Microsoft Ventures to Help Indian Startups Expand in Europe

India Portugal Startup Hub is an initiative of the Government of India and the Government of Portugal to enable international market access for Indian and Portuguese startups. The program was launched last year during Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s state visit to Portugal.

In the first phase, applications are invited from Indian startups aiming to expand their businesses in the European market by working with partners in Portugal.

In this program, Startup Braga is an innovation hub designed to assist the inception and development of high potential entrepreneurial projects for international markets. In partnership with Microsoft Ventures, it provides business acceleration programs for startups with global ambitions.

Innovative Indian startups in the fields of Fintech, Urbantech, Medtech, Nanotech, building a product or service with business potential in the Portuguese / European market were invited to apply. The startups must have a registered company and operations in India.

The selected startups will be unveiled in a special ceremony at the Web Summit in Lisbon on 5th November 2018.

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