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Top 16 Startup ecosystem platforms based in Portugal

RevenueBase identified 42 startup ecosystem platforms headquartered in Portugal as of September 2026 and tracks 367 professional contacts across them, including 95 with verified work emails. Lisbon is the largest hub.

This list covers startup ecosystem platforms 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
42Companies
367Contacts tracked
95Verified emails
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The 16 largest startup ecosystem platforms based in Portugal

Ranked by team size
Top 16 of 42 startup ecosystem platforms based in Portugal, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup ecosystem platforms: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-50117 contacts →

Strong 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 29, 2026
2Strong evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2021, ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, is an organisation dedicated to propelling Europe to the forefront of the global startup ecosystem.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Partial evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“START Lisbon is a chapter of START Global, Europe’s leading student-run initiative for entrepreneurship.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Partial evidenceAveiro, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5022 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 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong 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 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceAveiro, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“REDangels is a group of Business Angels, established in Aveiro, Portugal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Build Up Labs is a venture studio and a startup incubator.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidencePorto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founders Founders is a founder-led network helping startups scale smarter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Partial evidencePorto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-506 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 29, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-5005 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nexus is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMarinha Grande, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Meet other Angel Investors and entrepreneurs during our networking sessions BBQ at the beach during the sunset Networking cocktail sessions after the pitch VIP (super angels) boat…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 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 29, 2026
13Partial evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“O Link To Leaders é um projeto editorial online que liga investidores a start-ups e empresas com projetos potencialmente interessantes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We back entrepreneurs with vision, creativity and ambition to develop businesses, transform markets and together reach the next level!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Partial evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We specialize in helping outstanding entrepreneurs getting their ideas off the ground by providing support to their early-stage technology startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Joyn Ventures!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Startup ecosystem platforms based in Portugal at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
25.9%Verified-email coverage
8.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
45.2%Largest-city concentration · Lisbon
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
23
11-50
16
51-200
1
201-500
1
1,001-5,000
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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 42 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 ecosystem platforms, 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 ecosystem platforms”. 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 ecosystem platforms), 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 ecosystem platforms, 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, 95 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 29, 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 ecosystem platforms, 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 ecosystem platforms are there based in Portugal?

RevenueBase identified 42 startup ecosystem platforms 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?

Unicorn Factory Lisboa, headquartered in Lisbon, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most startup ecosystem platforms?

Lisbon leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Aveiro (3) and Estoril (2).

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 95 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 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 29, 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.