Technology innovators and investors from Lithuania, Japan, UK, Luxembourg, Hong
Kong and the USA will meet to explore blockchain and cryptocurrency opportunities.
(VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, April 24th 2018) – Lithuanian policy makers, politicians and
entrepreneurs will meet this week in Vilnius, Lithuania with their counterparts from
Japan, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, UK and the USA to open a dialogue around further
investment opportunities and technology collaborations between the countries.
Lithuania is fast becoming the home of fintech across Northern Europe and has, and
is, attracting investment from across the globe. The light is truly shining on Lithuania
right now as being a global innovator in the field of fintech and driving the blockchain
revolution to new levels.
Foreign investment and collaborative working is what Lithuania wants, and needs, to
become the star it’s positioning itself to be in the global market. With a small
population of under 3M it’s quite hard to understand how this country has already
become such a focal point, but once you look at the list of achievements over the last
five years, it becomes more obvious.
For example – last Wednesday the world’s second ranked female tennis player
Caroline Wozniacki announced a media partnership with Lithuanian blockchain
startup LYMPO.io, a health and fitness app focusing on monetising health data that
raised over 10M Euros through an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) in 2017.
Wozniacki became a LYMPO brand ambassador, she will be playing a key role in
our marketing and communications strategy with the aim to spread awareness about the
LYMPO app and to associate a familiar global face with a new brand. This move not
only shows the pull power of Lithuanian entrepreneurs and business ideas but the
overwhelming shift from local, to global business ambitions. Marius Silenskis –
LYMPO.io
Countries such as Japan and Australia, usually outside the scope of this Baltic nation
are becoming close allies. Trade and working opportunities are becoming reality, and
investors from around the world are starting to look at Lithuania more seriously. The
city benefits from a good number of ‘not for profit’ initiatives such as the Barclays
sponsored Rise Vilnius that are helping to incubate and accelerate startups across
the country, and the newly opened Blockchain Centre Vilnius founded by Member of
European Parliament – Antanas Guoga, which has become the home of blockchain
education and startup acceleration in Vilnius. Not for profit organisations such as
these, and wider operating organisations such as Invest Lithuania are at the heart of
bringing together those interested to open a dialogue and fill the education gaps
between stakeholders.
Blockchain Centre Vilnius are holding another high profile, closed event, bringing
international investors, business leaders, politicians and entrepreneurs together with
keynote speeches on current and future relationships with Japan and the United
Kingdom. Ichiro Minamikawa from Japan and Shane Kehoe from the UK will present
information on the current trends and investment opportunities while the panel
discussion, which includes David Siegel of Pillar.io and Ricardo Lopez of NEM.io will
discuss the best possible routes for building two way working relationships between
Lithuania and countries such as Japan, China and the USA.
Meeting is just the beginning. We must nurture these relationships and explore all
possible angles. It’s easy to talk – not so easy to act. We are providing the platform
for these conversations and understand Lithuania is a small market and that any
active entrepreneur wanting to succeed here needs to work globally. Egle
Nemeikstyte – CEO, Blockchain Centre Vilnius Lithuania has had a stellar rise over the last decade and this new breed of politicians, policy makers and tech savvy entrepreneurs are definitely on course to change the way Lithuania is viewed around the world. Couple that with a surge in the number of EU nationals settling in Lithuania and those who had previously migrated – coming home – the future is looking bright indeed.
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