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inRes 2017: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

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inRes 2017: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

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inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for Portuguese entrepreneurial teams building new business ventures based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).


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If your answer is “YES!”, we invite you to come and learn more about the 2017 Edition of inRes !
inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for Portuguese entrepreneurial teams working in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in Portugal. Offered by the CMU Portugal Program, which is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, inRes provides a training period in Portugal, followed by a two-month structured immersion period in Pittsburgh, in the U.S., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

This program will push the teams past their comfort zones, require them to work at a steep pace and cope with high levels of uncertainty. Underlying this is a constant outreach for contacts to further build and validate their business projects.

Building on the Lean LaunchPad method, inRes will provide a training period in Portugal, followed by a seven-week structured immersion period in the U.S.A., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) campuses in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley.

The participating teams will benefit from the exposure to a highly dense environment of world-leading research groups, and market and industry specialists, in a variety of high-tech areas.

Organized by:
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In collaboration with:
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In partnership with:
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inRes 2016: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

inRes 2016: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

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About Structure and Schedule Application and Selection Eligibility and Support Conditions FAQ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2016 Teams Network Alumni Organization Coordination
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Key Dates Success Stories Media Gallery Previous Editions:2015 2014 & 2011
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Are you starting a new business?

Have you proven technical feasibility?

Have you had interaction with your target industry?

Is your business project based on Information and Communication Technologies?

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If your answer to these questions is yes, we invite you to learn more about the 2016 Edition of inRes!

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inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for Portuguese entrepreneurial teams building new business ventures based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) .

This program will push the teams past their comfort zones, require them to work at a steep pace and cope with high levels of uncertainty. Underlying this is a constant outreach for contacts to further build and validate their business projects.

Building on the Lean LaunchPad method, inRes will provide a training period in Portugal, followed by a seven-week structured immersion period in the U.S.A., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) campuses in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley.
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The participating teams will benefit from the exposure to a highly dense environment of world-leading research groups, and market and industry specialists, in a variety of high-tech areas.

Organized by:
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In collaboration with:
CMU logo PTA logo logo INESC TEC
Funded by:
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inRes 2016 – Closing Session

inRes 2016 – Closing Session
Date: December 6, 2016
Venue: UPTEC, Rua Alfredo Allen, Porto
Schedule: 2:00pm (registration) to 6:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, UPTEC, Porto
Registration: here

inRes Teams inRes Closing Session December 6

The Closing Session of the 2016 Edition of inRes will be an excellent opportunity to get to know the exploits and results of the participating teams in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem of the Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh.

It’s also an opportunity to find out more about this initiative that takes entrepreneurs on a journey of discovery across Portugal and the United States of America.

Guests

Paulo Magalhães, the founder and CEO of Tlantic, will deliver a keynote under the theme “Creating and growing an international IT company”. (bio)

Preliminary Agenda

2:00pm Registration

2:15pm Opening Session

João Claro, National Director, CMU Portugal Program

2:40pm inRes Teams 2015 – What’s new after one year?

Host: Reed McManigle, Senior Manager, CTTEC, CMU

Teams: AdaptTech, Playsketch, Sceelix, Scraim

3:10pm Project Olympus – Supporting very early stage entrepreneurs

Kit Needham, Associate Director, Project Olympus, CMU

3:50pm Coffee Break, Networking & Exhibition

4:30pm inRes Teams 2016 – Outcomes & Insights

Host: Reed McManigle, Senior Manager, CTTEC, CMU

Teams: All in Surf, Helppier, SoftBionics, TWEvo

5:00pm Keynote Address

Creating and growing an international IT company

Paulo Espregueira Magalhães, Founder and CEO, Tlantic

5:45pm Roundtable

Fátima São Simão, Development Director, UPTEC (moderator)

Paulo Espregueira Magalhães, Founder & CEO, Tlantic

Kit Needham, Associate Director, Project Olympus, CMU

Reed McManigle, Senior Manager, CTTEC, CMU

Ricardo Soares, Co-founder & COO, Addvolt

David Sobrinho, Business Development Director, Xhockware

6:30pm Closing Remarks

João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal

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What is inRes?

inRes, short for “Entrepreneurship in Residence”, is a very early stage acceleration program for entrepreneurial teams working in ICT in Portugal. inRes provides entrepreneurial teams a training period in Portugal, followed by a six to seven week structured immersion period in the US. The participating teams benefit from the exposure to a highly dense environment of world-leading research groups, and market and industry specialists, in a variety of high-tech areas. inRes is organized by the CMU Portugal Program, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh Regional Alliance (PRA), and INESC TEC. inres@cmuportugal.org

inRes initiative celebrates both editions and good results

“Crossing Borders in Technology Entrepreneurship” inRes Initiative Celebrates Both Editions and Good Results

