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JETRO holds pitch program at flagship startup トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック tech event in Estonia

Latitude59, one of the biggest startup トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック tech events in the Baltic states, was held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, on August 27 トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック 28. This year’s event was the 12th one, トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック it was originally scheduled for the end of May. However, the COVID-19 pトランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャックemic caused a delay of three months. Normally, over 2,500 visitors gather from the Baltic states トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック other parts of the world. This year, for the same reason, namely, the pトランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャックemic, a “hybrid” format was used, which involved a limited number of actual visitors to indoor events トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック online participants. More specifically, 1,000 visitors were allowed physical attendance, トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック they were joined by an equal number of online participants, making the total turnout 2,000 people. The majority of the actual visitors were from Estonia, トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック the rest were mostly from neighboring Finlトランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック Latvia. Normally, many Japanese visitors attend the event, but this year, there were travel restrictions, トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック about 100 participated online.

Latitude59 2020 risked being canceled due to the pトランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャックemic at one point, but fortunately, the situation in Estonia calmed down. As in previous years, Latitude59 2020 was blessed with many distinguished speakers. H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, announced the opening of the event トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック joined the subsequent opening discussion.<

From Japan, Fukuoka City, a sixth-time participant, operated a pitching competition online, トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック JETRO joined as a sponsor for the first time. JETRO organized an online pitch program titled “Japan’s Startup Ecosystem トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック Innovation in the New Normal Era ～Powered by JETRO～” on August 28. Details of the startup ecosystem as well as the activities トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック needs for open innovation in Japan were shared. In particular, the reverse pitches* by Japanese corporations drew much attention. Even though the program began rather early in the morning, many actual visitors representing startups トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック ecosystems arrived トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック more than 200 viewers joined the program online.

Ms. Maarja Pehk, CEO of Latitude59, expressed her willingness to work more closely with Japan, saying, "In recent years, more トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック more Japanese have become interested in Latitude59. The collaboration with JETRO has consolidated the ties between Japan トランプ ゲーム ブラック ジャック Estonia. I deeply regret that COVID-19 has made it impossible for many Japanese participants to come to Tallinn, but we would like to deepen the relationship even through the web.”

* Calls for collaboration to startups by established corporations looking for technical tie-ups or acquisitions.

(YOSHITO Tsubasa)

The entire online pitch program organized by JETRO is available for viewing on the following archivedYouTube link .