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Laura Elise Arvisto is a co-founder, board member and co-CEO of Sales and Relations at GaltTec, a University of Tartu spin-off company. This autumn, she was one of the best in a pitching competition in Berlin and won the Audience Favourite award. Read how Laura Elise came to set up a successful start-up and find out her advice on how to make a great pitch.

On 15 October, entrepreneurship leaders of the University of Tartu met the leaders of Eesti Energia, who presented the company’s new developments and possible areas of cooperation.

On 10 October, the City of Tartu presented awards to the best entrepreneurs at the gala in Athena Centre. Vectiopep OÜ, a company operating in the field of health technology, was awarded the title of the University of Tartu spin-off of the year 2024.

On October 18th, the University of Tartu's eighth Hydrogen Day will focus on finding opportunities to accelerate investments and applications in hydrogen technology. The event can be followed on Zoom.

As part of Tartu Entrepreneurship Week, which is taking place from 7-13 October, the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Tartu has launched an outdoor media campaign showcasing six of the university’s spin-offs.

The interactive research dashboard gives a visual overview of research done at the University of Tartu and the researchers involved.

The Rector of the University of Tartu, Toomas Asser, and a member of the management board of AS Metrosert, Indrek Tulp, signed a cooperation agreement on 15 July concerning teaching as well as research and development. 

University of Tartu and Nordic Science Investments set out the first steps on how the university’s research teams could implement their ideas more efficiently with the help of the fund.

The business development programme "Science to Business!" begins in September, with the goal of helping researchers bring the results of their scientific work to the business world.

On 11 June, representatives of SEB Estonia and SEB Baltics visited the University of Tartu. During the meeting with Rector Toomas Asser, Vice Rector for Development Tõnu Esko, Head of Finance Kalle Hein and Head of Entrepreneurship Mihkel Tammo, both parties expressed willingness to develop their long-term and meaningful cooperation further.

The University of Tartu spin-off GaltTec OÜ received a 100,000-euro investment in the pitching competition at the international startup and technology conference Latitude59. 

Collaboration between computer scientists at the University of Tartu in the development of an app for cancer diagnosis will be boosted through the university's investment company UniTartu Ventures.

On 14–16 May, a delegation from Yamaguchi, Japan, visited Tartu and the University of Tartu to learn from the University of Tartu's experience for the establishment of the soon-to-be-founded health technologies innovation complex at Yamaguchi University.

Created by researchers at the University of Tartu, the spin-off Vectiopep has raised €450,000 from an investor syndicate led by Ivo Remmelg and Dag Nurm to help the company reach the next stage of growth.

The new UT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is Mihkel Tammo, a man with a diverse entrepreneurial and leadership background and the former head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre of Enterprise Estonia.

Alongside the creation of new technologies, Ida-Virumaa's transition to a sustainable economic model requires diversified skills and support for the development of research-intensive businesses.

University of Tartu's self-driving test vehicle now has remote control capabilities due to cooperation between Clevon and the University of Tartu.

As of 1 April, Mihkel Tammo, who has previously led the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre of Enterprise Estonia and the metal industry company Estanc and was one of the founders of the Green Tiger platform, will start as the Head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Tartu.

On 25 March, from 14:00 to 16:00, Patent Attorney Adrien Renaudo will speak about the changes and opportunities that await the founders of deep-tech companies. All interested parties are welcome.