EIT Health’s Attract To Invest program open for applications

If your company has a product or service available in a European market, and will open a seed or series A investment round, this is your opportunity. EIT Health’s Attract To Invest program prepares companies for successful investment rounds. During the program, teams will receive smart money, learn practical fundraising skills, gain funding for improving their products or services, and extend their professional network. Apply by July 21.

AmCham contributes to digital health

In 2023, the Ministry of Health formulated a Digital Health strategy, which was discussed in the Digital Health Council. During the Council meetings and discussions, AmCham has presented a supportive stance on Digital Health by clearly defining priorities and responsible organizations, interoperability, and standardization of health data as well as enhancing the user experience of the Digital Health ecosystem.

8 members reach several categories in InCSR

The Sustainability Index 2023 acknowledged 8 AmCham including SEB and Swedbank (Diamond category), Coca-Cola (Platinum), airBaltic and Luminor (Gold) and Citadele, Cognizant and RISEBA (Silver). Furthermore, Swedbank has been honored with a prestigious Gender Equality Award in recognition of its successful implementation of gender equality principles. The Institute for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility has been assessing corporate sustainability and responsibility practices in Latvia for 14 years. The objective of the index is to evaluate corporate sustainability and responsibility in order to recognize companies that strengthen the Latvian economy.

Featuring McDonald’s Baltics

Thank you to all our Anniversary year sponsors, including Vladimir Janevski, Managing Director of McDonald's Baltics, who emphasized that being part of AmCham is a privilege, and wished us success for the upcoming years. Vladimir speaks on shared goals between AmCham and McDonald's Baltics: "AmCham and us, McDonalds, have one aim, something that is clear for all of us – having a very transparent business environment. It is our common role contributing to Latvian society and having equal opportunities for all."

Longenesis 2nd best at EIT Health Catapult finals

Longenesis, a digital health start-up that offers a platform for biomedical organizations to accelerate clinical research, has won second place in the digital health category and a prize of €20,000 in the finals of the Catapult competition by the EIT Health – a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. 

SEB bank launches new office building Gustavs

SEB Global Services in Riga announces the launch of a brand-new office building GUSTAVS and is planning to relocate all 1200 colleagues to one of the most modern, inspiring and sustainable office buildings in Riga. It offers comfortable and diverse workspaces, coffee spots, a spacious dining area, gym, game rooms and parents' rooms, rooms for power naps and meditation, library, roof terrace and so much more.

On June 14, Swisscom hosted Business After Hours with various activities such as presentations on Swisscom's work culture and digital transformations within the telco industry and a guided tour of the beautiful Swisscom office located at the business and office center Verde. The presentations included transformative initiatives, notably the amalgamation of development and operations teams into a unified "DevOps" structure, with the office functioning primarily as a DevOps center.

airBaltic launches new base the Canary Islands

airBaltic announces that it will open a seasonal base in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain) for the upcoming winter season, which will begin at the end of October 2023. During winter, two of the airline’s Airbus A220-300 aircraft will be based at the Gran Canaria Airport, serving 10 direct routes.

TGS Baltic joins AmCham

TGS Baltic, one of the leading law firms in Latvia and the Baltics that provides legal services in all areas of commercial law and ensures representation in legal proceedings, has joined the Chamber as a Corporate Contributing member. The firm has been recognized in all areas of law by Legal 500, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, and IFLR1000 publications. A warm welcome to AmCham community!

On June 13, Thought Leaders Series encompassed an enlightening event featuring keynote speaker Dr. Frederik Pferdt with a primary focus on the pivotal role of innovation and creativity in shaping the future. Based on his extensive background as a Google Innovation Evangelist and educational contributions as a professor at Stanford University, unique insights were shared, such as incentivizing the release of antiquated ideas to foster collaboration in generating novel ones and embracing risk in pursuing innovation.