Instead of changing innovative products to fit the regulations, let’s change the regulations so that innovative solutions can reach the market.

About us

Accelerate Estonia aims to remove regulatory barriers that hinder innovative solutions reaching the market. Unlike GovTech labs, Accelerate Estonia searches for regulatory blocks from within the private sector, instead of procuring innovation based on the public sector’s demand. Accelerate Estonia’s approach centers on developing policy recommendations for the Estonian government, ensuring that cutting-edge innovations have a clear and accelerated path to success.

Innovation in action

We go beyond mere experimentation, crafting actionable insights and proposals to the public sector that allow innovative solutions to flourish, driving both economic growth and societal well-being. As part of one of the world’s most agile governments, we support ideas at the forefront of global innovation, paving the way for new market opportunities, starting in Estonia and extending globally.

Our mission

Position Estonia as a leading hub for testing and scaling innovative technologies, offering tunique regulatory opportunities to drive economic growth and secure a competitive edge.

Our value proposition

Overcome regulatory obstacles to create new business avenues

Accelerate Estonia invites entrepreneurs who wish to create new market opportunities, in spite of regulatory challenges. We seek ventures that address global challenges and promise significant economic impact through scalability, but need public sector intervention to enable their innovative solutions.

We work hand-in-hand with the public sector to solve the regulatory barriers, which currently hinder novel solutions from reaching the market, and develop policy recommendations to address them.

With streamlined access to decision-makers we aim to expedite processes in the public sector, ensuring policy proposals advance faster than tackling regulatory challenges alone. Joining forces with Accelerate Estonia offers the opportunity to create entirely new markets through shaping innovative legislation in collaboration with the Estonian government.

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"Accelerate Estonia connects you with influential people who will listen and sit at the same table to offer solutions. They support you at different stages and levels of progress, initiating processes that, thanks to their help, move forward much faster than you might imagine."

Mary-Liis Kütt

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Validate industry transforming ideas

Determining the validity of numerous private sector proposals and converting them into policies requires time, which government officials often lack.

Our validation process aims to reduce the workload of policymakers. By coordinating with industry experts, regulatory bodies and other key players, we facilitate a more efficient policy development process, which in turn minimizes the time required for decision-making.

Accelerate Estonia thoroughly evaluates and forwards viable and impactful private sector proposals. We collaborate closely with a diverse range of stakeholders to refine ideas, develop actionable solutions, and ensure practical and impactful policies.

The process not only helps in addressing current regulatory inefficiencies but also aids in identifying areas where policies have not foreseen technological progress.

Accelerate Estonia aims to provide a unique opportunity to proactively shape, modernize regulations in response to emerging market needs and boost the Estonian economy.

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"Accelerate Estonia’s role is to get the public sector working so efficiently that true systemic change could prosper. And if that needs regulatory change, then so be it."

Kersti Kaljulaid

Estonia's President 2016-2021

Pioneering partnerships for market leadership

Industry partners, such as incubators, accelerators and universities, play a crucial role in supporting innovative companies as they aim to uncover new markets.

Our partnership provides a unique advantage: it offers innovative businesses facing regulatory hurdles Estonia as a first testbed to pilot innovative solutions, which need legislative change.

Moreover, working with us allows partners to build impactful connections with emerging businesses, industry pioneers, and public sector stakeholders.

Selection criteria

Clear Need for Regulatory Change: The solution must address a specific challenge that requires regulatory intervention from the Estonian public sector.
Scalability: The solution must have the potential to tackle significant global challenges and scale, which in turn generates economic opportunities for Estonia.
Fully Developed Concept: The product or service should be ready for piloting, not at an idea stage.
Operational business: The solution must be backed by a well-established and committed team.
Business Model Focus: We focus on B2B and B2C models, not B2G.