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Top 25 Startup accelerators based in Portugal

Name: Startup accelerators based in Portugal
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 104 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 104 startup accelerators headquartered in Portugal as of September 2026 and tracks 2,298 professional contacts across them, including 235 with verified work emails. Lisbon is the largest hub.

This list covers startup accelerators headquartered in Portugal, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

104Companies

2,298Contacts tracked

235Verified emails

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The 25 largest startup accelerators based in Portugal

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 104 startup accelerators based in Portugal, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup accelerators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Instituto Pedro Nunes	Indirect evidence	Coimbra, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	1,496 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Instituto Pedro Nunes is a non-profit private organization founded in 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Unicorn Factory Lisboa	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	117 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Envisioned by the Lisbon City Council with the aim of expanding Lisbon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, from startups to scaleups, and eventually unicorns, we work as an engine for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	BGI	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BGI is a startup accelerator, born in 2010 from a partnership between MIT Portugal (MIT Portugal Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative) and ISCTE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Start Lisbon	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “START Lisbon is a chapter of START Global, Europe’s leading student-run initiative for entrepreneurship.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Coreangels	Partial evidence	Aveiro, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “COREangels is a global brand of hands-on angels, investing in early-stage startups through local portfolio funds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Accelerator APP	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Incubators & accelerators are hard at work building the entrepreneurship of today and tomorrow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Hypernest	Partial evidence	Plutoverse, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HyperNest is a DeFi venture studio and accelerator helping high-conviction Web3 founders, ecosystems, and foundations build DeFi that thrives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Unlimit	Partial evidence	Lisboa, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We help companies accelerate their innovation roadmap connecting them to the global startup ecosystem, and creating their own new business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Redangels	Indirect evidence	Aveiro, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “REDangels is a group of Business Angels, established in Aveiro, Portugal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Startup Braga	Partial evidence	Braga, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Startup Braga is a leading innovation hub, designed to assist the inception and development of high potential entrepreneurial projects for international markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Casa DO Impacto	Indirect evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nesta Casa estamos a elevar o Impacto a tema central na sociedade, abrindo as portas do Impacto a todos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Build UP Labs	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Build Up Labs is a venture studio and a startup incubator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	IRIS	Indirect evidence	Paranhos, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A IRIS é uma incubadora de captação de ideias e projetos, e apoio à criação, desenvolvimento e aceleração de iniciativas de inovação e empreendedorismo social.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	PONTE	Indirect evidence	Santo António Dos Cavaleiros, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Existimos para ativar e apoiar o empreendedorismo enquanto ferramenta poderosa de transformação e desenvolvimento sustentável.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Mangrove	Indirect evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “You will work with experienced operators who've built what you're trying to build.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Founders Founders	Partial evidence	Porto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founders Founders is a founder-led network helping startups scale smarter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Savvy Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Porto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a professional group of angel investors (former Coreangels Portugal) and enthusiastic about supporting growth of promising startups, while generating returns for both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Nexus Capital Group	Indirect evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nexus is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Poolside	Indirect evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Poolside is an ecosystem designed exclusively for Web3 builders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	Nascente Value Accelerator Partners	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nascente Value Accelerator Partners is an independent investment accelerator based in Portugal, focused on the value creation process and growth of small industrial units.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Here Partners	Indirect evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “More than a vehicle to obtain funding, we want to be an active agent in the development of businesses with the potential to create impact and bring innovation to the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Startup Lisboa	Partial evidence	Lisboa, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Startup Lisboa is an incubation program based in downtown Lisbon with work and residence spaces to welcome startups from all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Sensywave	Indirect evidence	Coimbra, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sensywave, we believe every idea has the power to transform the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Casper Ventures	Partial evidence	Santo António, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Casper Ventures, an early stage startup investment fund detached from the typical BA clubs and venture funds bureaucracy, lean, on a mission to help entrepreneurs thrive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Incubo Alto Minho	Indirect evidence	Arcos De Valdevez, PortugalHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A In.Cubo – Incubadora de Iniciativas Empresariais Inovadoras surgiu da necessidade de induzir níveis acrescidos de competitividade na base empresarial do Minho-Lima, de forma a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: startup accelerators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names startup accelerators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of startup accelerators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name startup accelerators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Startup accelerators based in Portugal at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

10.2%Verified-email coverage

22.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

22.1%Largest-city concentration · Lisbon

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Portugal, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Portugal, over 104 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup accelerators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Portugal whose own description of what they do matches “startup accelerators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup accelerators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup accelerators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Portugal are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 235 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup accelerators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many startup accelerators are there based in Portugal?

RevenueBase identified 104 startup accelerators headquartered in Portugal as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Instituto Pedro Nunes, headquartered in Coimbra, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most startup accelerators?

Lisbon leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Lisboa (17) and Coimbra (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 235 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 104 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.