Featured Zypho raises €750K, largest Portuguese crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs ever Tim Hinchliffe Aug 1, 2018 Portuguese drain water heat recovery startup Zypho raises €750,000 in a crowdfunding campaign, which has become the largest ever carried out from Portugal on the platform... continue reading
Featured Call for applications: EDP to award €50K for clean energy innovation Valentina Cullmann Jul 31, 2018 Until September 10, the EDP Open Innovation Awards is accepting applications of clean energy startups to compete in a two-week accelerator program for €50,000 in funding and the... continue reading
Featured EcoXperience receives €700K to develop eco-friendly detergent Valentina Cullmann Jul 24, 2018 EcoXperience, a startup born at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) focusing on eco-friendly detergents, receives €700,000 under... continue reading
Bioeconomy Portuguese startup Spawnfoam is turning fungi into building material Tim Hinchliffe Jul 19, 2018 In the history of evolution hominids separated from fungi some 650 million years ago. As descendents of fungi, we have more in common with mushrooms than we do with any other... continue reading
Featured Zypho already at €516,536 on Seedrs with 59 days to reach €750K Tim Hinchliffe May 22, 2018 Portuguese drain water heat recovery startup, Zypho, has raised €516,536 of its crowdfunding goal of €750,000 on Seedrs, with 59 days still to go. (more…)... continue reading
Bioeconomy Portugal’s largest biofuel producer invests €1M in Jump Start accelerator for startups Tim Hinchliffe May 11, 2018 Portugal's largest biofuel producer and exporter, Prio, will invest €1 million in sustainable tech startups through the Jump Start accelerator. (more…)... continue reading
Featured Cleantech Camp is on the prowl for clean energy startups for March program Tim Hinchliffe Feb 13, 2018 Cleantech Camp is looking for startups in Porto that are working on clean energy projects to compete in an entrepreneurial initiative starting in March. (more…)... continue reading
Education SingularityU launches Global Impact Challenge in Portugal, winner goes to Silicon Valley incubator Tim Hinchliffe Feb 1, 2018 Silicon Valley-based Singularity University is launching its Global Impact Challenge in Portugal, and the winner will go on to the university's incubator program. ... continue reading
Featured AddVolt makes Luis Simões the first company combining solar and kinetic energy in refrigerated trucks Daniela Monteiro Sep 7, 2016 Luis Simões has become the first company to implement WeTruck technology, responding to the commitment of the company for R&D and environmental care. With almost 50 years of... continue reading
Bioeconomy Sociedade Ponto Verde launches environmental business accelerator Luana Norões Feb 2, 2016 Circular Economy and Bioeconomy aren’t the most disseminated ideas, but they are key-concepts to design a sustainable society. The first concept refers to an economy without... continue reading
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