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Lithuania has a strong startup ecosystem and entrepreneurial environment supported by government institutions and funds. It has excellent infrastructure including high-speed broadband internet. The country ranks highly for ease of doing business and has a well-educated workforce with strong skills in IT. Living and business costs are lower than much of Europe, making it an attractive location for startups. The ecosystem is supported by numerous coworking spaces, networking events, and over 100 active startups in various sectors such as marketing, gaming, and fintech.
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- 2. 01 HOW LITHUANIA RANKS IN THE WORLD? 02 STARTUP ECOSYSTEM: FACTS AT A GLANCE 03 2014 IN REVIEW 04 INSTITUTIONS & FUNDS 05 CO-WORKINGSPACES & HUBS 06 NETWORKING & EVENTS 07 #LTSTARTUPS 08 GAME DEV 09 INFLUENCERS TO FOLLOW 10 PERFORMANCE OF VC FUNDS 11 LEGAL ADVISOR 12 RELOCATION
- 6. BUSINESSENVIRONMENT startuptimefornew businesses CentreofRegisters,2014 3days 11th 15th placegloballyforeaseof startingabusiness DoingBusiness2015,WorldBank globallyinIndexof EconomicFreedom HeritageFoundation Corporateprottax VAT Dividends(withholdingtax) Personalincometax Socialsecuritytax 0–15% 21% 0–15% 15% 9% byemployee 330,98% byemployer LTTAXCOMPARISION RU LV EE PL CZ UK 20% 18% 0–15% <20%** 8,2% byemployee 0–0–14,1% byemployer 15% 21% 0% 24% 10,5% byemployee 223,59% myemployer 21%* 20% - 21% 2% byemployee 333% byemployer 19% 23% 0–19% <32% Total35% employerand eemployee 19% 21% 0–35% 15% 2–12% byemployee 113,8% byemployer 21% 20% 0% <45% 2,16% byemployee 66,05% byemployer DE 29,58% 19% 0–25% <45% 20,48 byemployee 119,58% byemployer STARTUPECOSYSTEM:FACTSATAGLANCE02 Source:http://investlithuania.com.rabarbaras.serveriai.lt/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tax-comparison.pdf Moreinformation:http://www.investlithuania.com/,http://www.startuplithuania.lt/,http://www.enterpriselithuania.com/
- 7. 02 STARTUP ECOSYSTEM: FACTS AT A GLANCE 1,5 million labour force Key competencies: 77,150 IT students at 7 universities and 14 colleges 26,000 experienced IT professionals and 2,380 IT enterprises Java , Oracle, icroso t C#, C C++, Visual Basic, ASP , e Base HT L, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, X L . Source: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, 2014; Information Technologies in Lithuania, 2014 More inforrrntion: http://www.invesHilhuania.com/
- 8. 02 STARTUP ECOSYSTEM: FACTS AT A GLANCE 1st in CEE in University-Industry collaboration in R&D WEF Global Competitiveness Report, 2013-2014 90.40% of Lithuanians have a secondary education European Commission, 2013 Source: http://www.invesHithuania.com/, Near 100% proficiency in English among young professionals European Commission 2013 50.50% of Lithuanians have a higher education European Commission, 2013 More inforrrntion: http://www.startuplithuania.it/, http://www.enterpriselithuania.com/ 92% of Lithuanians are able to speak at least one foreign language, mostly English, Russian or Scandinavian European Commission, Europeans and Their Languages2012 50% of Lithuanians are fluent at least 2 foreign languages European Commission, 2013
- 9. LIVINGCOSTS lowestprottaxesintheregion KPMG,2014 leastexpensivecitiesinEurope 2014MercerCostofLivingIndex Laborcosts4times lowerthanEUaverage Eurostat,2013 4th 1of5 4x< STARTUPECOSYSTEM:FACTSATAGLANCE02 COSTS 52.44 17.13 Food Rent Consumerpriceindex NYC=100 60.50 Source:http://www.investlithuania.com/, Moreinformation:http://www.startuplithuania.lt/,http://www.enterpriselithuania.com/
- 10. 03 2014INREVIEW
- 15. FOREIGNVCFUNDSINVESTEDIN LITHUANIANSTARTUPS INSTITUTIONS&FUNDS04 5M€ 20M€ 24M$ 6,5M$ 400,000€ Moreinformation:http://www.startuplithuania.lt/,http://www.enterpriselithuania.com/
- 20. 06 NETWORKING & EVENTS Lithuania aims to foster entrepreneurial mindset through more than 100 annual events, meet-ups, hackathons and workshops. The continuous development of creative initiatives and communities helps Lithuanian startup-scene thrive at a rapid speed. ' Startup Weekend ITHUANIA --"'!'...,, KIBV I l IO I II � More inforrrntion: http://www.startuplithuania.lt/, https://www.starb.Jpdigest.com/digests/lithuania ' ""'""""' camp OPEN COFFEE CLUB
- 21. 07 #LTSTARTUPS
- 23. 07 #LTSTARTUPS ENTERPRISE, ANALYTICS, TRANSPORTATION ft E�B�K weRobots Exacaster>· Ac1ety r-evrefilf aevtodev ['lTAKSI] T�kenger QLetmegeo TRAFI ThinkToolkit a packpin teamgateEjl � FINTECH & E-COMMERCE transferGo ,r�....� ., 'Yikhzw SpectroCoin � G�H��� cgtrader (n9mob::iaunwte ea bitREC ropclwtcu.!;!;; f'o$1(;Mtl) !Jl:'10111) t>IHA inside warehouse,om LIFE IS MOBILE @ Mi!?.�ll.l!YBee asEARcHNODE
- 26. 08 GAMEDEV
- 31. 09 INFLUENCERS TO FOLLOW CONNECTORS, MENTORS, LEGAL ADVISORS -- Danielius Stasiulis Mindaugas Danys SiIiconVikings Hub Vilnius Alina Bezuglova Rokas Tamosiunas Pitchswag StartupHighway Dovydas Varkulevicius Jonas Gavelis Enterprise Lithuania StartupHighway Vladas Lasas Zivile Bauboniene Elinta BZN start Martynas Matekonis StartupHighway Linas Sabaliauskas TRINITI Rimante Ribaciauskaite Enterprise Lithuania Vilija Viešūnaitė TRINITI
- 36. 12 RELOCATION