Carnegie Mellon Portugal Programand UNL – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UTEN Portugal  presents Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth: Connect with Pittsburgh Speakers: Suzi Pegg and DeWitt Peart 30 October 2012  | 14h Reitoria da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa  On 30 October 2012, in collaboration withCarnegie Mellon Portugal Program and UNL – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UTEN Portugal will hold the strategic session: “Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth: Connect with Pittsburgh”. This session will focus on Pittsburgh’s story of reinvention that has spread quickly across the world. Technologies being developed in Pittsburgh by world class universities and commercialized by entrepreneurs, have indeed helped to transform southwester Pennsylvania’s economy, but more importantly they are solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The keynote speakers for the event will be Suzi Pegg and DeWitt Peart. The Pittsburgh Regional representatives are here in Portugal to share the story of how growth in innovation and entrepreneurship go hand in hand as a key economic driver, not just for the Pittsburgh Region but the United States. Targeted  at  start-up companies and researchers as well as the general public, the session aims to share new visions about how to use Entrepreneurship as a way to achieve economic and regional growth. You can have more information about this event on our website http://utenportugal.org/events/regional-growth-2012/ Your participation is important so please register no later than 28.10.2012 athttp://utenportugal.org/events/regional-growth-2012/registration/ learn about Suzi Pegg » learn about Dewitt Peart »

Portugal ventures: Call For Entrepreneurship

Call For Entrepreneurship

Submission: http://www.portugalventures.pt/en/contents.html?&hrq=146

Deadline: november 15th

  

A stepping stone to success:

The Call For Entrepreneurship is the entry point to the Ignition Programme, a new initiative led by Portugal Ventures to promote investment for market-oriented scientific and

technological projects in the Seed Capital phase.

Main goals:

Reinforce the portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystem by improving the link between entrepreneurs, R&D centres, incubators, industry experts and Venture Capital;

Economic valorisation of scientific and technological knowledge and use of its potential to change the structure of the Portuguese economy and to increase its competitiveness;

Attract and retain talent;

Provide access to global investors and strategic partners.

Portugal Ventures expects to invest up to 20 million Euros per year in its Ignition Programme:

Candidates may benefit from contact with our Ignition Partners Network - preparation of application to be investment ready, coaching and incubation;

Assignment of a significant majority of the startup share capital to its founders;

Expert mentoring of the projects funded by Portugal Ventures, by both national and international experts;

Selected projects will have the opportunity to be accelerated or incubated in international hubs of innovation;

Periodic Calls/Cycles of investment (read the calendar).

Read more detailed information on the Ignition Programme.

The Ignition Programme is an initiative included in the Programa +E+I.

The Venture Capital funds managed by Portugal Ventures are backed by the European Union through FINOVA/COMPETE and POR Lisboa.