A presentation on Lisbon, the Atlantic Start-up City!

1. Lisboa
Atlantic Start-up City

2. STARTING-UP IN LISBOA
“It must be said that Lisboa probably isn’t on the radar
as a preferred location for startups; or that it is a
hotbed of entrepreneurial action. But it could be; it can
be; it should be. We are, after all, the West Coast of
Europe. The business environment has been getting
friendlier due to streamlined bureaucracy and there are
some local startups that should warrant a closer look.”
Mário Valente, Seed Capital

3. San Francisco Lisboa
Most blog posts about
Lisbon and start ups, make
references about the
similarities between San
Francisco and Lisboa.

4. No wonder why...
San Francisco Lisboa

5. Lisboa is all About Style, Hipness and
Quality of Life.
…according to Paul Graham’s wisdom.
US PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL

6. Lisboa is well connected.
Boston (5h)/ Madrid (1h)
Silicon Valley (9h) Train: Zurich (2h30)
Porto (2h30h)/ Israel (4h)
India (6h)
Airport Shangai (9h)
ISEL IPAM Train
NOVA
IST Engineering
Universities
IADE ETIC Belas Artes
6
River
NOVA -
ENGINEERING TEJO

7. “Closer to what matters.”
More than 50Km of
golden beaches...
Surfing, Kite, Golf,
you name it!

8. “Just the Right Place”
Lisbon is one of Europe’s mildest capital cities,
with a lot of sunshine (over 3300 hours per year).

9. “High Quality Health Services”
Free National Health System
Affordable Premium Private Insurance

10. “Arrival to Lisboa”
“Getting from our office in downtown Lisbon at rush
hour to the Airport can be done in under 20 minutes.”
James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer

11. “Lisbon is competitive.”
Thousands of grad-students.
English speaking workforce.
Competitive engineers and
designers.

12. “Low cost”
Lots of business spaces in Lisboa to help you get
started witht the most important: building your
product. * Data compiled by James and Sabrina, Founders
of Webnographer
512K
500K
420K
USD 500K 3x less
400K 400K
expensive
300K 300K
156K
200K 200K
125K USD
100K 100K
30K 30K 32K 6K 6K 19K
Rent Rent 5p team IT and Rent Rent 5p team IT and
Total Total
office house Salaries Legal office house Salaries admin
Silicon Valley Lisbon

13. Feel better with the Planet.
Knowing that more than 70% of
your electricity that powers
Lisbon from renewable CO2
neutral sources, like wind power.

14. Lots of Local Talent Available.
There are over 100.000 university students in
and around Lisbon. Now prefer to join a startup.
TOP Tech&Design Schools:
• Instituto Superior Técnico
• Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
• ESAD

15. Great food and wine!
We have startups on wine! Adegga
created a social network around wine
that puts winemakers closer to
winetasters.

16. Local Research Centers, and multi-
national eco-system operating in Lisbon
Major US, European and Japanese
companies operate development and R&D
facilities to take advantage of the high caliber
workforce.

17. Tax breaks for IT start-ups.
The Portuguese Government and the
European Union is a major supporter
of Portuguese technology through a
host of financial programs that
encourage investment.

18. All the Speed you Need.
Fiber-to-the-home symmetrical 1Gbps
connections are widely available, and 4G is
expected to be deployed along 2012.

19. Growing Brazil and Angola Speak Portuguese!

20. Tolerant and Artistic Life
For all genres, and tastes.