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Estonian VC Allan Martinson’s newest startup Inner Circle has apparently closed its first seed investment round just few days ago. Estonian business registry shows that new investors behind the project are Regio (the well-known mapping, mobile positioning and GIS software developer), Estonian Development Fund (Arengufond) and its Chairman of the Supervisory Board, entrepreneur Raivo Vare. Investment [...]
Estonian startup Vecly, owned by entrepreneurs Indrek Raig, Yrjö and Rait Ojasaar and Artec Group, aims to benefit from the global digital revolution. They are developing software for Digital TV STBs (set-top boxes) to turn them into multimedia centers and make us use them for many other means than just TV. Artec’s STB’s with Vecly’s software [...]
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Emp.ly and Talentag make staffing more fun
10 Aug 2010Few 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, [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Soome tuntumaid noorema põlvkonna riskikapitaliste Taneli Tikka (32) ütleb, et palgatöö suurtes firmades pärsib inimeste loovust. Ta soovitab kõigil, kel vähegi indu, ettevõtjaks hakata. Kuidas sinust sai ettevõtja? See oli 1999. aastal. Lahkusin palgatöölt Nokia võrkude ettevõttest (praegune Nokia Siemens Networks), kus olin tegelenud tõeliselt vana kooli telekommunikatsiooniteenustega. Olgugi et toona oli see turg kiiresti [...]
Pururikkad asiaadid ja Singapuri valitsus süstivad ligi 100 miljonit krooni Eesti ajatempli tehnoloogiasse, mis enamikule inimestest on täiesti arusaamatu ja mõttetu. Aastal 1988, kui kõlavad isamaalised laulud ning digitaalmaailm on kauge tulevik, tutvuvad Tallinna Tehnikaülikoolis kaks noort küberneetikut – Märt Saarepera (praegu 46, ülemisel pildil) ja Ahto Buldas (43, alumisel pildil). Mõni aasta hiljem sõidab [...]
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Here’s the second part of my interview with Margus Uudam, Head of Private Equity investments in Ambient Sound Investments. He speaks about what sort of mitakes this VC company has made and what sort of lessons learned. And how have they invested their assets. Uudam also gives his opinion about the sectors that are over-invested and [...]
I have done a two-part video interview with Margus Uudam, Head of Private Equity Investments in Estonia’s most active VC firm Ambient Sound Investments. Some of my readers have wondered why Ambient Sound Investments hasn’t made any new investments in Estonia recently, why they have focused on Asia, when and how they will plan their exits etc. Here’s [...]
Last year Estonian venture capital firms joined forces by founding the Estonian Ventur Capital Association (EstVCA). Who are the players on the market today? Here’s a short overview which shows that: the Estonian venture capital market is expanding, VC culture is developing there are several new investors who have transferred from the field of real estate [...]
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- Smashr – probably the craziest Estonian startup ever! (VIDEO)
- Estonian Development Fund, Regio and Raivo Vare invested into startup Inner Circle
- Garage48 winner Defolio is making buzz – what is it? (VIDEO)
- Garage48 organizer Priit Salumaa: More fun, astonishing achievements! (VIDEO)
- New players, including the Co-Founder of Hansapank entering digital archiving business (VIDEO)
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- TestMarket.eu is the Estonian winner of „European Enterprise Awards 2010“
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- US tech tiger establishes R&D unit in Estonia, hires 50+ engineers!
- Former Playtech employee runs his online gambling business and is a heavy spammer?