Startup Estonia plans for 2016

Plans for 201612 January 2016

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Startup Estonia seeks to supercharge Estonian-bred startups that have the potential to make it in the world

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Estonia has good and

collaborativestartup

ecosystem

Estonia has 1000 startups

Legislative environment is clear and gives incentives for

startups & investors

Funding is accessible for

startups

Goals for 2020

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1. Developing, marketing &

mapping EST startup

ecosystem

2. Startup skills &

Education

3. Smart Money 4. Regulations

Actions

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2015 in retrospect

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Developing ecosystem• Monthly community meetups, join our chat, ongoing (Kadi)

• Next one in 26.01 @EDF• February’s topic ‘Education’, time will be set on 26th January

• Under preparation, I-IVQ (Mirjam)• Scholarships for ecosystems partners

• Study trips for ecosystem partners

1. Developing, marketing &

mapping EST startup

ecosystem

Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

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Marketing ecosystem• Building awareness and sharing info via Facebook and Twitter, ongoing

(Kadi)• Monthly newsletter, ongoing (Kadi)• Developing ‘Location tool’ for startupestonia.ee, I-IVQ (Kairi)• Startup booths in conferences (not confimed jet) (Mirjam)

• Arctic15, IIQ

• Slush, IVQ

1. Developing, marketing &

mapping EST startup

ecosystem

Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

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Mapping ecosystem (Rivo)• Surveys and analysis, ongoing

• Startup Compass EST report (January 2016)

• Building EST startup database, ongoing• Trying to build Startup Pipedrive• Startup Ecosystem database

1. Developing, marketing &

mapping EST startup

ecosystem

Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

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2.Startup skills & EducationAwareness & events

• Startup Europe Week, February (Mirjam)• Preparing Latitude59, IIQ (Mirjam)

• Secure your ticket now, only for 159EUR• Call for sponsoring startup events & trainings, January (Henri)• Preparing model documents for startups, I-IIQ (Henri)

Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

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Startup skills & EducationNiche areas

• Conducting analysis of the current situation in clean-tech, health-tech and cyber-tech, I-IIQ (Rivo);

• Developing plans for niche areas, II-IIIQ (Marit, Caroline);• Cleantech (Marit)

• Climate Launchpad (II&IIIQ)• Climate Launchpad Europe final in Estonia (September 2016)• Climate KIC programs (from IIQ) Contact:

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2.Startup skills & Education

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Startup skills & EducationStartup skills

• Conducting Founder Institute, I-IIQ (Caroline)• For corporates&startups: Looking parnter for cooperation program Engage

Estonia, I-IIQ (Mirjam)• For startups: Looking partner for Sales&Marketing program, I-IIQ (Henri)• For startups: Looking partner for Founder Coaching program, II-IVQ (Kadi)• For startups: Looking partner for Product development & Design program, II-

IVQ (-)Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

2.Startup skills & Education

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Startup skills & EducationEducation (Caroline)

• Preparing under entrepreneurship studies pre-incubation model with universities, I-IVQ;

• Carry out trimester of ‘Startup Entrepreneurship’ in Mainor, I-IIQ;

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2.Startup skills & Education

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3. Smart Money

Smart Money• Preparing and conducting tender for ‘Acceleration Services’ , I-IVQ (Mari);• Developing business angels, I-IVQ (Kadi);

Contact: First name @startupestonia.ee

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4. Regulations

Regulations (Rivo)• Making changes in Foreigners Act – implementing Startup Visa / living

permit for working or conducting business in Estonia;• Making changes in Business Law – no need to open securities account being

physically in Estonia;• Analysis about tax environment in Estonia;• Startup Europe manifesto tracker; Contact:

First name @startupestonia.ee

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Mari [email protected]+372 5326 8116