Posts Tagged ‘Skype’

Garage48 winner Defolio is making buzz – what is it? (VIDEO)

In: New start-ups|R&D

31 Aug 2010

Yet to be officially registered startup Defolio, built over a weekend and developing a collaborative design tool for freelancers and small creative agencies, was the winner of Garage48 event in Tartu. A group of eight people, among them Ahti Heinla – a founding engineer of Skype, Siim Teller – a well-known blogger and Tõnu Runnel [...]

Priit Alamäe    : We are building the e-government of Qatar

In: Companies|Visionaires

30 Jul 2010

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. [...]

Full Picture of the Estonian VC’s – who are these guys?

In: Companies|Featured Articles|Venture Capitalists

29 Jan 2010

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 [...]

A letter from The Editor: Challenges for 2010

In: Companies

7 Jan 2010

I don’t think it is somehow indecorous to wish other people a Happy New Year after 6th of January. So that’s my wish to You, dear readers of TigerPrises.  The blog that I started one and a half year ago has now covered way over 100 Estonian start-ups and tech companies. Last month it had readers from [...]

“Do-yourself-a-mobile-service” portal Fortumo conquers Asia with some Taiwanese help (VIDEO)

In: Companies

21 Sep 2009

Fortumo, an Estonian developer of mobile phone services, is planning a penetration into Asia, targeting China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and other countries. In order to achieve success there, a Taiwanese sales team has been recruited to work in Tartu. Fortumo – create your own SMS service in five minutes and earn money! – is one [...]

Former Skype engineers to provide all-in-one tool for software developers

In: Companies|Venture Capitalists

19 Aug 2009

The founding members of Skype engineering and operations team, headed by Toivo Annus have established SUInfra – company that offers all-in-one web tool for small software developers. SUInfra, currently in beta-stage development, claims to be a solid and simple web environment, integrating bug tracking, wiki, SVN and other useful services. All in one web, no install, no setup. [...]

E-stonia at Glance in The Demo Center

In: Companies

5 Feb 2009

So here should be it: close to 30 of the very best Estonian information and communication technology solutions all in one showroom called The Demo Center. The Estonian-version of an ICT heaven was established in Tallinn, Ülemiste City, and it was officially opened last week in the presence of Estonian IT-gurus and politicans. To show stuff [...]

Sten Tamkivi: Skype has had Great Impact on Estonian Start-ups Market

In: Companies

26 Jan 2009

Together with my Nordic colleaques from ArcticStartup.com we have interviewed The Chief Evangelist at Skype, Sten Tamkivi. Tamkivi told us about how there’s a lot going on in Skype and how they are doing really well in terms of revenues. He also gave his opinion about Skype’s influence on Estonian start-ups market (that has been significant) [...]

Skype Founders to Make Marine Navigation Safer and Easier (Demo VIDEO)

In: Companies

21 Jan 2009

There’s an interesting technology evolving in the incubator of Ambient Sound Investments – the investments vehicle of the Estonians who founded Skype. The company with the initial name InkSpinTwo is developing digital forward-looking sonar, that would make marine navigation safer and easier. Arno Rannaste, the CEO of InkSpinTwo explains that the competitive edge ot this technology [...]

Keep Your Pledge or Donate to Charity!

In: Companies

19 Jan 2009

Three Estonians, two of them working for Skype – Andrus Purde, Priidu Zilmer and Joonathan Mägi, have founded a funny start-up called Pledgehammer – a website, that helps you keep your promises. The project that was launched just weeks ago allows you to make a public pledge – for example “I will stop smoking” – and [...]




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