lisbon: atlantic start-up city

LisboaAtlantic Start-up City

STARTING-UP IN LISBOA

“It must be said that Lisboa probably isn’t on the radaras a preferred location for startups; or that it is ahotbed of entrepreneurial action. But it could be; it canbe; it should be. We are, after all, the West Coast ofEurope. The business environment has been gettingfriendlier due to streamlined bureaucracy and there aresome local startups that should warrant a closer look.”

Mário Valente, Seed Capital

San Francisco Lisboa

Most blog posts about Lisbon and start ups, make references about the similarities between San Francisco and Lisboa.

No wonder why...

San Francisco Lisboa

Lisboa is all About Style, Hipness and Quality of Life.

…according to Paul Graham’s wisdom.

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Madrid (1h)Zurich (2h30)Israel (4h)India (6h)Shangai (9h)

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Engineering Universities

Lisboa is well connected.

“Closer to what matters.”

More than 50Km of golden beaches...

Surfing, Kite, Golf, you name it!

Lisbon is one of Europe’s mildest capital cities, with a lot of sunshine (over 3300 hours per year).

“Just the Right Place”

“High Quality Health Services”

Free National Health System

Affordable Premium Private Insurance

“Arrival to Lisboa”

“Getting from our office in downtown Lisbon at rush hour to the Airport can be done in under 20 minutes.”

James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer

“Lisbon is competitive.”

Thousands of grad-students.

English speaking workforce.

Competitive engineers and designers.

“Low cost”Lots of business spaces in Lisboa to help you get started witht the most important: building your product.

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512K USD

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3x less expensive

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Silicon Valley Lisbon

* Data compiled by James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer

Feel better with the Planet.

Knowing that more than 70% of your electricity that powers Lisbon from renewable CO2 neutral sources, like wind power.

TOP Tech&Design Schools:• Instituto Superior Técnico• Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa• Universidade Nova de Lisboa• Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa• ESAD

There are over 100.000 university students in and around Lisbon. Now prefer to join a startup.

Lots of Local Talent Available.

We have startups on wine! Adegga created a social network around wine that puts winemakers closer to winetasters.

Great food and wine!

Local Research Centers, and multi-national eco-system operating in Lisbon

Major US, European and Japanese companies operate development and R&D facilities to take advantage of the high caliber workforce.

Tax breaks for IT start-ups.

The Portuguese Government and the European Union is a major supporter of Portuguese technology through a host of financial programs that encourage investment.

All the Speed you Need.

Fiber-to-the-home symmetrical 1Gbps connections are widely available, and 4G is expected to be deployed along 2012.

Growing Brazil and Angola Speak Portuguese!

Tolerant and Artistic Life

For all genres, and tastes.