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About Focus BC

# We build software that keeps complex operations running.

Focus BC builds two platforms - Virtual Venue and City as a Platform - used by sports federations running World Cups and municipalities managing daily city operations.

## What we do

We build software for environments where operations are complex and decisions matter.

Sports events Smart cities Geospatial operations

![Virtual Venue map interface over a stadium](/media/screens/virtual-venue-wembley-stadium.webp)

What we build

## Our products

Two products. Two operational contexts. One approach to a shared operational picture.

Sports & events

![Virtual Venue logo](/media/logos/virtualvenue-horizontal-logo.svg)

### Virtual Venue

One platform for sports event operations. Used by UEFA, FIBA, CONMEBOL, and major federations worldwide.

[Learn about Virtual Venue](virtual-venue/)

Smart cities

![City as a Platform logo](/media/logos/city-as-a-platform.svg)

### City as a Platform

The urban management platform for Portuguese municipalities. Used by Lisboa, Famalicão, and more than 50 others.

[Learn about City as a Platform](city-as-a-platform/)

Technology foundation

## Built on infrastructure that doesn't fail.

![Google](/media/logos/google-logo-horizontal.svg)

Our products run on Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform, the same infrastructure that powers billions of operations every day. As a Google Premier Partner, we build at the level our clients need: events that can't be postponed and cities that can't be paused.

Google Cloud Google Maps Platform Geospatial operations Scalable infrastructure

[See our Google partnership](google/)

![Nuno Serra, Sandro Batista and Vasco Pinheiro, founders of Focus BC](media/about/focusbc-founders-2025.webp)

## How we got here

Focus BC was founded in February 2012 by three friends - Nuno Serra, Sandro Batista, and Vasco Pinheiro - with a shared conviction: geospatial data was too powerful to stay locked inside specialist tools.

The idea took shape beside the sea in Ericeira. By the time it became a company, the three had already been pitching at international events. No clients, no funding, just a concept they believed in.

Their first significant partnership came in 2013, when they signed with Google, a relationship that would define how they built everything that followed. Not as a reseller, but as a technical partner building on infrastructure designed to scale.

Over the following decade, Focus BC moved from services to products. Today, Virtual Venue is used by UEFA, FIBA, CONMEBOL and more, to run major sports events. City as a Platform is used by more than 50 municipalities and resorts, including Lisboa, Famalicão, Faro, etc., to manage daily city operations.

> Innovation has always driven us. We're constantly looking to anticipate what's next for our clients and the markets we serve.

## Founders

The co-founders behind Focus BC.

## Want to know more about Focus BC?

Whether you're evaluating our products, exploring a partnership, or just curious, we're happy to talk.

[Talk to us](contact/)