For idea

Active and open programmes

  • Pre-Incubation Programme - an opportunity for Latvian companies established within the last 3 years to develop innovative or export-oriented products;

  • Innovation voucher support: an opportunity for Latvian entrepreneurs to develop new products and technologies in cooperation with research organisations (open);

  • Start-up support: an opportunity for Latvian start-ups to develop and commercialise innovative ideas, products, or processes.

  • 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

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Programmes currently implementing projects that will be reopened later

  • 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);

  • Ideas Cup: competition and training for Latvian budding entrepreneurs (announced once a year);

  • Opportunity for entrepreneurs to apply for a free Mini MBA in Innovation Management

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.

To keep up to date with the latest LIAA offers, please subscribe to the business.gov.lv newsletter (in Latvian).

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