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BUSINESS PROJECTS

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The mission

UPTEC supports the creation and development of business projects in the arts, sciences and technologies, through sharing knowledge between the University and the market.

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UPTEC is a meeting point between the University of Porto and businesses, where companies benefit from business development support to connect them with global growth networks.

In order to increase the interaction between our vibrant community, we are connected with strategic partners and actively organizing events and networking opportunities.

Here you can find a place—office, lab or cowork—to establish your business and be part of our purpose of building a better society through innovation and knowledge.

Following a knowledge sharing strategy, UPTEC has been developing acceleration programmes for entrepreneurs and researchers, as well as open innovation programmes for corporate leaders or municipalities.

Extra!

15/03/2024

Elina Huculak from University of Vaasa: "Business Incubation Centres have crucial roles as facilitators"

On this edition of "Open Doors", we present Elina Huculak from the University of Vaasa, who shared her four-week experience at UPTEC

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13/03/2024

Ubirider receives almost €2M investment for international expansion and team reinforcement

The UPTEC startup Ubirider wants to improve transport efficiency by simplifying the planning, booking and payment of multimodal trips

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07/03/2024

Connected and ETHIACK among the ten most promising Portuguese startups in 2024

The two companies incubated at UPTEC appear on the list published by EU-Startups.com, the leading website for content specialized in European startups

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Since the beginning of its activity, in 2007, UPTEC has supported the development of more than 630 business projects in areas as diverse as nanosciences, nanotechnologies, new materials and production, energy, health, food, biotechnology, information technology and communication, digital media, architecture, interactive marketing, content production.

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Becoming a member of UPTEC community is being part of a multidisciplinary ecosystem of innovation. Here entrepreneurs create new businesses and big companies develop new technologies in cooperation with the University of Porto.