The Top25 Most Innovative Companies in Portugal 2011

1. Portugal
TOP25
Most Innovative Organizations
-2011-

2. 00 / DISCLAIMER
 All information used for this selection is public
and freely available on the Internet.
 The criteria used for this ranking is of personal
choice and thus, subjective.
 All errors or omissions are the exclusive
responsibility of the author:
 André Marquet {andre.marquet@gmail.com}
TOP10 Most Innovative Companies of 2011 by Andre Marquet and
Hugo Garcia is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

3. 01 / VISION-BOX
For making border controls safer (and faster).
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Automatic Bioparameter Recognition
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

4. 02 / POLISPORT
For believing in product development and keep
providing some of the best moto gear.
HEADQUARTERS
Arouca
SPECIALTY
Motorsports accessories
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

5. 03 / TEKEVER
For developing one of the most advanced
tactical radios for field team operations.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Defense&Aerospace
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

6. 04 / MOBI.E
For rolling out the world’s widest on most
advanced electric car smart charging grid.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Electric Mobility
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

7. 05 / H3 “HAMBÚRGUER GOURMET”
For changing the way we think of going-out for
burgers, that are tasty, along with the best
lemonade.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Food retail
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

8. 06 / ADEGGA
For creating a social network around wine that
puts winemakers closer to winetasters.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Social Media
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

9. 07 / GOLDNUTRITION
For creating some of the best sport nutrition
formulas and helping athletes perform better.
HEADQUARTERS
Alcabideche
SPECIALTY
Sport Nutrition
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

10. 08 / EFACEC
For creating the first “Made in the USA” shell unit to be
successfully manufactured in US soil in more than 20
years.
HEADQUARTERS
Porto
SPECIALTY
Power Stations
TOTAL REVENUES
~1.000M€

11. 09 / BRISA INOVAÇÃO
For avoiding the congestion caused by toll stops
and easing the life of millions of drivers in
Europe, India and the US.
HEADQUARTERS
Oeiras
SPECIALTY
Transportation Management
TOTAL REVENUES
Part of Brisa Group.

12. 10 / NDRIVE
For making one of the best turn-by-turn GPS
navigators accessible on most mobile phones.
HEADQUARTERS
Porto
SPECIALTY
GPS Navigation Software
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

13. 11 / ONDA
For creating new textile combinatios to demanding sports
like triathlon. Gearing both seasoned athletes and
newcomers.
HEADQUARTERS
Barcelos
SPECIALTY
Sport Textiles
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

14. 12 / MOBBIT SYSTEMS
For creating the most amazing and functional
interactive screens available in reference malls.
HEADQUARTERS
Coimbra
SPECIALTY
Rich Communication
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

15. 13 / ZIPPY
For building one of most successful Iberian
brands for kids fashion.
HEADQUARTERS
Porto
SPECIALTY
Cloth Fashion for kids
TOTAL REVENUES
Part of SONAE Group.

16. 14 / JP SÁ COUTO
For designing the most comprehnsive educative
solutions for the 21st century class room.
HEADQUARTERS
Porto
SPECIALTY
PC maker
TOTAL REVENUES
280M€

17. 15 / ACTUALSALES
For offering an innovative Pay-as-you-Go option
that allows for more effective online campaigns.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Online Sales Agency
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

18. 16 / BEST (BES)
For launching a new mobile banking app that
allows for personal expense tracking and to keep
budgetary targets a fun experience.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Web banking
TOTAL REVENUES
Part of BES Group.

19. 17 / TIMWE
For preparing the first IPO of a Portuguese tech
company in the NASDAQ.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Mobile solutions
TOTAL REVENUES
~233M€

20. 18 / SOVENA
For having decided to plant the biggest olive
tree plantation in the World.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Agricultural goods
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

21. 19 / BIAL
For launching a new patented drug, Zebinix, an
anti-epileptic aimed to improve the quality of
life of people suffering from epilepsy.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Pharma
TOTAL REVENUES
~100M€

22. 20 / BETA-I
For helping creating more than 30 startups in
2011, mentoring over 100 entrepreneurs, and
reaching out with events like Silicon Valley
comes to Lisbon, or TEDxEdges.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Startup Acceleration and Incubation
TOTAL REVENUES
Not for profit

23. 21 / ORTIK
For making great alpine gear, for all weather
and all conditions.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Alpine gear
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

24. 22 / OUTSYSTEMS
For developing an agile platform that was
chosen by the DoD for the US Army.
HEADQUARTERS
Carnaxide, Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Software consultancy
TOTAL REVENUES
~15M€

25. 23 / EDP
For installing the most advance and ambitious
eolic offshore park in the world, off the
maritime coast of Portugal.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Electric power utility
TOTAL REVENUES
~13.000M€

26. 24 / CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION
For runnig one of Europe’s state of the art
neuro-science labs at the “Champalimaud
Centre for the Unknown”.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Neuroscience Research
TOTAL REVENUES
Thrust of over 500M€.

27. 25 / URBANOS
For re-inventing the logistics sector in Portugal
and keeping expanding towards more integrated
solutions.
HEADQUARTERS
Lisboa
SPECIALTY
Logistics
TOTAL REVENUES
N/A

28. 26 / THE COMPLETE LISTING:
1. Vision-box 14. JP Sá Couto
2. Polisport 15. ActualSales
3. Tekever 16. BEST (BES)
4. Mobi.e 17. TIMWE
5. H3 18. SOVENA
6. Adegga 19. BIAL
7. Gold Nutrition 20. Beta-i
8. Efacec 21. Ortik
9. Brisa Inovação (BRISA) 22. Outsystems
10. Ndrive 23. EDP
11. Onda 24. Fundação Champalimaud
12. Mobbit Systems 25. URBANOS
13. Zippy (SONAE)
Organization are hyperlinked web site.