BGI Sustainable Ventures

BGI Sustainable Ventures is a Lisbon-based Portuguese startup accelerator and venture builder working with innovators and professionals from around the world. The team helps startups and deep-tech SMEs turn science and technology into sustainable ventures, supporting business development, acceleration, internationalization, and investment. Its stated mission is to help innovators achieve sustainable economic, environmental, and business success, with sustainability, collaboration, and innovation excellence at the heart of its work.

BGI works across areas including agrifood, urban mobility, digital technology, health, climate, raw materials, and manufacturing. Its programs combine venture acceleration, open innovation, an innovation academy, venture investment, and ecosystem insights. The organization connects startups with companies, universities, research centers, investors, public bodies, and other ecosystem partners to help test and scale solutions. Founded through a history linked to the MIT Portugal entrepreneurship and innovation initiative, BGI is based in Lisbon and operates internationally.