RIGA - On Wednesday evening, at the Baltic Fintech Days event, the following teams won the annual awards:
Company of the Year: Lightyear
Growth Story of the Year: SME Bank
Infrastructure of the Year: Inventi
Innovator of the Year: Flagright
Startup to Watch: Flagright
Leader of the Year: Nauris Bloks
Fomo's Tarmo Virki had the honour of presenting the award to the team behind this year's growth story.
Photos: Lukas Bartkus
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