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Estonian Startup Awards 2025 Mark a Turning Point for the Ecosystem

January 22, 2026
Estonian Startup Awards 2025

Startup Estonia & EIS (Enterprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 28-30st!

January 28th-30th, 2026
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Capital Strategies for a New Nordic Innovation Region

February 11, 2026
TECHARENA 2026 Side Event Area A (Arena floor), Room A2, Strawberry Arena.

Startup Estonia & EIS (Entreprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 29-31st!

January 29th-31th, 2025
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Estonian Startup Awards 2025 Mark a Turning Point for the Ecosystem

January 22, 2026
Estonian Startup Awards 2025

Global Founders Meetup vol 21 x Tehnopol Startup Incubator

January 10th, 2024
Tehnopol Startup Incubator / Tehnopol Startup Inkubaator • Mäealuse 2/4, A-wing, 3rd floor, 12618 Tallinn, Harju maakond

Startup Embassy: Estonia’s Digital Playground

Wednesday, December 6 · 5:30 - 9pm GMT
Estonian Ambassador’s Residence in London, address to be announced.

Startup Embassy: Estonia’s Digital Playground

Creativity meets AI – Estonia x Slush

November 30th
G18 Juhlasali, Helsinki, Finland

Come join us at the Nordic Tech Valley Networking! Explore the connections of art, entrepreneurship and AI in the heart of #Helsinki. Kristjan Järvi will unleash Estoniia, the magical AI Muse for creativity.

Estonian Startup Awards 2025 Mark a Turning Point for the Ecosystem

January 22, 2026
Estonian Startup Awards 2025

Startup Estonia & EIS (Enterprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 28-30st!

January 28th-30th, 2026
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Capital Strategies for a New Nordic Innovation Region

February 11, 2026
TECHARENA 2026 Side Event Area A (Arena floor), Room A2, Strawberry Arena.

Startup Estonia & EIS (Entreprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 29-31st!

January 29th-31th, 2025
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Estonian Startup Awards 2025 Mark a Turning Point for the Ecosystem

January 22, 2026
Estonian Startup Awards 2025

Startup Estonia & EIS (Enterprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 28-30st!

January 28th-30th, 2026
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Capital Strategies for a New Nordic Innovation Region

February 11, 2026
TECHARENA 2026 Side Event Area A (Arena floor), Room A2, Strawberry Arena.

Startup Estonia & EIS (Entreprise Estonia) at sTARTUpDay on January 29-31st!

January 29th-31th, 2025
sTARTUpDay, Tartu, Estonia

Estonian Startup Awards 2025 Mark a Turning Point for the Ecosystem

January 22, 2026
Estonian Startup Awards 2025

Global Founders Meetup vol 21 x Tehnopol Startup Incubator

January 10th, 2024
Tehnopol Startup Incubator / Tehnopol Startup Inkubaator • Mäealuse 2/4, A-wing, 3rd floor, 12618 Tallinn, Harju maakond

Startup Embassy: Estonia’s Digital Playground

Wednesday, December 6 · 5:30 - 9pm GMT
Estonian Ambassador’s Residence in London, address to be announced.

Startup Embassy: Estonia’s Digital Playground

W3N 2023

December 12-13
Narva, Estonia

Superstars of the technology world gather in Ida-Virumaa for two days.

why estonia

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Nemailla Bonturi, founder of Äio

Estonia is like a mother to startups. They’re focused on nurturing numerous unicorns and will genuinely assist you in becoming one.

Villig Bolt

Martin Villig, Co-Founder of Bolt, mobility super-app of Europe & Africa

In Estonia, there’s a shared desire to use tech innovation towards a more sustainable world. Here, you’ll find peers who share your ambitious vision.”

Andrew Thompson, Silicon Valley based investor and entrepreneur, co-founder LifeSpeed

Estonia is one of the most prolific tech economies in the world, rivaling Silicon Valley and Israel for both creativity and productivity. It is a great place to connect with motivated innovators who want to build something massively impactful that can deliver spectacular financial returns.

Kadri Tammai, Regional Director NATO DIANA

Due to the reasons that Estonian startups don’t have a significant home market, they have the mindset to build fast-growing global companies from day one.

Farid Singh, General Partner, Startup Wise Guys

Estonia makes building your startup an exciting journey, no bureaucracy, you focus on building great things with inspiring people in the ecosystem.

Karoli Hindriks, CEO and founder of Jobbatical

With its tight-knit tech community and global outlook, Estonia is an inspiration to Jobbatical and other startups to tackle tough, worldwide challenges.

Tiit Riisalo, Previous Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia

Be brave to experiment, be brave to think differently. This mindset is a wider effect from startups.

Andrus Kurvits, Member of the Board, Tartu Science Park Sparkup

Estonia is the most startup-minded ecosystem and due to its size, there is an almighty network where everybody knows everybody from founders to investors, which makes it a perfect sandbox for the 1500+ startups and 10 unicorns.

Lauri Antalainen, President of Estonian Business Angels Network

For an angel investor, the startup ecosystem in Estonia has provided, and still provides, lots of opportunities to invest in highly promising startups. The ratio of successful startups here is unprecendented.

Heli Valtna, Co-founder and CEO of LightCode Photonics

Estonia’s startup ecosystem is like a global village. It’s a supportive springboard for innovative, pragmatic and determined entrepreneurs to thrive globally.

Emre Tinaztepe, Founder & CEO of Binalyze

Estonia is truly a force-multiplier for any startup that is on a mission to change the world. Why? Simply because, it allows you to focus on your product, and business idea with its unique ‘Startup Visa & Digital Nomad’ concept. You do what you do best, Estonian magic handles the rest.

Helise Johanson, ReloEst, Relocation service provider

Startup Estonia’s Startup status simplifies the relocation process, empowering founders to tap into Estonia’s business scene and hire global talent more smoothly for their business growth.

Riina Einberg, Consulting seed-A, A-B stage startups & investors

It’s not the big that beats the small; it’s the fast who beats the slow – one of Skype’s values. Working hard, adapting fast, supporting each other, and here we are.

Rain Rannu, Founding Partner of Superangel

Highly skilled people with big ambitions in the tiny home market make Estonia potentially the best place in the world to build a global-first startup.

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