The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

Nowhere in the world offers the kind of business climate that is so conducive to innovation, creativity and success for the aspiring entrepreneur. I happen to be from Estonia, a small, but fiercely proud country near the Baltic Sea, one with a burgeoning startup scene that’s full of driven, intelligent and hungry entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

TechCrunch: In order to be able to access the support package a local startup must be an innovative business that’s up to five years old (or seven in biotech); making up to €5 million in revenue; and have at least 60% of its employees in Spain. This is sample data that we use — that we extracted from business data analysis.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

A conducive business environment. The Dutch have a solid business environment today. It takes five days to start a business today, ranking us #10 in the world in terms of ‘incorporation’ speed. In addition, Dutch businesses enjoy an effective and efficient political & regulatory environment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Now, in a spot of perfect timing, a startup out of Talinn, Estonia, called Ready Player Me — which has built a popular platform for creating dynamic, animated avatars to use across virtual worlds built and operated by others — is announcing $56 million in funding to grow its business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Today, one of the startups that’s built an interesting, very “hands-on” approach to addressing that problem is announcing a round of funding to expand its business. “We’ve had overwhelming demand and it’s incredible to see how businesses want to adopt us right now,” he said in an interview.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

. — Doordash and Postmates (now part of Uber) — and then deployments in closed campus environments. Today the campus deployments are a majority of Starship’s business — some 70% — but the signs are pointing to a likely shift, Westgarth said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Bolt , an Uber competitor that is building an international on-demand network of services to transport people, food and other items in cars, scooters and bikes across Europe and Africa, has picked up some strategic funding today to continue expanding its business in emerging markets.

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