Abstract: This paper aims to share best practices of the Porto University (U. Porto) entrepreneurial ecosystem. Co-creation demands great dynamics and universities are the favourite partners in new technological grounds where uncertainty is a characteristic and knowledge a differentiation. Entrepreneurial ecosystem refers to the environment that affects the local/regional entrepreneurship and U. Porto, in Portugal, offers an example of excellency in the catalysts for technological innovation and financial attraction resources. As an extensive set of internal and external components, the U. Porto has gathered the potential to function as a sustainable infrastructure to support the creation of competitive technologies and start-ups. The present study shares insights into the types of agents, institutions, cultures and resources that an entrepreneurial ecosystem contains. In addition, it highlights governance, openness and decentralization of activities that has played a role in supporting student’s founders and their high-growth endeavours.

Key words: co-creation; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial ecosystem; start-ups; U. Porto

JEL code: I23