Lispolis
LISPOLIS is a private non-profit association founded in 1991 managing Lisbon's Technological Park. It provides office, laboratory, coworking, virtual office, and event venue services to over 140 installed technology companies, SMEs, multinationals, and startups within a 30+ year innovation ecosystem.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1991
- HeadquartersLisboa, Portugal
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Lispolis does
LISPOLIS (Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa) is a private non-profit association founded in 1991 that manages the Technological Park of Lisbon. The organization provides physical workspace infrastructure including office spaces, laboratory facilities, coworking areas, virtual offices, and event venues for technology and innovative companies. As of 2025, the campus hosts over 140 installed companies — spanning early-stage startups, SMEs, multinationals, government agencies, and universities — with approximately 1,500 people working daily across the park. LISPOLIS's own headcount is in the 11-50 employee range, with the broader campus including 7,000+ m2 of accredited reference laboratories processing more than 100,000 samples per month.
The organization's core offering is a comprehensive workspace and innovation ecosystem. Beyond physical space, LISPOLIS operates programmatic layers including LISPOLIS Ignite for startup acceleration, the HealthTech Lisboa venture developer (launched 2021), the UX Laboratory (created with tenant Spark2D and Tangível), and structured access to investors (Portugal Ventures, Busy Angels) and university technology transfer partnerships (Universidade Nova, Universidade Católica, Universidade Europeia). Distribution occurs via direct application through the LISPOLIS website, in-person inquiries, and referrals from a partner network spanning IAPMEI, incubators, universities, and business angels.
LISPOLIS generates revenue through recurring rental of office, laboratory, and coworking space, virtual and brand office services, and event venue bookings (training rooms for 2-30 people and auditoriums for 60-500 people). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based, varying by space type, size, and contract terms. The customer base is highly diversified by segment (startups, SMEs, multinationals, government, academia), with no single customer or segment disclosed as dominant. The organization operates as a non-profit association and discloses no revenue figures.
Lispolis firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Lispolis
- Legal name
- LISPOLIS - Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa
- Website
- https://lispolis.pt
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1991
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- LISPOLIS is a private non-profit association founded in 1991 managing Lisbon's Technological Park. It provides office, laboratory, coworking, virtual office, and event venue services to over 140 installed technology companies, SMEs, multinationals, and startups within a 30+ year innovation ecosystem.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Lispolis industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Technology Park Workspace Services
- NAICS
- Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)
- SIC
- Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC)
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Where Lispolis is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Lisboa
- HQ country
- Portugal
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices8 records
Markets served
Lispolis business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others
Revenue model
- Commercial Rental of Workspace: LISPOLIS generates revenue by renting office spaces, laboratory spaces, cowork spaces, and virtual office services to technology companies, startups, SMEs, and multinationals. Spaces are available for small, medium, and large companies.
- Event Venue Rental: Revenue from renting event spaces including training rooms (2-30 people) and auditoriums (60-500 people) to external clients for various types of events.
- Virtual Office and Brand Office Services: LISPOLIS offers virtual office and brand office services as paid offerings for companies that need a business address and associated services without physical presence.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Lispolis product offering
Product offeringCore offering
LISPOLIS is a private non-profit association that manages the Technological Park of Lisbon, renting office spaces, laboratory facilities, coworking areas, virtual offices, brand office services, and event venues to technology companies, startups, SMEs, and multinationals. It also operates startup incubation and acceleration programs (including LISPOLIS Ignite and HealthTech Lisboa), provides entrepreneurship support services such as mentorship, investment facilitation, and assistance with public funding applications, and maintains a community ecosystem of over 140 installed companies alongside a UX Laboratory facility.
Product overview
LISPOLIS (Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa) is a private non-profit association managing the Technological Park of Lisbon since 1991. It offers a comprehensive ecosystem for technology and innovative companies through physical workspace solutions including office spaces, laboratory facilities, coworking spaces, virtual offices, and event venues. The portfolio includes spaces for companies of all sizes from startups to multinationals, with over 140 companies installed. Additional offerings include specialized programs like LISPOLIS Ignite for startup acceleration, HealthTech Lisboa as a venture developer for health technology startups, and a UX Laboratory for user experience testing. The organization also provides entrepreneurship support services including mentorship, networking facilitation, and investor connections.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Quantifiable outcome
- 140+ companies installed, 1,500+ daily users, €100M combined revenue of installed companies, 330+ companies supported since 1991
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Lispolis
Customer profileNamed customers25 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Lispolis technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Lispolis partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- IAPMEI (Agência Portuguesa para a Competitividade e Inovação)flagshipLISPOLIS manages the Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa adjacent to the IAPMEI Campus do Lumiar. IAPMEI is the primary government agency supporting entrepreneurship and competitiveness in Portugal. LISPOLIS operates as part of the broader campus ecosystem including IAPMEI, with shared facilities, laboratory spaces, and joint support programs for startups and SMEs.
- Universidade Nova de LisboacoreLISPOLIS maintains university linkage and technology transfer relationships. The Germano de Sousa laboratory at LISPOLIS is a Teaching Polo of both Universidade Nova and Universidade Católica, with established protocols for academic collaboration.
- Universidade Católica PortuguesacoreLISPOLIS maintains technology transfer and teaching partnerships with Universidade Católica. The Germano de Sousa laboratory at LISPOLIS serves as a Teaching Polo of the university.
