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BGI Built a Bridge From the Lab to the Market - Then Put It in a Greenhouse
The Lisbon accelerator began by exporting ambitious founders to Boston. Fifteen years later, it is putting science through a tougher test: will it survive contact with farms, cities, customers and capital?
SBI Consulting runs the business behind the startup
From a restaurant app’s finances to the programs that help founders find customers, the Portuguese consultancy works on the practical side of innovation.
Dois Corvos
Dois Corvos is Lisbon's landmark independent craft brewery, founded in 2013 by Scott Steffens and Susana Cascais in the Marvila district. What started with a homebrew kit brought from Seattle has grown into one of Portugal's most recognised beer makers — producing roughly 550,000 litres a year, maintaining ~350 oak barrels, exporting to eight-plus countries, and operating two taprooms — all while remaining 100% family-owned with zero corporate backing.
Luna House
Luna House is Cascais' most-loved coliving and coworking hub — a boutique B&B with nine private rooms in summer, a digital nomad village with community programming in winter. Founded in 2022 by Olena (Lena) Matveieva, it offers coworking for 25 people with 120mb/sec fibre, an event studio, team workation packages, and a resident dog named Luna who consistently out-reviews the human staff.