EU-Inc Unwrapped: Is the 28th Regime What Founders Actually Need?
Overview
Ever since Mario Draghi reports sobering status update, the European Commission has had a busy year. The 28th Regime. The Startup & Scaleup Strategy. The Innovation Act. For founders building in Estonia, these aren't abstract policy debates. They're real-world decisions that will shape where our companies incorporate, where the talent moves, how capital flows.
This breakfast is a debrief on where things actually stand.
Who is this for?
Founders building across European markets. Investors navigating cross-border capital. Operators who feel the cost of fragmentation every day. Leaders who want to know what the next twelve months at EU level means for their business before it's decided for them.
What to expect?
Hedi Mardisoo has spent the last year representing Estonian startups in Brussels through the Estonian Founders Society and Allied for Startups. She'll walk through what's been agreed, what's still in play, and where the real opportunity sits for the Estonian ecosystem. Then we will hear from several different innovators who've lived the fragmentation problem first-hand.
Agenda
17.00 Gathering.
17:30 EU Debrief. Hedi Mardisoo, CEO & Co-Founder of Cachet, board member of Estonian Founders Society
18:15 Roundtable discussion. Estonian role as a leader & a test bed for of 28th Regime implementation? Founders and operators on what building across 27 markets actually costs you.
The roundtable will be joined by Liina Vahtras (CEO of e-Residency and board member of Enterprise Estonia), Simon Schaefer (co-founder of EU–Inc and president of Allied for Startups) and Tõnu Grünberg (Government CTO for Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security).
19:00 Open Q&A
19:30 Closing remarks
19:45 Networking
The event is hosted by Cachet and the Estonian Founders Society.