31 Oct 2024

#1 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Set.Up Guimarães

Join our Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and get ready to bring your business idea to life! With a practical, focused approach, this bootcamp covers everything from building a robust business model to the basics of accounting and finance. Learn how to define your value proposition, identify your target audience, and strategically plan financial resources to achieve success. Ideal for those looking to launch a business idea or improve an early-stage startup, the bootcamp is the perfect opportunity

17 Oct 2024

Guimarães Towards the Future: Sustainability, Collaborative Innovation, and New Strategic Sectors

Domingos Bragança emphasized the need for long-term strategic planning to promote competitiveness, innovation, and sustainability in Guimarães’ economy. The second edition of Guimarães' Economy Month kicked off yesterday, October 2, under the theme Engines of the New Economy: Net Zero, Creativity, and Collaborative Innovation. Domingos Bragança, Mayor of Guimarães, opened the session, held at Teatro Jordão, focusing on the theme Guimarães' Economy: Journey, Status, and Destination – Preparing for the Future in a Global Economy

17 Oct 2024

We were at the AAUMINHO Start Point accompanied by some of our incubated companies

On October 15th and 16th, Set.Up Guimarães was present at the 16th Edition of Start Point, the event organized by the Academic Association of the University of Minho, which primarily aims to help build careers, with a focus on young people, in a fair format for entrepreneurship, employment, and training. For two days, we engaged with brilliant young minds looking for solutions and support to bring their projects and ideas to life and to launch

17 Sep 2024

Guimarães and Valladolid launch themselves into the New Space Economy

The cooperation protocol between the Municipality of Guimarães and the Ayuntamiento of Valladolid, signed last Friday, September 13, establishes the basis for collaboration in areas related to the new space economy, and opens doors to a future more transversal understanding in different domains. Domingos Bragança, president of the Municipal Council of Guimarães, and Jesús Julio Carnero, Mayor of Valladolid, representing their respective municipalities, signed last Friday afternoon, September 13th, at the Consistorial House of Valladolid,

17 Sep 2024

Portugal 2030 with forecast of more than 4.7 thousand M€ of European funds up for competition until August 2025

You can now consult the Portugal 2030 Annual Notice Plan updated with the forecast of Notices to be published between September 2024 and August 2025 by the Portugal 2030 and FAMI Programs. The Portugal 2030 Interministerial Commission approved the update of the Portugal 2030 Annual Notice Plan with the forecast of Notices to be published between September 2024 and August 2025 by the Portugal 2030 and FAMI Programs. According to this Plan, it is planned

17 Sep 2024

Set.Up Guimarães incubator, Famel, receives investment of €2.5M

Famel, incubated by Set.Up Guimarães, announced a round of investment and received 2.5 million in investment to accelerate its business. According to Expresso, according to data provided by Famel, the round currently includes an investment of 2.45 million euros from the Novus fund, managed by the company Magnify Capital Partners in partnership with Banco de Fomento. The minimum investment amount for private investors “will be around 10 thousand euros”. Regarding the investment return period, Pedro

17 Sep 2024

Guimarães once again dedicates the month of October to the Economy

After a first edition in 2023, dedicated to Innovation and the Factory of the Future, Guimarães once again brings together a group of experts around the theme of the economy, focusing on the “Drivers of the Economy – Net Zero, Creativity and Collaborative Innovation”. Guimarães once again focuses his critical thinking on the Economy, with October once again being the month chosen to bring together a set of events focused on economic thinking. For this

6 Sep 2024

INOV Contacto: Applications open for 105 international internships

A renewed, more innovative and longer-lasting INOV Contacto program (from six to nine months of internship) opened on September 5th, applications for the 105 international internships available in its 27th edition. Registration open until September 27th. Young graduates or integrated masters, aged up to 29 years and proficient in the English language, can apply and companies or international organizations that wish to welcome these young people can apply by accessing the website inovcontacto.pt. The international

2 Sep 2024

Meta Paisagem 2024: Explorando o Futuro da Arte e Tecnologia em Guimarães

A cidade de Guimarães se prepara para receber o Meta Paisagem 2024, uma imersão no futuro da arte, design e novas tecnologias. O evento acontece no dia 21 de setembro, no Garagem Avenida, reunindo artistas, criadores, tecnólogos e entusiastas para explorar as fronteiras digitais da cultura contemporânea. Meta Paisagem é mais um evento da Plataforma Paisagem, que desde 2022 vem promovendo a integração de Guimarães no circuito nacional das Feiras de Arte Gráfica. Este novo

2 Sep 2024

Competitiveness Incentive Competition ends on September 16th

The first phase of the SICE multi-program competitions – Business Competitiveness Incentive System ends on September 16th. SMEs can apply for support in creating establishments, expanding existing ones, diversifying production or promoting fundamental changes in production processes. “Operations of an innovative nature that result in the production of transactional and internationalizable goods and services with high added value and a level of national incorporation are susceptible to support”, reads the Compete 2030. page. The Productive Innovation