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Criteria to join Startin.LV

Check whether your company meets these criteria.

• Innovative

  It builds a new or much better product, service, technology or business model.

• Scalable

  It can grow fast beyond Latvia, usually through tech, automation or network effects, not by adding staff at the same rate as revenue.

• Young or still developing its product

  It was registered less than 5 years ago, or it's still actively developing its innovative product. Scale-ups (5+ years and €1M+ yearly turnover) and mature startups are separate categories.

• An innovative product is the core business

  The innovative product is the main business, not a side project. Consultancies, agencies, training centres and outsourcing firms don't qualify.

• Startup risk model

  High risk and high growth, meaning it reinvests in growth, raises outside capital or puts traction ahead of short-term profit. Bootstrapped companies still count if they're clearly scalable.

• Founders in control

  Founders hold a meaningful stake (25–30% combined at registration) and control the strategy and product.

• Owns or controls its intellectual property

  The company owns or effectively controls the core technology or know-how behind its product.

• Latvian link

  It's registered as a Latvian legal entity, and either significant R&D or business activity happens in Latvia, or most founders live in Latvia.