Lauri Antalainen

EstBAN is an umbrella organization for business angels and angel groups seeking investment opportunities in Estonia and its neighbouring regions. We established the network in 2012 with an aim to grow the quantity and quality of local seed stage investments. We welcome all positive spirited persons with a passion for investing their time and funds into startups. We also partner with local and international BANs, venture capitalists and advisory services providers.

EstBAN is an umbrella organization for business angels and angel groups seeking investment opportunities in Estonia and its neighbouring regions. We established the network in 2012 with an aim to grow the quantity and quality of local seed stage investments. We welcome all positive spirited persons with a passion for investing their time and funds into startups. We also partner with local and international BANs, venture capitalists and advisory services providers.

The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.

DigiWise is your partner in digitalization. We help organizations to improve their processes through digitalization, automation, and standardization methods. We have extensive experience in helping companies to increase efficiency, productivity, and throughput while decreasing quality problems. Our experience includes conducting digitalization projects in industries such as metal processing, wood processing, food processing, kitchen furniture manufacturing, and several services companies. We have also conducted digitalization and business process improvements in the public sector. Digiwise' consultants compiled the information system description for public services such as Tallinn City Disabled Persons' information system (PIT 2), Tallinn City maintenance-, repairs- and landscaping services information system (HHHIS), Viljandi City three support schemas system and others.

GameFounders is the 1st global game studio accelerator which has seen around 1000 applications in the past 4 years, representing 75 countries all over the world while merging the gaming industries of the East and West. GameFounders provides start-ups with seed capital of up to 15k euros in exchange for a moderate share of equity. Teams are expected to have beta version, prototype or slice of their game, but also to be ready to set up a business. The upcoming 3-month cycle, already sixth for GameFounders, takes off in August 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All game studios around the world can apply through gamefounders.com/apply until June 10, 2016. The GameFounders mentor network has an impressive list of gaming veterans, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and developers from game companies, like King, Rovio, Nintendo, Google, Microsoft and Sony to name a few.

Advisio Ltd is Estonian capital based consulting firm. Since the establishment 2004 we have become one of the most successful Estonian consulting firm by delivering highly customised quality consulting services. Approximately 250 clients, 500 accomplished projects, 70 000 hours of work, and 2 billion crowns we have helped our clients raise, are a sign of that. We provide consultancy services in the following fields: • Enterprise development - ISO management systems, marketing strategies and business plans, R&D and product development, export/import plans and strategies, match-making services, marketing analysis, industrial property research, consumer and brand surveys • Local development - thematic development plans and cost-benefit analyses, consultation on administrative capacities, preliminary surveys and planning of mergers of local governments, surveys on regional development • Project management – identifying financing possibilities of EU structural funds, European Community Grants, Calls and Projects and international development aid, partner research, preparation of project application and project management, organization of procurements Today 20 people work in our offices in Tartu and Tallinn. We are the members of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Estonian Consultant´s Association. We are also one of the five cooperation partners of Swedbank in preparing EU-funded projects.