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| | | Announcements | | | Testronic Opens Localization QA Studio in Portugal
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | Testronic, an award-winning Games and Film & TV development services provider and part of Catalis Group (UK), has opened a studio in Lisbon, further enhancing its Localization QA capabilities in Europe. The new studio is already delivering Localization QA projects in multiple languages and will also bolster Testronic’s Player Support and Functionality QA services, serving as an important hub between Europe and the Americas.
| | |  | | | | RELTIO establishes tech operation in Lisbon | | | |
| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | US-based Reltio, a cloud-native SaaS Master Data Management (MDM) platform company, announced the opening of its offices in Lisbon with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Portugal will serve as a technology hub in Europe, focused on developing innovation with cloud, big data and machine learning technology.
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| | Aeler Technologies opens an R&D centre in Portugal
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | | Swiss-based Aeler Technologies opened an R&D centre in Porto, located inside Porto University’s campus, to better “access talented staff and cutting-edge academic thinking”.
| | | | | | | Consulteer opens tech centre in Porto
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | | Swiss-based professional services firm Consulteer chose Porto for its next technology centre in Europe. According to the company, “Porto stands out from other cities regarding four macroeconomic indicators: talented people, know-how, good infrastructure, and quality of life. With its authentic, hip atmosphere, mild weather, unparalleled food and wine scene, and booming economy, it is a rising star among travellers and investors”.
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| | EIT Health InnoStars opens a branch in Portugal
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| NOVEMBER 2022 |
| | | The European health innovation network, co-funded by the European Union, opened a branch office at the Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) premises in Coimbra.
More than 30 Portuguese start-ups have received support from EIT Health: nearly 350 million euros in external funding and nearly 10 million euros in grants.
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| | | EXPANSION | | | Bosch inaugurates new e-bike unit in Portugal
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | Bosch is bringing its e-Bike business to Portugal, with the Braga and Ovar units taking a leading role in the development and production of these technologies within the Group. These investments will create 400 new jobs in R&D and production activities, reinforcing Bosch's commitment to the country.
| | | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz.io is expanding its team in Lisbon | | | |
| NOVEMBER 2022 |
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| Five years ago, Mercedes-Benz.io announced its investment in Portugal to install its new centre of excellence in engineering. This international hub, with a team of 350 in Lisbon and Braga, is further recruiting 140 professionals in software, design, data and analytics, and IT operations.
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| | NTT DATA opens innovation hub in Óbidos
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| NOVEMBER 2022 |
| | | NTT DATA Portugal just established its 8th hub in the country, this time in the city of Óbidos, north of Lisbon. This hub will focus on Experience Design and take advantage of the creative economy of the region. The move follows the company’s creation of another seven innovation hubs already up and running in Porto, Braga, Castelo Branco, Coimbra and Évora.
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| | Emergn opens its Porto office
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | | After announcing the investment in Porto two years ago, UK-based Emergn has officially opened its new office. The Portuguese team has been working remotely for the last two years but with the new office, the company materialises its plans to keep growing and hiring in the country, especially for Product Design, Software Development, Business Analysis and Delivery Management.
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| | | Prosegur Security opens Intelligence Security Operations CentRE | | | |
| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | | The Spanish security company announced the opening of iSOC – Intelligence Security Operations Centre – in Lisbon, representing a 1-million euro investment and 100 new jobs. This centre integrates Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Big Data technologies to offer innovative security solutions to corporate clients.
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| | | Industry highlight | | | | Portugal Fintech Report 2022 | | |  | | | Launched by Portugal Fintech, this report provides industry statistics, expert insights, examples of collaboration, the top fintech startups in Portugal, current trends and predictions for 2023.
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| | | EVENTS | | | Web Summit 2022 in LISBON
| | From 1-4 November, Lisbon hosted the Web Summit for the 7th time. More than 71,000 participants from 160 countries attended this year’s edition, in what is considered Europe’s largest tech conference. The key talking points at this year’s edition included NFT’s and Cryptocurrency, Shared Mobility, Metaverse and AI.
This event also provided a unique opportunity to showcase the tech creativity of Portuguese talent in diverse areas such as MedTech & Pharma, Fintech, Digitalization, AI, among others.
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| | | call for companies | | | INOV Contacto Internship Programme: Applications now open
| | The INOV Contacto Programme, managed by AICEP, offers young graduates the opportunity to work abroad through an internship programme. Organisations looking to welcome an INOV Contacto intern must apply in the following link:
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| | | DID YOU KNOW? | | | Portugal HAS 3rd largest share of engineering graduates in the eu
| | According to the OECD, for the second year in a row, Portugal is the third country with the highest rate of engineering graduates (19%) at the European level.
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| | | Portugal ranks among the 20 most sustainable countries in the world
| | According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2022, Portugal ranks 20th out of all 193 UN Member States. The overall score measures the total progress towards achieving all 17 SDGs.
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| |  | | | With the increasing number of tech and IT companies, Portugal is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing IT hubs in Europe. Apart from local experts, the country welcomes IT specialists from all over the world who choose Portugal as a place to live and work. By entering this market, we hope to become a part of the local IT community and spur its further development.
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| Vitaly Sedler, CEO and co-founder of Intellias |
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