Plug Into Estonia: A Founder’s Crash Course to e-Residency and Our Business & Startup Ecosystem
Join us in Impact Hub Athens for a side event at Panathenea Festival exploring how Estonia has built one of the world’s most accessible and digital-first business environments—and how you can plug into it remotely.
What to expect?
Practical, multi-angle overview of Estonian e-Residency and Estonian Business & Startup ecosystem. We’ll introduce you, what is e-Residency and how it enables entrepreneurs to establish and run an EU-based company fully online.
We'll also zoom out to the broader startup landscape: accelerators, support structures, and funding opportunities.
Tehnopol Startup Incubator is the biggest accelerator in Estonia. You'll get an overview, how founders are supported on the ground!
The best insights comes from real e-resident founders (from Greece and beyond) sharing real-world experiences of building cross-border businesses via Estonia. We’ll also feature investor's perspective by Ozan Sonmez (an e-resident investor and active member of Estonian Business Angels Network) on what they look for and how the funding landscape works for Estonia-based startups.
While the focus is on startups and the innovation ecosystem, the session is equally relevant for entrepreneurs in any field running—or planning—cross-border businesses who want a simple, digital way to operate within the EU.
Whether you’re exploring expansion, setting up remotely, or just curious how it all works—this is your crash course in Estonia’s ecosystem, straight from the people inside it.
Speakers:
Raimo Matvere, Head of Partnerships, e-Residency (host)
Anne-Liisa Elbrecht, Head of Tehnopol Startup Incubator
Özan Sonmez, Founder of the Brutally Honest Group & ESTBAN New Comer Angel Member of the Year; e-resident since 2018
More speakers announced soon!
Door are opened at 17:30, the program starts at 18:00!