Maria Miguel, Director of StartUP Portugal presented Porto as part of the Startup Cities programme at the Me Convention 2018 in Stockholm featuring 20 cities, hosted by Sam Michel. More at: https://toodlepip.co.uk/2018/20-startup-cities/

1. PORTO
What’s
going on?

2. Porto 1.0

3. Why Porto?

4. Startups in Porto
coworks incubators
https://classic.mapme.com/scaleupporto/places/category/Incubators

5. Lisbon vs Porto
Porto
LisbonForeign
investors

6. Why Portugal?
Expats friendly
100%
US business magazine Forbes has recently ranked Portugal as the 'Worlds Friendliest Country' for expats.

7. Why Portugal?
When you find out each user has 232.1 kb/s* internet speedin Portugal and even 1/2Gbps is just an easy upgrade away
(* fibre optical is available throughout the country — every school has high speed access)

8. Why Portugal?
When you live and work under sunny conditionsfor about 350 days a year.
Portugal has the largest number of sunny days in Europe, and 8ºC is the lowest averagetemperature you get.

9. Why Portugal?
Where you get your shots for just 60 cents …
…. and the beans come from amazing places like Sao Tome, Brasil or Mozambique

10. Why Portugal?
When it’s no problem to afford a decent office space.
from top left: Second Home, Talent Garden, LX Factory, Village Underground
Portugal has 135 certified and incubation spaces throughout the whole country.

11. Why Portugal?
Where surf and turf is a daily pleasure.
With a coastline of 1564km a daily supply of fresh fish and seafood is guaranteed. The Portuguese have 1001 to cook cod and porco preto is said to be even more delicious than the Spanish pata negra.

12. Why Portugal?
When a favourable expat taxation makes you forget
about IRS headaches
…. from 20% flat fee taxation on local income to tax free foreign earnings

13. Why Portugal?
Where peaceful atmosphere is an historic value.
Portugal is listed as the 3rd safest country world wide and went through a peaceful revolution in 1974

14. Why Portugal?
When accessibility of government to startups
enables you to cut red tapes
Yours truly, Startup Portugal, provides easy access to Government for startups and investors
in order to push forth the entrepreneurial ecosystem blooming in the country.

15. Why Portugal?
Where a Startup Visa can be obtained without hassle
The Portuguese Startup Visa (for non-EU citizens) allows you to move to Portugal and get your businesspumping in the European market. The process is fairly quick and grants you a place in one of the country’scertified incubation spaces.

16. Supporting
startups

17. STARTUP PORTUGAL IS
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
INITIATIVE OF PORTUGAL
We are a public-private think tank in charge
of benchmarking government initiatives against
compatibility for a thriving entrepreneurship
community.
We implement public and private initiatives to
serve the entrepreneurial community and attract
the best foreign talent, founders and investors.
We are a multi-national team of 12, with offices in
Lisbon and Porto.
ABOUT US

18. - Supports projects in idea stage
- Targets people aged between 18 and 35, living in
Portugal
- Monthly allowance of 690€ up to one year
- In 2016, 600 entrepreneurs applied to the first call.
- Over 400 have been benefiting from it in 2017/18
OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
Supporting
startups

19. - Supports projects in the first year of a startup
- It pays for incubation, accountant services, digital
marketing and other professional services to help
the company get started
- The voucher can go up to 5.000€, as companies
move forward and report positive milestones
- In 2017, 125 startups applied to the first call
- Around 100 are currently benefiting from it
OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
Supporting
incubators and
accelerators

20. Since 2016, every year we bring more and more
Portuguese startups to the Web Summit.
We have offered more than 200 tickets for Alpha
startups to pitch at the Web Summit and we organize
boot camps to help them prepare and make the best
of this highly intensive global event.
In 2017, 150 startups attended the Web Summit with
Startup Portugal support.
OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
Supporting
startups

21. OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
DELEGATION
VISITS
Brazil
India
China & Macau
Belgium
UK
USA
Germany
Canada
CONFERENCES
Supporting
startups
Helping Portuguese startups grow in new markets
In 2018 we have 25 missions abroad with Portuguese
startups.
We help them prepare to approach a new market and
we provide financial support for internationalisation

22. Supporting the investors
Several co-investment funds were created to lower the risk
of Business Angels and Venture Capital firms that invest in
local startups or move their startups to Portugal:
- In 2017, a public fund to co-invest with BA of €43M was
created. Almost 90 entities applied to co-invest using this
instrument
- In 2017, a public fund to co-invest with VC of €100M was
created. Currently 25 VC funds are eligible to co-invest
using this instrument
- More recently: 200M, a public fund of €200M, was
announced to attract the best private co-investors from all
around the world. Applications will open to invest a
minimum of €500k in startups developing solutions
around Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Tourism, and Industry
4.0 related-technologies.
www.200m.pt
OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
Supporting
investors

23. The Startup Portugal + program brings new
impetus to the Portuguese public policy on
entrepreneurship, addressing emerging
challenges.
Here is a list of the 25 initiatives being
implemented right now in Portugal:
http://startupportugal.com/sp-plus
OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
25 new measures
to support the
ecosystem

24. OUR PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES
SIGN UP
FOR PORTUGAL
In 2017 Web Summit we launched the Sign Up for
Portugal platform, where foreign founders, investors
and broader talent considering to relocate or invest in
Portugal can find relevant info and contact different
government agencies to jump-start their process.
www.signupforportugal.pt
Supporting
investors

25. maria@startupportugal.com
THANK YOU.