InvestPorto promotes strategic reflection on Porto with Leading Investors
The Municipality of Porto recently organized the thematic "urbanaMente" sessions, bringing together representatives of several Porto Leading Investors
The Municipality of Porto, through InvestPorto, recently organised a series of thematic sessions with several Porto Leading Investors. Aimed at discussing views on the challenges and opportunities offered by the city, the "urbanaMente" sessions set the stage for a direct dialogue between local decision-makers in a private roundtable format, addressing areas of fundamental importance to the city such as Innovation, the local Business & Services Environment, and Porto's Quality of Life and Sustainability.
Each session focused on a particular theme, allowing for a rich dialogue and reflection among the various groups of participants. The sessions therefore had a distinct focus between themselves that helped contribute towards a greater variety of perspectives and a cross-cutting collection of information about Porto's current economic, business, and social dynamics.
Held at the Porto Municipal Theatre - Rivoli and the Bolhão Market, the "urbanaMente" sessions brought together representatives from 20 different Porto Leading Investors: 7.1 Tech Hub; Addvolt; Aumovio; Blip.pt; Critical TechWorks; FinTrU; GKN Automotive; Körber Campus Porto; Kuehne+Nagel; Maersk; MEXT - Mota-Engil Next; msg insur:it; Natixis; Rows; Smartex; Visma; VML; Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [Portugal]; Voltalia, and xelerate.tech. Created and managed by InvestPorto, the Porto Leading Investors programme brings together several dozen local companies of strategic interest to the local economy and making decisive contributions to it.
The "urbanaMente" sessions are part of a broader strategy to monitor high-impact investment projects in Porto, developed over recent years by the Municipality through InvestPorto. This Aftercare strategy aims to consolidate long-term relationships with strategic investors and develop conditions for retaining and expanding each of their projects in Porto, aiming towards a more competitive and collaborative urban ecosystem that is open to investment and innovation.
