18 Apr 2024

Set.Up alongside the students in another edition of TSI2Market

Set.Up Guimarães once again attended another edition of TSI2Market, an event promoted by AIS.SC UMinho at the Azurém campus of the University of Minho. This event lasts for three days and aims to connect students with the job market by offering training sessions, workshops, challenges, thematic sessions, and networking opportunities. It has the privilege of featuring top companies in the Information Technology sector. The TSI@UMinho universe comprises over 1,000 students, including undergraduate, master's, integrated master's,

16 Apr 2024

Online presentation of the 4th Euro-MED Projects Call

On April 23rd, AD&C – Agency for Development and Cohesion will host an online presentation of the 4th call for Euro-MED Interreg Projects. The event, starting at 10 am, requires mandatory prior registration. The 4th call for projects (Thematic Projects) is open for submissions from March 12, 2024, to June 12, 2024 (until 2 pm GMT), with a financial allocation of 44 million euros. This call is intended for the presentation of "Test Projects" and

16 Apr 2024

The Municipality of Guimarães promotes the 1st Edition of the Job and Qualifications Fair for Young People

The event, under the motto "On the Path to the Future," will take place on May 9th, 10th, and 11th at the Multiusos de Guimarães. With the aim of assisting young people in the challenging process of choosing their educational and professional paths, the Municipality of Guimarães is about to hold its first Job and Qualifications Fair. The event, under the motto "On the Path to the Future," will take place on May 9th, 10th,

16 Apr 2024

Creative Session #23 clarifies doubts about Intellectual Property

This past Monday, April 15th, Set.Up Guimarães held its 23rd Creative Session, featuring our mentor Sílvia Vieira from Patentree. She provided insights into the existing vouchers in the PME 2024 Fund aimed at intellectual property defense and clarified doubts regarding the topics this area covers. She emphasized the importance of defending this type of property as a strategic management tool for small and medium-sized enterprises when launching products, brands, or patents into the market. Sílvia

16 Apr 2024

Set.Up Guimarães participates in IncubX

Set.Up Guimarães was present at the latest edition of IncubX – Incubators and Accelerators Meeting, held in Curia, Coimbra District, on April 11th and 12th. This biannual event, now in its fourth edition, is organized by Start Up Portugal and aims to bring together national incubators and accelerators for the sharing of common knowledge and co-creation of a shared vision for the future of national incubation. It was two days where we had direct contact

16 Apr 2024

Notice for the Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Property

The MPr-2024-1 Notice has been launched to support the protection of intellectual and industrial property in the Norte, Centro, Lisbon, Alentejo, and Algarve regions, with applications open until the end of 2024. The COMPETE 2030 Program has launched the MPr-2024-1 Notice to support the protection of intellectual and industrial property in the Norte, Centro, Lisbon, Alentejo, and Algarve regions. Operations aiming for the registration of industrial property rights in the form of patents, utility models,

Mentors from SetUp Guimarães in the Top 50 Women from VC and Startup Ecosystem in Portugal

Inês Santos Silva, Liliana Castro, and Marta Sousa Monteiro, three of the mentors from the SetUp Guimarães community, have been referenced in the Top 50 Women from VC and Startup Ecosystem in Portugal, a list aimed at highlighting the key female figures playing a crucial role in the startup and VC ecosystem in Portugal. You can read the article here > https://www.vestbee.com/blog/articles/top-50-women-from-vc-and-startup-ecosystem-in-portugal It is also mentioned that approximately 22% of Portuguese startups are founded by

1 Mar 2024

StartUp Capital Summit 2024 with registrations open

The Startup Capital Summit 2024 is back in Coimbra and registrations are now open! The Startup Capital Summit 2024 will take place on May 10th at the Convent of São Francisco - Coimbra, organized by the University of Coimbra (UC), in partnership with the Municipal Chamber of Coimbra (CMC) and the Pedro Nunes Institute (IPN), and once again, it is under the High Patronage of the President of the Portuguese Republic. This event, completely free,

15 Feb 2024

Do you know what PME certification is?

PME certification is a service that, exclusively through electronic means, attests to the compliance of national companies with the criteria for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is intended for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that wish to prove they have this status, as well as for public entities or those with protocols with them, which are required to demand proof of SME status for administrative procedures (allocation of support or other forms of