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Best Mobile Companies in Portugal

The 38 best Mobile companies in Portugal in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: KEK ENTERTAINMENT.

38companies tracked
$21Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
Sources & further reading
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MOBILE × PORTUGAL

Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies

$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

127companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
17unicorns
2018median founding year
144kcombined LinkedIn audience
85%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Portugal

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1KEK ENTERTAINMENT
Developer of mobile-based casual action games
$11M33 mo agoSeed—2021——
2Lunar Labs
Developer of mobile and PC-based casual games
$10M53 mo agoSeries ASergio Flores
Founder
2016——
3Aptoide
Provider of blockchain-based multi-category mobile application distribution platform
—34 mo agoSeries BAlvaro Pinto
COO / Co-founder
2011——
4Keep Warranty
Provider of a mobile application for the secure storage of digital documents
—91 mo agoSeedRomana Ibrahim
Founder & CEO
2017——
5Bica Studios
Mobile Games developer focusing on Casual Games
—137 mo agoPublicNuno Folhadela
CEO & Co-Founder
2013WordPressMySQLRedis+20—
6Air Apps
Provider of mobile utility, colouring and fitness apps
——UnfundedFilipe F
Founder
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+241 launch
7AppGeneration
Provider of a suite of mobile apps
——DeadpooledEduardo Carqueja
CEO
2010——
8Ared Studio
Developer of multi-genre casual mobile games
——UnfundedMohammad Hossein Abdoli
Founder & CEO
2021——

Top 5 Mobile companies in Portugal

#1
Seed · Braga, Braga District · founded 2021 · 18 employees
$11Mraised
▾

Developer of mobile-based casual action games

Investors
Play Ventures, The Games Fund, Korea Investment Partners, Woori Technology Investment, Kona Venture Partners
#2
Series A · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2016
$10Mraised
▾

Developer of mobile and PC-based casual games. It specializes in developing games based on genres such as role-playing, puzzle, and strategy. One of the games developed by the company is Minimon 3D. It uses the Unity engine to develop games. Games are available on Android, Unity's Asset Store, and Github. It generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Series A$10M
Founders & team
Sergio FloresFounder
Investors
Hypersphere Ventures, Arrington Capital, Lemniscap, Robvc, Signum Capital
#3
Series B · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2011 · 91 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of a blockchain-based multi-category mobile application distribution platform. The platform enables users to discover and install multi-category mobile applications like games, education, productivity, communication, shopping, food, etc. Also, it offers various products that offers digital payment solutions. Tv offers an alternative app store for Android TV and co-branding solutions for enterprises, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 9.9% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Alvaro PintoCOO / Co-founderPaulo Trezentos GamescomCEO
Investors
Portugal Ventures, Headline, Golden Gate Ventures, Gobi Partners, Digital Turbine, Faurecia
#4
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2017 · 6 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of a mobile application for the secure storage of digital documents

Founders & team
Romana IbrahimFounder & CEO
Investors
Startupbootcamp, Startup Lisboa
#5
Public · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2013 · 8 employees
—raised
▾

Bica Studios is a Portugese Mobile Games developer focusing on Casual Games. They received seed funding in March 2015 to finalize and release their first game (as of November 2015) - Smash Time - a casual mobile game that involves smashing monsters.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Nuno FolhadelaCEO & Co-FounderMiguel TomasCTO & Co-Founder
Investors
Portugal Ventures, Startup Lisboa
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFancyboxFunding ChoicesGeneratepressGoogle Adsense

Funding & investor landscape

$21Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
1disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Startup Lisboa3 rounds
Portugal Ventures2 rounds
200M1 rounds
Arrington Capital1 rounds
Best Horizon1 rounds
Chamaeleon1 rounds
Digital Turbine1 rounds
Faurecia1 rounds
Gobi Partners1 rounds
Golden Gate Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Sergio Flores
Founder · Lunar Labs
Alvaro Pinto
COO / Co-founder · Aptoide
Paulo Trezentos Gamescom
CEO · Aptoide
Romana Ibrahim
Founder & CEO · Keep Warranty
Nuno Folhadela
CEO & Co-Founder · Bica Studios
Miguel Tomas
CTO & Co-Founder · Bica Studios
Prism market signals · Portugal · country-scoped Prism corpus, 700,608 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Portugal

How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Portugal

A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 227 Portugal-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420202025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 21% → 43% across 2014–2025.
top research entities
  • Instituto de Telecomunicações164
  • University of Aveiro75
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa31
  • University of Lisbon17
  • Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa13
leading researchers
Rui Dinis · Adão Silva · Daniel Castanheira · Atílio Gameiro · Tiago Varum · João N. Matos · Nuno Souto · João Guerreiro
▲ Breakthroughs85 · 37%
▼ 40%→39% share
▲1.0× share momentum4 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (40%→39% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming7→29
  • Telecommunications1→10
  • Antenna (radio)3→7
  • MIMO8→11
  • Electronic engineering9→12
Landmark Adaptive Transmission for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted OFDM Wireless Communications · 180 cites
◆ Advancements118 · 52%
▲ 47%→53% share
▲1.1× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (47%→53% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming11→35
  • Electronic engineering6→17
  • MIMO13→21
  • Antenna (radio)4→11
  • Wireless1→6
Newly emergingTelecommunications 0→6
Landmark Electromagnetic Bandgap Backed Millimeter-Wave MIMO Antenna for Wearable Applications · 182 cites
▼ Concerns15 · 7%
▼ 9%→6% share
▼0.7× share momentum7 median citations40% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (9%→6% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming1→5
Landmark 5G Millimeter-Wave Mobile Broadband: Performance and Challenges · 169 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Portugal

Where 5g 6g is researched across Portugal

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Lisbon190 · +0.62
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · MIMOOpportunity · Path lossConcern · Bandwidth (computing)
Aveiro75 · +0.65
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · MIMOOpportunity · Capacitive sensing
Coimbra13 · +0.61
Hot · Spectral efficiencyAdvancing · Telecommunications link
Faro5 · +0.48
Hot · AcousticsAdvancing · Beamforming

Common questions

How many Mobile companies are there in Portugal?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Mobile companies headquartered in Portugal that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Mobile companies in Portugal?
The Mobile companies in Portugal on this list have raised a combined $21M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Mobile company in Portugal?
KEK ENTERTAINMENT is the highest-funded Mobile company in Portugal, with $11M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Mobile companies in Portugal are funded?
2 of the 38 Mobile companies in Portugal on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Mobile unicorns are there in Portugal?
None of the Mobile companies in Portugal on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Portugal Mobile companies?
The most active investors in Portugal Mobile companies on this list include Startup Lisboa, Portugal Ventures, 200M, Arrington Capital, Best Horizon.
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