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🚀 A 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚çã𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐭ó𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐚 juntou-se à UPTEC para lançar a última edição da 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, e esta é especial para os alunos 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬! 🌟 🫣 A Escola de Startups dá aos aspirantes a empreendedores 𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧ç𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐠ó𝐜𝐢𝐨. 💘 Não é necessário teres uma ideia de negócio totalmente formada para participares - em vez disso, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐱ã𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐨! Terás uma sólida noção do panorama económico e de inovação da região Norte, ao mesmo tempo que farás ligações valiosas no panorama do investimento. 💼 ✨ Marca na tua agenda - 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢çõ𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭ã𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭é 𝟐𝟖 𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨! Visita o site da Escola de Startups para te inscreveres e saberes mais. O programa será em português e adivinha? É totalmente 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐨! 🙌 Não percas esta oportunidade fantástica. 🎉 https://lnkd.in/dweeKhtj

🎉On November 20th, BANTUMEN kicked off the third edition of 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐂 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐱𝐚! 🥰 This fantastic exhibition is packed with articles, interviews, and amazing stories that spotlight the vibrant Afro-descendant community in Portugal. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕! 🤝 Brought to life by Afrikanizm Art and Ivanova Araujo, this exhibit celebrates the 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥. 💥 Don’t miss the chance to see the photos from the opening! 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐂 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐱𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟!

🚀 Probely (a Snyk Business), a startup incubated at UPTEC, has just joined forces with US cybersecurity giant Snyk, expanding their team by around 40 talented individuals! 🔒 With a footprint in about 𝟑𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, Probely is truly taking security to the next level. 🤝 But this acquisition isn’t just about growth; 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. “It was a perfect fit for two organizations with a mentality and distinct DNA. We saw a fantastic opportunity to complement each other's security offerings, making our joint platform even more robust," says Nuno Loureiro, CEO and co-founder of Probely. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!💪 https://lnkd.in/dHPETYjY #Cybersecurity #StartupNews #TeamWork

🚀 The 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐀𝐜𝐭, the cool program boosting startups in the blue economy, is happening on 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟔 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟓 𝐚.𝐦 in Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos! 🌊 ✨ Join us for an inspiring event with Manuela Álvares, the Councillor for the Environment and Energy Transition, and Maria Moura Oliveira, the Business Director of UPTEC. 👀 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞! This amazing program, organized by Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos alongside UPTEC, INDAQUA, and Conservas Portugal Norte, Lda., offers nearly €𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬! 🎉 Plus, there's a free spot in UPTEC's next Startup School and a whole year of free incubation at UPTEC Mar. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭—𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧! 🙌 https://lnkd.in/dnFDx9ax #BluActFinal #StartupEcosystem #BlueEconomy

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🚀 Big news! UPTEC is one of the original founding members of the 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, thanks to AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal. 🎉 🌱 Through fresh partnerships and connections among businesses, public entities, academia, and the community, we’re on a mission to 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. The goal? 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 🎯 🤝 Alongside UPTEC, notable organizations like the Fundação de Serralves, Livraria Lello, Mota-Engil, ALMA DESIGN, and Grupo Ageas Portugal are also part of this exciting venture. 🚀 Maria Moura Oliveira, our executive director, shared her thoughts: “UPTEC’s involvement in the Cultural and Creative Industries Cluster Association showcases our dedication to harnessing creativity and innovation for economic and social progress. Over the years, we've championed numerous creative initiatives that push boundaries. This association is a game-changer, helping us expand our network and enhance the impact of our projects as we continue to be a leading hub for the cultural and creative industries in Portugal and beyond.” 🌟 Let’s keep the creativity flowing! https://lnkd.in/gs_3tsj6 #CulturalInnovation #UPTEC #CreativeIndustries

Get ready, Ana Luísa Correia is now stepping into the role of 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐏𝐑 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐂! 🎉 💫 With a background in 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, Ana has experience in 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐑, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 💣 After some time spent managing communication projects, she decided to return where the action is — 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! She will be at the helm of all things content and public relations, from 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 😀 Say hello to Ana Luísa!

📍 Today, a crew of MBA students from IE Business School hit up UPTEC as part of Porto Business School's Global Immersion Month, and it was a game-changer! 🚀 🎓 They got the s𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐂 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐛, driving innovation and supporting both startups and scale-ups in Portugal.✨ 📈The highlight? 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦! They soaked up some serious knowledge on launching successful ventures. Sofia Santos, a partner at Faber, dropped some golden nuggets about financing startups —𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.💰 They also explored the amazing journey of Rows.com, a scale-up thriving with UPTEC’s backing. Co-founder Humberto Ayres Pereira shared his insights on 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 🙌 🤝To wrap it up, the students jumped into an interactive role-play with the School of Startups crew. They stepped into the 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬. What a way to level up! 💡 #Innovation #Startups #UPTEC #FutureLeaders

🚀 Exciting news in the fintech world! UPTEC has produced some 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞. 🎉 Check out Impacte, nagged the title of Emerging Fintech, Jscrambler, ETHIACK, Probely (a Snyk Business), Tagpeak, and Invisible Collector, alongside our UPTEC alumni Coverflex and UbiRider — recognized as key players in the ecosystem. The annual Portugal Fintech Report, proudly brought to you by Portugal Fintech with support from Visa, KPMG, and Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados | Morais Leitão, dives deep into the health of Portugal's fintech landscape. 💼 Expect insights packed with 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐬, plus those fresh startups that launched last year! https://lnkd.in/dQs9HrSM #Fintech #Innovation #UPTEC #PortugalFintech

🚀 Big news! Intuitivo, the brilliant startup incubated at UPTEC, has just snagged the title of 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 at the Web Summit! Emerging from a pool of 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, both the public and expert jury chose Intuitivo 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞. 🙌 Founded by the dynamic trio João Guimarães, Duarte Oliveira, and Diogo Silva right during the COVID-19 pandemic, Intuitivo is already making waves by digitizing assessment tests across Portugal. ✨ João Guimarães, the CEO, shared that this award is an “𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 “𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲.”🔥 🌟 The Web Summit jury praised the startup for their mission to be “𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝.” We can’t wait to see what’s next for Intuitivo! https://lnkd.in/dVCPBjdC #websummit #websummit2024 #startup #startupcompetition