Beeleev - Connect With Entrepreneurs Who Inspire

Welcome to our new partner : Startup Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), an incubator for startups, focused on Tech commerce and Tourism. It is the hotest one in Lisbon, newest hotbed for digital tech entrepreneurship in Europe and next host city for the Web Summit. It was born from the will of citizens, by being one of the most voted idea in Lisbon participative budget, an initiative of the Lisbon Municipality. Founded in 2012, it is a private nonprofit association, which counts on three founding entities: Lisbon Municipality, IAPMEI and the Montepio bank.

Our Scandinavian Beeleev’s Vice President, Rasmus Arendt Nielsen, a passionate entrepreneur with a wide experience, like co-founding start-ups in Asia and Europe, with successful outcomes, shares with us his vision of his local entrepreneurial environment. Indeed, as a Danish and part of the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of many start-ups, in multiple fields of activity, he has a great understanding of the framework in which he is evolving.

Peru is not always the first destination one can think about for an internationalization. Indeed, by being located right next to Chile, Brazil or Argentina, Peru had trouble to be on the entrepreneurs’ radar. That being said, this trend is changing at a fast pace, and as of today, the country positions itself as one of the fastest growing in Latin America. How?

After opening one of the biggest tech startup hub in January, India is becoming one of the key actors for startup development in the world. In order for you to have a better idea of this potential, Indian startups raised over $1.73 Billion between January and March 2016 (venture capital and startup platform, Xeler8). In India, raising money for established players is turning out to be more and more difficult. Now, it is all about early-stage funding and it works perfectly.