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I was shocked – shocked! – to find out there are tech startups in Portugal

The Next Web

I spent the past few days in the beautiful city of Lisbon, Portugal, to attend the annual Switch Conference and gain some insights into the Portuguese startup ecosystem (and to enjoy several local seafood dishes and pastries).

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Thinking of moving out of the U.S? Here are 10 hotspots for remote workers

Fast Company Tech

Portugal Cities like Lisbon, Porto, and Braga have emerged as thriving hubs for remote workers, offering reliable high-speed internet, a lively creative and startup scene, and a warm, welcoming community of international professionals. Portugal meanwhile has the advantage of being an hour nearer the U.S.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

With immediate access to homegrown apps on their new smartphones, people can find services that are directly relevant to their needs (like local food delivery and Wi-Fi access finders). An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students.

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MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital

TechCrunch

The hubs, which include the existing ones in Lisbon (Portugal) and Tbilisi (Georgia), are intended to help its more than 100 clients hire local talent without having to establish operations in those jurisdictions. “We Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Cargo ship carrying Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Bentleys sinks in the Atlantic

The Verge

Felicity Ace operator MOL Ship Management Singapore says the ship sunk at 9AM local time around 220 nautical miles (about 253 miles) off the coast of the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic that’s an autonomous region of Portugal.

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Lydia raises another $86 million to build a European financial super app

TechCrunch

But it wants to offer a product that feels like a local product with a local card and a local IBAN to increase acceptance rates. Lydia is starting with Portugal. “We’re going to try every single product — credit, savings, investment,” Chiche said. The company is also slowly expanding to more countries.

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Four Food Charities Fighting Hunger Locally During a Pandemic

Tech Soup

We spoke to four food security organizations in Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States to better understand the challenges facing organizations working in food security and the ways the pandemic has shifted operations for them.