Unicorns

The Startup World Cup is coming to Portugal’s Unicorn Factory in September offering the chance for Portuguese startups to bag a million dollars of investment if they win their pitch in Silicon [...]

The 7th edition of Unicorn Factory Lisboa’s Scaling Up programme has kicked off with 10 new scale-ups – the largest addition to date. Unicorn Factory has already helped 58 scale-ups [...]

Seven Portuguese startup hubs including Unicorn Factory Lisboa (17th), Startup Braga (31st), Pedro Nunes Institute (42nd) enjoyed among the best rankings for Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs. [...]

Text & Photo: Chris Graeme Portugal’s technology startup market is too small to be anything more than a pilot according to Pedro Ribeiro Santos of Armilar Venture Partners who spoke at the [...]

Iterable, a multi-channel marketing company using AI technology has opened an office at Unicorn Factory Lisboa with plans to hire over 100 people over the next few years. Based in San Francisco, [...]

From healthcare and content streaming to sustainable proteins made from bio-organisms, the steady flow of technology startups and scale-ups moving to Lisbon from Europe and the US seems [...]

Unicorn Factory Lisboa is one of the reasons why Portugal is considered by the Financial Times as the 6th best ecosystem for startups and scaleups in Europe. Essential Business interviews CEO Gil [...]

Eight new technology companies have been integrated the ‘Scaling Up’ programme at Lisbon Unicorn Factory. They are Aptiv.io, Dig-In, Get More Brain, Lovys, MeetGeek, Musiversal, MyCareforce and [...]

Farfetch, the former unicorn with Portuguese DNA, has seen 50% knocked off the value of its shares over the past two days because of investor fears over a shrinking margin and accumulated debts [...]

Lisbon’s Unicorn Factory, based in the Beato neighbourhood in the capital, is working on expanding into new innovation districts in Lisbon based on vertical thematics. Reports ECO online news, [...]