Scale-up season starts 6 MAY · 60+ founders & leaders · 4 seats per company

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Welcome to the acceleration program where every part of your company scales in sync.

Your startup’s success depends on more than just the founder.

Join a program that helps CEOs, CMOs, CTOs, and CFOs grow together.

Every 3-week module focuses on one area of scale — and up to 4 leaders can rotate in based on the topic.

4 GROWTH MODULES. 1 GOAL.
Scaling your whole leadership team.

LEADERSHIP
& CULTURE

PRODUCT

MANAGEMENT
& FUNDING

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LEADERSHIP
& CULTURE

PRODUCT

MANAGEMENT
& FUNDING

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WEEKS 1 – 3

WEEKS 4 – 6

WEEK 7 – 9

 WEEKS 10 – 12

MON 12 MAY
KASPER SKOU
KASPER SKOU

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ SYNTHESI

Team Aligment Through Shared Vision

MON 12 MAY
Ricardo Andorinho
RICARDO ANDORINHO

CFO & CO-FOUNDER @ SPORTRACK

Building a High-Performance Culture

What Sports Can Teach You (and Your Company)

THU 22 MAY
Felipe Ávila
FELIPE ÁVILA DA COSTA

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ INFRASPEAK

The Culture Playbook

How to Create, Scale, and Turn Culture into Your Unfair Advantage

THU 22 MAY
Dinner Event
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

 

Board Meeting Dinner

 

TUE 27 MAY
Francisco Vieira Mendes
FRANCISCO VIEIRA MENDES

CLASS LEAD @ KURIOS
CO-FOUNDER @ YERBO

When Product Becomes Your Ultimate Growth Engine

WED 4 JUN
Paulo Cunha
PAULO CUNHA

VP OF PRODUCT @ KEVEL

Scaling Product Without Losing Efficiency

10 Lessons From The Field

WED 4 JUN
Speaker TBA
ART LINKOV

BRIGHT SECURITY

Build a Painkiller Product

THU 12 JUN
Board Dinner
GROUPS OF 8–10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

TUE 17 JUN
Speaker TBA
JOÃO PEREIRA

PORTUGAL VENTURES

Think Like a VC:

Strategy, Structure & Negotiation in Practice

WED 25 JUN
Miguel Santo Amaro
MIGUEL SANTO AMARO

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ COVERFLEX

Close That Round. Period.

THU 3 JUL
Cristina Fonseca
CRISTINA FONSECA

ZENDESK
INDICO CAPITAL

Show Me The Metrics

How to Present the Numbers Investors Care About

THU 3 JUL
Dinner Event
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

Event Schedule
TUE 8 JUL
Rui Santos Couto
RUI SANTOS COUTO

INFRASPEAK

The GTM Playbook for Building a predictable GTM Machine

(That Actually Works)

WED 16 JUL
André Dias
ANDRÉ DIAS

DEMAND GENERATION

Fuel the Pipeline

How to Drive Demand and Accelerate Growth

WED 16 JUL
Ricardo Macedo
RICARDO MACEDO

LAIKA VENTURES

Going to Different Markets

National and International Expansions

THU 24 JUL
Dinner Event
GROUPS OF 8–10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

Big Event Schedule
BIG Event
MON
12 MAY
Kasper Skou
KASPER SKOU

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ SYNTHESI

Team Alignment Through Shared Vision

MON
12 MAY
Ricardo Andorinho
RICARDO ANDORINHO

CFO & CO-FOUNDER @ SPORTRACK

Building a High-Performance Culture

What Sports Can Teach You (and Your Company)

TUE
22 MAY
Felipe Ávila
FELIPE AVILA DA COSTA

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ INFRASPEAK

The Culture Playbook

How to Create, Scale, and Turn Culture into Your Unfair Advantage

THU
22 MAY
Dinner Event
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

BANG Event
TUE
27 MAY
Francisco Vieira Mendes
FRANCISCO VIEIRA MENDES

CLASS LEAD @ KURIOS
CO-FOUNDER @ YERBO

When Product Becomes Your Ultimate Growth Engine

WED
4 JUN
Paulo Cunha
PAULO CUNHA

VP OF PRODUCT @ KEVEL

Scaling Product Without Losing Efficiency

10 Lessons From The Field

WED
4 JUN
ART
LINKOV

BRIGHT SECURITY

Build a Painkiller Product

THU
12 JUN
Dinner Group
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

Bada Event Schedule
BADA Event
TUE
17 JUN
Speaker TBA
JOÃO PEREIRA

PORTUGAL VENTURES

Think Like a VC:

Strategy, Structure & Negotiation in Practice

WED
25 JUN
Miguel Santo Amaro
MIGUEL SANTO AMARO

CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ COVERFLEX

Close That Round. Period.

