1. Estonian Mafia @ Silicon Valley
Andrus Viirg
Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley
andrus.viirg@eas.ee
Dec.1 2011 Silicon Valley Start
Tallinn University of Technology

2. 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

3. Estonia produces a disproportionate
number of startups per capita
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

4. 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

5. 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..

6. 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

7. www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com
Allan Martinson (MTVP)
Sten Tamkivi (Skype)
Andrus Aaslaid (Microsoft)
Priit Vimberg (Yoga)
Kalev Kask (eGeen)
Rain Rannu (Fortumo)
Harri Meybaum (CrabCad)

8. 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