Since 2013 Egita has worked with more than 10 startup accelerator batches and she knows the process from A to Z, but always strive to improve. She has run 2 batches as Managing Director and 7 in other roles at Startup Wise Guys, but her love & hate relationship with startups started way before in Seattle when working for Techstars. Over the years Egita has moved from managing batches in Startup Wise Guys to scoutings startups, partnerships and running operations. Currently she works on external partnership projects for Startup Wise Guys. Egita also plays part in Latvian startup ecosystem, formerly designing EU support projects in Ministry of Economics, running TechHub Riga and organising TechChill, and currently for the 2nd year taking the position of chairwoman of the Startin.lv - Latvian startup association.

If you want to make her day - justify the texts in Word documents, read her emails carefully and make sure you deliver on your promises. But if that sounds kind of boring, don't be mislead - she can also be caught singing karaoke, running through forests at night and enjoying a good cocktail. And as a real startup enthusiast, she loves coffee, and you can always try to "bribe" her with ice cream.