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Acelera Portugal by Hypernova isn’t a passive accelerator. It’s an investment program.
We invest €100,000 per startup: €50,000 in cash and €50,000 in structured support delivered through a 3-month accelerator built to help startups close commercial deals, align with real market needs, and get on the radar of strategic investors from Day 1.
Acelera Portugal gives you more than just guidance — we provide infrastructure, capital, and momentum, tailored to your real-world scaling goals.
Get high-signal exposure through curated events we bring our startups into: Web Summit (Lisbon), SIM Conference (Porto), NOVA NEXT (Aveiro), and Our AP Investor Roundtables.
Each startup receives €50,000 in cash to accelerate hiring, product development, and sales €50,000 in structured support. It’s designed to give you breathing room (and firepower) to move fast and build strong foundations.
More than mentors, our team works directly with you to shape your exit strategy, unlock investor interest, and close deals. You’ll be supported by real partners, not passive advisors.
Work side-by-side with our team to execute: sharpen commercial readiness, run real deal and investor conversations, and hit weekly targets. We’ll also get investor essentials ready: financials in order and a complete data room for fast diligence.
We set the commercial and investment engine in motion. Through focused workshops and 1:1 sessions, startups define their ICP, sharpen messaging and pitch, map the GTM motion, and build investor-ready financials and fundraising strategy. By the end, teams are equipped to win customers and raise capital. The pre-accelerator happens before the final investment decision.
During these weeks, the focus is to build a targeted pipeline and book your in-person meetings in Portugal — mentors, investors, potential partners, and customers. Together, we’ll secure the right introductions, lock meetings into the calendar, and set the stage so arrival in Portugal starts with momentum.
Founders spend 6 weeks in Portugal to activate commercial outcomes. With pre-matched mentors and investor meetings and simconf (Porto) and NovaNext (Aveiro) as the backdrop, this phase turns strategy into pipeline and pipeline into contracts. Furthermore, Startups will further craft their exit roadmap, align on long-term KPIs, and gain ongoing support through founder meetings, check-ins.
At Acelera Portugal, growth isn’t the goal — it’s the tactic. The goal is a meaningful outcome: an acquisition, a joint venture, a licensing deal, or integration into a larger player’s supply chain. That’s why we help you design your business from the exit backwards.
From the start, we work with you to identify the roadblocks that could block your trajectory — whether they’re regulatory risks, cap table structure, or misaligned timing — and build interventions that remove those barriers. This approach saves you time, sharpens your strategy, and positions you for smarter negotiations down the line.
Join a high-trust, high-performance accelerator with access to mapped corporate leads, tailored exit support, and investor alignment via Flywheel, our listed European VC fund.
Spend 28 days in Portugal meeting buyers, closing deals, and sharpening your position. Return with traction, clarity, and momentum for your next raise.
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