Sword Health has announced a landmark partnership with the Greek government to deploy its AI care solutions in the Greek National Health System. This bold step points to a future where artificial intelligence and human clinical teams work side by side, breaking barriers of access, cost, and geography to deliver high‑quality care.

Virgílio Bento, Sword’s founder, framed it clearly: this partnership is not just about Greece. It’s a blueprint for how nations can adopt AI at scale in healthcare. For systems long constrained by inefficiency and inequity, change requires more than vision it demands courage to break with the status quo. Greece has shown that courage, and in doing so, may inspire others to follow.

For Portugal’s ecosystem, this is more than a proud moment. It’s proof that our startups are not only competing globally, but redefining what’s possible. Sword Health is exporting not just technology, but a philosophy: that healthcare can be universal, affordable, and human‑centered; if we dare to reimagine it.

And as momentum builds from Web Summit, Lisboa AI Week, and Portugal Tech Week, this announcement reminds us why we build: innovation is not an end in itself but a lever to transform lives. When a Portuguese startup partners with a European government to reshape healthcare, it signals that our ecosystem is ready to lead—because Portugal’s startups aren’t just building companies, they’re building the future of healthcare and showing Europe how it’s done.

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💡SCALE UP NOW, promoted by Startup Portugal in collaboration with Plug and Play, is a program designed to prepare Portuguese startups for the challenges and opportunities of expanding into the United States market - the world’s largest innovation ecosystem. 🇺🇸

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✍ Quote of the week

“Life is too short to waste the talent we are given”

Virgilio Bento

Highlights of the week

• 🔷 every Thursday - Coworking Thursdays Lisboa & Porto

• 🔷 CyberIgnite: Workshop de Aceleração @ BSides Porto next Nov 28 & 29

🔷 Nova Startup Club pitch session this Thursday

• 🔷 European Call for Mobility & Tourism Innovations, apply until Nov 30 -New Date!-

• 🔷 Madeira Startup Retreat, will take place between Feb 9 and Mar 20 and is accepting applications until Nov 30

• 🔷 Protechting open innovation program is looking for Startups in Insurtech, Healthtech, Tech, and Sustainability. Apply until Dec 05

• 🔷 Discoveries, the acceleration program that helps tourism startups grow, connect and go global powered by Fabrica de Startups is open until Dec 12

• 🔷 Fundação Jornada has opened applications for its support program for projects led by or focused on young people aged 15..35 with grants of up to 30K. Apply until Dec 16

• 🔷 Copenhagen’s new AI-first hackathon is accepting applications

• 🔷 Applications are now opened for the UEFA’s innovation programme, Champions Innovate.

Congrats

• 👏 Sword Health announced a partnership with the Greek government to deploy Sword’s AI care solutions in the Greek National Health System

• 👏 STUDIOS.PT – Portuguese Venture Studio Association was official launched

• 👏 Portugal Tech Week had more than 300 events nationwide and over 30.000 people impacted!

• 👏 i-charging awarded with Prémio PME Inovação COTEC-BPI 2025

• 👏 launch of Critical FlyTech, a joint venture between Airbus and Critical Software

• 👏 Usawa Care (Nova spin-off) is the winner of the Global eAwards 2025

• 👏 BrainR selected for the Sifted’s Future 50 2025

• 👏 Henri Horlitz, Leonard Deburba, Diogo Carvalho and Ricardo Pereira won FORGE, Portugal’s biggest AI hackathon by NOVAe.

• 👏 Trash4Goods won ARA Award, an award created by AI9.PT - Associação Portuguesa para a Inovação e Empreendedorismo Social e Digital

• 👏 Phama&Go powered by Sensei opened their store, 1st of its kind in Europe

• 👏 all the Portuguese Women in Tech winners

Something to read, listen and watch

📚A vida é demasiado curta para perder o talento que nos é dado w/ Virgilio Bento

📚Da espera por visto à criação de IA que treina empatia: a história de Fahima e Sina (WiseWorld)

📚Why the Startup Voucher Matters — And Why You Should Apply Now by Fernando Fraga

📚Sifted Future 50 (2025)

📚Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it’s not used for anything that matters

📚So why would business angels (BA) write checks instead of investing in a venture capital (VC) fund? by Ivanoel Rodrigues

📚Augmented urban analysis: integrating open data and collective intelligence for decision support in Lisbon with “O Meu Bairro” by Afonso Santos in collaboration with Unlockit

• 🎧 Inovadores convida Tiago Cunha Costa & BloodFlow

• 🎥 Daniel Ek, Spotify | David Senra

• 🎥 How AI Is Changing Grants | OWners E03 with Bernardo Seixas

• 🎥 Inside Microsoft’s AI Superfactory with Scott Guthrie

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