Estonia Leaders in London

May 15, 2026 at London

Estonia stands at a remarkable moment in its economic journey — a small nation with big ambitions, rapidly scaling its impact on Europe and the wider world. Long admired for its digital-first mindset, Estonia is now entering a new phase of opportunity fuelled by global megatrends, shifting markets, and a powerful new generation of leaders — especially dynamic female leaders reshaping business, technology, investment, and public life. Against this backdrop, Peter Fisk will bring a global perspective to help Estonian businesses understand the deep currents of change, the emerging possibilities, and what it truly takes to win in a world where speed, imagination, and collaboration define success.

Estonia’s strengths have never been more relevant. As the world becomes more digital, more decentralised, and more fluid, businesses built on agility, experimentation, and trust have a natural advantage. Estonia’s ecosystem — from world-leading e-government platforms to a thriving startup community — embodies these qualities. It offers a fertile landscape for companies that want to test new ideas, scale them quickly, and connect with international markets. Whether in cybersecurity, fintech, AI, green technologies, or creative industries, Estonian firms are positioned to accelerate into the new global economy.

Here are 10 of Estonia’s most innovative companies right now”

1. Pactum AI

Pactum is redefining enterprise procurement through autonomous AI negotiation agents. Instead of humans manually handling thousands of supplier discussions, Pactum automates and optimises agreements in real time, ensuring better commercial outcomes for both sides. Its technology is used by major global corporations and is considered a breakthrough in large-scale, data-driven negotiation.

2. Veriff

Veriff is a global leader in digital identity verification, using advanced AI, computer vision, and fraud analytics to authenticate users within seconds. It supports regulated industries such as finance, mobility, and marketplaces. Veriff’s strength lies in highly accurate fraud detection and global coverage, helping companies onboard customers securely while meeting stringent compliance requirements.

3. Skeleton Technologies

Skeleton develops world-leading ultracapacitors and next-generation energy storage systems built on patented curved graphene. Their products enable ultra-fast charging, high power density, and long lifetimes, serving sectors from transportation to heavy industry. With major OEM partnerships, Skeleton is helping accelerate electrification, improve energy efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions in demanding industrial environments.

4. Cybernetica

Cybernetica is one of Estonia’s most influential deep-tech companies, responsible for foundational components of the country’s digital government. It specialises in secure data exchange, cryptographic technologies, and privacy-by-design systems. Its solutions power e-governance, digital identity, and secure voting, and are now exported globally to governments building modern, trusted digital societies.

5. Nortal

Nortal blends strategy, design, and engineering to deliver major digital transformation programmes for governments and enterprises. With deep expertise in healthcare, tax systems, digital identity, and citizen services, Nortal has shaped some of the world’s most advanced e-government platforms. Its work focuses on seamless user experiences and technology-driven organisational change at national scale.

6. Starship Technologies

Starship builds autonomous last-mile delivery robots operating on sidewalks in cities and campuses globally. Their small, electric robots use sensors, computer vision, and AI to navigate safely while delivering food, parcels, and groceries. By reducing delivery costs, emissions, and traffic, Starship is transforming how local deliveries are fulfilled in a more sustainable way.

7. Icosagen

Icosagen is a cutting-edge biotechnology company focused on antibody discovery, protein engineering, and GMP manufacturing for global pharmaceutical clients. It provides end-to-end R&D capabilities, from early discovery to clinical production. Known for scientific excellence, Icosagen plays a vital role in advancing biologic medicines, vaccines, and therapeutic innovation from Estonia to global markets.

8. Blackwall

Blackwall is an emerging leader in cybersecurity, specialising in defending digital platforms from bots, scraping, credential stuffing, and automated attacks. Its AI-driven system identifies malicious behaviour in real time and protects APIs, e-commerce, and content-heavy websites. In an era of escalating automated threats, Blackwall provides high-integrity digital protection for growing online businesses.

9. DefSecIntel

DefSecIntel builds autonomous surveillance systems combining AI, computer vision, and edge computing to secure borders, infrastructure, and large remote sites. Their systems detect threats in real time without relying on constant human monitoring. DefSecIntel is part of Estonia’s growing defence-tech ecosystem, delivering advanced situational awareness to clients in security, energy, and government.

10. Stargate Hydrogen

Stargate Hydrogen develops ceramic-based electrolysers designed to dramatically reduce the cost of producing green hydrogen. Their technology aims to overcome efficiency and durability challenges, accelerating the shift to clean industrial fuels. By combining materials science with scalable engineering, Stargate is positioning Estonia as a key contributor to Europe’s emerging hydrogen economy.

A defining story within this growth is the rise of female leaders — founders, CEOs, investors, and policy-makers who are not just participating but shaping the future. They bring a blend of boldness and clarity, collaborative pragmatism and long-term vision. Their leadership style aligns strongly with the needs of tomorrow’s economy: inclusive, network-based, purpose-driven, and globally aware. Estonia has become an exemplar in Europe for creating the conditions where female talent can thrive — through supportive ecosystems, flexible policies, and a culture that values merit and contribution over hierarchy. This is not just socially significant; it is economically transformative. Diverse leadership teams outperform, innovate faster, and build stronger, more resilient businesses. Estonia’s momentum is proof of this.

Yet the greatest opportunities — and the greatest challenges — come from forces much larger than any single organisation or country. That is why Peter Fisk will share a global lens on the changing world: a world shaped by megatrends such as technological acceleration, demographic shifts, new forms of globalisation, sustainability pressures, geopolitical realignment, and the growing centrality of intangible value. These trends are not abstract. They affect every Estonian business — influencing customer expectations, competitive dynamics, value chains, and business models.

