Enteprise Estonia

Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EBIA) is a governmental agency implementing the economic development policy.  The main objective of the organisation is to support entrepreneurship and the improvement of living conditions in Estonia, increase Estonia’s international competitiveness, visibility, and attractiveness as a place for business, living and studies.

Estonian Business and Innovation Agency was created by merger of two governmental agencies – KredEx and Enterprise Estonia on 1 January 2022. Under the Enterprise Estonia brand, the joint organisation develops the Estonian economy and businesses through:

• developing business models and boosting innovation
• increasing export capacity
• attracting high value-added foreign investments
• recruiting top international professionals
• increasing tourism revenue

With offices in 17 foreign markets, Enterprise Estonia serves as a bridge between the Estonian business environment and the world.

Under the KredEx brand, the joint organisation continues to help:

• businesses to develop faster and expand safely into foreign markets by providing loans, risk capital, credit insurance and guarantees backed by state guarantees
• improve people’s living conditions by offering loan guarantees for home purchases, backed by state guarantees and loans, guarantees and grants for implementing energy efficiency solutions
• develop the start-up ecosystem and represent the interests of the start-up sector as an umbrella organisation, so that Estonia will sprout increasingly more success stories in the field of technology. Entrepreneurship is of key importance in the implementation of the digital, green and innovation transitions.

Contact person: Eve Päärendson, Business and Innovation Liaison Officer, eve.paarendson@eas.ee; +3725054570, https://eas.ee

https://kredex.ee