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The Innovation Leaders club continued its fifth season with a lively discussion on funding – Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) or Venture Capital (VC)? Club members gathered on the 12th of November to explore this intriguing topic from presenters Andrea Fritschi (Managing Partner & CIO at Tenity), Rasmus Udde (Founding Partner of Sunly Future Ventures), with […]

The Innovation Leaders club launched its fifth season with a full house event on the 16th of September, at the noble Fotografiska contemporary museum. Innovation-fueled participants from various fields were invited to the event regardless of their club status, to hear from top specialists on how to move Estonia’s innovation edge forward.  Interesting insights were […]

The fourth season of the Innovation Leaders Club continues with full speed, and with that regard the members gathered for the first event of the new year. This event was especially exciting, as we met up at Dynatrace premises, where the club members had the exclusive opportunity to be early-access guests.  The topic of focus […]

The members of the Innovation Leaders Club gathered for the second event of the IV season at the SEB innovation centre, on the 26th of October. The event was organised in collaboration with the Canadian Innovation Leaders Club. The Canadian club was represented by Dave Caissy, who shared his extensive experience and valuable insights from […]

The Innovation Leaders Club launched its fourth season this autumn, and to mark the occasion, members gathered for the opening event on 26th September at Icosagen’s factory in Tartu. The guests eagerly listened to presentations by the speakers, and at the end of the day, participants had the opportunity to take part in a rare tour […]

The Innovation Leaders Club members gathered for the season finale at SEB Innovation Centre to share best practices on innovation capacities. The aim of the event was to give an overview of Estonia’s position in the Global Innovation Index, including insights from the ministry regarding innovation investments and upcoming steps regarding economic growth. Overview of […]

February brought Innovation Leaders Club to SEB bank where Global expert on innovation strategies and the CEO of Business Model Inc Patrick van der Pijl held a fascinating seminar on innovation strategies, business models and development. The seminar was later accompanied by a fireside chat moderated by Mart Maasik (UniTartu Ventures) together with Andra Altoa […]

A green transition and sustainability matchmaking event was held at Fotografiska on 4 October in cooperation with the Tehnopol Startup Incubator. Head of Innovation at Tehnopol Merilin Varsamaa said that ILK wants to support businesses in achieving carbon neutrality and reducing their footprint, and the matchmaking format for large and startup companies, allowing cooperation and […]

The start of the new season is a good time to look back at the highlights of the previous season. The closing event of last season for the Innovation Leaders Club was held in mid-June under the title Cross-sector innovation using the example of digital security, and Pipedrive gave a presentation of their innovative office at […]

The Innovation Leaders Club organised a joint event together with the SEB growth programme on the topic of future economic trends to address the question “How can we strategically manage the development of new services, business models and processes?”  Find event gallery HERE. SEB presented a picture at the event of the directions in the […]