- Building Global Innovators (BGI)coreBGI is an acceleration program with which LISPOLIS collaborates to support startups. LISPOLIS hosted the Delox project from BGI's Building Global Innovators program, including its Final Pitch at Web Summit 2017 presented to the Minister of Economy.
- Made of LisboaminorMade of Lisboa organized a contest for Lisbon-based startups to participate in Web Summit. Six-Factor and Focusbc, both LISPOLIS companies, won this contest and were featured at the Made of Lisboa stand at Web Summit 2017.
- Universidade Europeia (Laureate International Universities)flagshipUniversidade Europeia installed a campus at the Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa in 2019, housing its School of Tourism, Hospitality and Sports. The university plans to develop additional buildings at the campus and create partnerships with other LISPOLIS companies for student challenges, executive programs, and research collaboration.
- RELACRE (Associação de Laboratórios Acreditados de Portugal)coreRELACRE is headquartered at Campus do Lumiar with ~260 member laboratories representing ~700 units. LISPOLIS hosts RELACRE as part of its laboratory ecosystem, enabling network cooperation among accredited labs in areas including water, emissions, food, health, construction materials, and non-destructive testing.
- ISEG (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)coreLISPOLIS promotes the Linking Up open innovation program created by ISEG, Territórios Criativos, and Turismo de Portugal, running its 2nd edition to support startups and innovation in the tourism sector.
- Turismo de PortugalcoreTurismo de Portugal co-created the Linking Up open innovation program with ISEG and Territórios Criativos, with LISPOLIS promoting the program to its community of companies.
- Altice EmpresasminorAltice Empresas launched the 6th edition of the IoT Challenge, challenging startups and companies to present innovative IoT solutions. LISPOLIS promoted this competition to its resident companies and startup community.
- Fundação Oceano Azul / Fundação Calouste GulbenkiancoreLISPOLIS promoted the Blue Bio Value Ideation 2021 program, an international entrepreneurship program focused on biological-based solutions in the blue economy, organized by Building Global Innovators and funded by the Blue Ocean Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Lispolis competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- IWG (Regus / Spaces): Global flexible-workspace incumbent offering offices, coworking, and meeting rooms worldwide — competes for the same workspace and event-venue customers but at much broader scale and without LISPOLIS's incubator/venture mandate.
- Wayra (Telefónica): Telefónica's global corporate-startup accelerator with hubs across Europe and LatAm — overlaps with LISPOLIS's acceleration and corporate-innovation activities while operating at much larger corporate scale.
Direct peers
- Station F: Paris-based mega startup campus combining incubation, corporate programs, and on-site workspaces — most comparable international example of a single-campus technology park/incubator at scale.
- Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC): US operator of multiple innovation campuses providing shared offices, labs, and venture programs — comparable as a multi-tenant tech-park + community operator with sector-focused verticals.
- Beta-i: Portuguese startup accelerator and innovation consultancy running corporate programs (e.g., with Web Summit) — comparable to LISPOLIS on the acceleration/open-innovation side, though without the heavy real-estate footprint.
- Startup Lisboa: Lisbon-based startup incubator offering acceleration programs, mentorship, and investor access — directly overlapping LISPOLIS's incubation and community-building activities within the same city.
- UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of University of Porto: Portuguese university-affiliated technology park with incubation, acceleration, and lab/office space for startups and SMEs — the closest national peer to LISPOLIS under the same tech-park-incubator model.
- Taguspark: Large technology park in Oeiras near Lisbon offering offices, labs, and university linkages — a near-twin technology-park business model competing for the same tenant profile.
Emerging players
- Hivency: Flexible office and coworking operator in Lisbon targeting SMEs — competes with LISPOLIS's coworking and virtual office offerings inside the same city.
- Mindspace: Design-led coworking operator in Lisbon and other European cities — directly competes for SME and corporate coworking/event-venue demand that LISPOLIS also serves.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Lispolis social profiles
Digital presenceLispolis compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Lispolis financial estimates
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Lispolis leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Lispolis funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Lispolis M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Lispolis
What does Lispolis do?
LISPOLIS is a private non-profit association that manages the Technological Park of Lisbon, renting office spaces, laboratory facilities, coworking areas, virtual offices, brand office services, and event venues to technology companies, startups, SMEs, and multinationals. It also operates startup incubation and acceleration programs (including LISPOLIS Ignite and HealthTech Lisboa), provides entrepreneurship support services such as mentorship, investment facilitation, and assistance with public funding applications, and maintains a community ecosystem of over 140 installed companies alongside a UX Laboratory facility.
Is Lispolis a public or private company?
Lispolis is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Lispolis founded?
Lispolis was founded in 1991. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Lispolis based?
Lispolis is headquartered in Lisboa, Portugal, in the Europe region.
How does Lispolis make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Commercial Rental of Workspace is the primary driver. The others are event Venue Rental and virtual Office and Brand Office Services.
Who are Lispolis's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are IWG (Regus / Spaces) and Wayra (Telefónica). Direct peers are Station F, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), Beta-i, Startup Lisboa, UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of University of Porto and Taguspark. Emerging players are Hivency and Mindspace.
Does Lispolis have an API?
No public API is recorded for Lispolis.
What industry is Lispolis in?
Lispolis's product category is Technology Park Workspace Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAMAHAC, Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators. Its NAICS code is 813910 and its SIC code is 8744.