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DMK News / Cities

Lisbon

Where founders from everywhere come to build.

Lisbon has more founders per capita from outside its own country than anywhere else on this list. We cover what that produces: early-stage rounds, companies relocating in, and the local operators who were already here.

Web Summit's Centre Stage at the Altice Arena in Lisbon during the 2022 opening night: a packed arena lit in red and blue, with a speaker on the giant screens.
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Web Summit brings its biggest Chinese tech delegation to Lisbon

Tencent, Xiaomi, XPENG, Pony.ai, Manus and humanoid robot makers AGIBOT and Galbot will speak in November, alongside delegations from China's Ministry of Commerce and its internet regulator.

10 October 20262 min

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Valencia Digital Summit 2026

A global tech event in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast.

VDS brings together startups, corporates, investors and technology leaders from around the world for two days of talks, networking and business in Valencia.

  • City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
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Meet the community
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Jhamile Abuabara

Founder & Lisbon Community Leader — DMK Tribe

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LACS

Flexible offices, coworking and event rooms, with the halls where the community runs its Lisbon and Cascais meetups.

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Community in Lisbon

Conferences in Lisbon

All 6 in Lisbon

Industry events happening in Lisbon, from our European directory. We do not organise these.

  1. InnoComp

    Lisbon, Portugal

    General tech
  2. Web Summit

    Lisbon, Portugal

    General tech
  3. AI in Ecommerce & Networking Night

    Cascais, Portugal

    AI & data
  4. VNTR Global Investor Summit Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Startups & VC
  5. AI for Business / Applied AI Pitch Party

    Cascais, Portugal

    AI & data