Be part of the future.
🏎️ Want to be part of the future?
With much faster speed, low latency, and the ability to connect millions of devices and equipments together, 5G will be a crucial driver of the digital economy. This was the motto for the Acelerador 5G - Collaborative Innovation Programme of NOS and Amazon Web Services (AWS) powered by Startup Lisboa, which will challenge startups in Portugal that can benefit from the potential of 5G technology.
The startups selected to participate in the programme will benefit from:
💸 Exposure and the possibility of investment analysis by Armilar Venture Partners, the entity that manages the "NOS 5G" Venture Capital Fund;
🤓 Access to partners and mentors from NOS, AWS and Startup Lisboa;
Be offered AWS services up to 100,000€, through the AWS Activate program;
Access to use cases with potential for collaborative innovation (NOS and AWS corporate customers).
And for the winner 🏆:
💰 A monetary prize of 7,500€;
🏠 Direct access to incubation at Startup Lisboa.
The programme lasts seven weeks and consists of webinars, mentoring sessions, and individual support moments for each project. It will also include networking sessions, open innovation, and talks by experts from different areas.
Applications are open until April 11 at acelerador5g.com. Until then, and for those who still have doubts about this technology's potential or about the functioning of the programme, the presentation session of the 5G Accelerator - Collaborative Innovation Programme, which took place yesterday, is online.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
💪BGI and EIT Digital have launched a Venture Program to mentor and invest up to €25,000 in teams of entrepreneurs residing in Portugal or Malta, willing to launch strong technology products or services. Applications are running until April 8.
💊Applications for Santa Casa Challenge close next week - our partner Casa do Impacto is looking for innovative, technological solutions to address challenges in the healthcare sector.
🔌Free Electrons is an "open innovation energy program" that will connect startups to the world's leading energy utilities, including Portugal. At the end of the programme, there is a chance to win a $200,000 prize. Apply until March 29.
📍 Do you have an insurtech or product or service that could contribute to innovating this area? Applications to win tickets to insureNXT digital on April 21 and 22 are running until March 19!
EVENTS
MARCH 18
BUILDING YOUR WEB/APP FAST AND EASILY WITH AWS AMPLIFY BY AWS STARTUP ACADEMY
An event that is part of the AWS Startup Academy to support early-stage startups to launch and grow with AWS. In this session, the focus is on building your product in the cloud, easily and quickly, with this tool's support.
APRIL 15
DEEP STARTUP ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE
An online conference with a strong focus on data and concrete actions will bring together over 100 leaders from different ecosystems in Europe to discuss the pressing challenges of our time and create innovation systems with impact for the future.
JOBS
🥇 The world's best tourism startup in the sustainability category is growing, and for that, it needs a TECH LEAD. If sustainable tourism and electric mobility interest you, join Live Electric Tours!
🥄TUKI came to Startup Lisboa through From Start-to-Table. It connects temporary workers in the hospitality sector with the most suitable jobs. The startup is looking for a BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERN to help develop the business and for sales!
STARTUP OF THE WEEK
MINTBASE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF NFTs!
Many guarantee that online life is here to stay and increase presence in our daily lives - and some are paying attention and innovating according to market trends. Our Mintbase, which is tokenizing physical and digital items such as tickets, art pieces, and music, has been named by CoinDesk as one of the driving startups in the NFTs market!
Congratulations on being at the forefront of the virtual economy, validating the project, and inspiring many others!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
📍 "“Who knows, maybe the next Portuguese unicorn will be born here". It was with this sentence that the Secretary of State for Digital Transition, André de Aragão Azevedo, ended his participation in the start of the 5G Accelerator - Collaborative Innovation Programme". Manuel Pestana Machado, a journalist at Observador, attended yesterday's session on the 5G Accelerator and told us all about it in this article.
🧠 EU-Startups published a list of the 10 most promising Portuguese startups for 2021. Among them is our incubated company, Virtualeap, and Barkyn, whose CEO won the João Vasconcelos Award - Entrepreneur of the Year 2020.