NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club

What NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club does

The NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club is a non-profit student-led organization founded in 2023 and operating within Nova School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE), a top-tier Portuguese business school located in Carcavelos and part of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The club operates with a small team of 14 members and serves the NOVA SBE student community, leveraging the parent institution's ecosystem of institutes (Haddad Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Digital Data Design, Westmont Tourism & Hospitality), knowledge centers, and global exchange programs to deliver programming, events, and hackathons — including a 300+ participant AI Hackathon that brings together academia, technology partners, and businesses.

The club itself does not monetize a discrete product line; its funding flows through donation-based mechanisms available to the parent school (tax-deductible donations in Portugal and the USA). Educational delivery at the parent level is supported by Moodle@NovaSBE, a virtual learning environment available 24/7 with multimedia content, collaboration tools, and progress tracking. The broader school serves undergraduate, master's, Ph.D., and executive education students across economics, management, finance, business analytics, impact entrepreneurship, and public policy, with corporate Link programs and exchange agreements extending the ecosystem to enterprise partners and global universities.

Customer segments span undergraduate students, graduate/master's students, Ph.D. researchers, and executive education participants, with the Marketing & Distribution motion operating through direct enrollment, open enrollment executive programs, corporate collaboration/customized training, and exchange partnerships. The club's go-to-market is functionally a community-organizing model: programming is delivered via events, conferences, hackathons, and direct student outreach, with no standalone sales motion or pricing model attributable to the club entity itself.

Name

NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club

Legal name

Nova School of Business and Economics

Website

https://novasbe.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club is a non-profit, student-led organization founded in 2023 within Nova School of Business and Economics in Carcavelos, Portugal. It serves the NOVA SBE student community by organizing events, hackathons, and programming that leverage the parent institution's institutes, global exchange network, and corporate partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Business School

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venture Creation Centers (EDAHAHAH), Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC), Hospitality, Tourism & Sports Management Schools (within Business Schools) (EDAHAHAL)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Business school programs
• Executive education
• Student club activities
• Innovation ecosystem

Headquarters

HQ city

Carcavelos

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The NOVA SBE Innovation Ecosystem Student Club operates as a student-run organization within Nova School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE), part of Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Carcavelos, Portugal. It supports a portfolio of undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and executive education programs in economics, management, finance, and business analytics, alongside specialized research institutes and knowledge centers focused on entrepreneurship, public policy, digital data, and tourism.

Product overview

Nova School of Business and Economics offers a comprehensive portfolio of academic programs and research institutes. The core offerings include Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, Executive Master's, and The Lisbon MBA programs across business, economics, and management disciplines. The institution operates multiple specialized institutes (Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute, Westmont Institute of Tourism & Hospitality, Digital Data Design Institute, and Public Policy Institute) and Knowledge Centers focused on areas including Data Operations & Technology, Economics for Policy, Finance, Health Economics, and Environmental Economics. Educational delivery is supported by the Moodle-based Virtual Learning Environment platform. Executive Education programs provide professional development across specialized areas including AI, Data and Digital, Finance, Leadership, and Sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Economics for Policy: Knowledge center dedicated to applying economics tools to business and public policy issues
• Nova SBE Public Policy Institute
• Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute
• Nova SBE Westmont Institute of Tourism & Hospitality
• Digital Data Design Institute
• The Lisbon MBA

Products and services

• Bachelor's Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 10 globally in Finance education (Financial Times Masters in Finance 2026)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CEMScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of CEMS global alliance for international management education, offering the CEMS MIM program
• NYUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDual degree partnership with New York University for master's programs
• QSP SUMMITminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with QSP SUMMIT 2025, one of the most important management and leadership events in Portugal
• Fundação Alfredo de SousacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported by Fundação Alfredo de Sousa for the Public Policy Institute
• EQUAL Nova EracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funded by EQUALNovaEra - Nova SBE ERA Chair for the Public Policy Institute
• Exchange Program PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational exchange agreements with numerous universities worldwide for student mobility
• Corporate PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Link program connecting students with talent recruitment and corporate collaboration opportunities

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Enactus: Global student organization operating across universities with a focus on social entrepreneurship and innovation. Comparable as a student-led ecosystem that could partner with or compete for student attention alongside campus clubs.
• Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute: The on-campus entrepreneurship institute at Nova SBE itself. Comparable as the immediate internal counterpart the student club interacts with, though it operates as an institutional institute rather than a student-run body.

Direct peers

• HEC Paris Student Entrepreneurship Club: Student-led entrepreneurship community at HEC Paris, one of Europe's top-ranked business schools. Directly comparable as a peer-tier business school student club driving innovation programming on campus.
• IE Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club: Student entrepreneurship community at IE Business School in Madrid. Comparable as a peer Iberian / Southern European business school student organization focused on founders and innovation events.
• INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club: Student entrepreneurship community at INSEAD spanning campuses in Fontainebleau, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Comparable as a graduate-student-led innovation group embedded in a globally ranked business school.
• ESADE Entrepreneurship Society: Student-driven entrepreneurship organization at ESADE in Barcelona. Comparable in mission (fostering student ventures) and host institution profile (top European business school).
• London Business School Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club: Student club at LBS focused on entrepreneurship and innovation events for MBA and Masters cohorts. Comparable in structure and target audience (graduate students at a top global business school).
• IESE Entrepreneurship Club: Student-run entrepreneurship initiative at IESE Business School. Directly comparable as a European top-tier business school student organization focused on founders and venture creation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/NovaSBE
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/NovaSBEofficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/novasbe.pt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nova-sbe-innovation-ecosystem-student-club
• Instagraminstagram.com/nova_sbe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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