Road 2 Web Summit
The R2WS selects the best young startups to represent Portugal at the biggest tech event in the world. To support this participation it also provides intensive preparation in a 2 day Bootcamp that includes topics such as how to navigate the app and how the event will work, how to approach investors, which goals to set for the event or how to pitch accordingly. Currently, in its 6th edition, the program has already supported more than 700 startups.

Selected Startups for the 2021 Edition
Check the 2021 R2WS startups
Startup Portugal selected 75 Portuguese-based startups to represent the country’s ecosystem at Web Summit.
To be eligible, startups and companies must:
- have been founded no more than 5 years ago (from 2016 onwards);
- have at least an MVP and an active website;
- be registered to pay VAT in Portugal;
- be registered in Startup Hub;
Startup Portugal and Web Summit will:
- give priority to startups and companies applying for R2WS for the first time;
- give priority to companies with a revenue, or cumulative investment of up to €3,000,000;
- give priority to more recently founded startups;
- announce startups and companies selected for the program every two weeks (starting on the 20th of August), up until the deadline for applications.
Disclaimer: Startup Portugal and Web Summit are unable to refund and thus accept in the program companies that have already acquired Alpha program access for Web Summit 2021.
For further inquiries please contact us through the following address: ma@startupportugal.com
About Web Summit
In the words of Inc Magazine “Web Summit is the largest technology conference in the world”. Forbes says Web Summit is “the best tech conference on the planet”, Bloomberg calls it “Davos for geeks”, Politico “the Olympics of tech”, and the Guardian “Glastonbury for geeks”.
More about Web Summit at websummit.com