What is the government’s vision toward startups in Portugal?

In 2016, the Portuguese government launched its National Strategy for Entrepreneurship called Startup Portugal with three main objectives as follows:

• Create and support the national entrepreneurship ecosystem
• Attract domestic and foreign investment to the local ecosystem
• Accelerate the growth of Portuguese startups in international markets

In 2018, the Portuguese government introduced The Startup Portugal+ Program featuring the adoption of 20 additional measures to further improve and strengthen the Portuguese Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.