The latvian startup brand top is here again - bigger, better and brighter
All enthusiastic, powerful and brave startups were invited to apply to the second Latvian Startup Brand Top by filling in the questionnaire here. Even if you've missed the deadline, you can still apply by contacting us at magic@ddb.lv
The Startup Brand Top is part of the Most Popular Brand Top and is created upon cooperation between Accenture Latvia, the Latvian Startup Association, Ministry of Economics of Latvia, Digital Freedom Festival, TechChill and DDB Consulting.
The Startup Brand Top reveals new and powerful startups of Latvia. They are described by big export potential and a head full of ideas, implemented by modern technologies. Participation in this top clears new ways for local brands to be visible across the whole world.
In the second season the Startup Brand Top has grown faster - it brings together a much broader network of startup organisations, and thus gives the players more tempting opportunities. Promising not only recognition, contacts, investors, publicity and promotion of the name across the world, but also giving a speech on the stage of the start–up and technology conference TechChill.
The best startup brands will be determined by a jury as well as the nation. The team of the jury consists of competent and experienced experts - Minister of Economics Arvils Ašeradens, Maxim Jegorovs (Accenture), Aija Perta (Rubylight), Toby Moore (Imprimatur Capital), Juris Birznieks (Latban), Ingmārs Pūķis (LMT), Andris Rubīns (DDB), Kristīne Korņilova (TechChill), Egita Poļanska (Latvian Startup Association), Pēteris Marculāns (Overkill Ventures) and Dagnija Lejiņa (Digital Freedom Festival). Everyone will have a possibility to vote for the most prospective startup on the portal Delfi.
The pitch session of ten best startups will take place on the Startup Day organised by the Digital Freedom Festival on 12 September. In turn, the winners will be awarded on 3 October during the final event of the Most Popular Brand Top at the cinema Daile.
In the first Latvian Startup Brand Top in 2017, the winner was the new audio software startup Sonarworks, which was also recognised as the most innovative startup brand and also received a special prize - a pass for an experience exchange trip to Silicon Valley. The most rapidly growing startup brand in 2017 appeared to be Printful, but the peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos was able to create the biggest resonance.
You may find out more about the Startup Brand Top www.zimolutops.lv/startup-zimoli and here is a slight insight into the opening event of the Startup Brand Top!
