“JHere are the 25 Portuguese ‘startups’ (companies with rapid economic growth potential) that will represent Portugal at the Web Summit Rio. The sister event of the Web Summit, which has its first edition in Rio de Janeiro, from May 1st to 4th, will have the presence of the Portuguese delegation, accompanied by Startup Portugal, within the scope of the ‘Business Abroad’ initiative, which hosts 14 of these ‘startups’ that are participating in the conference”, indicated, in a statement, the organization Startup Portugal.
The Portuguese delegation will thus be composed of BlockBee, Blue Insight Technologies, Deeploy.me, Dizconto, Enline, Frontfiles, Go Beesiness, Hoopers, IDE Social Hub, Infinite Foundry, ITERCARE, Knok Healthcare, LEADZAI, Mentorise, Modatta and Move.
This group also includes My Data Manager, MyCareforce, ndBIM, Neroes, Sensei, SheerME, Swood, Vawlt Technologies and Wallstreeters.
These companies work in areas such as artificial intelligence, education, sports, ‘lifestyle’, ‘software’ and ‘fintech’ (technology applied to financial services).
Of the total, 14 of these companies participate in the conference under the ‘Business Abroad’ program of Startup Portugal, which has already supported more than 200 ‘startups’, while the rest are present in the scope of the partnership with the Municipality of Lisbon/Fábrica de Unicórnios or are independently registered.
On the 1st of May, the first day of the event, the Portuguese delegation will meet with local ‘stakeholders’ (interested parties), with several sessions scheduled on legal and tax processes and business opportunities.
According to the same note, this session will be attended by the Secretary of State for Internationalization, Bernardo Ivo Cruz, the Portuguese Ambassador to Brazil, Luís Faro Ramos, the Consul General of Portugal in Rio de Janeiro, Gabriela Soares, the Secretary of Economic Development and Innovation of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Bulhões, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Pais, the president of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rio de Janeiro, António Fiúza, the executive director of Startup Portugal, António Dias Martins , as well as the municipal director of the Municipal Directorate for Economy and Innovation of the Lisbon City Council, Margarida Figueiredo.
In January, Startup Portugal signed a memorandum of understanding with the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rio de Janeiro for the expansion of Portuguese ‘startups’ in the Brazilian market.
Startup Portugal aims to develop activities of public interest to promote entrepreneurship, relying on private and public funds, such as those from IAPMEI – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation or the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
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