What works in Porto
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Evidence snapshot for Porto
Porto has developed a robust startup and innovation ecosystem supported by multiple municipal and university-led initiatives. ScaleUp Porto has directly supported 200+ startups since 2015, contributing to a regional ecosystem of 706 startups and scaleups valued at €5.1 billion (or $8.4 billion globally), generating 17,500 jobs with 28% employment CAGR 2019–2024. UPTEC, the University of Porto's science park, has supported 700+ projects since 2007 and its 307 installed and graduated companies contributed €866 million to GDP and supported 15,900 jobs according to a 2024 independent economic-impact study. Porto TERA, the city's talent strategy launched in 2022, has generated 433,000+ platform visits and 124,000 job applications, while training 2,260 digital-skills learners and supporting 73% of trained migrants into employment—though the evidence does not quantify overall city employment or population outcomes from these programmes combined.
Drawn from: ScaleUp Porto — Porto City Council's startup acceleration programme · UPTEC — Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto · Porto TERA — municipal strategy to attract, develop and retain talent · Great Women's Leadership Conference [Grande Conferência de Liderança Feminina] · ICTSKILLS4ALL – EMPOWERING OLD CITIZENS FOR A DIGITAL WORLD · LIFT · MAKE CODE: Programa o teu Futuro
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transferability / replicability +32 pts 92 here · 60 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +32 pts 89 here · 57 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Scalability +16 pts 78 here · 62 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Demonstrated reach -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Evaluated outcomes -79 pts 0 here · 79 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Porto. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
ScaleUp Porto — Porto City Council's startup acceleration programme · 86
UPTEC — Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto · 76
Porto TERA — municipal strategy to attract, develop and retain talent · 76
Great Women's Leadership Conference [Grande Conferência de Liderança Feminina] · 56
ICTSKILLS4ALL – EMPOWERING OLD CITIZENS FOR A DIGITAL WORLD · 52
LIFT · 52
MAKE CODE: Programa o teu Futuro · 52
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- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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