Matchmaking

Find the right partner for your challenge

Are you looking for the right partner to tackle urban or rural challenges affecting vulnerable communities? Whether you represent a city administration, a tech startup or business, an academic institution or a non-governmental organisation, PartnerMatch helps you connect with the right people to co-create impactful solutions.

This matchmaking platform bridges the gap between city needs and technological or social innovations. It enables cities to connect with technology providers and other stakeholders to jointly address community challenges, focusing on supporting vulnerable or marginalised groups.

Please note: This service is not connected to the CommuniCity pilots. Through the CommuniCity project, we observed a strong demand and potential for collaboration beyond the project’s scope. Many cities and solution providers expressed interest in continuing their engagement and launching new initiatives together. As the needs of communities are too broad to be addressed by any single project, we created this platform to support ongoing, independent collaboration between cities and tech providers—helping ensure that innovation continues to bring positive impact where it’s needed most.

Who is this service for?

City administrations and public authorities seeking innovative solutions or support to address specific community needs.

Startups, companies and technology providers with ready-to-implement solutions or prototypes they wish to pilot in real-life environments.

Non-profit organisations and associations that understand local contexts and want to scale their community-based interventions.

Universities and research institutions looking to collaborate on applied projects and community-driven research.

How does this work?

Fill the form below explaining

Who you are and your organisation’s role,
What you are looking for - are you seeking a city to host your solution, a tech provider, a community-based partner, or something else?
Your location
Your contact details and email (this will be shared with interested parties after the match has been successful)
Your project or challenge, which will be publicly posted to help others understand your goals and initiate collaboration.
Can offer, and what you need in a partnership for a piloting solution. Additionally, you should indicate which challenges(s) you are interested in.

The message will be added to the Message Board of the PartnerMatch Platform, becoming visible to all visitors. Your contact information will be preserved. Once we found a possible match, we will facilitate contact between the two parties, for potential collaboration.

Join the PartnerMatch community and become part of a growing network committed to inclusive, impactful innovation.

Message Board: Examples

"We are the XX University looking for a Tech Company to address challenges on XX"

Location: Porto
We want to elaborate on an idea/project of our institution (dedicated to scientific research and technological development, technology transfer, and advanced consulting).
If you are a technology company that could help us solve this challenge, please submit your own form for the matchmaking.

FORM:

Options:

Startup / Company / Association / NGO / University – Research Organisation / Other

Your Name*

Your Email*

Organisation Website*

Location*

I am a:*
StartupCompany Association Non-governmental-organisation University/Research organisation Other

I am looking for:*
StartupCompany Association Non-governmental-organisation University/Research organisation Other

Available funding (if applicable)

Your Message*