Expectations are high at the start of the Investment Pitch

Lights, camera, action! The investment pitch of the 3rd edition of Energia de Portugal, the initiative that supports entrepreneurship organized by Expresso and EDP, has already started. The 14 teams which, during the last four weeks were together in the headquarters of Fábrica de Startups to 'speed up' their business idea, joined in the Brazil Space in LX Factory to present their projects to a group of investors.

Eduardo Madeira started the cerimony by demandind atention to these companies, which will be "talked about in the future", while António Lucena de Faria, CEO of Fábrica de Startups, stressed that the main goal of the program is to "diminish the stories of people who tried and didn't make it".

Miguel Setas, CEO of EDP Brazil pointed out the "significance of the international reach of the competition - this year with teams from Brazil and China - and the "diversity of people and projects". He ended by wishing "a long life" to Energia de Portugal, which "supports innovation".

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