Startup Investor Accelerator Portugal

#### Māris Tepers is the Founder of MateHR, a recruitment and talent acquisition company helping startups and scaling tech businesses hire top talent across Europe. With deep expertise in recruitment, talent strategy, and startup scaling, Māris focuses on helping companies align hiring with market growth, culture, and operational success.

#### Why High-Quality Hires Decide Geographic Expansion

• Growth plans often move faster than the recruitment setup behind them.
• Expansion creates parallel hiring pressure: new offices, multiple roles, and stretched managers.
• Why companies often underestimate how much time hiring takes from product and engineering leaders.
• The hidden cost of building internal recruitment capacity in every new market.
• Why peak hiring periods may not justify permanent recruiter headcount.
• How a mixed model can help: internal decision-making plus flexible external execution.

Who should join:
Startup founders, scale up team leaders, mentors and investors.
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About the Organizer – SIA: Startup Investor Accelerator
SIA is a dual-track program for startups and investors. Startups can receive €100–200K in funding through our investment rounds. Investors learn by doing—developing their angel investing skills in real deals.

Next opportunities
Stay in the loop by visiting our website and following us on LinkedIn.

• Startups Express your Interest here - You could be one of the next startups selected for our funding competition.
• Investors Express your Interest here - Explore our hands-on angel program to grow your investing skills and confidence.

Priyanka is the founder of Horenso and a brand strategist specialising in early-stage startup positioning and marketing. She works with founders at the most critical stage of building where clarity of positioning, voice, and messaging determines whether a brand gets attention or gets ignored.
She is also a mentor at leading global startup accelerators including Climate-KIC (EU), Catalist (LatAm), and Brainforest VC (Switzerland), where she supports founders building climate and deep-tech ventures.

#### What You’ll learn:

• The subtle patterns making websites and decks feel “AI-made”
• Why polished copy still fails to persuade investors and customers
• What high-converting brands are doing differently with AI
• How to use AI as a strategic advantage instead of a content machine
• Practical frameworks and prompts to improve your messaging immediately

#### Who Should Attend:

Startup founders, SaaS and Tech teams, Growth marketers, Founders raising capital, Teams rebuilding websites or messaging, Anyone relying heavily on AI for content and communication.

RSVP NOW to secure your spot for free!
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About the Organizer – SIA: Startup Investor Accelerator
SIA is a dual-track program for startups and investors. Startups can receive €100–200K in funding through our investment rounds. Investors learn by doing—developing their angel investing skills in real deals.

Next opportunities
Stay in the loop by visiting our website and following us on LinkedIn.

• Startups Express your Interest here - You could be one of the next startups selected for our funding competition.
• Investors Express your Interest here - Explore our hands-on angel program to grow your investing skills and confidence.