Movers and Shakers

Carlos Melo Brito: Driving force behind Porto's innovation boom

  • Portugal
  • 4 min read
  • Apr 03, 2019
  • By Gareth Gardiner Jones

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The professor has overseen the creation and growth of the University of Porto-based UPTEC incubator, birthplace of many of Portugal's most successful startups 

Under the steady guidance of Professor Carlos Melo Brito, the University of Porto (U.Porto) has developed a thriving incubator and accelerator for globally focused startups, registering some 500 international patents and launching more than 450 companies over the last decade.
As the university's current Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and director of the incubator UPTEC (Science and Technology Park of University of Porto) until last year, Brito has been instrumental in building U.Porto into a European leader in innovation. Such has been the university's success in creating and fost...

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