbenfica.pt

STARTUP LOURINHÃ » Lourinhã http://www.cm-lourinha.pt

LOURES INOVA » Loures Município http://www.cm-loures.pt

CENTRO DE INCUBAÇÃO DO PORTO » Porto www.apeite.pt

STARTUP LISBOA » Lisboa http://www.startuplisboa.com

INCUBCENTER » Oeiras http://www.incubcenter.pt

STARTUP PIRATES » Porto http://startuppirates.org

STARTUP LAB » Lisboa http://startuplab.pt

TECHTRIS HOUSE » Lisboa http://www.meo.pt

FÁBRICA DE STARTUPS » Lisboa http://www.fabricadestartups.com

LISBOA INVESTMENTS » Lisboa http://www.lisboainvestments.com

UPTEC – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK OF UNIVERSITY OF PORTO » Porto http://uptec.up.pt

AMADORA TECH » Amadora http://www.escolaintercultural.pt

LISBOA EMPREENDE + » Lisboa http://www.lisboaempreendemais.pt

TECMAIA » Maia http://www.tecmaia.pt/pt

IDEIA ATLANTICO » Lisboa http://www.ideia-atlantico.pt

FUNDAÇÃO JUVENTUDE » Porto http://www.fjuventude.pt

TAGUSPARK » Oeiras http://www.taguspark.pt/en

MADEIRA STARTUP MADEIRA » Madeira http://www.ceim.pt AIPES » Madeira https://aipes.pt/project

PORTO

STARTUP PORTO ACCELERATOR » Porto http://startupportoaccelerator.com PORTO DESIGN ACCELERATOR » Porto http://portodesignaccelerator.com FOUNDERS FOUNDERS » Porto http://www.founders-founders.com

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FUNDAÇÃO JUVENTUDE » Porto http://www.fjuventude.pt

FÁBRICA SANTO THYRSO » Porto http://www.fabricasantothyrso.pt

CENTRO DE INCUBAÇÃO E ACELERAÇÃO DA MAIA » Maia https://www.cm-maia.pt

NET » Porto http://www.net-sa.pt

4SCALE » Matosinhos http://4scale.ceiia.com CENTRO DE INCUBAÇÃO E ACELERAÇÃO DA MAIA » Maia https://www.cm-maia.pt MOVELTEX » Paços de Ferreira https://moveltex.com RESOLVE HEALTH » Porto http://www.resolve-health.pt VENTURECATALYSTS » Matosinhos http://venture-catalysts.com 4SCALE » Matosinhos http://4scale.ceiia.com

PORTUS PARK » Porto http://www.portuspark.org AMORIM » Porto https://www.amorim.com MENTORTEC » Matosinhos http://mentortec.eu CENTRO DE INCUBAÇÃO E ACELERAÇÃO DE MATOSINHOS » Matosinhos https://www.cm-matosinhos.pt AHEAD PORTUGAL » Porto https://www.ahead.fraunhofer.pt TECMAIA » Maia http://www.tecmaia.pt/pt

U.PORTO INOVAÇÃO » Porto https://www.upin.up.pt

CENTRO DE INCUBAÇÃO E ACELERAÇÃO DA PÓVOA DE VARZIM » Póvoa de Varzim https://www.cm-pvarzim.pt

LET-IN » Porto http://letin.inesctec.pt

ÁGORA BUSINESS ACADEMY » Oliveira de Azeméis http://www.adritem.pt

FÁBRICA DE SANTO THYRSO » Santo Tirso http://www.cm-stirso.pt

INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL DO TÂMEGA » Amarante http://www.iet.pt

SANJOTEC » São João da Madeira http://www.sanjotec.com INOVAGAIA » Vila Nova de Gaia http://www.inovagaia.pt

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SANTARÉM CENTRO DE NEGÓCIOS » Mação http://www.cm-macao.pt REDE DINÂMICA XXI » Rio Maior https://new.rededinamicaxxi.pt

