2. STARTING-UP IN LISBOA
“It must be said that Lisboa probably isn’t on the radar as
a preferred location for startups; or that it is a hotbed of
entrepreneurial action. But it could be; it can be; it should
be. We are, after all, the West Coast of Europe. The
business environment has been getting friendlier due to
streamlined bureaucracy and there are some local
startups that should warrant a closer look.”
Mário Valente, Seed Capital
3. San Francisco Lisboa
Most blog posts about Lisbon and start
ups, make references about the
similarities between San Francisco and
Lisboa.
5. Lisboa is all About Style, Hipness and
Quality of Life.
…according to Paul Graham’s
(YCombinator founder).
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6. Lisboa is well connected.
New York (8h15)/ Madrid (1h)
San Francisco (17h45) Zurich (2h30)
São Paulo (10h) Israel (5h)
Xangai (19h)
Airport
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NOVA
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7. “Closer to what matters.*”
More than 50Km of
golden beaches...
Surfing, Kite, Golf,
you name it!
8. “Just the Right Place”
Lisbon is one of Europe’s mildest capital cities,
with a lot of sunshine (over 3300 hours per year).
9. “High Quality Health Services”
Free National Health System
Affordable Premium Private Insurance
247,00 €
250€
Premium/Month
200€
150€
100€ 87,86 €
50€
Rent Multicare Mutuel Assurance
office (Portugal) (Switzerland)
Private Insurance
10. “Arrival to Lisboa”
“Getting from our office in downtown Lisbon at
rush hour to the Airport can be done in under 20
minutes.”
James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer
11. “Lisbon is competitive.”
Thousands of grad-students.
English speaking workforce.
Competitive engineers and
designers, and management
students.
12. “Low cost”
Lots of business spaces in Lisboa to help you
get started witht the most important: building
your product.
* Data partially compiled by James and
Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer
512K
USD
500K 500K 3x less
420K
400K 400K expensive
300K 300K
156K
200K 200K
125K USD
100K 100K
30K 30K 32K 6K 6K 19K
Rent Rent 5p team andIT Rent Rent 5p team andIT
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Silicon Valley Lisbon
13. Feel better with the Planet.
Knowing that more than 70% of
your electricity that powers Lisbon
from renewable CO2 neutral sources,
like wind power*.
based on public data from EDP Power utility :
p://www.edpsu.pt/pt/origemdaenergia/Pages/OrigensdaEnergia.aspx
14. Lots of Local Talent Available.
There are over 100.000 university
students in and around Lisbon. Now
prefer to join a startup.
TOP Tech&Design Schools:
• Instituto Superior Técnico
• Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
• ESAD
15. Great food and wine!
We even have startups on wine! Adegga
created a social network around wine that
puts winemakers closer to wine-tasters.
16. Local Research Centers, and multi-national eco-
system operating in Lisbon
Major US, European and Japanese
companies operate development
and R&D facilities to take advantage
of the high caliber workforce.
17. Tax breaks for IT start-ups.
The Portuguese Government and
the European Union is a major
supporter of Portuguese
technology through a host of
financial programs that encourage
investment.
18. Vivo
All the Speed you Need. Casa 2
144,97 €
Subscription/Month
200€
4x better 150€
150€
Meo
Total100 1
price per 100€ 72,99 €
speed! 50€
Rent PT Swisscom
office (Portugal) (Switzerland)
Fiber-to-the-home symmetrical 1Gbps
connections are widely available, and 4G is
expected to be deployed along 2012.*
1 – 125 TV channels, 100Mbps internet , unlimited voice, free 100Mb 3G;
2 – 160 TV channels , 50 Mbps internet , unlimited voice.
