SWG Family story
A lot has changed since 2012 – from 3 people the team has grown to a truly international gang of more than 20, from Estonia based accelerator we have expanded all over Baltics (and not stopping there), from 1 batch per year we have gone to running more than 4, from a bunch of mentors our network of bright minds has grown into hundreds and hundreds. We have had 2 major exits since then and the portfolio has grown above 145 startups with success rate higher than most European accelerators.
However, with all the change, the mission of Startup Wise Guys still stands the same as in the early days – we help techy founders become successful entrepreneurs and through that also creating role models and growing impact in the tech ecosystems in this part of Europe. And we are doing it the SWG way!
We help techy founders become successful entrepreneurs and through that grow the impact in the tech ecosystem in this part of Europe.
SWG Family culture manifesto
This is what we believe in:
This is how we act:
The journey towards our culture
Funny enough, many people started referring to our distinct company culture, before we had even written it down. Mentors would refer to the “amazing vibe”, investors to “the typical Wise Guys company”, some ecosystem partners to “best networking parties” and startups to “family”, and so forth. On top of that, we hired more than 5 people in a short period of time and realised that the unwritten has to be written down. We see it essential to provide a unified experience for every stakeholder, having so many remote locations, but even more so – strengthening the amazing culture that we actually have and a public promise to keep living it, especially when times get tough and decisions hard!