The challenge we’re solving

Portugal faces a key challenge: how to lead in blockchain innovation while ensuring that digital transformation reaches all regions – not just Lisbon. Digital infrastructures remain centralised, and much of the country’s investment and innovation continues to cluster in the capital.

Blockchain.PT responds to this challenge through a national consortium that decentralises both technology and opportunity. By developing blockchain-based solutions across multiple sectors and regions, the agenda supports Portugal’s transition toward a more digital, green, and resilient future – aligned with EU innovation goals.

This project focuses on six key sectors:

  • Agriculture and Agri-food
  • Health and Well-being
  • Sustainable Development and Smart Territories
  • Sports, Culture, and Leisure
  • Data and Knowledge Economy
  • Digital Asset Management

Project partners

Led by Void Software, S.A., the Blockchain.PT consortium includes 50 entities: 20 companies, 15 ENESII (i.e., non-corporate research and higher education institutions), 4 public entities, 10 associated partners, and 1 competitiveness cluster. Value for Health CoLAB is one of the participating ENESII entities. Below are the logos of all participating entities in this project.

 

Project goals

  1. Decentralise investment and impact, promoting regional innovation beyond the Lisbon area.
  2. Strengthen collaboration across sectors by supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of scientific studies that improve and validate blockchain-based solutions – particularly through partnerships between companies, ENESII institutions, public bodies, and clusters.
  3. Foster cross-sector innovation by applying blockchain in agriculture, health, sustainability, culture, data, and asset management.
  4. Support talent development and training in blockchain for both business and software professionals.
  5. Build a national innovation ecosystem that enables the long-term adoption and transfer of blockchain technology across multiple sectors.

Our role

We work with two startups leading blockchain innovation in sports and gaming:

  • Dotmoovs – a platform that uses AI to assess sports performance and enable virtual competitions. Its goals include:
    • Evolve its platform into a decentralized social network for athletes, based on blockchain.
    • Promote transparency, security, and accessibility in the development and evaluation of sports talent.
    • Differentiate from existing market solutions by offering a cross-sport platform that fosters both performance monitoring and real competition among users.
    • Expand the user base, ranging from young athletes to professionals, as well as clubs, talent scouts, and sports brands.
    • Consolidate a sustainable digital economy, based on tokens and NFTs, that incentivizes sports practice and creates value for athletes and organizations.
  • Exeedme – a blockchain-powered gaming platform that rewards players and hosts esports tournaments. It aims to:
    • Promote transparency and security in in-game item transactions.
    • Enable the transition and transaction of in-game items from “traditional” games onto the blockchain.
    • Allow the creation and transaction of digital assets supported by Esports Organizations (esports items).
    • Promote entertainment through skill-based competitions with incentives in in-game items or esports items.

To support Dotmoovs and Exeedme, we help improve and validate their blockchain-based solutions by:

  • Supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of scientific studies to validate their technology in real-world contexts.
  • Conducting focus groups and interviews with key stakeholders to gather perspectives on the application and value of blockchain in sports and gaming.
  • Researching the blockchain market to map out key players and understand how value is perceived and created in these ecosystems.

Lead researcher at VOH

Salomé Pádua Azevedo, PhD

Head of Digital Transformation

The impact we hope to create

At the consortium level:

  • 26 new blockchain-based products, designed for scalability and export;
  • 84 scientific publications, co-authored by industry and academia;
  • A multisectoral innovation ecosystem supporting real-world adoption of blockchain;
  • Strengthened digital and technological leadership for Portugal across Europe.

For VOH.CoLAB and its partners (Dotmoovs & Exeedme):

  • 6 scientific publications (3 with each partner), bridging research and application;
  • Increased Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for both startups, accelerating product development and market readiness in a cost-effective way.