Estonian Mafia @ Silicon Valley

Andrus Viirg

Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley

andrus.viirg@eas.ee

Dec.1 2011 Silicon Valley Start

Tallinn University of Technology

ENTERPRISE ESTONIA

State 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

exchange

Campalyst 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..

cleantech

Nordic 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