Technological convergence — the fusion of AI, robotics, biology, quantum computing, and new materials — is rapidly shifting the basis of competition. Businesses that used to operate in clearly defined sectors now compete in fluid ecosystems where the winners are those who create value through platforms, partnerships, data, and community. Companies like Tesla, BYD, Nvidia, Shopify, and OpenAI don’t just make products; they orchestrate ecosystems. Their power comes from thinking differently, moving faster, and scaling through networks. Many Estonian companies already work in this way, but the next wave of opportunity will involve adopting even more experimental approaches, building global connections, and re-imagining how value is created.

Here 10 examples of international growth opportunities for Estonian companies today:

1. Digital Governments

Estonia’s reputation for digital government gives its companies a major edge as nations modernise public services. Demand for secure digital identity, tax automation, health data integration, and AI-driven citizen services is exploding across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Estonian firms can export platforms, frameworks, and expertise to build next-generation digital states.

2. Autonomous Systems and Robotics

With strengths in autonomy and systems engineering, Estonia can lead in exporting robotic delivery, automated surveillance, and industrial automation. As labour shortages grow and cities seek low-emission logistics, global demand for autonomous technologies is accelerating. Companies can expand into dense Asian megacities, advanced manufacturing hubs, and transport logistics ecosystems worldwide.

3. Green Energy and Hydrogen Technologies

The global push toward decarbonisation, especially in Europe and East Asia, creates major opportunities for Estonian cleantech firms. Advanced electrolysers, grid-balancing technologies, ultracapacitors, and low-carbon industrial solutions are in high demand. Exporting equipment, engineering know-how, and clean-energy components positions Estonia as a contributor to the global climate-transition supply chain.

4. Cybersecurity and Digital Trust Infrastructure

Rising cyber threats and geopolitical tensions mean nations and enterprises urgently need stronger digital trust systems. Estonia’s expertise in cryptography, secure data exchange, identity verification, and digital resilience is unique. Companies can expand into financial centres, telecoms, government agencies, and critical infrastructure operators seeking advanced cyber capabilities and zero-trust architectures.

5. Biotechnology and Advanced Biomanufacturing

Ageing populations, personalised medicine, and rising R&D investment in Asia and the US create strong demand for biologics development. Estonia’s biotech firms can offer antibody engineering, protein production, and contract research services internationally. Growth lies in pharma partnerships, licensing technologies, and participating in cross-border health innovation ecosystems focused on precision therapies.

6. Climate Adaptation and Resilience Solutions

As climate risks intensify, countries need systems for monitoring, prediction, resilience, and emergency response. Estonia’s strengths in AI, sensors, and digital systems enable new global exports: environmental analytics, coastal monitoring, wildfire detection, energy-efficiency platforms, and smart-infrastructure oversight. Fast-urbanising regions—from Southeast Asia to the Middle East—are prime markets.

7. Fintech and Embedded Financial Infrastructure

With strong regulatory know-how and digital-first engineering skills, Estonian fintech companies can scale solutions in identity, compliance, payments, and cross-border finance. As embedded finance expands across retail, mobility, and digital services—especially in Asia—Estonian firms can supply critical infrastructure for secure, frictionless financial interactions in growing digital ecosystems.

8. Digital Health and Remote Care Platforms

Ageing societies and health-system pressures open demand for digital diagnostics, telemedicine, secure health records, and AI-supported triage. Estonia’s experience in integrated national health data positions companies well. Export markets include Europe, Japan, and Gulf countries investing in efficient, interoperable health ecosystems and patient-centred digital platforms.

9. Data-Driven Logistics and Smart Mobility

Supply chain redesign, e-commerce growth, and urban congestion are driving global need for smarter logistics. Estonia’s capabilities in automation, robotics, real-time data, and integrated mobility can be exported as platforms for route optimisation, warehouse automation, autonomous delivery, and port efficiency. Fast-growing markets include the Gulf, India, and Southeast Asia.

10. Ecosystem-Based Digital Platforms

Global industries are shifting from products to ecosystems—finance, mobility, education, health, and energy. Estonia’s modular engineering culture and interoperability expertise enable companies to build platform solutions that integrate partners and services. International growth lies in offering ecosystem design, orchestration technologies, and scalable digital infrastructure to markets modernising at national scale.

Peter Fisk will explore how winning in this new world requires new approaches to strategy — less about linear plans and more about dynamic thinking. Strategy becomes a living system: sensing, adapting, exploring, and shaping markets rather than reacting to them. Leaders must navigate uncertainty not by predicting the future but by preparing for multiple futures. They must align purpose with performance, build organisational cultures that can learn quickly, and empower people at every level to experiment and innovate.

Innovation, too, needs to evolve. Today’s greatest breakthroughs arise when companies look beyond incremental improvement and re-think the fundamental assumptions of their industry. They ask different questions, combine technologies in novel ways, and design ecosystems rather than isolated solutions. Estonia’s size becomes an advantage: it is a perfect testbed for experimentation, with the ability to rapidly scale global solutions from a small, trusted, digitally advanced environment.

Leadership performance also demands reinvention. The leaders who will thrive tomorrow are those who can inspire with clarity of purpose, build trust across networks, nurture diverse talent, and lead with energy and empathy. They are as comfortable with data as with people. They think globally but act with agility. They collaborate as readily as they compete. And increasingly, in Estonia, they are women — bringing new leadership models suited to a complex, interconnected age.

Ultimately, Peter Fisk’s message is one of confidence and ambition. Estonia has the capability, the creativity, and the leadership to shape the next chapter of European and global business. By understanding the megatrends, embracing new strategic and innovation approaches, strengthening ecosystems, and elevating leadership performance, Estonian companies can not only succeed but set new benchmarks for how small nations become global leaders.

The future is bold, fast, and full of possibility. Estonia is ready — and the world is watching.