UPTEC

07/10/2026

🌬️ Fibersail, a startup incubated at 𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗖, has secured the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, led by 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 and joined by a consortium of investors.

Its 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 continuously monitors 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, helping operators detect 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

This Series A round is also accompanied by a new 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 that opens Fibersail's growth to individual investors.

🔗 The campaign is open until 𝟭𝟵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 ➡️ https://uptec.up.pt/en/news-and-media/news/fibersail-increases-funding-and-launches-crowdfunding-campaign

21/09/2026

UPTEC NON-STOP is back! ❌

On 28 October, we’re opening the doors of UPTEC Asprela I for an afternoon dedicated to discovering our community, companies and ideas.

Expect office tours, startup pitches, an exhibition from our cultural and creative industries, and plenty of opportunities to meet the people behind UPTEC.

And to wrap things up? A Fall-themed gathering with networking, food, roasted chestnuts and drinks 🍂

🔗 Register here 👉 https://luma.com/n362qwws


Pitch session supported by INNOV4LIFE. The INNOV4LIFE project (Ref. 0088_INNOV4LIFE_1_P) is co-financed by the European Union through the Spain-Portugal Cross-Border Cooperation Operational Programme (Interreg POCTEP).�
Community Gathering supported by Matching Founders, a project to be developed by UPTEC within the scope of the Convocatória Aberta 2025, an initiative of the Porto City Hall, coordinated by Porto Digital.

On 28 October, UPTEC is hosting another edition of NON-STOP, an event where we open our doors and share with the world what UPTEC is all about! UPTEC NON-STOP…

20/09/2026

Our third — and final — Cheers of the year couldn’t have gone better! 🥂

More than 100 people joined us at UPTEC Baixa for the final edition of the year, where we had the chance to meet the new companies joining the UPTEC community and discover the ideas, projects and people behind them.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and, of course, to all our speakers for taking the stage and sharing their work with us 🚀

15/09/2026

Meet 𝗧𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘇 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶́𝗹𝗶𝗮, three of the speakers joining us at the next 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 🥂

➡️𝗧𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 and 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘇 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮̃𝗲𝘀 will introduce FISBU, a PropTech platform that uses intelligent matching to make property transactions more efficient, transparent and secure.
➡️𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶́𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗰̧𝗼 will present Menex AI, which converts AI models into optimised IP cores, reducing hardware development cycles from months to weeks.

📍 Join us at 𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗖 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝘅𝗮 on 𝟭𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘁 𝟱 𝗽𝗺, to discover their projects and welcome them to the UPTEC community.

🔗 Register here: https://luma.com/6agu78xy

08/09/2026

Two more projects are heading to 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 🥂

➡️ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶 will introduce 𝗢𝗻𝗶𝘁, a work intelligence platform that helps teams monitor progress and identify blockers without micromanagement.
➡️𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮 will present 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄, which uses AI to turn B2B orders received by email and WhatsApp into ERP-ready records.

📍 Join us at 𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗖 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝘅𝗮 on 𝟭𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘁 𝟱 𝗽𝗺, to discover their projects and welcome them to the UPTEC community.

🔗 Register in bio ⬆️

07/09/2026

Have a 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 you want to turn into a 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽? There’s still time to apply for the 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 🚀

This 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 will help you 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 and 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗼-𝘁𝗼-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Over 13 editions, the programme has supported more than 𝟱𝟰𝟬 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 and 𝟮𝟰𝟬 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, helping create over 𝟴𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀.

🔗 Apply by 𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ➡️ https://uptec.up.pt/noticias-e-media/noticias/uptec-abre-candidaturas-para-nova-edicao-da-escola-de-startups

Supported by Fundação Santander Portugal

04/09/2026

The 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 stage is ready to welcome two more projects 🥂

➡️ 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗻 will introduce 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀, which is developing an interactive device to support babies’ early cognitive and motor development.
➡️ 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁 will introduce 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘆𝗺, a cloud and AI security platform that helps financial institutions monitor risk and meet EU regulatory requirements.

📍 Join us at 𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗖 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝘅𝗮 on 𝟭𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘁 𝟱 𝗽𝗺, to discover their projects and welcome them to the UPTEC community.

🔗 Register here: https://luma.com/6agu78xy

03/09/2026

🚀 Applications for the 𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗖 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 are now open, with the full programme available at 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀.

Over 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, you’ll gain 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 and 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁.

So far, the School of Startups has supported 𝟮𝟰𝟬+ 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 and 𝟱𝟰𝟬+ 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀, contributing to the creation of 𝟴𝟬+ 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Ready to turn your idea into a business?

📅 Apply by 20 September 2026 🔗 https://app.santanderx.com/calls/uptec-school-of-startups-2026

Supported by: Fundação Santander Portugal

02/09/2026

Meet two of the speakers joining us at the next 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 🥂

➡️ Daniel Ferrôza will introduce 𝗜𝗘𝗦+ | 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, which simplifies immigration processes between Brazil and Portugal.
➡️ 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶a will present Ciência e Letras - Formação Especializada, Lda, a professional education company.

📍 Join us at UPTEC Baixa on 17 September, at 5 pm, to discover their projects and welcome them to the UPTEC community.

🔗 Register here: https://luma.com/6agu78xy

01/09/2026

Ready to find out what’s coming up at UPTEC this September? 👀🍁

From neuroscience-based leadership at Power Hour #25 to the newest startups taking the stage at Cheers, this month’s agenda brings fresh perspectives and new opportunities to connect 🧠🥂

🔗 Explore the agenda ➡️ https://uptec.up.pt/eventos/agenda