Stories of Tomorrow

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.

-Estonia is the first country to offer e-Residency, a government-issued digital identity and status that provides access to Estonia’s transparent business environment: a new digital nation for the world.

-E-resident entrepreneurs from all over the world can start an EU-based company and manage business from anywhere, entirely online.

-In 2022, an Estonian e-resident broke the world record for fastest company incorporation ever in a time of 15 minutes and 33 seconds!

UP Catalyst secures a sustainable supply chain of carbon materials by giving the unwanted waste product CO₂ a green purpose.

Gelatex enables innovation through nanofibers. They aim to be the catalyst to facilitate the use of nanofibers in many industrial sectors including clean food, medical applications, and sustainable materials.

GScan ART technology is developed in cooperation with scientific research institutions KBFI, iCV Lab and Tartu University.

The GScan ART technology stack integrates the most advanced muon detection hardware with the most comprehensive data analysis software layer.

GScan’s technology can detect elements from all corners of the periodic table.

Our system is highly scalable and flexible. Single panels can be used to scan small objects, or assembled into arrays the size of buildings and shapes as needed.

With a strong base of fundamental and information sciences, a highly modern manufacturing industry, coupled with high work ethics, thoroughness, and getting things done smartly, Estonia has a strong competitive edge as a location for developing such a complex technology.

Market of insect powder products is growing rapidly and demand for controlled ingredient is high. Our unique scalable technology allows to produce high-quality ecological and sustainable protein powder in large quantities as alternative to existing animal protein.

Technology is standardized and controlled by our own software which has been built inhouse and takes into account the knowledge gained over the years about insect breeding and its various capabilities. Software is self-learning and uses AI to make better suggestions and decisions, that are based on the historical data, that we gather from all of our farms. That is the key differentiator and helps our clients to come the most efficient insect breeders in the world.

Our technology will produce zero waste and following circle-economy principles – using green residues from local green product industries as a source and will be powered by renewable energy. All production leftovers will be used as an organic fertiliser. Therefore rearing insects has more than hundred times smaller ecological footprint compared with common farming.

Nanordica Medical has invented and patented nanotechnology that provides 8 times better treatment of infected wounds compared to the standard of care. Efficiency was confirmed by the North Estonia Medical Centre.

Nanordica Medical nanotechnology can be used to manufacture a wide range of antibacterial products like wound dressings, sprays, creams, catheters, or surface coatings.

Our pocket-sized cameras can enhance pixel resolution by 128x with no mechanical scanning. We enable machines to see the world built for humans. LightCode’s patent-pending single-pixel imaging technology can help autonomous vehicles, warehouse logistics, and smart city solutions to become safe at scale.

LightCode Photonics is a science-intensive deep tech company developing breakthrough technology for smart machines.

We imagine a world, where routine work is automated and robots are handling tasks from city maintenance to parcel delivery, dangerous rescue missions and docking in space.

Thus we are rethinking image acquisition and solving 3D imaging in a completely new way – via intelligent perception. LightCode Photonics is transforming 3D imaging from human-like perception to robotic vision – we are building the 3D camera using dynamic pixels.

Our innovative approach enables us to empower the existing sensors with software-defined capability and provide 3D sensing using accessible COTS components at a scale.

The impact of 3D imaging is like the global transformation of the economy from paper-based to digital.

Alpha3D is a generative AI-powered platform that makes it faster, cheaper, and easier for users to automatically convert 2D images of real-world objects into high-quality 3D digital assets.

As the largest science park in the Baltics, Tehnopol provides enterprises with everything they need for growth, development, and real-life test environments – from modern office spaces to top-notch business counselling and innovation testing.

The smart research campus forms one big area with Tallinn University of Technology. Tehnopol Startup Incubator helps technology-based startups develop their businesses, enter export markets and get investments, using the best mentors from Estonia and Europe. In the campus we have well-regarded technology companies such as Skype, Cybernetica, Starship Technologies, Ektaco, and SMIT. More than 200 innovative technology-based companies have found a new home here.

Tartu Science Park is a platform where start-up companies are nurtured into global businesses. Tartu Science Park is the first science park in the Baltics, founded in 1992 by Tartu city, county and two universities. For more than 27 years, we have supported business innovation activities in the region by offering rental space and infrastructure, business support and incubation services. We are the Home of Business.
In Tartu Science Park, you will have access to business development units such as S2B Launchpad, ESA BIC Estonia, SPARK Demo, Buildit Accelerator and an extensive network of mentors, investors and other startup-minded people. To foreign companies, we offer our help in extending business to Estonia where the economic environment is characterized by a qualified workforce, favourable tax system and liberal markets.

Co-operation with our researchers gives our partners advantage and access to world-class development services.

SmartCap aims to create a vital venture capital market and enable ambitious and innovative Estonian companies to emerge and grow globally.