Startup funding in Portugal

564 active investors, grants and programmes open to startups based in Portugal, including EU-wide instruments.

HARD2SCALE Accelerator: Cohort 3
Open
INNOVA
Six-month equity-free accelerator for EU-registered small deep-tech companies (TRL 5–8) decarbonising chemicals, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, and refining.
Kind
Accelerator
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 8 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
EUDIS Business Accelerator Cohort 4
Open
European Commission
An eight-month accelerator for European startups and scale-ups developing defence and dual-use technologies. Delivered by Starburst, it provides coaching, bootcamps, and a €120,000 seed funding voucher.
Kind
Accelerator
Stages
Seed
Countries
EU-wide, NO
Key fact
Deadline 16 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Hard2Scale Accelerator - Third Open Call
Open
HARD2SCALE
Free accelerator supporting EU deep-tech startups (TRL 5-8) addressing decarbonization in energy-intensive and molecular transformation industries with workshops, corporate matchmaking, and travel support.
Kind
Accelerator
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 8 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
Rolling
European Commission
Kind
Grant programme
Countries
EU-wide
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Community-led actions to restore our ocean, seas and waters
Open
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 11 Dec 2026
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
European partnership on sustainable food systems for people, planet and climate
Open
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 13 Jan 2027
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Angels Way
Rolling
Portuguese community venture capital fund investing €50k in early-stage startups sponsored by a community angel.
Kind
Venture capital
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed
Countries
Portugal
Key fact
Ticket €50K–€50K
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Caixa Capital
Rolling
Portuguese venture capital firm investing directly in innovative, tech-driven companies primarily in Series A and Series B rounds, aiming for global expansion of Portuguese teams and businesses.
Kind
Venture capital
Stages
Seed · Series A · Series B
Countries
Portugal
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Unlocking a safe operating space for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Upcoming
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 23 Sep 2027
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Increasing mitigation of GHG emissions and feed efficiency through feed additives
Upcoming
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 23 Sep 2027
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation
Upcoming
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 23 Sep 2027
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
EITFOOD Business Plan 2026
Open
European Commission
Kind
Grant call
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 18 Jan 2027
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
HCVC
Rolling
HCVC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed in hardtech, deep tech, and hardware founders across Europe and the US.
Kind
Venture capital
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed
Countries
EU-wide, US
Last verified
Verified 8 Nov 2026
EUDIS Business Accelerator - Cohort 4
Open
EUDIS
An 8-month defence acceleration programme providing 20 European startups and scale-ups with a €120k seed funding voucher, bootcamps across Europe, business mentoring, and testing facilities.
Kind
Accelerator
Stages
Seed
Countries
EU-wide, NO
Key fact
Deadline 16 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
LLM-BRIDGE
Closed, next round expected
European support programme offering incubation, education, and acceleration for generative AI and LLM startups from pre-seed to Series A, with mentoring, compute access, and €25,000 for top teams.
Kind
Accelerator
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Series A
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 18 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
FIERCE 2nd Open Call
Open
FIERCE
FIERCE 2nd Open Call provides vouchers of up to €50,000 to European SMEs and startups to adopt downstream space data (e.g., Earth Observation, satellite navigation) for green, circular, and environmental solutions.
Kind
Grant programme
Stages
Idea
Countries
CH, EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 9 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)
Open
EIT Community New European Bauhaus
EIT Culture & Creativity offers up to €30,000 and a 9-month venture-creation programme for early-stage founders building tech ventures in materials, the built environment, fashion, and circular materials.
Kind
Accelerator
Stages
Idea · Pre-seed
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 16 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
LLM-BRIDGE Acceleration Programme – Open Call – 1st Cohort
Open
LLM-BRIDGE Consortium
A 14-week equity-free acceleration programme providing European GenAI and language technology scale-ups with expert advisory, European HPC compute access, regulatory guidance, and investor matchmaking.
Kind
Accelerator
Stages
Seed · Series A
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 18 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
Neutral-Atom Platform Technologies
Open
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
European grant call funding projects that build scalable, industry-ready neutral-atom quantum computing and simulation platforms, complete software stacks, and real-world scientific or industrial use cases.
Kind
Grant programme
Countries
EU-wide
Key fact
Deadline 17 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026
BattleVerse Open Call 1
Open
RENEW-BOOSTER Consortium
BattleVerse OC1 provides lump-sum grants of up to €60,000 per beneficiary for six-month experiments integrating LLM decision support, multi-physics simulation, or distributed AI for unmanned swarms into the European Defence Fund simulation ecosystem.
Kind
Grant programme
Countries
EU-wide, NO, UA
Key fact
Deadline 16 Nov 2026
Last verified
Verified 7 Nov 2026

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