Nordic presence in Portugal

Breakawai

Technology

Breakawai ApS (CVR 40409548), a management-consulting and technology company founded on 2 April 2019 at Inge Lehmanns Gade 10, Aarhus, specialises in process mining, task mining and data science for healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, banking, retail and aviation clients in Denmark and the Nordics. In 2025 it opened a Tech Hub in Porto through the Portuguese company Breakawai, Lda (NIF 518313298), registered at Rua Alfredo Allen 455 at UPTEC, the University of Porto’s science and technology park, to build process-intelligence and AI-analytics solutions and hire data scientists, engineers and digital-transformation consultants, according to AICEP and Invest Porto.

OriginDenmark
Danish entityBreakawai ApS — CVR 40409548; founded 2 April 2019; management consultancy (Danish industry code 70.20.00); 3 registered employees at the Danish unit (CVR)
HQInge Lehmanns Gade 10, 6., 8000 Aarhus C
Portuguese entityBreakawai, Lda — NIF 518313298; share capital €2,000; Rua Alfredo Allen 455, 4200-135 Porto (Paranhos / Asprela)
Portuguese operationTech Hub in Porto opened in 2025 — process intelligence, AI-driven analytics, enterprise process improvement (AICEP / Invest Porto, June 2025)
ServicesProcess mining, task mining, data science, digital transformation consulting
SectorTechnology / consulting
DirectionNordics → Portugal

Corridor footprint

Breakawai is a small Aarhus consultancy that chose Porto as its engineering base. Registered in Denmark on 2 April 2019 as Breakawai ApS, it sells process-mining, task-mining and data-science work to clients in healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, banking, retail and aviation across Denmark and the Nordics. In June 2025 AICEP, relaying Invest Porto, reported that the company had selected Porto for a new Tech Hub focused on process intelligence, AI-driven analytics and enterprise process improvement, and that the hub was expected to create high-skilled jobs for data scientists, engineers and digital-transformation consultants over the following months.

The Portuguese vehicle is Breakawai, Lda (NIF 518313298), a limited company with €2,000 of share capital registered at Rua Alfredo Allen 455 in Paranhos, the address of UPTEC, the University of Porto’s science and technology park in the Asprela district. The Danish parent’s registry record shows three employees at the Aarhus unit, which frames the Porto hub as the company’s main growth engine rather than a satellite.

Why this matters for the corridor

Breakawai is a small but exact example of the nearshore pattern that has brought Danish and Swedish software companies to Porto: a Nordic consultancy with Nordic clients building its delivery capacity in Portugal, using a local limited company and the city’s engineering talent pool. It sits alongside larger Danish arrivals such as Netcompany and Pleo in the same directory, at the opposite end of the size scale.

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