Art & Culture New indie feature flick ‘Exposure’ filmed in Portugal with novel agile methodology Sam Brake Guia Oct 19, 2018 Indie filmmakers Longship Films will premiere Exposure, a feature film shot in Algarve, Portugal about the post-breakup journey of two women at the Flyway Film Festival on... continue reading
Education Portuguese unicorn OutSystems sets Battle of Universities challenge for students Tim Hinchliffe Oct 17, 2018 Portuguese unicorn OutSystems is organizing the first edition of the Battle of Universities for Portuguese students to promote the development of their technical and soft skills... continue reading
E-Commerce American startup Salsify chooses Lisbon for 1st European office Tim Hinchliffe Oct 15, 2018 American startup Salsify, whose clients include Coca-Cola, chooses Lisbon to open its first European office, citing good weather and the city's "entrepreneurial spirit" among its... continue reading
Big Data Unbabel opens office in San Francisco to be closer to tech giants Tim Hinchliffe Oct 12, 2018 Portuguese translation platform as a service Unbabel opens an office in San Francisco to be closer to tech giants and business partners like Facebook and Pinterest. ... continue reading
Education SingularityU Portugal launches in Cascais Tim Hinchliffe Oct 9, 2018 Singularity University, together with Beta-i, Nova School of Business and Economics, and the Câmara Municipal de Cascais launch SingularityU Portugal in Cascais. ... continue reading
Featured Digital identity manager Dashlane opens office in Lisbon, plans to make 40 new hires Tim Hinchliffe Oct 8, 2018 Dashlane, the creators of a digital identity management app, today opens an office in Lisbon with plans to make 40 new hires over the next 18 months. (more…)... continue reading
Awards Portugal’s 1st GovTech for Humanity Contest voted on blockchain has 6 finalists Tim Hinchliffe Oct 4, 2018 After reviewing 113 projects, Portugal's €30,000 GovTech contest for solving the problems of humanity selects six finalists after voting on the blockchain. (more…)... continue reading
Enterprise Software Talkdesk is Portugal’s next unicorn, raises $100M with over $1B evaluation Tim Hinchliffe Oct 3, 2018 Portugal has a new unicorn. Talkdesk raises $100 million while being valued at over $1 billion. (more…)... continue reading
Featured EDP Open Innovation accelerator selects 10 startups from 10 different countries Tim Hinchliffe Oct 1, 2018 EDP Open Innovation, an acceleration project that joins Energias de Portugal (EDP) and Expresso, selects 10 finalist startups from 10 different countries for this year's... continue reading
Featured 7 Portuguese startups kick off 1st ‘blue bio economy’ accelerator Valentina Cullmann Sep 27, 2018 Oceano Azul Foundation and Gulbenkian Foundation selected 7 Portuguese startups to kick off 'Blue Bio Value' , the country's first accelerator program aiming to save marine... continue reading
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