FACTS AND FIGURES 2015-2016 ENTERPRISE ESTONIA AT A GLANCE ENTERPRISE ESTONIA AT A GLANCE Enterprise Estonia is a governmental agency aiming to increase the pro- ductivity of Estonian companies up to 80% of the EU average by 2020 (2015 – 74%). The mission of Enterprise Estonia is to build a successful Estonia. In order to do so, Estonia has to reach the top 20 of countries based on their competitiveness by 2020 (2015 - 30). Enterprise Estonia is the largest insti- tution of the national enterprise support system, which promotes Esto- nian entrepreneurship and regional policy. As an entrepreneurship compe- tence centre, we offer consultation, training, cooperation opportunities and financial support to entrepreneurs, research institutions, public and non-profit sectors. Our activities contribute to the achievement of long-term strategic goals of the Estonian economy. To this end, we support the development of companies that have export capacity and create higher added value. We NORTH-AMERICA EUROPE ASIA have determined our key customers – 3,000 ambitious small and medium USA Estonia Germany Russia Japan sized exporting companies. By the end of 2015, Enterprise Estonia had 280 Finland Great Britain Netherlands China Sweden Denmark India employees. Norway France Kazakhstan REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES are located in all 15 counties 4 MAIN RESULTS AND GOALS MAIN RESULTS AND GOALS 5 MAIN RESULTS AND GOALS GRANTS, NETWORKS, OWN ACTIVITIES NEW JOBS WITH THE HELP OF 2 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE 22% FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS OWN ACTIVITIES FOREIGN PROJECT, AN AVERAGE BENEFICIARY HAS CREATED 37% DIRECT INVESTMENTS GRANTS 41% 1,004 NETWORKS 5.4 MINISTRIES 107 jobs, that other similar companies who didn’t COMPANIES, PUBLIC SECTOR, LG, NGO € M receive grants have not done COMPANIES WHO RECEIVED GRANTS HAVE INCREASED IN 2015, ENTERPRISE ESTONIA 0,3% 80% EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY OF THEIR SALES REVENUE BY INVESTED INTO PROJECTS ESTABLISHMENTS 3,1% ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND OUTSIDE OF TARTU AND TALLINN MINISTRY OF COMMUNICA- OF BENEFICIARIES OF ENTERPRISE 0,3% CULTURE TIONS ESTONIA GRANTS HAVE MADE 98,4% FOUNDATIONS % 16,9% COMPANIES OWN CONTRIBUTIONS % 1,0% MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR/ 12 NGO-S MINISTRY OF FINANCE quicker than similar companies who 29 did not receive grants (ca. 25 million euros). BY SEGMENTS FIELDS OF ACTIVITY 74.3 55,1% 28,5% € M FOCUSED ON THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY INTERNAL MARKET 3,4% 0,5% GOALS 2016 FLAG SHIP COMPANY IN A YEAR, THE EXPORT NUMBER OF OVERNIGHT STAYS OF TOURISTS FROM 7,9% OF CLIENTS INCREASES PRIORITY TARGET MARKETS INCREASES BY START-UP COMPANY 3,4% 8,6% 17,1% 19,4% 3,9% PROGRAMMING % % KEY CLIENT WHO IS KEY CLIENT OTHER OPERATING ON FO- 4,5% 5,1% REIGN MARKETS OR HAS THE POTENTIAL 2.3 3.8 TO DO SO 6 MAIN RESULTS AND GOALS MAIN RESULTS AND GOALS 7 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EXPORT selection of training events and companies. 11 companies from Harju, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EXPORT counselling programmes provided for Tartu, Viljandi, Võru, Järva and Saare enterprises. The strategy school for County received the grant and the ACTIVITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FIELD industrial leaders, product development beneficiaries invested a total of 40 million top class and business mentor euros in Estonia. The keyword for 2015 was developing the services of Enterprise Estonia programme have been well-received by In the next six years, Enterprise Estonia according to clients’ needs. An important milestone was the establish- already operational enterprises. will provide 40 million euros worth of ment of a central entrepreneurship measure – an enterprise develop- In order to enhance product develop- grants for six technology development ment and innovation, we have also centres in the fields of food, health ment programme, with a budget of 73 million euros, aimed at more am- updated contents of the innovation technology, electronics, software deve- bitious exporters who focus on product development. The target group and development vouchers. These two lopment and mechanical engineering. for the service contains 3,000 industrial enterprises or service companies grant schemes are meant for facilitating We will also finance 10 companies and of the smart specialisation field (key clients of the Enterprise Estonia). cooperation between enterprises and clusters of companies and research research institutions in developing institutions. The enterprise development programme combines various Enterprise new products. In the beginning of 2015, We have opened the first grant measures Estonia services, starting from training and mentoring and ending with an opportunity occurred to open an and programmes in the creative indus- 11 companies received grants and product