Networking Event: Connect & Grow "Bridging Startup Ecosystems"
Join us on Monday, 10 November 2025 for our Network event Connect & Grow – “Bridging Startup Ecosystems”, a high-energy networking conference at TUMO / Factory Lisbon that brings German Startup founders face-to-face with Portugal’s leading investors, operators and ecosystem builders.
Why you can't miss it:
🙏🏼 Breathwork session for Innovators by Co-Founder Paul Laechlin (Regulate).
⚡ Rapid-fire pitches from cutting-edge German start-ups
💡 Ecosystem insights from a Portugal-focused expert panel, with representatives from Unicorn Factory Lisbon (Gil Azevedo - Managing Director), Startup Portugal (João Silva – Head of Public Policies), founders in Portugal (Benjamin Lambert - Checkfirst) and Portugal Ventures (Investment Director Tourism BU)
🔥 Mission-driven fireside chats with Oleg Fomenko (Sweatcoin) and Fabian Heilemann (AENU Fund)
🤝 A focused Q&A with Simon Schäfer (EU-INC) on cross-border opportunities and challenges
💬 Closing remarks by CEO Hugo Augusto (Semapa Next) on how Portuguese capital is partnering with German innovation
Fuel new partnerships over coffee, a snack-lunch at Duro de Matar, and roll straight into Web Summit opening/side events in the evening.
Stay tuned for our program.
This event is being supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) & Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI) and curated by the German-Portuguese chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Portugal) and Visionary Ventures GmbH.