The Portuguese startup scene is reaching out to the world. This time, we got featured on Forbes, the world known media publication, on an article about the strong entrepreneurial spirit that has emerged over the last few years in Portugal. Thanks to the potential of Portuguese startups and foreign investments, mostly from the US, Forbes highlights some of the best startups in Portugal such as, Talkdesk, Feedzai, Veniam, PharmAssistant, Cuckuu and Unbabel.

Alison Coleman, the contributor writer for Forbes, explains this strong entrepreneurial spirit and calls for “Portugal’s novo entrepreneurs who have simply spotted gaps in the market, and applied their creative ingenuity to fill them”.

Forbes also mentions Lisbon Challenge as a top accelerator amongst “the top five most active programmes in Europe”. They also highlight the fact that many startups who have been through our program “have emerged and gone on to join the likes of TechStars, Y Combinator and Seedcamp, while 40% of those coming out of Lisbon Challenge have secured VC investment, increasingly from the US”.

Alison Coleman, also highlights the importance of Portugal Ventures as a VC, backed by the government to support entrepreneurship, and Startup Lisboa as a key incubator to provide a further boost.

If this got your attention, you can read the full article here.