Startup Lighthouse refers to the Baltics instead of a specific country or city as the region itself is a large interconnected hub with connections and networks which can be leveraged in Lithuania, Estonia or Latvia. The ecosystems in the Baltic states have been developing fast in recent years, with high investment in digital infrastructure leading to top accessibility rates and boosting some of the fastest internet speeds in the world. Estonia has the most startups per capita in Europe, with success stories including TransferWise, Skype, Vinted and

Lithuania is at the forefront of the blockchain revolution with Lithuania-based projects attracting 10% of all global ICO investments. Successful ICO’s such as BitDegree, Monetha, Bankera, Lympo, WePower, carVertical are based here. Being the EU’s only hub for the digital ledger it is a gateway for global blockchain industry. Bank of Lithuania is the first to create and launch (in 2019) a regulatory and technological sandbox platform-service – LBChain – for domestic and foreign companies to develop and test their blockchain-based solutions.

A Deep Dive Week is a combination of sector-specific “softlanding”, acceleration and ;

• It provides support and guidance from local ecosystem leaders and gives know-how & access to ecosystem ;
• A Scaling Manager identifies each startup needs and ambitions before the DDW, facilitating contacts during and after the ;
• Deep Dive Weeks are most beneficial for startups that are ready to scale.

Startup Lighthouse will organise 8 Deep Dive Weeks in 2018 and 2019;