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24/09/2024

NILG.AI wins national award with AI project for waste management

The UPTEC startup developed a project using artificial intelligence that optimizes the placement of recycling bins in Algarve.

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30/08/2024

Rows extends investment round to nine million euros

Rows, a startup incubated at UPTEC, has recently closed an extension of its latest investment round, raising a total of approximately €9 million.

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04/07/2024

Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2024 seeks technological ideas

The 15th edition of the competition, organised by Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, is open to master's students from Portuguese universities until 21 July.

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03/07/2024

Aeroplane that generates energy, grain sorting with AI and bioreactors made from recycled plastic win national ClimateLaunchpad awards

The three winners of the national ClimateLaunchpad will represent Portugal in the regional final of the competition. In Portugal, the competition is organised by UPTEC, Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte and Fórum Oceano/Hub Azul.

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21/06/2024

UPTEC in a 1.5M€ European consortium to raise awareness of maritime transport challenges

The SaferSEA programme aims to help prevent the risks associated with maritime transport and will hold its first event on July 3 at UPTEC Asprela I

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20/06/2024

Wine ageing, grain sorting with AI and sustainable fertiliser among seven ideas to compete in European climate programme

The Portuguese final of the world's largest cleantech competition, ClimateLaunchPad, is organised by UPTEC, Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte and Fórum Oceano/Hub Azul

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19/06/2024

Azitek reaches €1M in investment with asset tracking system

The UPTEC startup has completed a new round of capital raising in an operation by Beta Capital, Portugal Ventures and Cedrus Capital

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11/06/2024

VG CoLAB is the first collaborative laboratory to join the European Battery Consortium

The collaborative laboratory VG CoLAB which focuses on energy storage, joins the consortium funded by the European Commission to the tune of almost 3 billion euros

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06/06/2024

UPTEC graduates among the 150 fastest-growing tech companies in Europe

Addvolt and Knok on the podium of the fastest growing national companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

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29/05/2024

Rows raises 8 million euros to accelerate expansion in the US and UK

UPTEC startup aims to improve the artificial intelligence features of spreadsheets

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29/05/2024

Jscrambler was honoured by the world's most influential cybersecurity magazine

Jscrambler was awarded alongside companies such as Deloitte, Microsoft, Cisco and Mastercard at the 12th edition of the Global Infosec Awards 2024

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10/05/2024

Hortee receives investment of €50,000 from the world's largest food innovation community

The UPTEC startup's online platform for buying local products is now part of the European Commission's New European Bauhaus programme

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19/04/2024

Seedsight wants to combat seed and cereal waste with innovative solution

Platform from the startup incubated at UPTEC focused on increasing the amount of food available in the future with the same current resources

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12/04/2024

Probely among the first 48 companies to join the European Innovation Council's Scaling Club

The startup incubated at UPTEC is now part of an exclusive community made up of 100 European deep tech companies and partners.

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10/04/2024

Promptly selected to be NHS Wales technology partner

Startup da UPTEC selecionada para contrato nacional de recolha de dados do Serviço Nacional de Saúde do País de Gales, que presta cuidados a 3 milhões de pessoas.

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05/04/2024

JUMP: Municipality of Famalicão and UPTEC seek business ideas for the green and digital transition

The programme will award 9000 euros in prizes for the best solutions for industry, the city and citizens. Applications are open until 7th April.

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05/04/2024

Santander supports U.Porto Alumni project to raise funding

A AcuRate, criada por Maria Silva e Edmundo Cadilha, está entre os 20 projetos selecionados para receber acompanhamento em crowdfunding

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07/03/2024

Connected and ETHIACK among the ten most promising Portuguese startups in 2024

The two companies incubated at UPTEC appear on the list published by EU-Startups.com, the leading website for content specialized in European startups

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30/12/2023

Addvolt and Knok on the podium of Portugal's fastest-growing technology companies

UPTEC's graduated companies are part of the 50 companies with an aggregate turnover of more than 550 million euros and an average growth of 400%.

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27/12/2023

Portugal Ventures invests in UPTEC startups: SpaceO and Windcredible

UPTEC startups were two of the six companies that received funding due to the Call INNOV-ID from Portugal Ventures.

