Tehnopol at sTARTUp Day: side events, demo area, and startups on stage

From January 28-30, we’ll be in Tartu for sTARTUp Day, a business festival for the startup sector and one of the highlights of the year for Estonian startups. Tehnopol will be present in the demo area, we’ve also invested our time and energy into side events, and our startups will be taking the stage to pitch their ideas.

If you have a startup and would like to apply to an accelerator but want to have a quick chat with someone about it beforehand, come find us in Tartu. Here are a few hints on where you can meet us during sTARTUp Day:

January 28

• 10:30-14:00 Thinking in Billions (Black Box, ERM).
• 10:30-17:00 Zebra ScaleUp Pitching Event (Elutuba Lava Taga). Pitching: Spiiker, Rarehero, Seamy Side Quest, Test2Deploy, WiseClean, Kulgio, Avolve Nordic Finland, Urban Farm, Akuvool, Claricy, USVA Smart Films, WAB Electronics, Lindfors International Solutions, Explore Visuals, Ambalco, Almo Consulting.
• 15:00-18:00 Science Meets Business: R&D Collaboration In Health Technologies (Ülikooli kohvik).
• 17:30-21:00 Foreign Founders Meetup: What are investors looking for in 2026? (Elutuba Lava Taga).

January 29

• 10:35-10:55 Panel discussion: „DeepTech Startup Network panel“ (Starlight Stage). Participants: Mart Saarma (Estonian Academy of Sciences), Olesja Bondarenko (Nanordica Medical), Kadri Sundja (UniTartu Ventures). Moderator: Juss Haasma.
• 14:00-14:45 Seminar: „From Lab to Unicorn: Accelerating DeepTech Success“ (Seminar room 4). Participants: Martin Goroško (Tehnopol), Kristiina Libe (Tehnopol), Pille-Riin Meerits (Sparkup Tartu Teaduspark).
• 15:10-15:55 Tehnopol Startup Incubator Demo Day (Pitching Stage). Pitching: PurpleParrot, IRIS, Shott (endine Mobilable), StudioStack, Eventpanel, SyncHub, Spiiker.

January 30

• 11:55-12:15 Interview: „Investment Scene in HealthTech in Estonia anno 2026“ (DeepTech Lounge). Participants: Mart Maasik (Nordic Science Investments), Loora Salurand (Tehnopol). Moderator: Sebastien Toupy (Future Education).
• 11:55-12:40 Panel discussion: „When do you know that enough is enough?“ (Insight Stage). Participants: Marek Kesküll (Scorestars), Aleks Koha (Matagi), Elise Sass. Moderator: Anne-Liisa Elbrecht (Tehnopol).
• 14:55-15:55 Prototron 2025 Autumn Batch Finals (Pitching Stage).

Be sure to stop by our booth in the demo area! There you can learn more about our different accelerator programs, projects, and services – or simply come have a chat with us.

See you in Tartu!