KTU Science, Technology and Business Centre
Economy

Santaka Valley KTU Science, Technology and Business Centre: Architectural vision of synergy

On 14 November, Kaunas University of Technology will open the new Science, Technology and Business Centre, part of Santaka Valley. The Centre, hosting state-of-the-art laboratories and knowledge-based enterprises, will become a hub for progressive technologies and knowledge-intensive business representing synergy among research, studies and innovations. […]

Lithuania's App Camp was recognized for its project Mobile Apps Laboratories. Photo courtesy of SME Assembly
Economy

Lithuanian organization among European Enterprise Promotion Award winners

The seven winners of the 8th edition of European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) were announced on Thursday. Lithuania’s App Camp was recognized for its project Mobile Apps Laboratories, an initiative that, according to the jury, best promotes entrepreneurial spirit. […]

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Economy

Christian Thaler-Wolski: Lithuania has 3 years to catch up with startup ecosystems in London or Berlin

“A few of the 15 Lithuanian startups I have mentored have a really good prospect of raising funding from international investors,” says Christian Thaler-Wolski, investor and mentor. Last week he came to Vilnius from Germany to teach Lithuanian startups what topics should be covered when talking to investors and how to prepare your best one-on-one pitch. […]

Laurynas Mazeliauskas and Žilvinas Kuprėnas
Economy

Reviving old vinyls for new life proved great business idea

The Beatles vinyl records which are not used to play music anymore can be taught to tell the time – the idea two Lithuanian entrepreneurs, 27-year-old Laurynas Mazeliauskas and 22-year-old Žilvinas Kuprėnas, have proven business-viable. The founders of Crop Shop who are making original clocks from old vinyl records say that they are going to conquer the world as their ideas are becoming more and more attractive to customers not only in Lithuania but in foreign countries as well. […]