Portugal is building a startup mega campus in Lisbon

Last June I wrote about Portugal’s thriving scaleup ecosystem, which is growing twice as fast as the European average. Since then, I’ve actually relocated my VR startup to Portugal and so have an even better view of the ecosystem now.

I wrote last year about how the country’s capital, Lisbon, successfully turned its economic troubles into an opportunity to reinvent itself as a European hub for creative and tech startups. Scores of accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, and repurposed structures have popped up as a result. And that trend appears only to be accelerating.

In fact, these repurposed structures are now taking center stage, particularly because their scale and scope are playing an increasingly significant role in helping to position cities as attractive hubs for international and local startups to hang their hats. Read more…