Active and open programmes
Business incubation: support for entrepreneurs who are innovative, technological, creative, export-orientated, and have already developed a prototype of a product or service (admission takes place twice a year – in spring and autumn);
Innovation voucher support: an opportunity for Latvian entrepreneurs to develop new products and technologies in cooperation with research organisations (open);
LIAA regularly offers plenty of free lectures, online and face-to-face seminars that can be useful for business start-ups. Planned events can be found under EVENTS, and recordings of many past events can be found under MATERIALS.
Upcoming opportunities
LIAA is currently developing the Pre-Incubation Programme and the Ideas Cup initiative. Keep up to date by signing up for the newsletter;
Start-up support: an opportunity for Latvian start-ups to develop and commercialise innovative ideas, products, or processes (the submission process is temporarily closed).
Consultations
20 representative offices across Latvia provide advice on LIAA programmes;
LIAA export and investment offices in almost 19 countries around the world provide advice on how to export to the most promising export markets;
3 LIAA representative offices advise on innovation and technology topics in Brussels, Switzerland and Israel;
LIAA customer service: jautajumi@liaa.gov.lv.
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