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Baltics

Introduction

The Baltics region is an increasingly important player in the European startup ecosystem. With a population of just over six million, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have produced multiple successful startups, including TransferWise, Bolt, and Vinted.

The Baltics is known for its advanced digital infrastructure and tech-savvy population, providing a fertile ground for innovation.

In fact, the Baltics have already produced 10+ unicorns.

The region’s startup scene can also count on pioneering government support, including startup visa programs and e-residency schemes allowing entrepreneurs and talents to anchor in the region, and attractive policies to attract foreign tech companies and retain homegrown successes.

Below we break venture capital into three distinct stages:

Startup stage ($0-15M rounds), breakout stage ($15-100M rounds), and late ($100M+ rounds).

This provides more consistent and timeless segmentation of the startup & venture capital landscape (more so than self-reported round labeling, which are applied inconsistently, especially between business cycles).

Explore top VC rounds into Baltic startups.

Venture Capital

By Country

Explore all funding rounds into Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia directly on the Dealroom.co platform.

By Industries

Leading Industries

In the Baltic nations, the leading industries receiving the highest amounts of venture capital in 2023 were Energy, Enterprise Software and Transportation.

By Business Model

Below we break down venture capital investment in the Baltics by startup focus.

Top Investors

Filter or search by location country of the investor, by preferred investment round size and explore the most active Baltics based investors directly on the platform.

Spotlight: Baltics Deep Tech

What is Deep Tech?

Deep Tech is fundamentally new science and engineering. Deep Tech companies apply a novel scientific or engineering breakthrough for the first time in the form of a product. This means there is technical risk in getting the idea to actually work.

Deep Tech starts with an extended R&D phase and involves a higher share of technical staff compared to conventional ventures.

Deep Tech also often involves the development of hardware and/or IP which are more capital and time intensive.

To find out more about how Dealroom defines Deep Tech, explore our 2023 European Deep Tech report here.

Dealroom x IWC: Deep Tech Landscape

Dealroom.co, in collaboration with Iron Wolf Capital have created the below Deep Tech startup landscape where you can explore over 300 Baltics founded or headquartered Deep Tech startups on Dealroom.co.

Dealroom Landscape: 300+ Baltics Deep Tech startups
300+ Baltics Deep Tech startups on Dealroom.co

Explore 300+ Baltics Deep Tech startups on the Dealroom platform

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Related Content

Taxonomy: To learn how Dealroom defines its entities, taxonomy, filters and more, click here.

Report: Explore our reports on the CEE and Baltics ecosystems here.

Dealroom Data: Explore 1.9k+ funded startups from the Baltics.