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Twenty-Seven Portuguese Startups Touch Down at Web Summit Rio Through 11 June — €20 Million in Backing, 269 Employees and an AI / Health-Tech / Defence Stack Span Lisboa, Funchal, Aveiro and Mirandela

Twenty-Seven Portuguese Startups Touch Down at Web Summit Rio Through 11 June — €20 Million in Backing, 269 Employees and an AI / Health-Tech / Defence Stack Span Lisboa, Funchal, Aveiro and Mirandela

Twenty-seven Portuguese startups landed at Web Summit Rio on Monday for the 8–11 June run, with €20 million in cumulative backing and 269 employees spread across Lisboa, Funchal, Aveiro and Mirandela — Startup Portugal and Unicorn Factory Lisboa anchor the fourth-consecutive Brazil push.
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Portuguese Food and Beverage Exports Climb 2.03% to €1.964 Billion in Q1 2026 Despite a 17.4% Collapse Into the United States — Bulgaria, Ireland and the Netherlands Carry the EU Tape, São Tomé and Cabo Verde Lead the CPLP Print

Portuguese Food and Beverage Exports Climb 2.03% to €1.964 Billion in Q1 2026 Despite a 17.4% Collapse Into the United States — Bulgaria, Ireland and the Netherlands Carry the EU Tape, São Tomé and Cabo Verde Lead the CPLP Print

FIPA reads Portuguese food and beverage exports at €1.964 billion in Q1 2026 (+2.03% YoY) — EU sales rose to €1.350 billion (Bulgaria +35.1%, Ireland +27.6%) while exports to the US fell 17.4% on the Trump tariff regime, Morocco fell 21% and Angola fell 4.9%.
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