Business Abroad
The Business Abroad program aims to ensure and support the presence of Portuguese startups in international tech conferences, thus creating a more significant impact on representations abroad and allowing them to coordinate its communications with international ecosystems and local media.
Call open for 2025!
Startup Portugal’s Business Abroad program is back for 2025, bringing startups opportunities to access international ecosystems, promoting their presence at conferences through their own stand, pitch competitions, meetings with investors and other potential partners, and media exposure.
Destinations for 2025!
- Sweden – Techarena – Stockholm: 20-21 February
- Qatar – Web Summit Qatar – Doha: 23–26 February
- Spain – 4YFN (Four Years From Now) – Barcelona: 3–6 March
- Brazil – Web Summit Rio – Rio de Janeiro: 27–30 April
- Canada – Web Summit Vancouver – Vancouver, BC: 27–30 May
- Spain – South Summit – Madrid: 4–6 June
- France – VivaTech – Paris: 11–14 June
- Brazil – Startup Summit – Florianópolis, SC: 27–29 August
- Singapore* – Switch – Singapore: 29-31 October
This list is not final and may be updated. While some destinations may change, others might be added.
* Destination to be confirmed depending on number of applications.
Who can apply?
- Startups based in Portugal (with a Portuguese VAT number [NIF]), with a live product, and with its own website;
- Be legally recognized as a startup or a scaleup in Portugal;
- Have its own unique software product or solutions, or must be working on its own connected hardware devices;
- Be an independent company and not a subsidiary of a larger organization.
Deadlines for applications
- For Techarena, Web Summit Qatar, and 4YFN
27 December
- All other missions
2 March
How can you benefit from participating in our delegation?
- Showcase your startup at the event’s exhibition area;
- Pitch your startup at the official event stages;
- Access networking side events with relevant local players, ecosystem stakeholders (focused on BA, VC, and business opportunities);
- Get media attention through Startup Portugal, AICEP and the event’s media channels.
(The benefits listed above may vary depending on the specific mission)
What’s not included?
- Flight tickets;
- Accommodation;
- Meals;
- Local transport.
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Both the country and all of us benefit from the entire ecosystem promoted by Startup Portugal. We have benefited a lot from the Missions Abroad. It helped us a lot to get to know places and people who could help us scale our business.
Luís de Matos
Follow Inspiration
It was through Startup Portugal that we had the chance to visit the biggest technology fair in the world, in Las Vegas.
Pedro Mendes
Invisible Collector
I would recommend Missions Abroad. It was essential for a company that was just starting, as we were. Not only did we make our first Portuguese clients thanks to it, but we were able to make partnerships with universities like MIT, Stanford and Berkeley, which was crucial.
Soraya Gadit
InoCrowd