Startup Portugal, Newsletter

 

ECOSYSTEM STREAM

// Feedzai raises 200 million Series D round and earns unicorn status

The startup led by the Portuguese Nuno Sebastião raised funding led by KKR, and with the participation of Sapphire Ventures and Citi Ventures increasing its evaluation by more than 1,000 million dollars, hence the unicorn status. The new investment will be used to accelerate the company's global expansion, develop the product offering, reinforce the partner strategy and position it as one of the best financial risk prevention and management solutions on the market.

// Startup Portugal is launching a real-time database about and for startups

StartupHub.pt will monitor and report on the entrepreneurial ecosystem and make them publicly available after partnering with the database company dealroom.co. This update on the existing platform in the form of a new dashboard will allow to compile ecosystem data in a dynamic and regular way, from financing rounds, job opportunities, news related to the activities of startups, scaleups and investors.

// Opportunity radar

Clean Tech Camp Applications until March 28 Acelerator5g Applications until April 11 Demium Open Call Applications until April 13 2021 Women Entrepreneurship Award Applications until April 15 Indico Pre-Seed Program Applications until May 15

// Happening of the week

Startup Hub Dashboard presentation March 26, 2.30pm Relocation for International Employees March 31, 3.30 pm Hiring and Building Tech Teams in Portugal by Landing Jobs April 6, 10 am Nómada Digital Summit April 8-10 Bootcamp "Agricultura 4.0" April 21 Google Startup School Several sessions until May

// Shameless self promotion

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THE -ABLES

// Memeable

// Watchable

You don't want to miss this fundraising masterclass from experienced founders.

// Readable

How to get pitch feedback from VCs, an article by D'arcy Whelan, Forbes "As a founder, generic responses may be easier to take but they rob you of important learning opportunities, especially when you’ve put in the time to pitch. Instead, founders who are pursuing conversations with an investor should be consistently opening the floor for feedback at every stage of the fundraising process."

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