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Lithuania Event frequency and types

Startup-related events and conferences in Lithuania

Lithuania hosts a variety of startup-related events and conferences throughout the year, providing platforms for networking, knowledge exchange, and fostering innovation. These events are essential for the startup ecosystem, offering participants access to industry leaders, investors, and emerging trends. Below is a list of key events and their frequency:

Startup Fair Vilnius

  • Overview: Lithuania’s largest annual startup event, organised by Startup Lithuania. The event attracts over 2,000 participants and more than 430 investors across Europe. The event features keynote speeches, networking sessions, and Pitch Battles. It is considered the main international startup event in the Baltic States.
  • Thematic focus: focuses on early-stage startups, entrepreneurship, investment, and innovation. It includes pitching competitions and panel discussions with experts.
  • Frequency: annual, typically held in October.

Impact’25

  • Overview: this event is known for gathering a large audience of investors, innovators, and startup founders. It focuses on tech innovation, entrepreneurship, and investments.
  • Thematic focus: technology, digital transformation, and venture capital.
  • Frequency: annual, typically held in May.

Startup Meetup Vilnius

  • Overview: a series of regular meetups organised by Startup Lithuania. These events provide a platform for networking, sharing startup experiences, and discussing the latest trends in the local startup ecosystem.
  • Thematic focus: entrepreneurship, startup development, networking, fundraising, innovation.
  • Frequency: the frequency can vary depending on the year.

Startup Week

  • Overview: Startup Week is a global initiative held in Vilnius, where local entrepreneurs and experts gather to discuss challenges and opportunities within the startup ecosystem.
  • Thematic focus: entrepreneurship, business development, startup challenges, and innovation.
  • Frequency: annual, typically held in November.

Hack4Vilnius

  • Overview: a hackathon aimed at solving urban challenges through innovation and technology. It attracts tech enthusiasts, developers, and entrepreneurs working on innovative solutions for urban problems in Vilnius.
  • Thematic focus: innovation, technology, urban challenges.

Frequency: once a year.