According to the World Bank, Portugal is particularly vulnerable to climate change consequences such as drought, flood and sea level rise.
Climate change is a very complex challenge that demands a systemic change in all steps of the value chain in any sector. This also represents a major opportunity for entrepreneurs, investors and businesses – and innovation has an important role to play in it.
More resources are expected to be poured into technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Although Portugal is gaining a reputation as a technology hub, the Portuguese climate startup ecosystem is still in its early stages.
Compared to the broader early-stage tech sector, which counted 2159 active startups in 2020, 16% of the total number of startups in Portugal are classified as climate tech startups.
For now, Portugal is far from being home to a strong climate tech ecosystem – nevertheless, a few positive cases already exist and investment is growing.
Climate Technology Venture Activity in Portugal
The latest figures taken from the Net0 Platform show a growing trend in capital granted to Portuguese climate startups.
Almost 70% of total investment in climate tech startups in Portugal happened in H2’21 and H1’22. Even though Portugal is lagging behind compared to the rest of Europe, the fact that in a period of one year it has raised ~€203M out of the total ~€292M ever recorded suggests signs of rapid progress.
If Portugal is able to maintain this momentum, this could result in a fast growth of the national ecosystem.
Based on our climate tech taxonomy and the comprehensive profiles of each startup, we identified 346 active startups in Portugal, accountable for €292M.
Transport and circular economy are leading the board as the climate tech sectors with the most funding during this period.
Download The State of Climate Tech in Portugal to reveal: 
- The emerging trends among Portuguese climate tech startups
- How different players are influencing the ecosystem
- How Portugal compares to other European countries.
- The regional distribution of funds
- Portuguese ecosystem – accelerators, events and investors
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