Hackatons and Open Innovation Challenges
Big Idea
TAIKAI’s goal is to create a talent marketplace to connect creators and companies, by crowdsourcing solutions for their challenges, using hackathons as a tool to find, test, validate new ideas, products and talent globally. Think Tinder for innovation and talent seeking.
Activity Highlights
- 25º in “50 Startups More Media in Portugal” by Cision;
- Winners of “Grant Program” by Block.One;
- “Best Newcomer” and “Best Blockchain Startup” in Portugal by South Europe Startup Awards in 2020;
- “12 Top Innovation Management Startups and Companies in Portugal” by BestStartup.eu in 2021.
Team
Mário Ribeiro Alves – CEO; Hélder Vasconcelos – CTO.
Portugal Ventures’ Investment Manager
