COMMUNITY
STARTUPS & COMPANIES
Merit Fit is an educational fitness space, where we train in a way to optimize our lifestyle. Merit Fit provides a learning environment for enhancing well-being through various forms of exercise, both physically and mentally.
Surfchat is a carpool service to surf spots to share gas, meet friends and save the planet. The app is a community where you can ask/offer rides to the surf spot you will surf. If you don’t have a car, you can easily find a ride to your favorite surf spot, and if you have a car, you can carpool to the spot to meet new surfers, share the gas expenses and reduce pollution.
Wildsuits is a brand of eco-friendly wetsuits based in France and Portugal. The aim of Wildsuits is to offer products made with a real commitment to quality, durability and with na overarching respect for nature.
FertiSea project aims to transform algae from Mafra’s coastal areas into biostimulants to be used in agricultural production.
Hikers Portugal is a Portuguese brand that celebrates an inclusive outdoor culture by encouraging good practices in nature and dedicating itself to adventures and activities with the local communities and with social and environmental impact.
We’re going to transform Portugal’s beer market and place the country in the map of the best beer destinations on the planet. Quality, community and verticalization are the pillars of our strategy.
Nirvana is an accommodation for seniors, family and people looking to rejuvenate by providing a calm and relaxing experience.
Precious Plastic is an open hardware platform enabling people to start their own recycling projects. The mission of Precious Plastic is to tackle the plastic waste problem. The Precious Plastic community is made up of over 600 organisations globally that are using our machines, techniques, and knowledge to turn plastic waste into new products locally.
The “Love Collection” is a collection dedicated to Love, in its widest dimension. Small sculptures made by hand. Representing and expressing the most diverse and varied forms of love. Where, the essential is “visible to the eyes”. Making us all, part of the same universal family. Love and Magic are the ingredients.
BlueOASIS is a Portuguese R&D company that fosters the development of ground-breaking Offshore Renewable Energy, Ocean Cleaning and Maritime solutions, using modern Industry 4.0 approaches: Numerical Modelling, Computational Fluid Dynamics, High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence tools.
Singular Wonders it’s a company that sells, instal and maintain Hydraloop water recycling and reuse systems.
Industrial Archaeology and Museum Maintenance We are specialized in the conservation and mechanical restoration of industrial heritage. Our teams also have technical masons, plumbers and electricians prepared for museum maintenance.
SLSValue is a fresh, agile and flexible approach to the concept of management consulting. focus of our action is gastronomic management, where we are specialists. But We experience management in a holistic way. So we bring HACCP, HR and safety and health solutions to our game.
Limitless freedom and creativity in transforming cakes into pieces of art, unique, and full of rich flavours fulfilled whit emotion.
Outra Música is a new concept of company, created and managed by professional musicians. We offer integrated services: Professional training and pedagogy, musical production and management, and music shop, specialized in string and orchestral instruments.
By looking at plants and animals in dry coastal areas, this startup developed a temperature-sensitive smart textile that collects water from a massive, untapped reservoir: the air around us. Fully off-grid, without adding energy, and affordable.
Experts on User-Generated content, GMT Hospitality collects, organizes, analyzes, and reports customers and competitors performances in the hospitality industry, by studying and enhancing the behavioral and psychographic profiles of tourists.
A company focused on property and short term rental management, management & concierge, property maintenance, renovations, and home organizer.
The Instituto Português do Tricot's mission is to: Promote and value knitting as an artistic expression; Train a new generation of highly qualified knitting professionals; Disseminate the benefits of knitting and its age and gender transversality.
Platform for promoting tourism on Portugal's Small Routes through immersive audiovisual content and a catalog of points of interest, local history and business.
MONJA is a family business created with time, inspired by nature. They provide breakfast food and experiences, encouraging the community to be closer to the "old way of doing things": with respect to nature, food and the people behind. Through ancient methods and techniques.
PAWS is a pet center, providing hotel, day care and training services, while investing part of the profit to facilitate the adoption of rescued dogs. Our mission is to help pets and families lead happier lives together.
The @ The Street application is an application where you can find the non-sedentary businesses, such as street food, artists and artisans, making it easier for everyone interested to get to the closest places or events where they are.
Natural Cosmetic Da Joana is dedicated to producing solid shampoos with the most natural, vegan friendly and biodegradable ingredients. Not tested on animals and don’t harming marine wildlife.
TERRA MÁGICA is a regional tourism agency specialized in the territory of Mafra and saloia region, in articulation with the neighboring territories of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the West Region. Our goal is to promote this territory as a cultural destination of excellence, through the creation of a strong brand for the territory, highlighting its local specificities in a logic of differentiation and sustainability of tourism activity.
Provide service, infrastructure, and online App/platform in order to create a network of land and animal sharing for fire control and year-round bio-diverse grasslands, thus ensuring soil conservation.
We are Flow, an underwear brand offering you an innovative and sustainable solution for your periods. We want to bring comfort and freedom to women who have their periods while also helping to reduce the major environmental impact caused by disposables.
La Bohème stands out with its healthy and tasty breakfasts, using daily the fresher products from the local and national agriculture and respecting most of the food intolerances. The Brunch and the Slunch are the favourites of the weekend!
MENTORS
Isabel Neves
Vitor Duarte
João Borga
Filipe Lacerda
Ricardo Nunes
Miguel Henriques
Miguel Fontes
Inês Sequeira
Dina Horta
Patrícia Palma
Mafalda Marques
PARTNERS
CONSULTING BOARD
Prof. Dr. Jorge Miguel Miranda
Luis Paulo Tenente
Miguel Barata de Almeida
Nick Ulrich
Domingos Santos
Vice-Almirante José Barata Saldanha
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
Four Rep
Growwvalue
Melanoma Portugal
RH Condomínios
Pixeladepto
Sea and the Hills Development
Toldos Sieves
