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

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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). There’s Talkdesk , a voice platform for businesses that is backed by Dave McClure’s 500 Startups.

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Housing startup QuintoAndar to open first technology hub outside Brazil in Portugal

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QuintoAndar is taking its first steps out of Brazil to open a technology hub in Lisbon, Portugal aimed at attracting technology talent across the pond. The company touts itself as “the largest housing platform in Latin America,” providing selling and rental assistance, and also takes on the risk associated with monthly rental payments.

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Huawei sues Portugal cybersecurity council over ban on 5G equipment supply 

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Chinese tech giant Huawei has filed a lawsuit in a Lisbon court against a resolution by Portugals cybersecurity council CSSC which prevents operators from the use of its equipment in 5G mobile networks, according to a September 5 report by Reuters. Reuters ]

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South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform

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Cathay AfricInvest Innovation, FMO: Entrepreneurial Development Bank and Platform Investment Partners also participated. Australia and Portugal — like Africa, home to other major, global agricultural economies — and operates in 18 countries across Africa, the Americas, Europe and Australia. . It has offices in the U.S.,

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Nutrium app, which links dietitians and patients, raises $4.9M led by Indico Capital

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million seed round led by Indico Capital Partners , alongside the Social Innovation Fund in Portugal (SIF) and previous investors. With this investment round, Nutrium plans to double the team size in the next 24 months in order to focus on platform development and expand global sales in markets like Spain, France, Italy, the U.S.

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Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers

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Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business. aggregation platform OpenWrks.

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

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operations for Brazil-based Movile , a mobile platform for content and commerce. An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students. Eduardo Henrique is the head of U.S. Enact more tax breaks and funds for startups.

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