JAEK

Name

JAEK

Legal name

SA Jõgevamaa Arendus- ja Ettevõtluskeskus

Website

https://jaek.ee

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Development Services

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

SME & Entrepreneurship Development (Trade-Linked) (BPADAMAE), Small Business & Entrepreneurship Community Education (EDAAAFAK)

Keywords

• Regional development services
• Business advisory services
• Entrepreneurship support programs
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Municipal development coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Jõgeva

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public funding and program administration: JAEK operates as a foundation funded by municipal contributions, EU regional development programs, and various national funding programs including EAS, PRIA, LEADER, and KÜSK grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

JAEK provides free professional advisory services to entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, and community groups, and coordinates joint development activities for the three founding municipalities (Jõgeva, Põltsamaa, and Mustvee). The foundation administers funding programs including KOP, EAS, PRIA, LEADER, and KÜSK, runs the Ettevõtlik Kool (Entrepreneurial School) and Peipsiveere ettevõtlikud noored youth entrepreneurship programs, and organizes annual business and civic-organization recognition events.

Product overview

JAEK (SA Jõgevamaa Arendus- ja Ettevõtluskeskus) is a regional development organization (MARO) that provides advisory services and coordinates development activities rather than offering technology products. The organization offers business consulting services, coordinates the Central Estonia Business Incubator (Kesk-Eesti Ettevõtlusinkubaator), manages the Local Initiative Program (KOP - Kohaliku Omaalgatuse Programm), and provides guidance on funding opportunities through EAS, PRIA, and LEADER programs. JAEK also facilitates educational programs including entrepreneurial training and coordinates youth entrepreneurship development projects such as LEEN (Lõuna-Eesti ettevõtlikud noored). The organization does not offer software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business advisory services for entrepreneurs

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Enterprise Estonia (EAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with EAS for investor services, providing information and administrative support to potential foreign investors. Joint marketing activities for introducing county investment opportunities.
• Enterprise Estonia (EAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEAS is the national agency that JAEK works with to support entrepreneurs in accessing funding opportunities and investor services.
• Jõgeva, Põltsamaa, Mustvee municipalitiescoreOthersThree municipalities that established JAEK as the regional development organization for Jõgeva County.
• Network of Regional Development Centres (MAK)coreOthersJAEK is part of the national network of regional development centers covering all Estonian counties.
• Jõgevamaa Koostöökoda (LEADER)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Action Group implementing LEADER program for rural development projects in Jõgeva County.
• Kodanikuühiskonna Sihtkapital (KÜSK)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil Society Endowment providing funding for non-profit organization development programs and community initiatives.
• Eesti Töötukassa (Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on employment and entrepreneurship programs, including organizing events and training for job seekers and entrepreneurs.
• Tervise Arengu Instituut (TAI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Development Institute providing expertise and programs for health promotion initiatives in the county.
• Kesk-Eesti EttevõtlusinkubaatormajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCentral Estonia Business Incubator that JAEK coordinates with to provide regional business incubation services in collaboration with Viljandi, Järva, and Jõgeva counties.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SA Pärnumaa Arenduskeskus: Pärnu County Development Centre — a directly comparable county-level development foundation in the same Estonian national network, offering equivalent entrepreneur advisory, NGO support and municipal coordination services.
• SA Tartumaa Arenduskeskus: Tartu County Development Centre — a sister maakondlik arendusorganisatsioon (county-level regional development foundation) performing the same advisory, NGO support and development coordination role as JAEK but for Tartu County.
• Jõgevamaa Koostöökoda (LEADER LAG): The local LEADER Local Action Group operating in the same Jõgeva County, implementing rural development funding for NGOs and communities — overlapping directly with JAEK on community grant administration and civic-society capacity building.

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Estonia (EAS): The national Estonian business and innovation agency — the umbrella funder/partner that JAEK collaborates with. It operates the broader funding ecosystem JAEK routes entrepreneurs into, making it a broad-incumbent peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Kodanikuühiskonna Sihtkapital (KÜSK): The national Civil Society Endowment that funds NGO development programs — a Major strategic partner of JAEK and a national-level peer in the civic-society capacity-building ecosystem.
• KredEx: Estonian state financing institution providing loans, guarantees and capital to SMEs. JAEK explicitly coordinates on KredEx housing renovation advisory delivery, making it an adjacent national financial-infrastructure peer in the SME support stack.
• Eesti Töötukassa (Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund): National employment service that co-delivers entrepreneurship and job-seeker training with JAEK — a broad public-sector incumbent whose employment and upskilling programs overlap with JAEK's entrepreneur advisory mandate.

Emerging players

• Kesk-Eesti Ettevõtlusinkubaator: Central Estonia Business Incubator — co-coordinated by JAEK across Viljandi, Järva and Jõgeva counties. A direct niche peer delivering start-up incubation services in JAEK's operating geography.

Others

• Tervise Arengu Instituut (TAI / National Institute for Health Development): Estonian national health-promotion institute that partners with JAEK on county-level health initiatives. Not a competitor but a thematic adjacent enabler in JAEK's broader community-wellbeing portfolio.

Regional players

• CIVITA (Latvia): Latvian think tank and civic-society capacity builder providing similar non-profit support, policy advocacy and community development services across the Baltic region — a Baltic regional peer not competing in Jõgeva but operating the same model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/jaek.ee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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