“We had close to 100 mentors in the first three weeks in March to talk with the companies. ![]() The first month of the programme is focused on Mentorship and Techstars brings in experts who have experience launching their own businesses or have particular industry expertise that can be of use to the startups in the programme. “We find 10 great teams and we try to connect them with a network of mentors and then get them to accelerate their business by doing two years’ work in just 12 weeks.” “Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed,” explained Hugo Augusto, Managing Director of Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next. Semapa Next, the venture capital arm of Portuguese industrial company Semapa, partners the Lisbon chapter of Techstars, providing both potential follow-on funding for the startups as well as direct expertise in the manufacturing, transport, environmental tech and travel sectors. Semapa Next partnership brings added benefits The ten companies selected for the first Techstars Lisbon are 20tree.ai, Chipolo, Circuit, EVA, Idatase, Lotstocks, Seek Sophie, Tagspace, Verbz, and Wicastr. Startups eligible for the programme are focused on the digital transformation of industrial and environmental tech, smart transport, and travel and leisure tech sectors. The startup founders travelled to Lisbon, started the programme on 24 March and will showcase what they have achieved on a Demo Day in May. Over 600 companies applied to be part of this 2019 edition and that number was finally whittled down to just ten. ![]() Techstars is a world-renowned business accelerator programme that has helped startups from some 150 countries to boost their business by investing directly in them and through an introduction to a vast network of business mentors. ![]() Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next chose LACS Conde D’Óbidos as the base for its first 90-day programme.
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