Estonian Mafia @ Silicon Valley

Andrus ViirgEnterprise Estonia Silicon Valleyandrus.viirg@eas.ee

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