Comments on: Seeking digital media startups in Portugal http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/ Professionalizing and Advancing S&T Commercialization in Portugal Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Prentiss Riddle Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:45:45 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-54 João, good to hear from you! As you know, we're proud to have <a href="http://www.techportugal.com/detail.php?id=183" rel="nofollow">Tomorrow Options in the UTEN portfolio</a> and I'll make sure that Cliff Zintgraff is aware of Ideavity and Polight as well. Programs like MIETE which teach practical technology-based entrepreneurship are an important part of the developing ecosystem in Portugal, as are internships and other connections between students and industry. João, good to hear from you! As you know, we’re proud to have Tomorrow Options in the UTEN portfolio and I’ll make sure that Cliff Zintgraff is aware of Ideavity and Polight as well.

Programs like MIETE which teach practical technology-based entrepreneurship are an important part of the developing ecosystem in Portugal, as are internships and other connections between students and industry.

]]> By: jjpf http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-53 jjpf Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:15:28 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-53 [Prentiss, Shall I post this somewhere else? Thanks, João] At MIETE (<a href="http://www.fe.up.pt/miete" rel="nofollow">http://www.fe.up.pt/miete</a>) we have been promoting the "hands-on" value bulding innovation process since Setember 2004. We are still in our "early years" but proud to let you know that so far 3 companies have been launched by or students with the business plans developed within the program: IDEAVITY http://www.ideavity.com/ (Digital Media - 1st place NET/ADI PRIZE in 2006) Tomorrow Options Microelectronics S.A. http://www.tomorrow-options.com/ (Medical Devices) Polight http://www.polight.pt/ (New Materials - Won BES Innovation Prize 2008) You may wonder why this post? This is a challenge to the Digital Media World. I believe MIETE students would be eager to work with you and to build value. I think that together we can make a difference and maybe, just maybe, multiply by ten (our a thousand? Why not!?) the number of startups in the area of Digital Media in the next few years. Please let us know about you. Best wishes, João José Pinto Ferreira (MIETE Director, a FEUP/FEP Partnership at U.Porto) +351 93 293 45 29 jjpf@fe.up.pt http://jjpf.blogspot.com [Prentiss, Shall I post this somewhere else? Thanks, João]

At MIETE (http://www.fe.up.pt/miete) we have been promoting the “hands-on” value bulding innovation process since Setember 2004. We are still in our “early years” but proud to let you know that so far 3 companies have been launched by or students with the business plans developed within the program:

IDEAVITY
http://www.ideavity.com/ (Digital Media – 1st place NET/ADI PRIZE in 2006)
Tomorrow Options Microelectronics S.A.
http://www.tomorrow-options.com/ (Medical Devices)
Polight
http://www.polight.pt/ (New Materials – Won BES Innovation Prize 2008)

You may wonder why this post?
This is a challenge to the Digital Media World. I believe MIETE students would be eager to work with you and to build value. I think that together we can make a difference and maybe, just maybe, multiply by ten (our a thousand? Why not!?) the number of startups in the area of Digital Media in the next few years.

Please let us know about you.
Best wishes,
João José Pinto Ferreira
(MIETE Director, a FEUP/FEP Partnership at U.Porto)
+351 93 293 45 29
jjpf@fe.up.pt
http://jjpf.blogspot.com

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Prentiss Riddle Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:43:57 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-51 André, thanks. The answer is yes, these fall in the scope of what we're looking for. By the way, our team is scheduled to meet with Inovcapital in both Lisbon and Porto. Perhaps we'll see you there. André, thanks. The answer is yes, these fall in the scope of what we’re looking for.

By the way, our team is scheduled to meet with Inovcapital in both Lisbon and Porto. Perhaps we’ll see you there.

]]> By: André Mendes http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-50 André Mendes Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:27:51 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-50 ...and also: http://www.myguide.pt/home.aspx …and also:

http://www.myguide.pt/home.aspx

]]> By: André Mendes http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-49 André Mendes Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:17:19 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-49 Hi Prentiss, Would any of these qualify? http://www.camel-entertainment.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=70&lang=en https://www.yourzee.com/Default.aspx Thanks! Hi Prentiss,

Would any of these qualify?

http://www.camel-entertainment.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=70&lang=en

https://www.yourzee.com/Default.aspx

Thanks!

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Prentiss Riddle Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:01:58 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-42 Carlos, thanks for introducing <strong><a href="http://www.editonweb.com/" rel="nofollow">Editonweb</a></strong>. Excellent! We'll talk soon. Carlos, thanks for introducing Editonweb. Excellent! We’ll talk soon.