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22/11/2023

UPTEC's startup among the eight best cleantech ideas in Europe

Build.ing was the only Portuguese company to participate in the continental final of ClimateLaunchPad 2023, the world's largest climate technology competition

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21/09/2023

"The Finns are a very pragmatic people, very good at executing a vision"

In this “Open Doors” we share the experience of Raphael Stanzani from UPTEC, who traveled to Vaasa, as part of the OpenInonTrain

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20/09/2023

Santander X Awards Portugal 2023 has 30 thousand euros to support startups

Applications for the Santander X Awards Portugal 2023 close on September 25th in the Seed and Early-Stage categories

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20/09/2023

UPTEC participates in the 2nd edition of Portugal Tech Week

The biggest innovation festival in Portugal will take place from the 12th to the 22nd of November and plans to promote more than 200 events across the country

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18/09/2023

UPTEC startup transports emergency kits by drone over the sea in “the world’s largest robotics exercise”

Connect Robotics is part of the list of participants in REPMUS, organised by the Portuguese Navy and NATO, which was held on September 4th, off Troia and Sesimbra

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23/08/2023

Tagpeak launches an unprecedented platform that allows to shop and receive part of the money spent

The solution of UPTEC's startup allows that a percentage of the amount spent on a purchase to be applied in the financial market without risk to the buyer

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02/08/2023

Ford selected UPTEC's startup to make the biggest European factory more efficient

Azitek has produced an asset tracking system that aims to reduce losses of returnable transport items by up to 7%

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21/07/2023

Hortee vence programas de aceleração da AEP e Startup Lisboa

Projeto incubado na UPTEC esteve em destaque nos eventos nas iniciativas Desafios 5.0 e Clean Future

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18/07/2023

Startup da UPTEC em consórcio de 25 milhões de euros para criação de drones subaquáticos de Defesa Europeia

Adyta é um dos 20 participantes no projeto SWAT-SHOAL que terá duração de 36 meses ao abrigo do Fundo Europeu de Defesa 2022

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14/07/2023

Soluções de gestão de e-waste, de agricultura vertical e de eficiência na construção vencem final nacional do ClimateLaunchpad 2023

Startups Simby, Santa Farm Technology e build.ing vão representar Portugal na final europeia da maior competição de ideias cleantech do mundo

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13/07/2023

Windcredible participa no Techstars e vence PRIO Jump Start

Startup da UPTEC participou no programa de aceleração de renome e foi uma das vencedoras da 7.ª edição do programa de inovação português

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11/07/2023

Startup da UPTEC desenvolve tecnologia para limpeza de lixo espacial

Portuguesa Eptune Engineering vai recolher satélites após fim de missão na órbita terrestre baixa e tem os olhos postos em Marte

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07/07/2023

Soluções de e-waste, arsénio na água e cultivo vertical na final do ClimateLaunchPad

São sete as ideias de negócio que vão a concurso na final portuguesa da maior competição de cleantech do mundo, que é organizada pela UPTEC, LIPOR e Fórum Oceano/Hub Azul

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07/07/2023

Programa internacional do Santander procura jovens com projetos que contribuam para os ODS

Em Portugal, o Explorer conta com o apoio da UPTEC e arranca em setembro de 2023

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06/07/2023

Sistema que identifica intolerâncias alimentares vence programa da UPTEC

LeGut, Peeking Window e Rede DIA no pódio da Escola de Startups da UPTEC, financiado pelo Skills for a Next Generation U.Porto inserido no POCH do PT2020

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03/07/2023

Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge regressa para premiar as ideias tecnológicas mais promissoras

Instituto de investigação instalado na UPTEC organiza a 14.ª edição do desafio que pretende distinguir investigações com utilidade prática desenvolvidas em Portugal

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30/06/2023

Nilg.ai utiliza Inteligência Artificial para calcular acessibilidade de pessoas em cadeira de rodas

Ideia será apresentada no dia 10 de julho, num pitch na Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

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19/06/2023

Startup da UPTEC cria a primeira app de comunicação segura portuguesa certificada pelo Gabinete Nacional de Segurança

A Adyta, startup que atua na área da segurança, recebeu a distinção no último dia da 9.ª edição da conferência C-DAYS

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