An Innovative Ecosystem located in the World’s Best City Destination, Porto.

M-etropolitan

Porto is located in the North of Portugal, on the north bank of the river Douro. It’s the second largest city in the country, in an urban area with more than 1.3 million inhabitants.

Destinations

118

Cities with direct flights

Scalable Location

In ease of doing business across borders (World Bank - 2020)

innovation ecosystem

Portuguese region by number of start-up Portugal (Startup Portugal - 2021)

Talent

195 000+

University students in the region (DGEEC - 2020/21)

Awards & Recognition

WORLD BEST CITY DESTINATION

FDI Intelligence - 2022/23

INVESTMENT AWARD & SMART CITY INNOVATOR AWARD

AIM Dubai - 2020

EUROPEAN CITY OF THE YEAR

Urbanism Awards - 2020

START-UP & SME SUPPORT

FDI Intelligence - 2019

BEST START-UP FRIENDLY CITY OF EUROPE

World Excellence Award - 2018

“ The world is discovering new ways of working. This project is a pioneering work in such an era. I feel that this is a project that will lead the way in this era. ”

Kengo Kuma
M-ODU Architect

“ It’s a project that will change this part of the city. There are projects that leave no one indifferent and change the lives of cities and, therefore, of people. ”

Rui Moreira
Mayor of Porto

Developer

Architecture

Institutional Partners

Construction Company

Strategy Advisor

Engineering