Latitude59
The competition drew 465 startup applications from 53 countries across five continents. These were the 14 best teams that pitched at the semi-final event on Friday evening: Energy and Environment Granarium A spin-out from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Granarium is tackling grid volatility caused by renewable energy.
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Before you consider approaching the media about your startup ask yourself why you want to get media attention. Then ask yourself, why should anyone care about you? This might sound a little harsh, but until you are sure on these two points, you are only wasting your time. Next up,
biotech
Tambet Teesalu's office sits one floor above the Laboratory of Precision and Nanomedicine at the centre of the University of Tartu. From its windows on a chilly, milky grey April day, one can see the faded green grass of an adjacent park and the roof of a supermarket.
founders
TALLINN — More than 30 leaders of Estonia’s technology sector have issued a sharp ultimatum to the government, calling for an immediate halt to rushed legislative amendments of the forest and nature conservation laws. In an open letter, the founders and executives argue that the proposed changes lack sufficient impact
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Dispatches
It’s a spring Tuesday morning in Tallinn. I’m sitting in the office of an Estonian VC firm, listening to their vision for Estonia and for Europe. The room is full of the essence of the Estonian startup ecosystem: ambitious, optimistic, driven, intellectually curious people building the next generation
Hiring
When Kristi Veskus, Head of the Work in Estonia programme, flew 11,000 kilometers to Brazil for a tech conference, she was asked, “What does your company, Estonia, do?” It wasn't until she pointed to a small corner of the European Union, on a map, that people realised
Estonia is calling pay transparency a bureaucratic burden. For a digital country, that is pathetic. There are policy disagreements, and then there are moments when a government makes itself look embarrassingly small. Estonia’s pushback against the EU Pay Transparency Directive is one of those moments. The government's
As Latitude59 prepares its 2026 stage, Baltic angel networks are focused on ensuring that "Hollywood" moments translate into long-term equity deals
How many apps from the Baltics can say they have a 50,000-person waitlist? BirdyChat does.
Angel Investing is Rational and Random at The Same Time
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Have you ever created a special connection to someone after you have gone through a difficult circumstance where you shared both the effort and accomplishment? That's what happened to me recently thanks to the Mesh Collective. Creating these experiences was Anders Mjaset’s vision, he knows the perfect
Jana asks the Estonian government: "Please put five million on the table" for an angel co-investment vehicle. She promises extremely positive development in 3 years.
Pitch coach Dan Renwick gives some advice to help us shine on stage this event season. Dan Renwick is an entrepreneur and owner of Dan le Man Pitch Coaching. I popped along to meet him in his Heldeke Bottle Shop, in Tallinn, for a cup of tea and a lesson
If the Council is serious about making EU Inc. work, the logical next step is to pilot it in Estonia, see results, and then take the case back to Brussels with numbers instead of slides.
Starship robots and agent armies unite as Estonia's Top 10 AI startups aim for global domination. Just a few years into the global AI boom, and it can feel, at times, in Estonia like AI is everywhere. Starship robots roll past you as they deliver Bolt orders in
Estonia is calling pay transparency a bureaucratic burden. For a digital country, that is pathetic. There are policy disagreements, and then there are moments when a government makes itself look embarrassingly small. Estonia’s pushback against the EU Pay Transparency Directive is one of those moments. The government's
Cachet said it has partnered with Baloise LU to deliver adaptive insurance for Turo's peer-to-peer car-sharing platform in France, entering a new market. "Partnering with Turo in France, with the backing of Baloise LU, is a defining moment for Cachet," Hedi Mardisoo, CEO and Co-Founder of
Recently, I woke up with the realisation that I’m a small business CEO. I never set out to be a small business CEO. The plan was to be the CEO of a rocketship, the next really big thing. Evidently, these plans haven’t materialised. At Outfunnel, a data syncing
TALLINN - Estonian value chain management startup Esgrid said it will close down after 2.5 years. Esgrid, which launched at the peak of ESG interest in late 2023, won a pitching competition at Startup Day in Tartu and raised some 1.4 million euros from investors like 2C Ventures.
Also, this week: A deep dive into the pitching competitions. By Fiona Alston Apr 12, 2026 “I’ve just happened to be in the right place at the right time - most of my life, which has been just grabbing these opportunities and also being very open to risk,” Triin
As Latitude59 prepares its 2026 stage, Baltic angel networks are focused on ensuring that "Hollywood" moments translate into long-term equity deals
Handhold raises €3M to automate the “white-glove” experience