We are there to make your startup succesful in the Portuguese market. Therefore our business model grows along the development of your company.

During the Scout phase, there is a small investment (sometimes backed by local government and even Dutch government needed for a quickscan of the market including a pitch conversation with one potential customer

Entering the Start phase, larger investment for customising the tool, marketing collateral and activate the support organization

Arriving in the Build phase the real work starts. We activate the sales and marketing teams and start approaching the market by offering pilots in the beginning and later on selling full installations.

The Execute phase starts when the business starts to grow, relevant roles to operate are substituted for own personel and targets are met. The temporay management team will hand over to it original organisation. Up to the handover operations will be paid for on retainer basis and the exit will be rewarded based on goals and targets set at start of the 'project".

We will scout actively in European countries to match state of the art technology with Alvarvian challenges at hand. In our Clubhouse we will offer an international podium to facilitate eco-system networking and solution development and validation. At the hub we have the ambition to create and support an efficient and vibrant eco-system in which (Algarvian) market and foreign suppliers can meet, jointly develop solutions to create sustainable implementations. We do this by scouting in North and in the South.

Technology scouting outside of Portugal, having set the following focus. Reaching out to the rest of Europe to benefit from mind blowing innovations that are already available. CHA is well connected with Northern European government, universities, startup hubs and investment communities. We will develop relationships with all stakeholders in this ecosystem to kick start programs to encounter climatological challenges that the Algarve is facing.

Scouting team NORTH will be headed by Mark Haaksman.

Creating local demand and awareness in Portugal, but also align with academia and government. The hub will facilitate local dialogue, economic prosperity, and development via Scouting in the South (of Europe). Aligning climatological challenges and local market development with policy making and financial/fiscal support.

Scouting team SOUTH will be headed by Wouter Heijnen.

From experience we learnt that products and services that are succesful in a particular country do not nessecary find success in Portugal. Therefore we match the 'current' proposition with Portuguese needs (language and maybe pricing) in order to kickstart the go to market. We also continously work on our database of potential customers and create marketing impact. If needed we will connect any support needs to our existing service organization.

When your operation is kickstarted, the dedicated team will focus on growth in the market, explore new product service combinations and keep customers happy. According to plan, after a nominated period of time and defined results, the operation will be fully handed over to the mother company.

Mark and Wouter are founders of the COREangels Algarve, part of the global COREangels organisation. Angel investment is important for starting companies and to have a senior entrepreneur as an angel investor, provides more knowledge, network and execution power then pure financial investors. COREangels Algarve is fully integrated in the hub, but is an "external" service.