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November 2, 2022

First measures of Portugal’s startup law unveiled at Web Summit

The new policies for startups will be in place by the end of 2022


Tim Smith

4 min read

António Dias Martins (L), Marcelo Lebre (C), Tim Smith (R)

Portuguese entrepreneurs got a boost from the country’s lawmakers today, as the first measures of a new “startup law” were unveiled at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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