I am speaking at conferences about startups, education or people friendly cities. I am speaking in few schools every month - sharing my entrepreneurial story and life learnings for students to plan their life, career and doing good.
Possible topics
- Bolt - growth story of the 1st Estonian mobility unicorn, expansion in Europe & Africa
- My personal journey as entrepreneur - success, failures and learnings
- The land of Unicorns - Estonian ecosystem that supports amazing growth
Speaker Biography
Martin Villig is the co-founder of Bolt, Estonian mobility super-app with 200 million customers in 800 cities and 55 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.Martin has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years, and started and sold his first startup in 1999. He has previously held management positions at Skype, NASDAQ Tallinn Stock Exchange and Fortumo.
He is a leading figure in the Estonian startup community, having co-founded Estonian Founders Society and Garage48 Foundation, which organizes hackathons across Europe. In 2018, Martin co-founded Good Deed Education Foundation which raised €3 million to fund new education initiatives in Estonia. In 2020 Martin co-founded kood/Jõhvi, platform based coding school training 300 students per year and now expanding globally.
Martin finished Estonian Business School. He is father of 2 great kids and likes traveling with his family. Martin also likes padel, hiking, boating and various sports, plus doing good for the world. Martin took a sabbatical 2025-2026 to focus on his health and more time for family.
Connect & Follow Martin: martinvillig.com
Photo Gallery
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