Scaling Up Program

Run by Unicorn Factory Lisboa.

Growth-stage startups in Lisbon can join this eight-month hybrid programme, run twice a year with up to 10 scaleups per cohort. Unicorn Factory Lisboa makes no investment and takes no equity: participants instead pay a EUR 4,500 programme fee.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

35 weeks (Longer than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

hybrid

Cadence

biannual

Location

Lisbon, Portugal

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://unicornfactorylisboa.com/for-founders/growth-stage/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, application url, contact email

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Last verified 2026-09-07.