MELLA Supply · Lisbon
Connecting business, capital and opportunity.
From Lisbon, we connect Afro-Lusophone and PALOP businesses with the capital, clients and markets that help them grow.
Partners and ecosystem
What we do
We map.
The INDEX records who exists, what they do and what they need, in Portugal and across the PALOP countries. Where there were no numbers, now there are.
We connect.
TABLEs and curated gatherings put founders, investors and companies in the same room, with a reason to meet.
We prepare.
Both sides. Founders for the right capital. Capital for businesses that standard models do not know how to read.
Our mission
To make the Afro-Lusophone economy, from Portugal to the PALOP countries, visible, connected and investable.
Our vision
Lisbon as the bridge where Afro-Lusophone businesses reach capital and markets like any other.
Black community in tech · Web Summit Lisbon 2026
Two gatherings. One question.
Tuesday 10 November, Web Summit week. A curated room of founders, investors and companies asking what it takes for these businesses to reach the right capital.
Three MELLA TABLE editions · Covered by BANTUMEN
Built in the room, not on paper.
- MELLA TABLE 1 · BANTUMEN
“Is there a Black community in Portugal? Yes. What is missing is rhythm and structure.”
Read → - MELLA TABLE 2 · BANTUMEN
MELLA TABLE 2 returned to Lisbon to strengthen networks between creatives and entrepreneurs
Read → - MELLA TABLE 3 · BANTUMEN
MELLA TABLE 3 discusses power, business and commitment
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Join us
Founder, investor, partner or ally: everything starts in the INDEX. Invitations go out from there. Free, five questions, under a minute.
Join the INDEX