Kaspar Korjus, e-Residency’s ex-CEO and co-founder of Pactum, finds that Estonia is a great place for businesses to start conquering the world: “You are faster, because the initial seed round investments come very easily and efficiently in Estonia.“

It all started from recognition that in the digital 21st century the physical borders of countries no longer matter – citizens can choose their place of residence digitally and Estonia, with its e-Residency programme, has been a pathfinder in building a digital society.

Estonian Government invests €600,000 in funding for four early-stage business ideas to find a new success story such as e-Residency, a “government startup” launched 5 years ago that has brought 31 MEUR in direct income so far.

Tanibox OÜ develops their high-tech agricultural business from Indonesia as an EU company with team members and partners in both Europe and Asia – all thanks to Estonia’s unique digital identity system e-Residency.

When Estonia launched its e-Residency scheme five years ago, it was a leap into the dark. But nowadays the programme is boosting economic growth, tax revenues, and the country’s profile through an emerging generation of global, highly-mobile entrepreneurs.

Brexit is likely to make things difficult for citizens and businesses in the UK. Losing access to the EU could make trade and relationships especially hard. One way around this is by using Estonia’s e-Residency scheme.

According to Deloitte, from every euro put into the e-residency programme Estonia will get 101 in return.

Estonia became the first country to offer e-Residency 3 years ago & now has nearly 30,000 people from 139 countries signed up. Happy birthday, e-Residency!

The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board has (digitally) signed an agreement for the pilot project, which aims to expand the benefits of e-Residency globally.

In cooperation with Estonia’s e-Residency program, international payments company Paymentwall on Monday…

Estonian e-residents can use a growing number of payment and banking services that are partnering with e-Residency.

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas discussed the priorities of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the cooperation between the countries with Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg and handed e-residency over to Solberg at the meeting in Tallinn.