]]> By: Carlos Figueiredo http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Carlos Figueiredo Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:16:07 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-41 At Editonweb we have been working hard to introduce innovation on Information, Publishing and Knowledge management & Innovation markets, applying new business concepts and technology approaches to them, and crossing, in an interdisciplinary way, people and fields of interests (communities of affinity) on Arts, Science, Culture and Creativity, with Advertising, Marketplaces and Contents Syndication, surrounding all with a matrix of social networks. Please, let’s talk. At Editonweb we have been working hard to introduce innovation on Information, Publishing and Knowledge management & Innovation markets, applying new business concepts and technology approaches to them, and crossing, in an interdisciplinary way, people and fields of interests (communities of affinity) on Arts, Science, Culture and Creativity, with Advertising, Marketplaces and Contents Syndication, surrounding all with a matrix of social networks. Please, let’s talk.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Prentiss Riddle Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:07:56 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-40 Ah, yes, and then there are the dozens of sites listed at <strong><a href="http://pt.bloguite.com/" rel="nofollow">Web 2.0 em Portugal</a></strong>. Some of these, like <a href="http://jumbourl.com/" rel="nofollow">JumboURL</a> or <a href="http://www.cabraodopassaro.com/" rel="nofollow">Cabrão do Pássaro</a>, are fun projects but not exactly serious businesses. :-) Which of the Web 2.0 em Portugal sites are the real contenders? Ah, yes, and then there are the dozens of sites listed at Web 2.0 em Portugal.

Some of these, like JumboURL or Cabrão do Pássaro, are fun projects but not exactly serious businesses. :-) Which of the Web 2.0 em Portugal sites are the real contenders?

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Prentiss Riddle Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:05:09 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-39 And some more suggestions: <strong><a href="http://www.metatheke.com/" rel="nofollow">Metatheke</a></strong> - content management and digital library solutions, including the online news and magazine site <a href="http://recortes.pt/" rel="nofollow">Recortes.pt</a> <strong><a href="http://www.survs.com/" rel="nofollow">Survs.com</a></strong> - online surveys done with simplicity and elegance <strong><a href="http://www.tapestry.pt/" rel="nofollow">Tapestry Software</a></strong> - tools for building 3D gaming and educational environments Keep them coming. And some more suggestions:

Metatheke – content management and digital library solutions, including the online news and magazine site Recortes.pt

Survs.com – online surveys done with simplicity and elegance

Tapestry Software – tools for building 3D gaming and educational environments

Keep them coming.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://utenportugal.org/2009/02/seeking-digital-media-startups-in-portugal/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Prentiss Riddle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:18:49 +0000 http://utenportugal.org/?p=524#comment-37 The tips about digital media companies we should know are starting to trickle in. So far we've heard about the exciting work at: <strong><a href="http://www.adegga.com/" rel="nofollow">Adegga</a></strong> - social wine discovery <strong><a href="http://handivi.com/" rel="nofollow">Handivi</a></strong> - photo and text sharing for mobile phones <strong><a href="http://tarpipe.com/" rel="nofollow">Tarpipe</a></strong> - publishing workflows across social media applications (and a <a href="http://2009.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists" rel="nofollow">SXSW Web Awards</a> finalist) Companies we are already in contact with include <a href="http://www.auditmark.com/" rel="nofollow">AuditMark</a>, <a href="http://www.criticalsoftware.com/" rel="nofollow">Critical Software</a>, <a href="http://www.exva.pt/" rel="nofollow">EXVA</a>, <a href="http://www.mog-solutions.com/" rel="nofollow">MOG Solutions</a>, <a href="http://www.neoscopio.com/" rel="nofollow">Neoscopio</a>, <a href="http://www.takethewind.com/" rel="nofollow">Take the Wind</a>, <a href="http://www.ubisign.com/" rel="nofollow">Ubisign</a>, <a href="http://vectrlab.com/" rel="nofollow">Vectrlab</a>, <a href="http://www.wit-software.com/" rel="nofollow">WIT Software</a>, <a href="http://www.xarevision.com/" rel="nofollow">Xarevision</a> and <a href="http://www.ydreams.com/" rel="nofollow">YDreams</a>. See our <a href="http://www.techportugal.com/index2.php" rel="nofollow">portfolio</a> for more. We're sure that's the tip of the iceberg. Who are we missing? The tips about digital media companies we should know are starting to trickle in. So far we’ve heard about the exciting work at:

Adegga – social wine discovery

Handivi – photo and text sharing for mobile phones

Tarpipe – publishing workflows across social media applications (and a SXSW Web Awards finalist)

Companies we are already in contact with include AuditMark, Critical Software, EXVA, MOG Solutions, Neoscopio, Take the Wind, Ubisign, Vectrlab, WIT Software, Xarevision and YDreams. See our portfolio for more.

We’re sure that’s the tip of the iceberg. Who are we missing?

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