ENTREPRENEURS
The School of Startups provides the resources, guidance, and environment to set your business on a path to success. Over 90 hours of immersive, hands-on training and personalised mentorship will equip the selected entrepreneurs for the 2024 edition with the tools to validate and grow 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.
The Programme
Duration: Oct24 – Jan25
Language: English
Format: in-person
Location: UPTEC Asprela I
Who Can Apply: Future entrepreneurs who have business ideas on arts, sciences, technologies, health or cleantech and wish to start up their own company.
Curious about the full schedule? Check the detailed programme calendar here.
Benefits
The 24 selected projects of the 2024 edition will gain access to the UPTEC workspaces, 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, differentiation, marketing, pricing strategy, intellectual property, investment preparation, and pitch training.
Work at UPTEC spaces
Training conducted by experts
Dedicated mentoring
Pitch Training Sessions
Networking with partners, investors and entrepreneurs
Connection with industry, startups and academia
Mentors
The 2024 School of Startups’ dedicated mentorship programme offers 5 office hours sessions of 1 hour each, both online and in-person. More than 40 experienced mentors will support entrepreneurs throughout the process, guiding them in market research, product development, and business strategy.
Partners
With the support of Santander, UPTEC awarded two inclusion scholarships for free access to the School of Startups to women entrepreneurs and people of African descent. These scholarships are part of UPTEC’s actions to correct inequalities in entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem access.
Also, UPTEC awarded four more grants for arts-related projects and projects with a social and environmental impact.
Success Stories
Explore our diverse range of programmes designed for specific groups, each with its own set of benefits and support structures. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a researcher with groundbreaking ideas, or a corporate innovator, we offer specialised support to help you achieve your goals.
by Fundação António Pargana
The School of Startups powered by Fundação António Pargana is a week-long programme for Portuguese descendants to immerse themselves in the Portuguese entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Researchers
Specifically for researchers, master’s and PhD students, this programme aims to empower them with the necessary tools to identify meaningful problems and develop entrepreneurial skills to validate the underlying business models.
Corporate
This programme is tailored for corporate looking to innovate from within and leverage startup practices to drive new business opportunities.