I emphasised at the Estonian-Danish business seminar that Estonia is an open, resilient and dynamic business environment with a strong startup culture.
Our flagship companies are our unicorns. We have 10 unicorns and the highest number of start-ups per capita in Europe. 1/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1658025646361047041
Estonia has come a very long way after we emerged from the totalitarian prison 31 years ago.
In this process, we have received a lot of help from our friends. Denmark and other Nordic countries were a great example for us in building up our country and economy. 2/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1658025649963950080
In the startup and tech ecosystem, there is global competition. Individually we are all too small to go it alone, but the Nordic-Baltic region together has a population of 33 million and generates around 2% of global GDP. 3/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1658025653332049921
By working together, we can develop a private equity and venture capital ecosystem which is both sizeable and agile, and thus attractive to large investors in third markets.
Instead of competing, we can build a new Silicon Valley – let’s call it the New Nordic Tech Valley. 4/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1658025656628772865
My full remarks: https://valitsus.ee/en/news/remarks-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-opening-estonian-danish-business-seminar
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1658025660042936320