WED
3 JUL
Cristina Fonseca
CRISTINA FONSECA

VP OF PRODUCT @ ZENDESK
GENERAL PARTNER @ INDICO CAPITAL

Show Me The Metrics

How to Present the Numbers Investors Care About

THU
3 JUL
Dinner Event
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

Boom Event Schedule
BOOM Event
TUE
8 JUL
Rui Santos Couto
RUI SANTOS COUTO

VP OF GROWTH & MARKETING @ INFRASPEAK

The Playbook for Building a Predictable GTM Machine

(That Actually Works)

WED
16 JUL
André Dias
ANDRÉ DIAS

THE ART OF DEMAND GENERATION

Fuel the Pipeline

How to Drive Demand and Accelerate Growth

WED
16 JUL
RICARDO MACEDO

FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER @ LAIKA VENTURES

Going to Different Markets

National and International Expansions

THU
24 JUL
GROUPS OF 8-10 PEOPLE

Board Meeting Dinner

FROM BIG BANG TO BADA BOOM

Your startup has found product-market fit. Now it’s time to build
unstoppable momentum.

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Built for scaling
founders

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Bring your team
(up to 4 people)

Group

Execution-ready playbooks

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Learn from 16 top operators
in Portugal

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P2P growth with 15 selected scale-ups

Calendar

12 weeks. 1 session a week in Porto.

FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND

300+

BANG & BOOM
Week attendees

100+

Startups

#1

Community for Scale-up Founders in Portugal

27+

Successful exits

1,29B€

Total Funding

8+

Years closing the scale-up gap

300+

BANG & BOOM
Week attendees

#1

Community for Scale-up Founders in Portugal

#1,29B€

Total funding

100+

Startups

27+

Successful exits

8+

Years closing the scale-up gap

WHAT FOUNDERS SAY ABOUT F2

IS IT FOR ME?

Yes — if your startup checks any of these boxes:

Past the early stage & ready for structured, actionable support to scale.
✅ Raised Seed or Series A
Product-market fit but hitting growth bottlenecks
✅ SaaS, Fintech, IoT Solutions, Health Tech, Deep Tech, Retail Tech, etc.
✅ Your leadership teams are driving product, sales, or operations

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6 May – 27 July 2025

1 in-person session per week

12 weeks

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3000€ per company (covers up to 16 people in your team)

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15 selected startups

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Founders Founders, Porto

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6 May – 27 July 2025

12 weeks

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15 selected startups

1 in-person session per week

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3000€ per company (covers up to 16 people in your team)

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Founders Founders, Porto

READY TO GO BIG?

We’re selecting only 15 startups
to join the program,
to maintain a high-value network.

SCALING TAKES A COMMUNITY. MEET OURS.

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JOIN US

Plug into a community built for founders.

Join F2 Club

What is THE Founders Club?
An invite-only group of 100+ founders helping each other grow. Submit this form to see if it’s the right fit for you.

Join F2 Club

What is THE Founders Club?
An invite-only group of 100+ founders helping each other grow. Submit this form to see if it’s the right fit for you.

BECOME A RESIDENT

HOW CAN I JOIN F2 IN PORTO?
Want to grow your startup surrounded by founders? Join a 4000m² workspace with private offices, shared hubs, and the kind of people you’ll want to bump into in the kitchen.

BECOME A RESIDENT

HOW CAN I JOIN F2 IN PORTO?
Want to grow your startup surrounded by founders? Join a 4000m² workspace with private offices, shared hubs, and the kind of people you’ll want to bump into in the kitchen.