Riga Venture Summit

Riga Venture Summit - international startup ecosystem policy roundtable with a focus on Baltic startup ecosystem development,

February 20th, 2019!
#RigaVS2019

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Thanks to everyone who participated in Riga Venture Summit 2019 on the February 20th! Happy to see so many people interested in policy shaping and successful ecosystem building!
See the best moments from @RigaVSummit here - https://t.co/cbsoRmMKM7 #startinLatvia

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Opening remarks were followed up by brief overview of startups ecosystem, the latest innovations and success stories in Baltics. At first we were introduced with situation in Latvia startup community by @LIAALatvija representative Olga Barreto Goncalves.

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Thanks to the founder of @TechRanch Kevin Koym @kkoym that with his example reminds us that it's not about the size of the place, it's about how supporting and determined the communities are to collaborate. #KeepAustinWeird

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Special thanks to Voitto Kangas for introducing the audience with @MariaZeroOne success story and telling about challenges of creating a space for startup growth and benefits of a startup space.

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Thanks to Kat Borlongan @katborlongan Director of French Tech Mission for sharing
how La Frech Tech did for the country in terms of job creation, impact in interests from foreign investors, creation of a new ecosystem encouraging private investments in startups.

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Thanks to Martynas Pilkis from Ministry of Finance of Lithuania for participating and presenting practical overview of Lithuanian Fintech initiative and their mission to become the most attractive fintech destination in Europe.

[Benjamin Bathke @BenjaminBathke]

"Entrepreneurs self-organizing is the number one factor," says @kkoym, founder of @TechRanch in Austin, TX.
Good overview of key ingredients for a successful startup ecosystem. Just a bit too much #Dallas-bashing for my taste.
#techchill19 #Austin #startups

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Is #Lithuania 🇱🇹 on its way to become #Europe's most attractive #fintech destination? Over 80 fintechs, incl. @RevolutApp, now have a #banking license there. If #Brexit comes to pass, the number will likely grow fast.
Relevant read: https://t.co/MCayn43STu
#Litechnia #startups

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#Latvia's 🇱🇻 startup ecosystem at a glance 👇👇👇

- 418 #startups, 3 in 4 early-stage
- strongest industries: #fintech & #deeptech
- €84M investments in 2018
- 12 exits to date
- only 11 #startupvisas so far

Observation: Latvians don't hesitate to point out shortcomings

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We were happy to have a Cabinet of Ministers @Brivibas36 representative Jānis Upenieks among us and to acknowledge their support for growing and evolving startup ecosystem and community.

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We were honored that the Minister of Economics @ralfsnemiro joined us in opening the Riga Venture Summit as startup ecosystem development will continue to be one of the priorities of @EM_gov_lv

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A special thanks in supporting the event goes to @SORAINEN_Latvia - fully integrated law firm, that truly cares about the startup ecosystem in the region and dedicates their time to mentor, support and advise startup ecosystem players at every stage of their development.

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Thanks to the main supporter of @RigaVSummit - Ministry of Economics @EM_gov_lv for prioritizing the issue and helping us to shape a better ecosystem for all local and international startups here in Latvia! #startinLatvia

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.@StartinLV will put even bigger emphasis on making the regulatory framework suitable for starting businesses locally to ensure that Latvia can truly become a launchpad for global startups. We know that ideas are nothing without execution - @egitapolanska Chairwoman of @StartinLV

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Rich representations of shakers and movers in local and international ecosystems. Can community be the driving force of a startup nation? @RigaVSummit 2019

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Growing startup community that get together an work together, @kkoym from @TechRanch Austin using collaboration as a key ecosystem development technique. @RigaVSummit 2019

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When traveling to Helsinki, don’t forget to visit THE hospital - @MariaZeroOne co-working place!

Voitto Kangas talkig about the benfits of having a large coworking place for tech companies! @RigaVSummit 2019

[Marija Rucevska @marijarucevska]

Kicking off #techchill19 with Riga Venture Summit, yet again finding ourselves in topics around ‘gov + startups’! My two cents: we should be focusing more on building founders focused culture, because 90% of startup problems can be solved by entreprenuers themselves #growth

[StartinLV @StartinLV]

Hello from @RigaVSummit 2019 - policy making conference this year focusing on great government and community initiatives and how to create/implement them in our Baltic ecosystems. Roundtable Nr 1 - “Can government adapt startup mindset?” #startinLatvia

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Exactly one week ago we gathered leading Baltic and international startup minds and experts at @RigaVSummit to find the most effective practices of how to support innovations among government organizations and startup communities!
Thanks to all participants! #startinLatvia