startup environment

in short

Here at Startup Estonia, we’re passionate about creating a vibrant, high-quality startup ecosystem. We believe it’s all about the people, which is why we actively bring our community together through engaging meetups and dedicated communication channels.

We’re committed to shaping a clear and incentivizing regulatory environment, always standing up for the startup sector’s interests in policymaking processes.

Additionally, we gather and analyze extensive data to continually assess and enhance the health of the Estonian startup ecosystem.

main activities

Policy Development

As Startup Estonia is a governmental initiative, we work closely with Estonian ministries and stakeholders to connect different sectors with the startup community. We develop, together with the stakeholders, policies for the sector to improve the ecosystem and its focus areas.

Development Programs

We organize yearly procurements to fill the market gaps in startup support services. Some of the areas tackled in the recent procurements are:

Diversity and supporting female founders
STEAM skills and entrepreneurial mindset for youth
DeepTech
Regional development
Raising the know-how in support organizations

Community

Activity for the community:

Community meetups & development days
Study visits
Marketing help in our channels
International connections and partnership opportunities

Data

We gather and analyze data that characterizes the developments within the Estonian startup sector. Based on that, we create reports, offer insights to enhance our ecosystem, and contribute to the formulation of measures/ documents:

I and III Q shorter blog posts
First-half and year-end comprehensive blog posts
Collaboration with different research constructors

database access

Have a look at the most extensive source for the Estonian startup ecosystem. Get an overview of Estonian startups by ranking and filtering them by sectors, technology, stage, employee count, turnover, etc.

Estonian startups and sectors

Support organizations

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