Estonian Mafia @ Silicon Valley Andrus Viirg Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley [email protected] Dec.1 2011 Silicon Valley Start Tallinn University of Technology
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Estonian Mafia @ Silicon Valley
Andrus ViirgEnterprise Estonia Silicon [email protected]
Dec.1 2011 Silicon Valley StartTallinn University of Technology
ENTERPRISE ESTONIAState foundation for Business Development:Investment, Trade, Innovation/Technology and Tourism promotion + the Space Office of Estonia
implementing agency of the EU structural funds in Estonia budget of 1.3 billion USD (2007-2013) about 300 employees providing financing/grant products, advice, partnership opportunities and training
Investment, Trade, Tourism & Innovation Promotion – assisting international companies to estonianize– assisting Estonian companies to internationalize– Foreign (promotional) Offices in
Stockholm, Helsinki , Hamburg, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Shanghai, Tokyo and
Silicon Valley
slide shared by Robin Wauters during Seedcamp Week in London (sept.2011), where out of 20 companies 4 Estonian startups presented .
GrabCAD, is a mechanical engineering community and a marketplace Sportlyzer is an online training advisor.Tranferwise, online currency exchangeCampalyst measures the real ROI of Facebook Pages
Estonia produces a disproportionate number of startups per capita
Landing in Silicon Valley• Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley +
Tallinn Tehnopol studytours
• Soft landing zones (tech incubators) – US Market Access Center (US MAC)– Plug & Play Techcenter
• Accellerators– 500startups– AngelPad– i/o Ventures– Silicon Valley Pad– Guidewire– Alchemist
www.siliconvikings.com partners in Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay area):
• Innovation Center Denmark in Palo Alto,• Enterprise Estonia in Sunnyvale,• Finnode in Santa Clara,• Innovation Norway in San Francisco,• Expotradet in San Francisco, Vinnova in Emeryville (Sweden),• Stanford-Sweden Contact Center (Stanford University).• SNR Denton in Palo Alto• Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara.
Silicon Vikings local chapters in the Nordic cities
• Silicon Vikings Copenhagen-Malmo Chapter (SVC)• Silicon Vikings Stockholm Chapter (SVS)• Silicon Vikings Oslo Chapter (SVO) is under formation• Silicon Vikings is open to start branches in Helsinki,
Tallinn and Gothenburg..
cleantechNordic Green events (2008 & 2010) & Nordic Cleantech Showcase 2011 in Silicon Valley www.cleantechscandinavia.com
• www.yogasystems.com• www.crystalsol.com• www.goliath.com• www.elcogen.com• www.energia.ee
www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com
Allan Martinson (MTVP) Sten Tamkivi (Skype) Andrus Aaslaid (Microsoft) Priit Vimberg (Yoga) Kalev Kask (eGeen) Rain Rannu (Fortumo)
Harri Meybaum (CrabCad)
Eesti – Silicon Valley/California • www.artecgroup.com• www.egeeninc.com• www.erply.com• www.fits.me• www.fortumo.com• www.fotki.com• www.fusionone.com• www.grabcad.com• www.guardtime.com• www.marker.to• www.modesat.com• www.pipedrive.com• www.programeter.com • www.oak-biotech.com• www.spmtips.com• www.yogasystems.com• www.zerply.com• www.qminder.com• www.300mg.com
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