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Didimo is the 200M Fund’s new investment, in a total round of 1 million euros in partnership with Armilar Venture Partners and Bright Pixel. Born at Porto’s University, Didimo developed an innovative technology to create high-fidelity digital humans in just 30 seconds, from a photo or scan to your smartphone and that can be applied to various sectors such as retail, entertainment, gaming and virtual collaboration. For Marco Fernandes, CEO of PME Investimentos, the managing entity of 200M, the team’s expertise and “the partnership with two of the best technology investors in Portugal are strong reasons to co-invest in Didimo …

André Jordão, CEO and co-founder of Barkyn,  startup of our portefolio, is one of the João Vasconcelos Award finalists, created by Startup Lisboa in honor of its former executive director and which distinguishes the entrepreneur of the year. Recently, André Jordão received the award for “Most Innovative Pet Care Business Leader in Europe”, at the Global CEO Excellence Awards 2020. Congrats! Read more here …

The 2020 EatTasty Report, resulting of a study by EatTasty, startup of our portfolio, reveals some data about the impact of the pandemic on the motivation of the teams and the importance of the lunch break in the corporate environment. See the report here aqui …

Another Lisbon Entrepreneurship Week is starting. From September 21st to 27th, the city unites its entrepreneurial ecosystem in the 9th edition of the event, which this year focuses on sustainability and the recovery of the city’s economy. PME Investimentos will be present on the 21st, at 5:30 pm with Marco Fernandes, our CEO, at the Talk “Lending and Equity” included in the session “Financing Solutions for Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Venture Capital”. Join us! Register here …

Indie Campers, startup of our portfolio, featured on The Guardian as a safe way to travel and holiday in Portugal. Read more here …

André Jordão, CEO and co-founder of Barkyn, startup of our 200M portfolio, has just been distinguished internationally at the Global CEO Excellence Awards 2020 by receiving the award for “Most Innovative Pet Care Business Leader”. Congratulations André and Barkyn team! Read more here   …

360imprimir, supported by the 200M Fund, and its project @ 360hyper highlighted in RTP1’s “3 minutes to inspire Portugal”. Watch here …

      Applications for the second wave of SOL Tomorrow program are still open until September 2. Organized by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and Betai, with the partnership of 200M Fund and Social Innovation Fund, both managed by PME Investimentos, the program is focused on finding startups providing innovative solutions in the response to the social and economic challenges that the city of Lisbon, population and companies face in the times of COVID19. The program is fully remote and open for international startups too. Applications herei …

PICadvanced is the latest investment from the 200M Fund, in a Series A financing round of € 4 million, in partnership with Verizon Ventures, Verizon Communications Inc.’s venture capital arm for investments in innovation and technology. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Ílhavo, PICadvanced is a specialist in solutions on optics using integrated photonics, since conception, packaging and integration on electrotechnology, telecommunications and biomedicine products. In 2019, and for the second consecutive year, PICadvanced was included in the list of the 25 major Portuguese Scaleups. For António Teixeira, co-founder of the company, this investment “allows the new growth phase of …

In this month’s newsletter, we highlight the opening of applications for SIF DEBT, the guaranteed and subsidized credit line of the Social Innovation Fund. We also tell you about the recent coinvestment in BITCLIQ, the first startup in the blue economy to receive investment from SIF, the visit that, together with the Secretary of State for Planning, we made to Agroop and, as always, about the initiatives and news from our companies. See here …