Presentation done for the "Meet the Portuguese Startup Community!" event in Berlin, organised by Digital Knights, Startup Braga and FES Agency.

1. AnintrotothePortuguese
StartupScene
Inês Santos Silva
Head of Operations @ RIPE

2. InêsSantosSilva
Head of Operations @ RIPE
Previously:
Founder Startup Pirates
Founder PortugalStartups.com
Founder Trojan Horse was a Unicorn
Introduction

3. There’snoquestionthatPortugal–
anditscapitalinparticular– is
undergoingamassiveboomwhen
itcomestopromisingtechnology
companiesandinteresting
investmentsthesedays.
RobinWauters
Tech.eu

4. Numberofstartups:+ 500
Numberofincubators:72
PreandAccelerationPrograms:12
VentureCapitalInvestmentin2015:~100MillionUSDollars
Seed/startup/earlystageVCinvestmentaspercentageofGDP:0,0196%
ThePortugueseStartupScene
innumbers

5. FrankSinatra
Startupsyouneedtoknow

6. SomeScaleUps& oneUnicorn

7. Investorsyouneedtoknow

8. Incubators& Accelerators

9. Coworkingspaces

10. National& RegionalInitiatives

11. Peopletofollow
@filipacneto
@lilianapncastro
@rpires
@Danielatwits
@anascpimentel
@jvasc_secestind
@tgs1982
@miguelamaro
@StephanMorais
@amfsd
@cnfonseca
@rmarvao
@isss111
@anasantiago72

12. Otherthingsyouneedtoknow

13. 7reasonstocreateastartupin
Portugal
1.ReducedLaborcostsandqualifiedhumanresources
2.Fairrealestateprices
3.Strongaviationnetwork(low-costcompanies,lotsofroutes/destinations)
4.GoodEnglishlevel
5.Strongentrepreneurialsupport
6.Investment/ VentureFunding
7.Lifequalityandculture
João Vasconcelos
Secretary of State for Industry

14. Wantto
knowmore?

15. www.medium.com/isss111

16. www.theheureka.com/portugals­startup­scene

17. www.cofmag.com/portuguese­startup­scene/

18. Thankyou.
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