The winners of the Believe in Portugal will be announced on June 5 at the initiative's Gala. The competition is sponsored by the President of the Republic.

Lisbon, June 4th, 2015 - The winners of the Entrepreneurship competition will be announced on June 5 at the Acredita Portugal gala, which will take place at the Lisbon Congress Center. On the same day, the authors of the 21 finalist business ideas will be received by the Presidency of the Republic.

For João Gonçalo Cunha, CEO of Acredita Portugal, "This competition exists as a platform to allow individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit to test their projects before they go to market, and the response to this opportunity couldn't be clearer. The number of ideas entered has been increasing steadily and this year we saw an increase of more than 30% compared to the number of projects in last year's edition. This level of participation makes this the largest entrepreneurship competition in the world and attests to the relevance of an initiative of this nature in Portugal. That's also why the association was awarded the High Patronage of the President of the Republic".

The winners of the competitions will receive more than €500,000 to enable them to put their business idea into practice, through partnerships with various entities, which they hope will provide them with the essential tools to support them in the development phase. go to market.