Four Founders, One Stage, and a Room That Couldn't Stop Talking: DemoNightLx, Lisbon
Mar 26, 2026
Four Founders, One Stage, and a Room That Couldn't Stop Talking: DemoNightLx, Lisbon
Lisbon has a particular kind of energy when founders get in a room together — curious, warm, and honest in a way that cuts straight to what matters. On the evening of 25 March 2026, that energy was very much alive at Royal Rawness on Praça David Leandro da Silva, where Canopy Community brought together four early-stage founders for DemoNightLx: the Lisbon chapter of Canopy's regular demo night series. This wasn't a polished conference or a formal investor showcase. It was a community-first evening: founders on stage, peers in the audience, and feedback given as generously as it was received.
The evening opened with a fireside chat featuring Robyn Greaves, founder of Pravi, who sat down with host Pedro Guimarães for an honest conversation about what building in 2026 actually looks like — the unglamorous bits included. Four startup demos followed, each one revealing not just a product but a founder's understanding of the problem they are trying to solve. By the end of the night, the room had voted, and one founder had taken home the People's Choice award.
🏆 People's Choice Winner: Elodie Pagaud — Inkspot
A huge congratulations to Elodie Pagaud, whose demo for Inkspot won the hearts of the room and took home the People's Choice award for DemoNightLx. Elodie's clear-eyed understanding of a fragmented, misunderstood market — and the warmth she brought to presenting it — clearly resonated with everyone in the room. Well deserved, Elodie.
DataInFlow — Making Furniture Data Work for Everyone
Where furniture data flows — and sales follow.
Magda Prichodko opened the demos with a product that might sound niche but speaks to a very large and very real problem. DataInFlow is a furniture product data platform built for the 260,000 small and medium furniture companies across Europe who have been priced out of the enterprise solutions that dominate the market. Magda made the case that agentic AI has finally opened the door to serving this segment at scale — and that with €40K already raised (through Innovation Norway and an Angel SAFE) and 2 retail partners already live, DataInFlow is moving fast. The Mentimeter scores reflected an audience that got the vision: a 4.1 for "I Get it" and 3.9 for "I'd recommend it to a friend" — a strong signal for a technical B2B product in its early days. Magda came to the room asking for early adopters who can help validate the commercial product, and the audience was attentive and engaged throughout.
Atach — Surf Anywhere, Any Time
Innovative modular surfboards designed for easy travel.
Simão Manuel brought something to the stage that the audience could immediately picture: a surfboard you can take on a plane without paying a fortune or accepting a bruised board on the other side. Atach's modular surfboards snap together in under three minutes, are built from sustainable materials, and cost considerably less than the big-name brands. For the 70% of surfers who travel regularly and live on average 15km from the nearest beach, the proposition is obvious — and the audience agreed, giving Atach a perfect 5.0 for "I Get it." What's keeping investment interest slightly cautious (3.1) is a question Simão was clearly already working on: how do you build trust and brand credibility in a market where performance is everything? This is a founder who knows his materials — a Master in Materials Engineering from Lisbon — and whose passion for the product comes through in every answer.
Cobuntu — Building the Home of Online Community-Led Businesses
The home of online community-led businesses.
Diogo Cesar's demo for Cobuntu explored a challenge that many founders in the room could relate to: the fragmentation of tools, platforms, and audiences that community builders face when trying to monetise their work. Cobuntu positions itself as the all-in-one home for community-led businesses, bringing together the infrastructure that lets founders build, grow, and generate revenue from their communities without stitching together ten different tools. The concept connected with the room, and Diogo's energy on stage was evident — this is a founder who has clearly spent a lot of time with the problem and with the people who live it.
Inkspot — Discover and Book Unique Tattoos from Artists
Discover and book unique tattoo designs from artists.
Elodie Pagaud's demo for Inkspot was the one the room couldn't stop talking about — and the Mentimeter results proved it. With a 4.2 for "I Get it" and the highest ranking in the People's Choice vote, Inkspot clearly hit a nerve. The problem Elodie described is immediately recognisable: booking a tattoo should be exciting, but in practice it involves ghosted DMs, vague pricing, and a booking process that hasn't changed in decades. Meanwhile, there's a €18–24B European tattoo market that has no category platform to match clients with artists based on style, intent, and taste. Inkspot is that platform — built by a team of three who between them bring 15+ years of tattooing expertise, marketing strategy, and technical development. With 67 artists, 400+ tattoos listed, 105 clients, 18 bookings, and zero disputes, all organic, the traction speaks for itself. The ask is €250K pre-seed, and the room understood exactly why.
What the Room Said
The fireside chat with Robyn Greaves of Pravi set a thoughtful tone for the evening. Her conversation with Pedro about the realities of building in 2026 — funding timelines, what investors actually look for, and the unglamorous truth about early customer conversations — gave the audience the kind of honest, peer-level insight that you rarely get in more formal settings.
The audience feedback captured in Mentimeter said something consistent across all four demos: this is a community that values real, generous dialogue. When asked what they'd say to someone about demo night and why they should come, answers included "cozy, low key demo night with valuable feedback," "community and connection," and "possibility to pair up with new partners." The NPS for the evening was 8.8 out of 10 — an exceptional score that reflects how much the room valued the experience. The most common piece of feedback for what to change? More demos. That's about as good a problem to have as a community organiser.
What Comes Next
DemoNightLx is part of something bigger. Canopy Community runs demo nights in Lisbon, London, and beyond — a growing network of in-person and global events where early-stage founders get to take the stage, receive real feedback, and find their people. If you weren't in the room on 25 March, the next one is closer than you think.
Want to be part of the next DemoNightLx or attend a Canopy Demo Night near you? Register at lu.ma/canopy and join the Canopy community at canopy.community.
Ready to take the stage yourself? Come and join us at our next Demo Night — sign up at lu.ma/canopy.
A Huge Thank You to Tonight's Community
A special thank you to everyone who made this Demo Night possible. If you'd like to connect with our founders and host on LinkedIn, we'd love you to reach out and show them some support.
Tonight's Founders:
- Magda Prichodko, DataInFlow — linkedin.com/in/magda-prichodko
- Simão Manuel, Atach — linkedin.com/in/simão-da-câmara-manuel-1845331aa
- Diogo Cesar, Cobuntu — linkedin.com/in/diogo-césar-085a99159
- Elodie Pagaud, Inkspot — linkedin.com/in/elodie-pagaud-4458ab33
Special Guest — Fireside Chat:
- Robyn Greaves, Pravi — linkedin.com/in/robyn-greaves
Your Host:
- Pedro Guimarães, CEO in Residence, Canopy Community — linkedin.com/in/pedro-guimarães-632326