

Entrepreneurship Awards 2025
🚀 Entrepreneurship Awards 2025
✨ Run the System ✨
On 23rd October at 2:30 PM, the Técnico Innovation Center becomes the stage for Lisbon’s biggest celebration of entrepreneurship.
The Unicorn Factory Lisboa Entrepreneurship Awards 2025 will bring together founders, investors, corporates, and ecosystem leaders for an afternoon of visionary keynotes, bold startup pitches, and unforgettable stories of resilience and growth.
This is more than an award ceremony - it’s where the system connects, where ambition is recognized, and where the future of entrepreneurship in Lisbon is written together.
AGENDA:
14:30 | Innovation Showcase & Networking
15:15 | Opening Session
15:30 | Most Promising Startup Award (Pitch)
15:50 | Youth Startup Award (Pitch)
16:10 | Most Impactful Startup Award (Pitch)
16:30 | Dear 2035 - Words For The Future
16:45 | Coffee Break
17:30 | Panel - Unicorns Without Borders. Moderator: Mariana Barbosa from Endeavor. Guests: Alexandre Santos, Chamaeleon VC; Cristina Fonseca, Indico Capital Partners; Marcelo Lebre, Remote and Simon Schaefer, Factory
18:00 | Awards Ceremony (Most Promising Startup, Youth Startup & Most Impactful)
18:15 | João Vasconcelos Award Entrepreneur of the Year (Pitch)
19:00 | Keynote - The Future of Innovation In a Decade: Portugal 2035 with Carlos Oliveira
19:20 | Final Ceremony (International, Rising female, Ecosystem & João Vasconcelos | Entrepreneur of the Year)
19:30 | Afterparty
🏆 Award Categories
Find more information about our Startups Pitching here!
Most Promising Startup Award
Youth Startup Award
Most Impactful Startup Award
International Personality Award -*NEW CATEGORY*
Rising Female Award -*NEW CATEGORY*
Ecosystem Award
Entrepreneur of the Year - João Vasconcelos Award
Finalists: Cody Candee, Felipe Ávila da Costa 🇺🇦🕊, Filipe Nery, Pedro Henriques, Xavier Jameson
🤝 With the support of
Casa do Impacto, Claranet, Concentrix, Cuatrecasas, Delta, Grupo Brisa, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), NTT DATA, Remote, Web Summit.
✨ Don’t just watch the future happen. Be in the room when we Run the System.