Programmes
Programmes
Programmes
accelerate your business idea
UPTEC runs acceleration programmes for entrepreneurs and researchers who want to turn ideas into sustainable businesses with growth potential.
Whether you're still at a very early stage or looking for market validation and funding strategies, our programmes offer you the mentoring and training you need to move forward.
We also organise open innovation programmes for large companies and local authorities that want to support entrepreneurs with ideas in specific sectors, such as the blue economy, climate tech, or the creative industries.
School of Startups: Foundations
A remote, personalised pre-incubation programme designed for aspiring entrepreneurs with ideas at a very early stage.
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The School of Startups: Students is a programme aimed at students of Portuguese descent at any stage of their education, designed to enable them to immerse themselves in the national entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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The School of Startups: Researchers is an intensive one-week programme designed to introduce researchers to commercialisation and business creation.
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BluAct is a programme designed to support the growth of blue economy businesses, run by Matosinhos City Council in partnership with UPTEC. The initiative will award grants to businesses and projects that have a significant impact on the blue economy.
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ClimateLaunchpad is the world's largest competition for "green" business ideas. Its goal is to unlock the potential of clean technologies that impact the climate.
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School of Startups: Entrepreneurs

A School of Startups fornece os recursos, a orientação e o ambiente para colocares o teu negócio no caminho do sucesso.
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