Startup: Portugal Inovação Social (PT)

A funding program (Portugal 2020) for social innovative startups (PT, FFR):
http://inovacaosocial.portugal2020.pt/

Startups: Hub Criativo do Beato (Portugal)

https://venturebeat.com/2017/09/09/portugal-is-building-a-startup-mega-campus-in-lisbon/

Quoting:
"“Entrepreneurship is serving as a driver for neighborhoods like these, and money is being redistributed into existing businesses within [these neighborhoods]. In our first year of operation at our first campus, for example, the companies inside raised over $160 million, and of course a lot of that money is being redistributed throughout the neighborhood and the wider city,” he said.

It became glaringly obvious during my call with Bamberg (who happens to be an Ashoka fellow if that suggests anything) that he and his team are deeply committed to making a wider social and urban impact than refurbishing and repurposing buildings.

“That’s of course a lot of responsibility on us as a concept, but I do believe it should be our jobs to make sure we get the right-minded people into the building and then build initiatives that go beyond closed techies meetups, conferences, and beer and pizza. What about coding lessons for kids in the district, tours of the neighborhood, trips to the existing businesses or breweries that have been in the neighborhood for years, etc. It’s, of course, a collective effort, but we [Factory] hope to play a large role in it. And I think for us we will learn a lot from this phase and hope to implement our learnings in other cities,” he told me."

Portugal: Low code platforms in ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/article/software-development-is-broken-and-low-code-is-here-to-fix-it/

Quoting:
"A little-known Portuguese company, OutSystems, which specialises in the equally little-known practice of low-code development, is taking large sections of the corporate market by storm.

As its name suggests, low-code development reduces the amount of coding required to develop applications. And, by doing so, it reduces the time needed to develop applications -- in some cases by a factor of 10.

The speed of this approach makes it especially attractive to the mobile market and, as that market has grown, so has OutSystems. According to analyst Forrester, OutSystems is the market leader in low-code development, beating better-known names like Salesforce.

OutSystems CEO, Paulo Rosado, outlined the advantages of the low-code approach to ZDNet."

Startups: Sharing plane trips is now a reality - Skyuber

Reloaded: Software-based startups are the most beautiful ones (my personal oppinion).
You "just" need software engineering skills, a good team and one ideia:
Skyuber is yet another startup made by portuguese people and already operating globally:

• https://www.skyuber.com/ 

Startups: Outplanr. Turn to-dos into work days (Beta)

Software-based startups are the most beautiful ones (my personal oppinion). You "just" need software engineering skills, a good team and one ideia:
Outplanr is yet another startup with portuguese people:

1. https://www.outplanr.com/index.html
2. Outplanr. A plataforma que quer ajudar a evitar horas extra no trabalho – Observador (in PT guys, sorry for that)