The Top 10 Accelerators in Lisbon
Discover the top 10 accelerators in Lisbon, paving the way for early-stage startups to thrive in Portugal's vibrant tech ecosystem.
Overview
Lisbon has a growing base of early-stage founders, and a handful of accelerators have emerged to fund and scale them — offering capital, mentorship, and the networks teams need to build in the region. Here are 10 worth knowing, drawn from the startersss directory of 3,133 programs.
Build Up Labs Startup Incubator
A startup studio that builds, launches and grows new digital businesses since 2014
Poolside Web3 Accelerator
Empowering founders to build, launch and scale in the Web3 space.
Starter Business Acceleration
Starter Business Acceleration helps early-stage startups grow and scale their businesses through mentorship, networking, and funding opportunities.
Beta-Start
An accelerator program that provides mentorship and resources to early-stage startups in Portugal.
Born from Knowledge
A Portuguese incubator and accelerator for science-based startups.
Building Global Innovators
Helps startups with mentorship and resources to grow their businesses
Demium - Lisbon
An incubator that helps entrepreneurs validate their ideas and build startups from scratch.
From Start-to-Table
Start-to-Table is a meal kit delivery service that provides customers with pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to cook healthy and delicious meals at home.
Protechting
Protechting is a global innovation program that supports startups in the areas of fintech, insurtech, and healthtech.
The Journey Portugal
The Journey is tackling Energy Transition in the Tourism Sector. Over the last years, the program has been finding sustainable solutions for the tourism sector, calling worldwide startups to solve business challenges with corporate partner…
No longer operating
9 programs from earlier versions of this list have since shut down or gone offline (checked Oct 2026): Antler - Iberia · Antler Portugal · Fábrica de Startups · Lisbon Challenge · SOUL FI · Startup LAB · Startup Lighthouse · Techstars Lisbon · Tourism Innovation Hub.