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Portugal Tech, Software & Startups
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Portugal Tech, Software & Startups from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Aug 30, 2026
Latest in Portugal Tech, Software & Startups
Feedzai: Deep Technology Built in Portugal, Sold to Global Banks
Billions of transactions scored in milliseconds against an adversary that adapts daily. How a company from Coimbra competes with American software giants.
Sword Health: The Portuguese Unicorn Building Its AI Core at Home
Most Portuguese unicorns capture their value abroad. Sword Health is putting €250m and 700 engineers into building its AI core in Portugal instead.
OutSystems: Building a Global Software Company From Lisbon
Engineering in Portugal, sales everywhere else. The structure that let a Lisbon company sell enterprise software to the world — and the AI question it now faces.
Farfetch: How Portugal’s Biggest Tech Success Became Its Biggest Failure
A marketplace that solved a real problem, then abandoned the model that made it work. How Farfetch went from IPO to fire sale in five years.
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