Andrei-Andy Linnas
Co Founder at Thought3D
Co-Founder at Thought3D and Smart Materials Limited
Andy gets things done. Commercialising innovations in smart materials.
Thought3D
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/magigoo
At Thought3D we combine knowledge of 3d printing, materials and chemistry and provide products for reliable additive manufacturing. www.magigoo.com
Malta
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Co Founder
Smart Materials Limited
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/smart-materials-limited
At Smart Materials we make the Auxetic PU foam material production scalable and accessible
Malta
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Co-Founder
Victory Trainings LLC
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/victory-trainings
Andy is on of the founders of Victory Trainings LLC. 

Victory Trainings is HR training company with a mission to empower youth with needed skills and inspire them to become creative leaders locally as well as globally. Company provides mainly tailor made training programs and workshops in creativity, inspiration and motivation through entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial topics. 

Andy has taken part in establishment, management and development of the company. He has also taken care of accounting and financial management of company assets in its early days. Andy was actively taking part in development, organization and conducting tailor made trainings. Since 2008 Andy has taken more passive role as member of the board and is still giving support by advising.
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Member of the Board
Junior Achievement (Young Enterprise) Malta Foundation
Malta
Startup Program Mentor
TAKEOFF Business Incubator
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/takeoff-business-incubator
University of Malta
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Incubator Manager
Cupa Rural Project
Cupa Rural is a joint project between Estonia and Moldova, where consortia of partners have created series of entrepreneurial events and exchange of experience to foster the entrepreneurial activity in rural areas of Moldova. My role of involvement is to facilitate and mentor parts of hackathon on topics e.g. pitching, customer development, idea validation, business canvas model etc.
Moldova
Subject Matter Expert
Tehnopol Startup Incubator
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/tehnopol
- Developing services and processes in the Startup Incubator
- Managing portfolio of 20 startups in health-tech, clean-tech and ICT
- Securing and managing annual budget of 200 000 EUR.
- Attracting over 15 000 EUR sponsorship support to incubator activities.
- Starting new educational 3-month program for early stage companies - "Startup Academy".
- Educating startups, students and community on topics of pitching and business modeling. 
- Starting and organizing business missions to London connecting startups with investors.
- Co-developing cross-boarder life-science accelerator - "AcceleraceLife".
- Coaching on business development of 5 portfolio companies, mainly in health-tech.
- Connecting to top entrepreneurial minds to engage in the Startup Incubator activities.
- Connecting to top investors to engage in the Startup Incubator activities.
- Co-organizing startup events, e.g. Mini-Seedcamp Tallinn 2013, Garage48 Hackathon 2014. - Co-managing private fund for prototyping grants - "Prototron".
Tallinn, Estonia
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Incubator Manager
Prototron
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/prototron
Prototron is a start-up fund that gives money to teams to turn their great ideas into first working prototype. Founded in 2012 by Swedbank, Tallinn Technical University and Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol. 

Prototron finances teams with high growth potential in areas of Greentech, Electronics, Mechatronics and ICT. I run 3-4 rounds of financing every year.

During last 1.5 years Prototron funded 14 startups with over 150'000€ in cash + coaching/incubation services. Our protfolio has generated >500'000€ revenue and raised >1'500'000€ capital in just one year. These results make Prototron the most productive pre-seed fund in Estonia.

Andy was one of the core team members helping to pre-select the Prototron finalists and coached them in the application process as well as after that.
Estonia
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Coach
Synaps
https://mt.linkedin.com/company/synaps_2
Synaps is in process of developing a a mobile healthcare (mHealth) application designed to provide process support to medical personnel, by enabling easy access to medical information at the point of care. Synaps mobile application seeks to enable users to seamlessly interrogate and combine data, about patients, from multiple ordinarily incompatible data sources within the healthcare management information systems. Relevant patient information is designed to be presented in a highly intuitive manner suitable for display on a handheld/mobile device e.g. smartphone, tablet PC.

Andy is on of the business developers in this project, taking part in concept and product development, customer relations, technology and market research, strategic and financial planning.
Sweden
Business Developer
HeiVäl OÜ
HeiVal is one of the leading management consulting companies in Estonia (Baltic States), which is specialized in innovation, quality management, strategy, marketing projects and advising in application for European funds serving both private as well as public organizations. 

Having worked in HeiVal for almost two years, Andy was engaged in various projects, often dealing with many projects simultaneously. His work included international as well as local setting. Mostly, in co-operation with client meetings he was consulting for business and export plans as well as preparing feasibility and cost analysis. In addition Andy was organizing export related seminars for Estonian SMEs.
Business Consultant
Ailer-A LLC
Ailer-A LLC is a small company offering financial services (accounting and controlling) for limited amount of customers. 

Andy was managing the financial documents and helping to compile annual financial reports.
Estonia
Junior Accountant
Master of Science (MS)
Since 1997, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship offers a master's level education, designed to develop entrepreneurial individuals prepared for business development in a knowledge economy, through an action-based pedagogy where innovation and entrepreneurship is experienced and not only taught in classrooms.
 
The education combines a noted academic Master's programme with real-life innovation management and venture creation of technology and bioscience innovations. In addition to the development of a more entrepreneurial mindset, the programme offers advanced reflective skill training in business design, leadership, innovation management, intellectual property and product and business development. 
(www.entrepreneur.chalmers.se)
Business Design and Innovation
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Chalmers tekniska högskola / Chalmers University of Technology
https://mt.linkedin.com/school/chalmers-university-of-technology/
Bachelor
Andy majored in business administration and finance taking additional courses in psychology and modern history. He was activist of the course, organizing entertainment events for the students of Economy and Law Faculties. During the studies he founded a human resource training company with his fellow course student, which is still active today.
Business Administration and Finance
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Tartu Ülikool
https://mt.linkedin.com/school/university-of-tartu/
Kauffman Fellows
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8253-2134471
Venture Deals Spring 2020
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IDEO U
accredible.com
10097354
From Ideas to Action
https://accredible.com/10097354
IDEO U
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Insights for Innovation
https://accredible.com/10066708
IDEO U
novoed.com
1870088b487789
Leading for Creativity
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IDEO U
novoed.com
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Storytelling for Influence
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        I have worked and known Andy now for almost two years through TakeOff and have seen him in action with the various startups as well as my own business interests. Andy is an excellent business adviser, highly competent in the field of tech startups particularly when it comes driving incremental wins in a very grounded manner. Andy not only can dish out fantastic advice but his greatest skill must be his ability to listen carefully and ask the right questions. Highly recommend Andy to any startup or business that is looking for sound, real and direct guidance, delivered in a calming fashion!    Siim Lepisk
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I appreciate Andy's strength to be good with both big picture and the details. He takes the strategic look and delivers his promises in time.

I very much enjoy the result-oriented and fruitful conversations (and coaching sessions) with Andy, generating high quality ideas that can be executed quickly and successfully. We both enjoy understanding the root issues, and connecting companies to new people and solutions helping to reach the new levels of maturity.

Andy has always proved to be a trustworthy, hard working and insightful friend and a colleague. 
Udacity Digital Marketing Nanodegree Program
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3D Printing Today
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Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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3D Additive Manufacturing - (aka  3D Printing & 3D Rapid Prototyping)
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Junior Chamber International - JCI
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University of Tartu Alumni
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3D Printing Guild
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IDEO U Alumni Community
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TEDx Tallinn
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3D Printing (From Materials to Electronics), 4D Printing & Meta Materials, powered by Jakajima
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Third Generation of Science Parks - 3GSP
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Baltic RIM Startups Community
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Malta Entrepreneurs
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The Hardware Startup
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