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11 articles on the founders, capital and policy shaping Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Estonia's page lists 1,183 startups, Lithuania's 792 and Latvia's 260. We used all three to expand our directory by 35 companies, and came away with as many questions about the ranking method as about the region.
A KPMG analysis of 2025 funding shows where the money actually went, and why the region's advantage is narrower and more specific than its reputation suggests.
Bolt took five years to reach a billion-dollar valuation and seven more to post a profit. That gap is the most useful thing the region's biggest outcome can teach founders.