LISBON. BUILDING A STARTUP CITY Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho 19 September 2017

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Europe's hottest startups 2016: Lisbon This is the first year the Portuguese capital has been included in WIRED's list

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TRANSFORM

IN ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CITIES OF EUROPE

LISBON

VISION

ATLANTIC BUSINESS

HUB

LISBON STARTUP

CITY

STRATEGIC CLUSTERS

KNOWLEDGE AND

INNOVATION

JOBS

STRATEGY

LISBON STARTUP

CITY

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KNOWLEDGE AND

INNOVATION

STRATEGIC CLUSTERS

ATLANTIC BUSINESS

HUB

LISBON STARTUP

CITY

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LISBONSTRATEGYBASEDONECOSYSTEMS:

•  Connec*ngMul*pleStakeholders/Actors(“SizeMa>ers”)

•  LinkingUniversi*es/R&DwithStartups/SMEs

•  LinkingBigCompanieswithStartupsandSMEs

•  Strengtheningthelocalecosystem(density/proximity)andcrea*nglinkswithInterna*onalPlayersandEcosystems

•  Genera*ngKnowledgeSpillovers

STARTUPGENOME:LISBONHIGHLIGHTS

FastGrowthandSeamlessIntegraCon

•  LisbonStartupEcosystemisgrowingexponen*ally,andshowingpromisingintegra*onwithmorematureecosystemsacrossbothsidesoftheAtlan*c.

Diversity&GenderEquality

•  LisbonhasthehighestrateoffemalefoundersinEurope!Andit’salsooneoftheEuropeanecosystemswiththehighestpercentageofstartupswithatleastonefemalefounder.

StronglyConnected,HighlyALracCve

•  Lisbonstartupleadershaveahighaveragenumberofrela*onshipswithentrepreneursfromgloballeadingecosystems;

•  Lisbonisoneofthetop5Europeanecosystemstowhichentrepreneursfromtopecosystemtravelto,drivenbyglobaleventsliketheWebSummitLisbon2016.

•  LisbonrankssecondinEuropewhenitcomestothepercentageofstartupsthatmovedtoourecosystemfromanothercountry.

GlobalMarket-Oriented

•  Ahighpercentageofstartupstarge*ngglobalmarkets,confirmedbyahighrateofforeigncustomersoutsideEurope,showsthatLisbon-basedstartupsandfoundersarefocusedonglobalmarkets.

HigherEducaCon

•  LisbonhasthehighestpercentageoffounderswithaMaster’sorPhD(82%),ontopofwhichasignificantpercentageoffoundersshowtechbackground,alongwithahighpercentageofdeveloperswithengineeringdegrees.