Build your company with a Venture Studio
BUILD WITH... STUDIOS.pt connects founders with venture studios as hands-on company-building cofounders. You bring the idea, domain insight, and ambition. Studios help you validate, build, launch, and raise.
BUILD WITH... STUDIOS.pt connects founders with venture studios as hands-on company-building cofounders. You bring the idea, domain insight, and ambition. Studios help you validate, build, launch, and raise.
With Idea, problem statement, market evidence, founder background, availability, differentiated angle, and select studios.
Each studio reviews applications independently and runs interviews and due diligence.
Founder and studio agree on the terms of collaboration. If multiple studios select you, you decide.
The selected founder and studio begin working together on the venture.
Submit your founder application before the call closes.
A specific idea, clear problem, and credible market evidence.
Hands-on support across the company building process.
If more than one studio picks you, the final choice is yours.
You do not need to arrive with a finished product. You need a specific idea, evidence of market opportunity, domain knowledge, and a clear differentiated angle.
What hurts, who feels it, and why now is the right moment.
Signals from customers, competitors, distribution, or regulation.
The insight or unfair edge that makes the opportunity defensible.
Learn more about the studios you can build with. Click on a studio to see their investment thesis and domain expertise.
The shared timeline runs until selection. After that, each studio operates independently with its selected founders.
Applications open to founders.
Founder applications close.
Studios and founders are matched and agree on the terms of collaboration.
Selected projects may pitch to early-stage investors around Web Summit.
The form asks for your idea, market evidence, founder background, availability, and the studios you want to be introduced to.
These are the founder-facing questions from the program memo.
You should expect to retain the majority of the equity. The exact split is something you and the selected studio will agree on together.
Yes. Up to two founders per project are eligible. Beyond that, the team likely has the capacity to build without having a studio as operational co-founder.
Depends on the project. The base estimate is 3 months to get a product to market with initial traction evidence.
You select which studios to apply to as part of your application. You can choose one, several, or all participating studios. Studio profiles are available on the site to help you decide. If more than one studio picks you, the final choice is yours.
Not necessarily, but it increases your chances of being selected. There might be a financial incentive for full-time availability. Check each studio's profile for their specific requirements.
No. You need a specific idea, evidence of the market opportunity and specific domain knowledge, and a clear differentiated angle. The studio supports the product build.
Amazing partners supporting the program and bringing added value to the new ventures being created.