Baltic Tech Comes to San Francisco

Welcome to TechChill Origin Stories: San Francisco edition! Join us at the Prezi headquarters in SF on October 27 for networking with Latvian and Baltic startups! As part of the official Latvian delegation to San Francisco, a whole bunch of startups will be visiting the city, along with government representatives, community leaders, event organizers and more. #BalticMafia in town! Investors, accelerators and local startup founders who want to catch a glimpse of what’s hot in the Baltic tech scene are welcome to come and chat over a glass of wine! AGENDA 19.00 Welcome by organizers TechChill, Minister of Economics of the Republic of Latvia and hosts Prezi 19.10 Founder Stories: Baltics to the USA Baltic founders share their stories on how they made the leap from the Baltics to the US, what are the differences and similarities in culture and entrepreneurship ecosystems, and much more. Moderated by Andris K. Berzins, General Partner at Change Ventures Participants: Rainer Sternfeld (EE), Co-founder at Planet OS, acquired by Intertrust Technologies Corporation Uldis Leiterts (LV), Co-founder at Digital Freedom Festival 19.40 Startup pitches Short introduction pitches by the Latvian startups. 20.00 Drinks and Networking See you there! 🍷ENTRANCE IS FREE 🍷 Supported by Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) Silicon Vikings and Digital Freedom Festival. ---------------------------------------------------- TechChill Origin Stories is a series of warm-up events that will aim to look at the necessary ingredients for startup success, focusing on the real-life entrepreneurship experiences stories at the core of TechChill 2018 agenda - what it takes to be a founder, what are their experiences, challenges, failures, and lessons learned. The series will be organized together with partners and key stakeholders in the Latvian startup ecosystem. Get your TechChill 2018 pass: techchill.co/pass