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What it’s like to found a startup in Estonia

The Next Web

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. In Estonia, people who set out to build a great business can’t expect to be greeted with encouragement and support from the broader community.

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Thinking of moving out of the U.S? Here are 10 hotspots for remote workers

Fast Company Tech

The D8 Visa also allows for family reunification, provides access to Portugals excellent public healthcare system, and offers a pathway to permanent residency or citizenship after five yearsmaking it a top choice for global remote professionals. Portugal meanwhile has the advantage of being an hour nearer the U.S.

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Iron Viz 2022 Global Qualifier: Visualizing the Arts

Tableau

Get recognized on a global stage. For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz about your favorite art form. Go forth and viz to compete for global viz glory in Iron Viz 2022. And the prestige of competing on the global Iron Viz stage? One global qualifier contest to rule them all. Visualizing the arts.

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Iron Viz 2022 Global Qualifier: Visualizing the Arts

Tableau

Get recognized on a global stage. For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz about your favorite art form. Go forth and viz to compete for global viz glory in Iron Viz 2022. And the prestige of competing on the global Iron Viz stage? One global qualifier contest to rule them all. Visualizing the arts.

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Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon

TechCrunch

Identity verification (IDV) provider Veriff , has raised a $100 million Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon. The Estonia-based startup’s “special sauce” is using AI-powered video to verify identifies. The new funding means the company is now valued at $1.5

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Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Finland: The saga of four accelerators

The Next Web

At the moment of writing, Seed-DB, a global database of seed stage accelerators, listed 235 programs (both active and defunct) that 5,688 startups had gone through. It’s hard to get the exact data on how many startup acceleration programs are being launched every year, but it’s definitely a lot.

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Bolt raises $709M at an $8.4B valuation to expand its transportation and food delivery super app

TechCrunch

“At Sequoia, we believe in the global potential for technology and entrepreneurship and have been inspired by Bolt’s growth from Tallinn, Estonia to over 400 cities and 100 million customers across Europe and Africa. ”

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