#32 "The international TechHub franchise will keep going!" - Viesturs Sosars, TechHub Riga

Viesturs Sosars is the co-founder of TechHub Riga. The tech coworking and incubator was launched eight years ago and since then played a major role structuring the Latvian tech and startup ecosystem and connecting it with the international tech scene.
Named after TechHub London, one of the UK pioneer in the early 2010's, which has been among the most important players who supported the rise of the Silicon Roundabout in London, TechHub Riga has not been proportionally less important for the Baltic country tech scene.
TechHub London - which had been co-founded by Mike Butcher, from TechCrunch - announced the closure of the space, in august 2020, due to the Covid19 pandemic impact on their activities and revenues.
TechHub Riga, though, incorporated as a non for profit organization, will though keep going and keep the franchise alive, along with their peers of TechHub Bucharest.
"We have projects. If things goes right, we will move to a 9.000 m2 building historically owned by a university in Riga. We have the network and the international brand recognition", says Viesturs Sosars.