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Few weeks ago two well-known Estonian startuppers, Jüri Kaljundi and Andrus Purde launched Emp.ly – a new social media startup, making staffing a lot easier and fun. Emp.ly helps companies to spread their job ads over the social web (through friends, fans and followers) with ease. It is more likely to find workers this way, [...]

One of the most famous Estonian technology entrepreneurs, Allan Martinson (pictured) and the former CEO of Delfi, Andrus Raudsalu have formed a team of five people and registered a startup called Inner Circle. Their aim is to establish a new social network, much like Facebook, but lot more private, crap-free (without the FarmVille and who’s [...]

Yesterday Eesti Ekspress published my interview with Priit Alamäe (pictured), the Co-Founder of Webmedia – one of the front ranking Estonian IT companies and the author of about one third of Estonian e-government services. The interview was dedicated to the recent 7 Million EUR investment that the company received from Polish venture capital firm Enterprise Investors. [...]

Estonian state-funded VC, Estonian Development Fund promises to double its investments portfolio by the end of 2010. Ten new investments into technology companies are currently in pipeline, with total amount of money to be invested reaching over 50 million EEKs (3,2 million EUR). Estonian Development Fund was established few years ago. Benchmarking the Finnish SITRA model [...]

Here are some fresh Estonian start-ups I have discovered this month. Some videos in Estonian are included. Testonica Lab is a hardcore technology spin-off of Tallinn University of Technology. The company has managed to build symbiotic friendship with Ericsson the giant, hence really taken off with its business. In a nutshell Testonica develops both hardware and [...]

Starting from today I will do two things: a) Resume blogging on Estonian tech sector in English. My so called identity quest is over. You have probably noticed the name change. TigerPrises.com is now TestMarket.eu, which is more meaningful I’d say. Another change aside from the visual one is that I will start writing on both, [...]

Vabadussamba projekti autorid Rainer Sternfeld ja Andri Laidre lõid kampa noorusliku inseneribürooga Futeq, moodustades Eesti erksaima tootearendusbüroo Flydog Solutions. Meeste varasem firma kandis nime Sternfeld & Laidre. Flydog pakub täisteenust – alates ideede genereerimisest, turuanalüüsidest lõpetades seeriatootmise ettevalmistamisega – neile, kel pole tootearenduses kogemusi või ressursse. Ettevõte tahab tuua kvaliteetse tootearendusteenuse nii Eesti kui ka Skandinaavia [...]

Eesti Startupi Juhtide Klubi eestvõttel aprillis korraldatud Garage48 ürituse võitis Kratid.com, veebiprojekt millega igaüks saab endale teha virtuaalse krati ning sellest päriskrati. Aasta tagasi tekkis graafilisel disaineril Mihkel Rongal visioon lemmikloomale sarnanevast virtuaalsest tegelasest, kelle igaüks saaks oma nägemuse järgi veebis kokku panna. Idee seisis kuni Garage48 ürituseni sahtlis. Üritusele tuli kokku sadakond erineva taustaga inimest: [...]

Mis valdkondades võiks Eestile abi olla satelliitidest ja kui suureks võiks paisuda Eesti kosmosesektor? Kas minu äriideel on jumet? Muu hulgas neile küsimustele aitavad mai alguses Tallinnas toimuval konverentsil „Space Downstream Services 2010” vastused leida Euroopa kosmosesektori tipptegijad. Paremat võimalust siinsetel ettevõtjatel kosmosevaldkonna juhtivatel tegelastel nii-öelda nööbist kinni võtta ja neile oma ideid tutvustada ei [...]

Seoses telgitaguste ettevalmistustega Eesti liitumiseks Euroopa Kosmoseagentuuriga (ESA) ning mai alguses Tallinnas toimuva ägeda kosmosekonverentsiga tegin põgusa intervjuu Regio juhi Teet Jagomägiga. Kuidas hindad võimalusi, mida pakub kosmosevaldkond läbi ESA struktuuride nii Regiole kui ka Eesti majandusele tervikuna? Riigi tasemelt vaadates on see tüüpiline kõrgtehnoloogia äri. Sellest räägitakse palju ja seda peetakse ihaldusväärseks. Samas teeb ikkagi lõviosa rahvuslikust [...]




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