If you are watching Web3 at all, you’ve likely run into many self-starters in Estonia. You may ask yourself:  Why is Estonia the Silicon Valley of Europe?

Stenver Jerkku, aka Stenver from Denver, who is actually from Tallinn, Estonia explains this phenomenon to Better Worlds Host Julian Guderley in this episode of Carbonomics.

It’s like this. Estonia is very cold and the nights are very long and dark. So what else is there to do but start companies and build tech online?

That’s one story.

The other is that Estonia is also the birthplace of Skype, so there are some built in major tech successes to lead aspiring entrepreneurs that are pursuing Web 3 development. Estonia has only a population of 3.1 million people. However, since Skye’s creation, about three generations of new techies have been nurtured and nourished into start-up founders or employees. since Skype was created, Stenver said. Low numbers of people and a small country causes an entrepreneur to think global right out of the gate. That’s done by also creating tight knit communities in the “land of Unicorns” through the Estonian Founders Society.

Stenver uses that community building strength thriving in Estonia within Top Tier Impact, which connects investors with entrepreneurs wanting to work on climate impact projects and to teach others how to start carbon projects with impact.

Solid World DAO is rethinking and accelerating carbon supply chain financing through fair, transparent and liquid markets with blockchain in a fast-growing market expected to reach $50 billion by 2030.

Stenver is a serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple startups besides Solid World DAO, like eAgronom, a post-series-A startup, Handyman and Click. Stenver has been involved with various impact-focused volunteering organizations, like the Estonian Founders Society, where he lead the board with Martin Villing(Bolt) and Sten Tamkivi (Taavet+Sten, Topia, NFT Port). Top Tier Impact, which connects impact-focused investors and entrepreneurs. Some members include Ambienta, the world's largest($1B) private equity fund focused exclusively on impact, and Agate €100M impact-focused fund. Leaders For Climate Action with members like South Pole, Spotify, Klarna and others.