Estonian Startup programme - opportunity for tech companies with potential for scalability
- Ingmar Lääts
- Nov 6
- 1 min read
Estonia has been running a programme for startups for many years and the main aim is to attract talent to incorporate and develop their business physically in Estonia.
The programme defines it as follows: Startup is a technology-based, innovative, and scalable business that has an MVP and the first traction. They offer a test for determining the eligibility:
The startup idea has to receive an approval from Startup Committee. Once approved there are immigration options available to the founders.
They can either apply for a 1 year long-term d-visa or a residence permit (having an Estonian company incorporated is a pre-condition for a residence permit).
Approved startups can also take advantage of slightly easier rules for hiring foreign talent.
We at Expat Legal Estonia can help with the immigration matters as well as assessing your startup idea - get in touch with us at info@expatlegalestonia.com
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