Closing Session 1 CMU Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) and Caixa Capital (CC) got together to celebrate the successes of both inRes editions, after the 2015 teams returned to Portugal. inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for entrepreneurial teams working in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

inRes 2015 edition came to an end and its results were presented at an event on December 3, in Culturgest, Lisbon. In a relaxed atmosphere, this closing session brought together researchers, entrepreneurs, business executives, and investors, among others, under the topic “Crossing Borders in Technology Entrepreneurship”. The inRes 2014 editions teams were also present at the event and the audience got to know more about the stage of their startups and how enriching the experience at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a year ago, has been for them. The event ended with a €50k investment made by CC on Scraim, one of the 2015 edition inRes teams.
Closing Session 2

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT: Portugal and the urge to go global

Closing Session 3 The opening session was led by the National Director of CMU Portugal, João Claro .
Executive director of CC, Stephan Morais, talked about the importance of the venture capitals as a major force behind technology centers and business angles. Stephan Morais also mentioned some of CC significant recent investments such as Veniam, a startup born within CMU Portugal. He ended his speech giving some tips for entrepreneurs and startups.
Coordinator of the Technology Office of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Emir Sirage , ended the welcome words of the event by talking about the success that the partnerships with the American universities has accomplished so far.

Chairman of Novabase and member of the board of directors of CMU Portugal, Rogério Carapuça , spoke about Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT in Portugal and highlighted the “missing links” in the ecosystem. “We need critical mass in Portugal, we need this ecosystem to grow and the jobs in ICT should be 10 times bigger than the biggest company in the Portuguese economy,” Rogério Carapuça stressed. The Chairman of Novabase also mentioned Portugal should have a higher level of collaboration between research institutions and companies. He believes that the country should adopt a more risk taking culture and work more on its channels, partnerships, incentives and on getting smart money (money with knowledge). “We are really risk averse in Portugal and failure is a social stigma but failure should be seen as a good thing,” Rogério Carapuça stated.

Before the inRes teams presentations, João Claro made a brief speech about the inRes initiative, what has been done so far and the great network that was built. His presentation was entitled “inRes: A ‘Soft Take-off’ Program for ICT Entrepreneurs”. João Claro talked about both inRes editions and mentioned that one of the biggest highlights of the 2015 edition was the new partnership with CC.

Very Early Stage Acceleration Program: 2015 teams

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Associate director of Project Olympus in CMU, Kit Needham, and the senior manager of CMU’s Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation, Reed McManigle, made the introduction of the various teams from 2015 and 2014 inRes editions, respectively.

AdaptTech’s CEO (one of the 2015 inRes teams), Frederico Carpinteiro, talked about their product which consists in a smart fitting solution for prosthesis. “Our value proposition is faster fitting, better results, less costs and keeping a digital record,” Frederico states.
Playsketch’s co-founder, Pedro Santa, presented the solution they developed which makes use of drawings on paper to create games. He also talked about some of the highlights of their immersion in CMU such as meeting with Schell Games and establishing partnerships with several institutions such as the Children’s Museum, in Pittsburgh.
General manager of Sceelix, Francisco Andrade, started his presentation by making an overview of the 3D game industry. He also explained in what consists the tool they developed: it’s a software that allows the creation of complex 3D scenes in a smart and efficient way. “inRes gave us the opportunity to get in touch with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center, both at CMU”, Francisco mentioned.
The last inRes team from the 2015 edition to present its work was Scraim, a startup that developed an online service for project management based on adaptable processes. Pedro Henriques, CEO of Scraim, talked about the main outcomes from their participation in the inRes initiative: Scraim has several pilots in the U.S., being one of them in the Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute.

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The Start of the Scale-Up Phase: 2014 teams
The inRes 2014 teams were also present at the event and talked about their outcomes and insights. Addvolt was represented by Bruno Azevedo, CEO of this startup. He explained how WeTruck, Addvolt’s product, works: it produces energy through photovoltaic panels installed on top of the truck and recovers energy during the vehicle braking and decelerations.
Rui José, co-founder of Displr, talked about the platform for place-based communication that connects venues with guests through the combined use of large screen displays and mobile devices. He highlighted the fact that Displr started its market validation after their participation in inRes.
The button that allows clients to follow the prices of products online and be aware of price drops, Followprice, was presented by one of its founders, Gonçalo Mendes. When talking about the experience at CMU, Gonçalo mentioned Dave Mawhinney and how they learned, with him, about the importance of their metrics. Being part of inRes allowed Followprice to get a really good advisor in the U.S., Mark Chrystal.
Xhockware and its app, YouBeep, that let the shoppers manage their entire shopping process, were presented by João Rodrigues, one of the startup’s founders. “The experience at CMU gave us the opportunity to live in the U.S., to live like an American and to watch people shop in the U.S.,” João Rodrigues stressed.
The break that followed all the teams’ presentations gave the inRes teams, from both editions, the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the event’s participants, including some investors.

