Thanks to everyone who participated in Riga Venture Summit 2019 on the February 20th! Happy to see so many people interested in policy shaping and successful ecosystem building! See the best moments from @RigaVSummit here - ej.uz/RVS-gallery #startinLatvia

Opening remarks were followed up by brief overview of startups ecosystem, the latest innovations and success stories in Baltics. At first we were introduced with situation in Latvia startup community by @LIAALatvija representative Olga Barreto Goncalves.

Thanks to the founder of @TechRanch Kevin Koym @kkoym that with his example reminds us that it's not about the size of the place, it's about how supporting and determined the communities are to collaborate. #KeepAustinWeird

Special thanks to Voitto Kangas for introducing the audience with @MariaZeroOne success story and telling about challenges of creating a space for startup growth and benefits of a startup space.

Thanks to Kat Borlongan @katborlongan Director of French Tech Mission for sharing how La Frech Tech did for the country in terms of job creation, impact in interests from foreign investors, creation of a new ecosystem encouraging private investments in startups.

Thanks to Martynas Pilkis from Ministry of Finance of Lithuania for participating and presenting practical overview of Lithuanian Fintech initiative and their mission to become the most attractive fintech destination in Europe.

We were happy to have a Cabinet of Ministers @Brivibas36 representative Jānis Upenieks among us and to acknowledge their support for growing and evolving startup ecosystem and community.

We were honored that the Minister of Economics @ralfsnemiro joined us in opening the Riga Venture Summit as startup ecosystem development will continue to be one of the priorities of @EM_gov_lv

A special thanks in supporting the event goes to @SORAINEN_Latvia - fully integrated law firm, that truly cares about the startup ecosystem in the region and dedicates their time to mentor, support and advise startup ecosystem players at every stage of their development.

Thanks to the main supporter of @RigaVSummit - Ministry of Economics @EM_gov_lv for prioritizing the issue and helping us to shape a better ecosystem for all local and international startups here in Latvia! #startinLatvia

.@StartinLV will put even bigger emphasis on making the regulatory framework suitable for starting businesses locally to ensure that Latvia can truly become a launchpad for global startups. We know that ideas are nothing without execution - @egitapolanska Chairwoman of @StartinLV

Exactly one week ago we gathered leading Baltic and international startup minds and experts at @RigaVSummit to find the most effective practices of how to support innovations among government organizations and startup communities! Thanks to all participants! #startinLatvia