Malta’s ecosystem offers several public and private support structures for founders. Malta Enterprise (maltaenterprise.com) is the government’s main economic-development agency, providing grants, startup schemes and soft-landing services, and Business First (businessfirst.com.mt) offers a one-stop shop service for self-employed and micro enterprises. Tech.mt (tech.mt) promotes Malta as a technology hub, with particular focus on fintech, AI and gaming, industries that are also supported also by the Gaming Malta (gamingmalta.org) and the Finance Malta (financemalta.org). The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry (maltachamber.org.mt) and Malta’s Digital Innovation Hub (dihubmt.eu), organized by Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), hosts networking and training opportunities, along with the Chamber of SMEs (smechamber.mt) and the Gozo Business Chamber (gozobusinesschamber. org). With many organizations running regular workshops, hackathons and funding calls, international founders are able to quickly connect with resources, partners and investors in the ecosystem.

Written by Yessica Klein
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