Reach New Heights in Estonia

Estonia has a vibrant and welcoming startup community, eager to support ambitious individuals and startups. We invite you to be a part of the ecosystem, already home to more than 1400 startups and 10 unicorns.

The Estonian Startup Visa helps non-EU founders grow their startup in Estonia, one of the world’s best places to start and run a company. It also eases the process for Estonian startups to hire non-EU talent. If your product packs innovation and has the potential to scale, the Estonian Startup Visa or Scale-up Visa may be just the ticket.

Launched in January 2017, the startup visa program enables citizens of non-EU countries to work for Estonian startups, move existing startups here or start new ones in Estonia. The startup visa is one of the most important steps that the state of Estonia has taken to support and promote the IT sector. It is estimated that 20% of the startups in the Estonian Startups Database are founded thanks to the Estonian Startup Visa. They contribute significantly to the development of the ecosystem.

Global recruitment is the only opportunity for Estonian technology companies to grow. There is work to be done, but there is a shortage of specialists with specific skills, such as software engineers, in Estonia. One-fifth of Estonia’s startup employees are foreigners and are highly sought after and often highly specialized professionals who contribute to the growth of local startups.

Since the program’s inception in January 2017, over 5454 visas and residency permits have been issued, 4477 of which were assigned to employees and 977 to international founders. One-fifth of all Estonian startups, have hired employees to Estonia with the help of the startup visa.

Work in Estonia is a government funded initiative to support Estonia´s rapidly growing ICT and technology sector. Our area of expertise is talent attraction management- by introducing Estonia as a top choice for talented ICT and engineering experts word wide, and locally supporting with talent retention and integration.

Wise is a global technology company with Estonian roots, being one of 10 Estonian unicorns. Wise is building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Whether you’re sending money to another country, spending abroad, or receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make your life easier and save you money.

More information: www.wise.com

Estonian BioTech startup ÄIO is on a mission to develop sustainable alternatives to animal fats, palm, and coconut oil.

More information: https://aio.bio/

Tere Tallinn is a website and social network aimed at Brazilians with content in Portuguese about living in Estonia. It’s authors Gabrielle Figueiredo and Joao Marcos both work for one of the country’s unicorn companies and have lived in the country for the past four and a half years.

More information: https://teretallinn.com/