Lisbon opens The Gaming Hub to foster game startups
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Portugal is getting serious about game startups with the opening of the Lisbon Gaming Hub.
Unicorn Factory Lisboa, a tech startup program, announced today it has opened The Gaming Hub in Lisbon with multiple startups housed in a building in the city.
Fortis Games, which a floor in the building, is a partner in opening The Gaming Hub. The hub is part of a new phase in the strategy of creating innovation centers dedicated to high-growth industries to help the city be more competitive internationally. I toured the building at an event during The Web Summit last month.
The Gaming Hub is the first innovation hub to be inaugurated by Lisbon City Council and Unicorn
Factory Lisboa, as part of the city’s strategy to create communities and hubs focused on
innovation in high-growth areas.
The Gaming Hub aims to foster the growth of the video games industry by promoting synergies between startups, investors and multinational companies, hosting new business acceleration and incubation programs, and acting as a meeting point for the gaming community.
Fortis Games is a U.S.-based game company that opened a studio in Lisbon as part of the project. Also joining the project as property partners are Maleo, an office space management company, and APVP
(Association of Portuguese Video Game Producers), representing Portuguese companies in the sector.
In Portugal, the video games industry is currently worth $400.7 million, according to a forecast by Statista Market Insights.
The Gaming Hub officially opens today, located on Avenida da República in Lisbon in one of Maleo’s spaces. The Gaming Hub also positions the
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