TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Launched in Estonia in March this year and currently expanding to Poland, Rendin operates a long-term rental platform that promises to smooth out the process between landlords and tenants. Rendin , an Estonian proptech startup that wants to improve the home rental experience, including offering a no-deposit feature, has raised €1.2

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Founded in Estonia and now headquartered in New York, the company has taken a majority investment from U.S. “Pipedrive is now Europe and Estonia’s newest SaaS unicorn,” says Zennström. Pipedrive , the sales CRM tool for small and medium-sized businesses, is the latest European company to reach unicorn status.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Enhanced playlists are available on both Android and iOS and are set to roll out over the next month to Spotify Premium subscribers in the following countries: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, (..)

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Outvio , an Estonian startup that provides a white-label SaaS fulfillment solution for medium-sized and large online retailers in Spain and Estonia, has closed a $3 million early-stage financing round led by Change Ventures. Also participating were TMT Investments (London), Fresco Capital (San Francisco) and Lemonade Stand (Tallinn).

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Samsung says the app was granted a CE marking in December, which means that it complies with applicable regulations in Europe and can be offered in the European Economic Area.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The investment highlights once again the strength of the Baltics region as a tech ecosystem, after Lithuania produced its first Unicorn in the shape of Vinted , and Estonia added Pipedrive to its unicorns list. With the increased shift to digital entertainment during the pandemic, the startup has managed to garner much more U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Now, customers in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia will be able to become Revolut Bank customers. In Lithuania for instance, you can apply for a credit card with a credit limit that’s twice the value of your monthly salary (up to €6,000). You can pay back over one to 60 months.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Woola opened a production facility in Estonia and launched its first product in December 2020. These wool-based packages can be reused, repurposed, or returned by the end user, with the ultimate goal of making the solution “closed-loop” so nothing goes to waste. Wool envelopes were the first products to hit the market.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

Woola (Estonia), Papkot (France), Biotic (Israel), FunCell (France) and Traceless (Germany). Luckily there is no shortage of sustainable packaging startups in Europe. Just take a look: Circleback (Germany), Recup (Germany), Sourceful (U.K.), one • five (Germany), Shellworks (U.K.),

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

The European Commission says the geo-blocking was to prevent games being activated outside Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This broke the EU’s Digital Single Market rules which prohibit those types of barriers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Estonia-based Membo — which is backed by Y Combinator and will be presenting at the incubator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day next week — is aiming to take a slice of the premium end of grocery shopping in Europe and a bite out of supermarket giants’ continued dominance of the traditional weekly food shop. .

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

One effort, by Estonia and the World Health Organization, began developing a digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate in October. Similar efforts are modeling themselves on existing vaccine documents already required by some countries for entry. These document vaccinations for diseases like yellow fever or polio.)

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The startup was founded in Estonia and has 21 employees, with no “head office” as such, with the team spread across Estonia, U.S., But it has had some notable accolades, including getting named app of the year by Google in 2018. Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Companies launching such products must undergo a review called a Data Processing Impact Assessment (DPIA) under the European Union’s GDPR protections, and Facebook reportedly informed regulators too late of its plans, raising concerns about data privacy compliance.

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 18, 2025

While Britain publishes white papers, Estonia quietly built a government that works — one interoperable registry at a time. Continue reading on Medium

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The Verge

APRIL 5, 2022

In coordination with allies and partners, like Germany and Estonia, we will continue to disrupt these networks.”. “Our actions send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” Secretary of Treasury Janet L. Yellen said. “In billion (~$1.35

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

In an open letter, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said that Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter had become accessories to Russian aggression by allowing the country space on their sites and apps. Many European nations have called on platforms to do more to stop the spread of Russian misinformation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Warren’s self-service distributed cloud platform is gaining traction in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s fastest-growing cloud service markets, and Europe. It recently closed a $1.4 million seed round led by Passion Capital, with plans to expand in South America, where it recently launched in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Estonia-based startup’s “special sauce” is using AI-powered video to verify identifies. They were joined by existing investors IVP and Accel, bringing Veriff’s total funding to date to $200 million. The new funding means the company is now valued at $1.5

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Not bad considering that founding partner Dave McClure has been adamant about supporting non-US startups and recently acquired the Mexican.VC

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Now Estonia-based eAgronom , another FMS startup, has closed a $7.4 There are plenty of competitors in so-called FMS (Farm Management Software), but so far no global dominant leader has emerged. Agrivi has raised $7.3 million, Granular $24.9 million and FarmLogs $37 million. So there’s clearly plenty of scope for more.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

It’s also had a significant presence in Europe, with its primary R&D operation based out of Tallinn, in Estonia (hence the financial endorsement from the EU), and its first substantial city deployment in Milton Keynes in the UK.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The company — co-headquartered in New York and Tallinn, Estonia — has now raised more than $150 million overall, it said. Insight and Wildcat are previous backers, including in Glia’s $78 million Series C round in January 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Both founders are immigrants, with Kotov hailing from Russia and Herbert from Estonia. . […] Being an immigrant and not coming from a rich family […] all of a sudden I got access to a bunch of people that I previously had no access to,” he said. 4 lessons I learned about getting into Y Combinator (after 13 applications).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The full list of countries includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Lightyear’s expansion includes the following markets: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. And less than a year after first launching to early U.K.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Founded out of Tallinn, Estonia, in 2017, Katana is an ERP for the manufacturing sector, with prebuilt integrations for many of the most common tools that a manufacturer might use, including e-commerce platforms (e.g., Shopify and WooCommerce), accounting (e.g., QuickBooks and Xero), shipping, forecasting, CRM, and more.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

The company has since launched Bird Platform in countries like Switzerland and Estonia, cheering investors who hope it will lower Bird’s labor and capital expenses. The program, which is called Bird Platform, has led some operators to fall into deep debt, OneZero reported last year.

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Tableau

JUNE 1, 2021

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

So far, the Estonia-founded mobility startup that offers rent-to-buy car subscriptions has bought over 12,000 cars for its customers in South Africa and Mexico.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2021

from Estonia, where I’m originally from. Extra Crunch members receive access to weekly “Dear Sophie” columns; use promo code ALCORN to purchase a one- or two-year subscription for 50% off. Dear Sophie, My fiancé and I got engaged early this year. We’re planning a wedding for later in the year when my family can travel to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

18 European countries have already signed a non-binding pledge saying that they plan to contribute to this EIF’s fund of funds — Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. More countries should join the list soon.

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

Visit the official contest page for complete rules and information—including how to submit your viz to the Iron Viz qualifier round. The fine print. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

It already has an office in Estonia, and Zeiler is looking at Australia, India and Turkey, where it is amassing more customers. The Series C funding enables Clarifai to scale its global team of 100 employees with plans to double that by next year. The company will also invest in sales and marketing, as well as an international expansion.

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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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