Roberts Alhimionoks

Startin.LV
CEO

Roberts is a bridge-builder between startups, government, and society. He brings experience from the NGO, public, and business sectors – from leading defence communications and marketing at a defence tech company to shaping policy at the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia. He is also active in civil society as a council member of Transparency International Latvia “Delna” and a board member of the association Ar pasaules pieredzi Latvijā. Talk to Roberts about startup advocacy, ecosystem growth, or turning ideas into impactful policies.

Eduards Ritums

Startin.LV
Project Manager

Experienced in science communication, Eduards is looking to apply his enthusiasm for technology to the innovation ecosystem in Latvia, and has been working in the Latvian startup scene since 2019. Most of his science communication background and startup ecosystem experience is related to healthcare – as Eduards hopes to see innovation foster healthier lives for people in Latvia and the world.

Ernests Jenavs

Edurio
Chairman of the Board at Startin.LV

Ernests is a co-founder of Edurio – startup which helps private and public school groups improve the way they use stakeholder feedback. They are changing student, parent and teacher surveying from a data collection activity to a true driver of continuous school improvement.

Madara Kņūtiņa

BADideas.fund
Board Member at Startin.LV

Madara leads operations, strategy and community at BADideas.fund, an angel investor syndicate uniting 200+ startup builders and founders that back promising CEE startups. Her professional mission is to figure out what makes a company grow from good to great by figuring out the secret sauce of business, product or culture strategy.

Longenesis
Board Member at Startin.LV

Agnese is the Chief Operating Officer at the medical technology startup Longenesis which aims to accelerate the process of novel drug and treatment discovery by providing a technological bridge between healthcare institutions and the BioTech industry.
She has spent the last 5+ years managing operations in impact-driven startups.

Andris K. Berzins

Andris, a former founder and C-level executive at two startups that exited for over $100M, leads the Baltic States largest seed fund. He is also co-founder of StartinLV, TechHub Riga and TechChill.