Another article name option: 30 Top VC-Recommended Baltic Startups Worth Watching Now

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Here’s a curated list of the most promising Baltic startups in 2025, featuring high-growth teams from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and reflecting the latest Baltic startup trends. The Baltic startup ecosystem has matured far beyond early-stage app development. Today, founders in the region are building solutions in AI, deeptech, defencetech, and climatetech, many with global potential.

To compile this list, we asked top VCs in the region, including BADideas.fund, Change Ventures, FIRSTPICK, Iron Wolf Capital, Karma Ventures, NGL VC, Outlast Fund, Practica Capital, Specialist VC, Superhero Capital, Trind VC, and Vendep Capital, to nominate the most promising startups outside their own portfolios.

These are some of the most promising VC-backed startups in the Baltics, nominated by investors who see the future of the Baltic startup ecosystem first-hand.

🇱🇹 Top Lithuanian Startups to Watch in 2025

The Lithuanian startup ecosystem in 2025 shows strong growth in AI, deeptech and fintech. The VC-nominated list includes teams led by experienced second-time founders, like Nexos AI and CyberUpgrade, alongside fresh success stories such as Sintra AI. Built by a young and ambitious team that raised a €17M seed round, Sintra AI represents the new generation of Lithuanian entrepreneurs pushing the ecosystem into its next chapter.

1. Nexos AI – An all-in-one AI platform designed to help enterprises streamline the adoption and management of large language models. Nexos replaces scattered AI tools with a centralised platform – for full AI usage control, visibility, and data leak prevention. (AI)
2. Sintra AI – World’s first AI digital assistants, personalised for small businesses. From social media, sales, recruiting, and personal guidance, they can complete tasks 24/7 and on demand, with integrations to the most common platforms. (AI)
3. InSoil – A climate finance company accelerating the transition to regenerative agriculture across Europe. With a strong emphasis on soil health and carbon storing, InSoil supports farmers through medium-term financing, expert agrotechnical guidance, and advanced soil and emissions monitoring technologies. (Fintech/Climatetech)
4. Turing College – An online school for data and tech careers. (Edtech)
5. Biomatter – Synthetic biology company that creates new proteins for health and sustainable manufacturing applications. The company has developed the Intelligent Architecture™ platform that addresses limitations of current engineering approaches to unlock completely new horizons for protein design and development. (Biotech)
6. CyberUpgrade – Offers an advanced cybersecurity compliance platform for financial institutions, focusing on DORA while also supporting a range of other industry frameworks. The platform simplifies compliance with predefined and customisable workflows that eliminate manual tasks. (Cybersecurity)