# Ieva Upeniece

> Ieva Upeniece is a startup investor at Baltic Sandbox. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Baltic Sandbox](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baltic-sandbox)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ievaupeniece/

Ieva Upeniece is a startup investor at Baltic Sandbox. Ieva is Head of Partnerships at Baltic Sandbox — the first FinTech accelerator in Lithuania for FinTech, SaaS and DeepTech startups that are expanding in Europe from any location globally. In her role, she is mainly responsible for growing accelerator's global investor community, she also works with corporate and ecosystem partners. Aspreviously involved with startup&tech conference and event organising — Community Manager at TechChill, Chapter Lead at Startup SAFARI Riga and Social Media & Community Manager at DevOps Days Riga, she is also managing accelerator's collaboration projects with event partners. Ambassador for Latvia at Seedstars and Latvia & Lithuania at Pirate Summit.

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## About Baltic Sandbox

VC Fund · Vilnius, Lithuania

Baltic Sandbox is a Vilnius (Lithuania) based startup accelerator primarily focused on growing FinTech and SaaS + Deep Tech startups. Baltic Sandbox helps founders of pre-seed and seed stage startups to develop their startups in EU and USA by providing connections, knowledge, expertise from global mentors, and investment opportunities.Lithuania is known in the EU market by its outstanding success driven #fintech, #insurtech and #SaaS initiatives, together with extremely conveniently built governmental programs (Startup Visa), strong support from corporate partners and reliable connections across the Baltics, Nordics, and the UK. In 2017, the Bank of Lithuania launched EU financial licenses for fintech startups which resulted in a rapid growth of Lithuanian fintech ecosystem and new opportunities for the market players. 8-week acceleration program 2018 starts at the end of September 2018 and takes place in a modern co-working space in the center of Vilnius. Daily sessions with experienced mentors and market experts will help you to tailor your product, pitch, business model, and create a powerful EU/USA network. weekly meetings with investors will make your product ready for smart funding.

4 contacts available at Baltic Sandbox.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrius Milinavičius | BDO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrius-milinavi%C4%8Dius |
| Ieva Upeniece | Head Of Partnerships | — |
| Natalja Lichodedova | COO | — |
| Sandra Golbreich | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandra-golbreich |

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