development grant. the total of their investments additional call for proposals for invest- tries field, the total volume of which is in Estonia was ca. 40 mln euros ment grant aimed at manufacturing 20 million euros for the specific period. Due to a slump on main export markets, We offered start-up grant for compa- we focused on helping companies find nies that were just starting out and new export markets. By using the Export placed great emphasis on increasing NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF EXPORT ENQUIRIES NUMBER OF Bulldozer, we matched 70 enterprises awareness about entrepreneurship. In PARTICIPANTS IN PARTICIPANTS / COUNSELLING SESSIONS PARTICIPANTS IN with consultants, whose task was to find 2015 we organised a traditional entrepre- COMPETENCE CENTERS IN CONTACT TRIPS, COMPETENCE CENTERS potential clients on specific markets neurship week in October along with an AND CLUSTERS BULDOZERS IN 800+/58 AND CLUSTERS for these enterprises and arrange entrepreneurship conference “Lift to DEVELOPMENT CENTRES business meeting for them. We took the the Future” and the Entrepreneurship AND FAIRS companies to international fairs with 16 Awards Competition. joint stands and, for the first time, took The most socially responsible company 47 part in international fairs in China and was awarded for the first time; the STRATEGY the Arab Emirates. A very important award went to Playtech Estonia, a 221 364 support on target markets is the service developer of online games. When it COMPANIES of finding export partners provided by comes to activities aimed at start-up the foreign representatives of Enterprise companies, we have continued financing Estonia; we offer the service on nine Brain Hunt, a TV competition for the 141 EXPORT The Entrepreneurship Awards Competition foreign markets. In order to introduce most ambitious and promising business awarded a prize for the most socially the Chinese market, we have launched ideas, as well as supporting start-up responsible company for the first time; an information and counselling service accelerators Wise Guys and Buildit. the award went to Playtech Estonia, a with the help of an internal expert who As a competence centre, Enterprise manufacturer of online games. coordinates the service from Tallinn. Estonia continues to widen their 10 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EXPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EXPORT 11 SUCCESS STORIES FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES EXPORT FROM A TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION COMPANY TO A SOFTWARE GRANT LED TO A COMMERCIAL CLIP MANUFACTURER FOR MERCEDES-BENZ One success story from the Brain Hunt is the impressive transformation that the During its 6 years of activity, Nafta Films OÜ has become one Estonian company T grupp AS made from of the biggest players who offers full-service film production being a transport management company (incl. localization production and post-production services) on to becoming a software manufacturer the Estonian market. and developer of new services. Diana Mikita, a producer of Nafta Films, said that it is difficult One of its founders, Andres Osula said to overestimate the importance of the export grant for crea- that the company is planning to launch tive industries as it opened up completely new markets and the world’s first hands-free ticket sales cooperation opportunities for Nafta Films, and enabled them system that is based on mobile phone to introduce Estonia as an attractive destination for both the payments in the beginning of 2016. The commercial and film industry. Estonia was an unknown country team first introduced this idea at the The T grupp team also offers a sales of destination for many German production companies, but Brain Hunt competition. The company the variety of our filming locations, professionality and flexibil- demonstrated the same system in the tives of various capital cities, and the transformation from a transport man- ity of labour force, lack of bureaucracy etc. attracted the long- end of 2015 at Smart City Expo, which participants showed great interest to- agement company to a software manu- awaited interest that lead to producing a commercial clip for is an international fair for representa- wards the innovative solution. Impressive facturer and developer of new services. Mercedes-Benz at the end of 2015. These are merely the first steps in placing Estonia and the entire Baltic region clearly and visibly on the map in the film industry. The export grant for cre- CANTON FAIR Estonia was an unknown country of destination for many German production companies, but the variety The participation of Estonian companies in the biggest fair for food of our filming locations, professionality and flexibility of labour force, lack of bureaucracy etc. attracted products in China, Canton Fair 2015, was undoubtedly a success story the long-awaited interest that lead to producing a commercial clip for Mercedes-Benz