TBDC Horizon is a market entry program for investor-backed companies led by European founders expanding into the North American market.
Events and Opportunities
Stay up to date with programs, calls, and moments that bring the Portuguese startup ecosystem together. From funding opportunities to workshops and conferences, this is where you’ll find everything happening across the ecosystem — and how you can take part.
Opportunities
STARTUP MATCHBOX
Open call
Startup Matchbox connects companies with real challenges to startups with ready-to-implement solutions, promoting collaboration, experimentation, and value creation.
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
- Startup BUZZ | BUZZ Sessions – 8 November
- European Prize for Women Innovators 2027 – 1 December
- Innowwide | 5th call – 1 December
- INPI | EUIPO SME Fund 2026 – 4 December
- InovIA | Vouchers for Innovation – 31 December
- Claude for Startups – open program
- JUNITEC | Apollo Acceleration Program – Applications open
- LoopOS | Circular Innovation Loop Testbed – Applications open
- Berkeley | SkyDeck – Applications open
- Startup2ScaleUp Program 2026 – Applications open
- Smart Home Hub – open call
- Portugal Community Fund – open call
- 351 Mentorship Programme – open call
- European Entrepreneurship Academy – open call
- Indico Founders Program – open call
- Sogrape Ventures – open call
- CESAR Europa | Test bed – open call
- Startup Matchbox – open call
Events
MORE EVENTS!
- Portugal Tech Week 2026 – 6-15 November
- Innovation Scene PT | Web Summit Side Events – 6-15 November
- Start Global: A Morning of Technology, Capital and New Opportunities – 9 November
- Startup Founders | Founders Night #8 – 9 November
- German-Brazilian Startup Night – 10 November
- Gathering Minho Founders – 10 November
- Across the Atlantic: RedBridge x THV Web Summit Night with Globalfy 🌉 – 11 November
- UX Talks’26 – 11 November
- Connecting Portuguese Startups to Global Markets: The Picklog Experience – 11 November
- South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao-Bizkaia 2026 – 25-26 November