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“Digital Disruption”

Closing Session 14 Nuno Miller, head of digital channels at SONAE, who was named the European CIO of the year 2014 by CIONET, was the keynote speaker of this session. After talking about ways to prevent fraud, Nuno stressed five rules he defined for new platforms and businesses (robustness, speed, agility, connection and more focus on user experience). Nuno also talked about the use of the scrum process and how he believes it increases speed in delivering results and how it empowers the teams. Mobility, social reviews, SEO and data cross-checking between real and virtual stores were also some of the topics addressed by Nuno Miller.

Roundtable and inRes 2015 awarded team
A roundtable composed of João Claro, Nuno Miller, Kit Needham, Reed McManigle and Stephan Morais followed Nuno Miller’s speech. The subjects addressed were the new trends emerging in the digital area, the global thinking regarding Portuguese entrepreneurship, the comparison between both ICT markets, Portuguese and American, among other themes. As Reed McManigle has been working in Pittsburgh with technology-based entrepreneurship for 30 years, he mentioned that he could see “the huge growth in entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania.”
Before João Claro’s closing remarks, CC, represented by Stephan Morais, awarded Scraim team with a €50k investment. Scraim was therefore recognized as the most promising among four inRes startups from the 2015 edition.
Closing Session 15


inRes 2015
Launched in 2014 by the CMU Portugal Program (CMU Portugal), funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for Portuguese entrepreneurial teams working in Information and Communication Technologies that push them past their comfort zones, and requires them to work at a steep pace, cope with high levels of uncertainty, and constantly reach out for contacts to further build and validate their business projects. inRes is based on the Lean LaunchPad method. The initiative provides a training period in Portugal, followed by a seven-week structured immersion period in Pittsburgh, in the U.S., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). inRes is organized by CMU Portugal, in cooperation with CMU, Caixa Capital, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, UTEN Portugal and INESC TEC.

December 2015

SCRAIM participates in LaunchCMU in Silicon Valley

CMU Portugal 2015 inRes Team SCRAIM participates in LaunchCMU in Silicon Valley

Scraim SV CMULaunch may 2016 Scraim, one of the four teams of the 2015 edition of inRes, the early stage acceleration program of the CMU Portugal Program, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, will be participating in the Launch Carnegie Mellon University (LaunchCMU) event in Silicon Valley, on May 25. Organized by the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), LaunchCMU is a Technology Startup and Research Showcase.

“This invitation represents the possibility of being side by side with Silicon Valley leading companies and it is the result of our relation with CMU, one of the top research universities in the U.S.”, claims Pedro Castro Henriques, Scraim CEO.

The startup was invited after the founders’ participation in the last year edition of LaunchCMU, during their inRes immersion in Pittsburgh.

“We recognize that there are already tools that perform some project management and process management functions, but few combine the best international practices in these two areas, for the benefit of businesses and to support their continuous improvement. Scraim is an accelerator of international certifications, enabling our customers to achieve this goal four times faster at a six times lower cost. It is in this niche that we are present, and where we want to be the best”, explains Pedro Castro Henriques.

The CMU link has been a constant in Scraim’s efforts since the beginning of the project.

“Without CMU Portugal, we would have not had access to the 120 companies we contacted, and the 30 companies we met with in presence, just in the first two weeks of the inRes immersion, in 2015. We spent 2 months in the U.S., contacting top technological companies from the East and West Coast (California, Pittsburgh and Washington)”, says the Scraim CEO.

It was also as a result of its participation in inRes that Scraim received an investment of 50.000 € from Caixa Capital.

During this visit to the U.S., Scraim’s founders Pedro Castro Henriques and César Duarte also expect to meet several companies, and have already organized a workshop, rated five stars by the participants, at one of the world’s largest process improvement event, the Capability Maturity Model Integration Global Conference USA.

More information at https://scraim.com .

