{"id":4518,"date":"2023-12-08T12:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/?post_type=general-news&#038;p=4518"},"modified":"2023-12-08T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:24:45","slug":"aerones-named-riga-startup-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"general-news","link":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/en\/general-news\/aerones-named-riga-startup-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerones named Riga Startup of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"sc-epnACN fdKUlH\">\n<div class=\"sc-esOvli iccGlV\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"sc-cSHVUG ffmzog\">\n<p><strong>Aerones was named Riga Startup of the Year at the third Riga\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Business<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Award ceremony. Cellbox Labs, SAF Tehnika, Accenture,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SEB Global Services<\/strong><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bonava Latvija<\/strong><strong>\u00a0have also each been awarded in their own respective category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese six companies serve as role models and inspiration for the people of Riga. Their ambition, skills and products make an important contribution to the development of the city. As a seasoned trade hub, Riga is a rewarding place for new ideas and safe investments,\u201d said Riga Mayor Vilnis \u0136irsis.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Think beyond city borders<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fredis Bikovs, Director of the Investment and Tourism Agency of Riga, shared that now that the best entrepreneurs of Riga have been honoured for the third time, one can clearly see their common features.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThey always think beyond city or country borders and their success is based on innovation, strategic vision and professional teams,\u201d says Bikov<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The event awarded the best companies of the year in six priority sectors for Riga: startup, international business centre, information and communication technologies (ICT), real estate, biomedicine and high value-added manufacturing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Year\u2019s highest achievers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Riga Startup of the Year:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/aerones-to-expand-services-and-improve-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Aerones<i><\/i><\/a>, the robotic wind turbine maintenance and inspection company, which also received Latvia\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/first-ever-latvian-startup-awards-presented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">first Latvian Startup Award in the Hardware category<i><\/i><\/a>, as well as the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/aerones-wins-latvian-patent-offices-first-ever-intellectual-property-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">intellectual property award from the Patent Office<i><\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Riga Business of the Year in ICT: Accenture. Read the Labs of Latvia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/productivity-in-the-it-sector-continues-to-grow-due-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">interview with Accenture Baltics director Maksims Jegorovs<i><\/i><\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Riga Business of the Year in the biomedical sector:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/organs-on-a-chip-also-being-developed-in-latvia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Cellbox Labs<i><\/i><\/a>. This year, Cellbox also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/first-ever-latvian-startup-awards-presented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">received Latvia\u2019s first Latvian Startup Award for impact<i><\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Riga Business of the Year in the high value-added manufacturing sector: SAF Tehnika.<\/li>\n<li>Riga Business of the Year in Real Estate: Bonava Latvija.<\/li>\n<li>Riga Business of the Year in global business services: SEB Global Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Taking place for\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the third time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Riga Business Award was held for the third time. Last year, open banking data analytics company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/nordigen-annouced-riga-startup-of-the-year-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Nordigen was awarded Riga Startup of the Year<i><\/i><\/a>. In 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labsoflatvia.com\/en\/news\/printify-riga-startup-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the award went to Printify<i><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bdVaJa kazJEe\">\n<div class=\"sc-caSCKo kPineH\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"sc-bsbRJL kPCoeZ\">\n<div class=\"sc-bdVaJa kazJEe\">\n<div class=\"sc-iwsKbI gkszAc\">\n<div class=\"sc-hXRMBi UuWZV\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"sc-cMhqgX eevfaV\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4519,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"home-page-display-option":[],"class_list":["post-4518","general-news","type-general-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards.jpeg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards-768x512.jpeg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards.jpeg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards.jpeg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-08-Riga-Business-Awards.jpeg",1000,667,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"ADMIN","author_link":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/en\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Aerones was named Riga Startup of the Year at the third Riga\u00a0Business\u00a0Award ceremony. 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