Understanding the scale and importance of this work, we don't undertake the challenge alone. The most powerful force for change lies in our partnership with others. We are connecting the key startup and GreenTech community in the region.
We created Future Hub with three main goals in mind, all equally important and relevant to us. First, to support GreenTech startup development and market access and to enable open innovation among market-leading enterprises. Second, to empower greener and more sustainable practices and mindset. Businesses have more than the responsibility to be sustainable; they also have the opportunity and power to impact cities, communities, and individuals by helping them live green. The third goal, and also the subject of this particular article, is to strengthen the regional GreenTech community as the most powerful force for change lies in our partnership with others.
It's been almost overwhelming to experience the community member's willingness to join. We cannot wait to kick-off the program on March 8 and see the community's power take full force. What does it mean to be a community member, you might wonder. Practically, it means having access to Future Hub content (weekly workshops, fireside chats), joining our Slack to be able to directly reach out to any other member or startup, joining the program as mentors in some cases, and spreading the word and educating a wider audience about sustainability challenges and the potential the GreenTech solutions have.
Introducing Future Hub Ecosystem Partners
We would like to introduce the fantastic community members of Future Hub, or as we call it, our Ecosystem Partners, and use this as a chance to thank them for joining Future Hub!
TechChill (Latvia)- the leading starup and tech event in the Baltics;
GreenTech Alliance - brings together green technology businesses, top VCs, journalists, advisors and entrepreneurs;
Startin.LV (Latvia) - Latvian Startup Association;
EIT Climate-KIC (Latvia) - accelerates climate innovation across Europe;
NewCo Helsinki (Finland) - promotes Helsinki entrepreneurial culture and startup activities;
KTU Startup Space (Lithuania) - Incubation of early startups developing ideas into prototypes;
Spring Hub (Estonia) - coworking space that provides a work space for freelancers, small businesses and teams;
LIAA Biznesa inkubatori (Latvia) - business incubation;
Buildit (Latvia) - accelerator that supports hardware and IoT startups;
Tehnopol (Estonia) - a science and business campus for innovative tech companies;
Startup Lithuania (Lithuania) - national startup ecosystem facilitator;
LIFT99 (Estonia) - community of fast-growing tech startups, software-driven companies, and exponential growth scale-ups;
MIT Enterprise Forum Poland - CEE’S startup acceleration program;
KIUAS (Finland) - leading startup accelerator in Finland;
Startup Sesame - the network of tech events;
Startup Norway - startup investment and incubation program;
Startup Sauna (Finland)- Finland's central hub for student-run entrepreneurial movement;
AWS - world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform;
Solar Impulse Foundation - selecting 1000 solutions that can protect the environment in a profitable way;
tech2impact - global platform for the impact tech ecosystem;
UBI Global - assembles incubators and accelerators into an interactive, learning community supported by original research.
If you have realized you wish to be part of this incredible bunch just now, reach out to Zane, who is responsible for bringing together all these organizations.