* Scraim is an online service for project and process management, based on advanced methodologies to help standardize best practices across all teams. The startup was founded by Pedro Castro Henriques and César Duarte and was one of the four selected projects of the 2015 edition of inRes, the early stage acceleration program of the CMU Portugal Program, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. inRes provides a training period in Portugal, followed by a seven-week structured immersion period in the U.S., anchored at the CMU campuses in Pittsburgh and in Silicon Valley.

inRes 2015: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

inRes 2015: Very Early Stage Acceleration Program

Caixa Empreender Award 2016
Feb 3, 2016 :: Lisbon, Portugal more

Closing Session of the 2015 Edition of inRes
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Portuguese Entrepreneurs Visit Silicon Valley

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Portuguese Entrepreneurs Visit CMU Campus in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley

Events, Meetings and Visits to Leading Companies
Portuguese Entrepreneurs Visit CMU Campus in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley
The partnership between Portuguese academia, research labs and companies, with CMU has been evolving, and it is now moving towards entrepreneurship and innovation. One of the initiatives is inRes, a very early stage acceleration program for entrepreneurs from Portugal in the area of ICT, which this year included a six-week period in Pittsburgh, followed by a week in Silicon Valley.

A group of eight entrepreneurs, from the projects Adapttech, Playsktech, Sceelix, and Scraim, while in Pittsburgh, have participated in multiple activities including LaunchCMU (having their own booths); the 1st Maker Fair in Pittsburgh (Playsktech team has had its own booth); led a workshop on Project Olympus on an innovative software management platform (Scraim team); led two workshops at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) and at the Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) about a pioneering platform to create scenarios in 3D (Sceelix team); talked with hospital administrators, to physiatrists in Pittsburgh, but also in Maryland (Adapttech team); and attended the Tech 50 Award event. In global, each team had more than 50 meetings. Their challenging journey started on September 21, 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA at the main campus of CMU

As this year’s program included a week at Silicon Valley, the CMU Portugal Program extended the invitation for the inRes 2014 teams to participate as well. The challenged proposed was accepted by three teams: Addvolt, Followprice, Xhockware. Displr team had already confirmed its presence at the Web Summit 2015. During their visit to Pittsburgh, last year, the teams magnified their network and made customer development research, that allowed them to introduce changes on the way they looked to their project, and even on the way of being entrepreneurs. The agenda of the 13 entrepreneurs from Portugal that had the opportunity to be immersed during a week at the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem, exposed the teams to a highly dense environment of world-leading research groups, and market and industry specialists, in a variety of high-tech areas.

The agenda included visits to the CMU-SV campus, to Facebook, to Pug and Play, to Ford Motor, to Vibrado, to Uber, among many others. This opportunity is provided in the scope of the inRes initiative, carried our in the auspices of CMU Portugal Program, which is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

December 2015

inRes 2015: Sceelix Launches Campaign on Steam

inRes 2015: Sceelix
Sceelix Launches Campaign on Steam

inRes 2015 Sceelix on Steam After an intensive experience at inRes, which involved training in Portugal and an immersion in the US, the “Sceelix – Create and Manage your 3D Scenes Smartly” team launched a steam (entertainment platform) campaign. Francisco Rebello Andrade and Pedro Silva, its co-founders, think this is will be an excellent opportunity for Sceelix.

Sceelix is a software that allows you to create complete and unique 3D scenes, with terrains, vegetation, cities and other elements, in an efficient and manageable way. Through a powerful procedural engine and an intuitive visual node-based editor, all and any kind of scene elements, from 3D models and textures to game physics and behaviors, can be automatically generated using visual creation rules.

December 2015

inRes 2015 :: Scraim Gets a €50k Investment From Caixa Capital

inRes 2015:: Scraim Scraim Gets a €50k Investment From Caixa Capital

2015 inRes Scraim Caixa Capital Prize
[left-right] Stephan Morais (Caixa Capital) with César Duarte and Pedro Castro Henriques (Scraim)
During the Closing Session of the 2015 Edition of inRes, held on December 11th, Caixa Capital announced that Scraim would receive a €50k investment. Led by Pedro Castro Henriques and César Duarte, Scraim is an online service for project management based on adaptable processes, to help standardize best practices, revolutionizing the implementation of international certifications.

“This award is a recognition of the strong work we have dedicated to Scraim, and to our participation on the inRes 2015, promoted by the CMU Portugal Program,” said César Duarte and Pedro Castro Henriques, co-founders of Scraim. During the inRes experience, the Scraim team has had the opportunity to participate in four workshops in Portugal, and to be seven weeks in the United States (US). “inRes gave us the opportunity to get to know the US market, and to validate our product and business model,” explains Pedro Castro Henriques. According with the Scraim team, the €50k will help the team to return to Pittsburgh to get two more pilots running. The team agrees that “this is one more step for the long-run Scraim has to do to became a global player on this area.”

December 2015