CENTRO NEGÓCIOS E INOVAÇÃO DE RIO MAIOR » Rio Maior http://www.desmor.pt IN.CULT » Cartaxo http://www.adpm.pt

SETÚBAL INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS » Seixal http://www.cm-seixal.pt SINES TECNOPOLO » Sines http://www.sinestecnopolo.org

VIANA DO CASTELO VIANATECH » Viana do Castelo http://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt

VILA REAL PROJECT BOOSTER » Chaves http://www.acisat.pt

VISEU INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS DO IPV/ADIV » Viseu http://www.adiv.pt AEL_STARTUP » Vouzela http://www.ael.pt MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO PEDRO DO SUL » S. Pedro do Sul http://www.cm-spsul.pt INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS CARMELITANA » Tondela http://www.cm-tondela.pt CIDEM » Mangualde http://www.cmmangualde.pt

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LIFESTYLE

AXIS VIANA BUSINESS & SPA HOTEL:

Between the River Lima and the Mount Santa Luzia

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he Axis Viana Business & SPA Hotel is located between the River Lima and Monte Santa Luzia, next to the city park and 5 minutes from the historic center of Viana do Castelo. In fact, the Hotel is located on the same Avenue that connects directly to the historic center of the city.

This is one of the six hotels belonging to the Axis Hotels Group, and is considered the most modern 4-star hotel in the country, due to the contemporary architecture of the building and its hotel concept.

Ideal for a leisure or business stay, the Hotel has 87 comfortably equipped rooms and suites. In addition, it has a modern Restaurant, a cozy Living Room and a Bar. The Hotel has an area called Axis Wellness with 2600m2, with two swimming pools (one for leisure and the other for dynamic), sauna and Turkish bath, a weight and cardio-fitness room, modern relaxation programs, massage, wraps and treatments.

It also has a Business Center, with five meeting rooms, with capacity for up to 250 people and an exhibition area with all the necessary conditions for meetings or presentations.

You can also enjoy the immense garden and the huge terrace. And if that’s not enough, enjoy the beauty of the Lima River, the Atlantic and its beaches, and the mountains that protect the city with an immense green mantle.

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Areias do Seixo:

THE ECO CHIC HOTEL L

ocated less than an hour from Lisbon, on the west coast, is the Hotel Areias do Seixo, surrounded by nature.

Pine trees and dunes, sustainable tourism based on energy efficiency, renewable energies and the use of natural resources are some of the characteristics of this Eco Chic Hotel, which received the “Green Project Awards 2012” in the “Agriculture, Sea and Tourism” category and the diploma “Green Key”.

The property comprises 11 rooms, 6 villas and 2 townhouses, each with a different story.

The hotel has a bar, grocery store, vegetable garden, a dry sauna SPA, Turkish bath, treatment rooms, a relaxation room and an

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It also has three restaurants: Noah Surf House, Noah Beach House and Areias de Seixo. All of them with mostly Portuguese and local

products, coming from the hotel’s vegetable garden where aromatic plants, organic fruits and vegetables grow.

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transfer, bicycles, electric vehicle chargers, babysitting, Concierge service and a greenhouse for events and celebrations, with 600m2, with capacity for 250 people.

For families, the hotel also has the “Family Village”, space with trampolines, a kart track, space to run and play, the Sun tent, Tepees and a Treasure Hunt.

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TOYOTA GR86 SO T

he new GR86, a sports car designed by Toyota Gazoo Racing, will be marketed in Portugal for just two years. This is Toyota’s third global GR model, comprising three sports cars: a 2+2 sports car that joins the GR Supra and the GR Yaris.

This model features a new 2.4-liter front boxer engine with 234 horsepower, rear-wheel drive and remarkable dynamics.

The naturally aspirated 16-valve dual overhead camshaft (DOHC) four-cylinder unit uses the same cylinder block as before, but the displacement has been increased from 1998 to 2387 cc. This was achieved by increasing the diameter of the cylinders from 86 to 94 mm. Maximum power increased by around 17%, from 200 hp/147 kW to 234 hp/172 kW at 7000 rpm, which allowed acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h to be reduced by more than a second, to 6 .3 seconds (6.9 seconds with automatic transmission).

