The manager and former MP is returning to lead the association dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship in Vila Nova de Gaia, taking up the post at the end of May.
Porto’s Alfândega venue became the European hub for innovation and entrepreneurship during the SIM Conference (Startups & Investment Matching). Amidst a massive event, with over 4,000 participants, 450 startups, 270 investors and 40 partners, INOVAGAIA and the Municipality of Gaia were not just another name on the list. They made a disruptive, energetic and impossible-to-ignore impression.
Have you ever felt like your startup has real potential, but just needs that final push to take off? Well, that push now has a date and a place: June 1st and 2nd, at INOVAGAIA.
Over the next nine weeks, a select group of start-ups will turn their potential into scalability, with a focus on global growth and innovation.
INOVAGAIA has just written a new chapter in its support for national entrepreneurship with the conclusion of the first edition of Scale Up With Us. Over the course of nine intensive weeks, this pioneering acceleration programme has prepared a select group of start-ups for the challenges of global scaling.
INOVAGAIA returned to Lisbon for four intense days at Web Summit 2025. Four days of total immersion in innovation, continuous learning, collecting inspiration, and fostering connections that drive the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We now return to Gaia with our luggage full of new insights, ideas, and contacts that strengthen the path we have been building over the past years. The knowledge gained and the connections made are the energy that propels us to continue empowering, accelerating, and soaring higher and higher.