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Shout out to NYC investors who are looking for the next big thing being built in Europe right now! 🤩
TechChill | is bringing 12 of its most exciting startups to New York, together with the President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs

These standout founders are heading to NYC to pitch to some of the coolest funds in the US 🇱🇻

Expect ambitious companies working across AI, defence, energy, gaming, biotech, media, legal tech, and more.

And the startups are... 🥁

⚡ BirdyChat - Work messaging without invading WhatsApp
⚡ Monetizr - The infrastructure powering mobile gaming ads
⚡ Engycell - The operating system for distributed energy
⚡ SUBmerge Baltic - Autonomous maritime defence systems
⚡ Radio Ad Monitoring - Agentic workflows for broadcast media
⚡ Supliful - On-demand infrastructure for consumer brands
⚡ Tournated.com - An all-in-one sports management platform
⚡ Capture Study - AI-powered clinical trials
⚡ HoneyB AI - Brand visibility across AI platforms
⚡ Cellbox Labs - Organ-on-chip technology for better drug development
⚡ Lexu - An AI workspace for legal professionals
⚡ .co - Community-based marketing made simple

NYC investors, Latvia’s next wave of startups is coming straight to you.

Come meet the founders, hear what they’re building, and shake hands with the most startup-friendly president in Europe 🤝

Spots are limited. Join us, link in bio 🚀

Turns out putting founders through a full day of ridiculously fun challenges was a very good idea 🚀🤩

Even better? Having the right brands supporting it!

We found the perfect match for this event with Riga Stories Google Cloud Big Bad Bagels Brite Balticovo Go Botanicals Mežpils Alus ✨

And of course Pasākumu aģentūra In And Out Event and our wonderful volunteers without whom this event wouldn’t be possible! ⚡️

Thank you for saying yes to backing the founder community and helping us make the first ever Founder Olympics happen!

Till next year! 2x bigger and bolder 🏆

And that’s a wrap for the first ever Founder Olympics! 🥇🤩 We had soooo much fun!

Special congrats to the winner team! Use the Google Cloud credits to build some cool stuff 😎

And kudos to everyone who competed and was part of making history. YOU ROCK! 🙌🏼⚡️

Fridays are for parties, right? Founders hustle hard, but they know how to party even harder 😎

Just like the TechChill days, the nights have THE vibe too. Hope you catch it for also for your weekend even if your plans are to hustle.

Shoutout to and for powering the drinks for the karaoke dancing and good times at our TechChill Day 1 Party 🎤💥

The TechChill posts just keep on coming 👀

And no, you are not late to post yours

We’re still not over it
The venue
The people
The energy
The fun chats and connections made
The TechChill vibe

Take a look through our camera roll and find yourself 👀
👉 TechChill Flickr

TechChill 2026 brought together so much energy, talent, and heart, and that’s exactly what made it unforgettable! ✨

As we’ve said many times before, it really takes a village to create TechChill. And we have a lot of people to say thank you to.

A huge thank you to our 130+ volunteers and volunteer team leads for being such an essential part of making it all happen. You are THE magic! Special thanks to our volunteer manager Estere Prikule.

A special shoutout to our newest team addition, THE interns, for jumping straight into the wild experience that TechChill is. You are awesome, and it has been such a pleasure to have you in the TechChill family 💙
Everte Tobiase, Roberta Hilmane, Robina Kivkucāne, Renārs Mihailovs, Elizabete Križanovska, Marta Paula Sadinova, Filips Rasmussens, Līga Sietina.

Another new addition to the team - Gen Z Media team lead by Estere Sietina these youngsters are awesome!

Big thanks to our PR team for bringing the message of TechChill worldwide Truesix and Ieva Treija.

And to the best production team ever, SponsorKing! Thanks to all of your team for always overdelivering and for being such a huge part of the event’s success with a special thank you to Sofija Važa and Ieva Cīrule. 🫶

And finally, to the MVPs behind it all, the core and the heart of TechChill:
Annija Mezgaile, Luize Darta Sietina, Rihards Putāns, Selīna Glaudāne, Valeria Chobotok, Santa Zarāne, Kristiāna Biezuma, Laila Ratmane, Lauma Sīle, Andris K. Berzins, Marija Rucevska.

Thank you for making TechChill 2026 happen!

See you at TechChill 2027, March 17-19 🩷

TechChill Founders Battle brought the heat this year 🔥

More than 600,000 EUR in prizes were handed out to the most promising startups in the battle.

Out of 300+ applicants, 20 semi-finalists took the TechChill stage, and 4 finalists made it through:
Deep Space Energy, Helm X, Spotwise, and Wield VR.

And the winner is? Deep Space Energy 🏆

Bringing home:
10,000 EUR no-strings-attached cash prize from eazyBI
5,000 EUR in legal and tax advice from Sorainen
Draper University scholarship worth $12,000
1,000 EUR gift card from Carguru
And a prize from Jameson

On the investment side:
Spotwise received a 200,000 EUR investment from Outlast Fund and a 100,000 EUR investment from BADideas.fund
Helm X received a 150,000 EUR investment from the Buildit 5G Fund
Ybil received a 150,000 EUR investment from the Latvian Business Angels Network

More prizes? Of course 👀

Thistle received a 5,000 EUR cash prize from Estonian Business Hub
Tapilio received 100 hours of workspace access from SEB
Ybil received 6,000 EUR in Pipedrive services from eXpanby
Deep Space Energy, Helm X, Spotwise, and Wield VR each received a $2,000 cash prize from Google Cloud

Big thanks to our partners for backing ambitious founders and helping them grow! 🚀

The winner of TechChill Founders Battle 2026 is... 🥁

Deep Space Energy! 🏆

Taking home the €10K no-strings-attached prize by eazyBI. Huge congrats, you’ve earned it! 🥳

What a ride. Huge thanks to every startup, investor, and attendee who brought the energy to this year’s battle and made it unforgettable.

See you on March 17-19, 2027! 🩷