The top speed of the GR86 is 226 km/h with manual transmission, 216 km/h for automatic.

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Mercedes-Benz T

he first T-Class units begin to be delivered in July, with prices starting at 27,177.85 euros.

This model combines versatility and space, combined with a high level of equipment, with emphasis on the MBUX multimedia system with a 7-inch touchscreen and smartphone integration, multifunction steering wheel with Touch Control buttons, air conditioning and Keyless Start.

At launch, the T-Class will be available in the T 180 d (116 hp) version, with a diesel engine, and in the T 160 (102 hp) and T 180 (131 hp) versions, with a gasoline engine.

The four-cylinder engines stand out for their available power, even in the lower rpm range, and for their optimized consumption values. For even faster acceleration, it features an additional power and torque function, briefly delivering up to 121 hp and 295 Nm of torque. All motors are available together with the ECO start/stop function.

In addition to the standard manual gearbox, the diesel engine is optionally available with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT).

In a first phase, the compact MPV will be available with five seats, leaving the sevenseater version for later.

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BOOKS

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Develop your business plan and make the difference!

MARCELO NAKAGAWA Marcelo holds a PhD in Production Engineering (POLI/USP), a Master’s in Administration and Planning (PUC/SP) and a degree in Business Administration (FEA/USP).

Has more than twenty years of professional experience as an executive in the areas of finance/banking, strategy consulting, venture capital, innovation, private equity and higher education.

Marcelo Nakagawa is an entrepreneurship consultant at Senac São Paulo and one of the leading experts in the field in Brazil.

Is a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at institutions such as Insper, FIA, ESPM, BI International, Vanzolini, Endeavor, FGV, BM&F Bovespa and FACCAMP. He is also a columnist for Estadão PME and Brasil Econômico and academic coordinator for Movimento Empreenda, at Editora Globo.

Is also a member of the board of Artemísia Negócios Sociais, of Anjos do Brasil and mentor of Endeavor Brasil.

Synopsis: This book is the result of a partnership between Senac São Paulo and Senac Nacional.

In it, Marcelo Nakagawa gives tips and presents techniques on how to have business ideas and how to verify if they are really good opportunities, in addition to suggesting methods for writing a good business plan.

With clear language, the book presents case studies, many activities and even a card game in order to stimulate the first-time entrepreneur and make him develop a really different venture.

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PORTUGUESE UNICORNS

A história das Startups de mil milhões de dólares ANA PIMENTEL Ana Pimentel studied Communication Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He was still in college when he published his first story in the magazine Única, from Expresso. Since then, she has written for media such as Jornal de Negócios, Exame and Expresso, until in 2014 she joined the editorial staff of Observador – first as a journalist, then as a Technology editor – where she stayed until July 2021. For five years she signed the Startups newsletter, which in 2020 would be considered by Sifted (publication of the Financial Times) as one of the best in Europe in the area. At Rádio Observador, she was the voice of the podcast A App da Vizinha. In 2015, it was distinguished as Startup Journalist of the Year, by the Up Awards; in 2015 and 2016 it won the Economic Journalism Award in the Financial Markets category; and in 2018 and 2019 he was a finalist for the National Innovation Journalism Award. Moderated national and international conferences (Web Summit, European Commission, among others)

Synopsis: This book talks about José Neves, who until 2007 kept two businesses in parallel: a footwear brand and a software company. He understood both branches, but he had no competitive advantage in either. He ended up merging the two concepts at Farfetch. And by launching a platform for luxury fashion, he created the first Portuguese unicorn: a business that in 2015 was valued at more than a billion dollars.

Ana Pimentel accompanied this unicorn with national DNA from day one. Here we discover the magic, but also the practical side of the business, from investment to IPO. It is a true account of a story with no end in sight.

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