SCHOOL OF STARTUPS
Entrepreneurs
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The School of Startups provides the resources, guidance, and environment to set your business on a path to success. Through immersive, hands-on training and dedicated mentoring, our programme equips selected entrepreneurs with the tools to validate and develop their ideas in the market.
This three-month acceleration program supports business ideas in fields like web3, healthcare, arts & design, tourism, environment, energy, space, fintech, artificial intelligence, and more.
Benefits
The selected projects of the 2026 edition will gain access to an extensive event network with over 100 yearly events, and a network of investors, industry partners, and entrepreneurs. Benefits include practical workshops covering market analysis, business model validation, differentiation, marketing, pricing, intellectual property, go-to-market strategy, pitch training, and preparation for investment.
Training conducted by experts
Practical workshops
Pitch Training Sessions
Talks with startup founders
Networking with partners, investors and entrepreneurs
Connection with industry, startups and academia
WHO CAN APPLY
Future entrepreneurs who have business ideas on arts, sciences, technologies, health or cleantech and wish to start their own company.
DURATION
October 2026 – January 2027
LANGUAGE
English
FORMAT
In-person
Location
UPTEC Asprela I
ACCESS
PRICE
Free
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Mentors
The School of Startups also includes an extensive network of mentors who can support entrepreneurs in their journey with dedicated guidance.
André Camelo
CREA
André Gonçalves
Dreamshaper
André Pereira
InanoEnergy
António Rocha
Smartex
Carlos Carvalho
Adyta
Carlos Lei
Uplink
Craig Allan Ahrens
ShiftMed
David de Almeida
Unigrains
Débora Campos
AgrogGrIN Tech
Eduardo Mendes
Connect Robotics
Felipe Ávila da Costa
Infraspeak
Filipa Frois
FAHR 021.3
Gonçalo Riscado
Culture Trend Lisbon
Heitor Alvelos
ID+
Hugo Prazeres
i3S
Hugo Reis
FAHR 021.3
Hugo Sousa
Ubirider
Humberto Ayres Pereira
Superhuman (ex Rows)
Inês Henriques
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Jéssica Monteiro
Pixar Animation Studios
João Gomes
Tatara Razors
Jorge Ribeiro
Os Filmes do Pinguim
Júlio Martins
Everythink
Liliana Rodrigues
4Humanz
Luis Valente
iLoF
Marcelo Sousa
Snyk
Maria João Correia
OERN
Maria João Maia
Corium Biotech
Maria Miguel Ferreira
Factory Lisbon
Paula Pinho
KPMG
Paulo Ferreira
Ubirider
Rita Branco
3xP Global
Rita Mota
CyanoCare
Rosa Romero
Sphere Ultrafast Photonics
Samuel Gonçalves
Summary
Sara Brito Coimbra
Villa Mangui
Tiago Sá
Wisecrop
Vanessa Sanches
Bantumen
Vitor Teixeira
iClimate Adviser
IN NUMBERS
13
Editions
+500
Participants
+200
Projects
+70
New Companies
65M€
Investment Raised
PARTNERS
The School of Startups: Entrepreneurs programme is held with the support of the Santander Foundation.
