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Tallinn-based startup HotelBuddy raises €420k from Startup Wise Guys

The Tallinn-based hospitality startup HotelBuddy has raised €420,000 pre-seed investment from Estonian accelerator Startup Wise Guys. The funding will allow the startup to continue developing its product and expand its reach out of the Baltics. Founded in 2020, HotelBuddy offers a unified solution digitizing

How AI contributes to improving human interactions. The story behind deeptech Ender Turing

When it comes to business matters, all companies, without exception, want to communicate with customers as smoothly as possible. Scale-up Champions program’s alumni Ender Turing, a deeptech startup founded by Ukrainians, helps them with that. The startup develops an AI-based call

The most active VC funds in Estonia to watch in 2022

The Estonian venture ecosystem is growing rapidly. With ten unicorn companies, Estonia ranks among the top countries in the world by the number of technology startups worth a billion dollars or more per capita. It also leads Europe in venture capital investment,

Estonian startup Bitskout raises €500k in pre-seed from SMOK

The Tallinn-based data automation startup Bitskout has raised €500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by SMOK Ventures. The Portugal-based VC firm Shilling and London-based VC firm Octopus Ventures also participated. Founded in 2020 by Alexey Zelenkin and Ilia Zelenkin, Bitskout develops

Estonian startup Solarstone secures €10M to develop solar roofing

The Estonian-based startup Solarstone has secured a €10 million investment in a Series A round. Biofuel, an Estonian asset management company, led the round to develop solar roofing. Founded in 2015 by Mait Kukk, Mattis Jürimäe, and Silver Aednik, Solarstone

Estonian startup Yera raises €535k for its employee engagement tool

Yera, an Estonia-based developer of an all-in-one engagement and rewards solution for work teams worldwide, has raised a €535,000 seed funding led by Specialist VC. Veriff founder Kaarel Kotkas also participated in the round, as Yera’s press office told AIN.Capital.

Estonian-founded fintech Lightyear closes $25M round backed by Virgin Group

Estonia and UK-based investment app Lightyear has closed a $25 million Series A equity round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The company’s seed investors Mosaic Ventures, Taavet+Sten, and Metaplanet also participated in the round, alongside

Web3 startup Salto X raises €5.2M for its tokenized stock options solution

Salto X, a startup based in Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia, has raised a €5.2 seed investment. The round was led by the Nordic VC ByFounders, Berlin-based crypto VC Blockwall, New York-based Box Group, crypto fintech company 3Commas, and angel investors such as

Estonian healthtech startup Certific raises €7.4M

The Estonian healthtech startup Certific has raised €7.4 million in a seed funding round. The investment platform Plural led the investment to advance remote medical diagnostics, support product expansion, and enter new markets. Founded in 2020 by one of Estonia’s fintech unicorn