Startup Lisboa

Rastro (YC S24) got into Y Combinator! 🔥 The startup is accelerating Europe's second-hand industry with a cutting edge search engine that aggregates public auctions. Congratulations! ➡ https://lnkd.in/dxMQT5fj #startup #startuplx #incubation #incubator #incubationprogram

HackerPulse just launched on Product Hunt. 🔥 And they need our support! The startup is bringing the ultimate dev profile we can use for all our job search needs, and they would appreciate your feedback! Follow the link to show them your love 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3NeF8Jb #startup #startuplx #incubator #incubation #incubatorprogram #startupnews #startuplaunch

Last week, we discussed everything related to how a VC works and how to set up a fundraising strategy. Our 🏖️ Summer Batch 24‘ had the opportunity to hear two VC firms and learn from their experiences. Thank you to Tomás Penaguião from Bynd Venture Capital and Jakob Lilienweiss from Semapa Next. Here are a few insights from the session: ⏳ Average fund duration is between 8-12 years, and 20% portfolio generates 80% of returns; 💰 Expected IRR ›20% / 3x fund size; 📍 Start your raise earlier. Ideally, raise with 6-9 months cash in the bank; 🎯 Timing is important. Ideally, raise during a momentum phase where you can show consistent growth for 2-3 months (especially relevant for businesses that have seasonality); 🤝 Prioritize partners for the long term and run your own due diligence on VCs; 📣 Fundraising a round is like sales. By João Nunes Rosado, Head of Portfolio at Unicorn Factory Lisboa #startuplx #startup #incubation #incubator #incubationprogram #startup #fundraising #vc

Godspeed, Carolina! The startup and team that grew up at Startup Lisboa will leap forward, with the startup being acquired and Carolina heading to help founders at one of our VC partners, Faber. It's been a pleasure to watch the startup's journey over the years and now the acquisition process. On to the next challenge!

SurfREC closed a pre-seed round with a 102,000-euro investment! 🔥 The platform to improve the surfing experience of millions of surfers worldwide takes another crucial step towards one of the most significant revolution in the surfing industry 🏄 Go, go! ➡ https://lnkd.in/dGcsFzWk #startuplx #startupnews #founderstories #startup #founder #investment #preseed

At the Welcome of each new batch, we invite founders from the community to share their experiences. 🫶 They talk about what their work, how they benefited from the incubation program, their growth, and offer advice to new founders on how to make the most of this experience! ☀️ In our Summer Edition, we were joined by Filipe Pinho Pereira from Membrz.Club, Michelle Martin from Maka Health (techstars ‘23), and Rezaan Daniels from Finvx.io. Thank you for your valuable contributions! Applications for the Fall Batch are open! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dY7vSRjG #startuplx #startup #startupnews #founderstories #community #founder #incubation #incubator #incubationprogram

How much do you know about Product and Validation? Last Friday we hosted the sessions “How to Design a Product Strategy” and “Validation Framework” for our 🏖️ Summer Batch 24’. A huge thank you to Bernardo Tavares (Granter.ai) and Léa Samrani for sharing their expertise and inspiring our startups on how to think about product strategy and validation frameworks. Here are a few insights from the session: ✅ It’s so easy to generate output that the hard part is to make sure it’s the right one 👎 OKRs need to be integrated into the strategy. Otherwise, it won’t add value 💬 Know your user. Talk to users yourself regularly 🛫 What we start with (idea/solution) is not what we end up 🛬 with after talking to people (who have that problem) We hope our startups found the 1st Rocket Session helpful and start applying what they’ve learnt on their product strategy and the way they’re validating their ideas! By Sandra Leonor, Incubation Associate at Unicorn Factory Lisboa

Join Lisboa Innovation for All - applications are now open! This initiative is not just about social innovation, it‘s about making a real difference and addressing the main social challenges faced by cities with a practical application in Lisbon. With three categories - Quality of Education, Access to Healthcare and Integration of Migrants - we‘re inviting entrepreneurs, startups and scaleups to think big and propose transformative ideas that can reshape the community. 💡 👉🏼 Swipe to learn all about the types of projects that we are looking for. The challenge winners will receive a total of €360,000 - one of the most significant prizes for social innovation in Europe! 📅 Apply today! lisboainnovationforall.com Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

Did anyone say 30 under 30? The CEO of Volt Games, Pedro Cabaco, (from our incubation community and a member of Unicorn Factory Lisboa‘s Gaming Hub) made it to Forbes Portugal‘s exclusive list of 30 talented young individuals 📍 that stood out and are ready to the be talk of the town! “From launching my (very bad looking) first game when I was 13, to the success of Super Crossbar Challenge’s 2 million downloads, all the way to the incredible journey at Volt Games, I’ve been truly lucky to have been able to follow this path, doing what I love, with people I love, supported by those I love most“ 👏 Well done, Pedro! #startuplx #startup #founderstory #30under30

These are the startups that will shape the industry in the next few weeks. 👀 Our Summer Batch covers areas such as AI, WellTech, HealthTech, Gaming, TravelTech, FinTech, and more! 👋 Leave your comment here if you‘re part of it! #startup #startuplx #community #founder #founderstory