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One man and his dog, base themselves in Estonia

One man and his dog, base themselves in Estonia

During the summer, I travelled to North Tallinn to meet one man and his dog in the sunshine. Well, the Tallinn sunshine. Almog Koren remarks to me, “This is not summer," as we are outside a cafe with his dog Echo. Koren is the founder and CEO of Dogbase,

Inside ruum's summer residency finals: Six startups pitch as alumni reflect on grit, bad coffee, and community

Inside ruum's summer residency finals: Six startups pitch as alumni reflect on grit, bad coffee, and community

TALLINN — In hacker space ruum, six startup teams presented to an audience of founders, investors, and peers at the summer residency’s final pitch session. Showing the growth of ruum, the event moved out of ruum to a parking hall next door, a space 4-5 times larger than at

An exited founder: getting to know Andrus Purde

An exited founder: getting to know Andrus Purde

Last week Outfunnel announced that it had been acquired by Pipedrive. The sales and marketing workflow platform was founded in 2018 by Andrus Purde, Markus Leming and Andris Reinman and during those eight years Outfunnel has gone through a few different iterations of itself. Purde had written in Fomo a

Pipedrive acquires Outfunnel

Pipedrive acquires Outfunnel

“Mostly relief and joy, a slice of pride, but also side tastes of regret and even fear,” says Andrus Purde about his ‘cocktail of emotions’ upon closing the deal to sell Outfunnel to Pipedrive. “I added the last signature to the last document to be signed, went for a quick

Fomo Academy: 8 book recommendations from the Fomo community

Fomo Academy: 8 book recommendations from the Fomo community

Looking for a book to read or listen to on your next vacation? Or need something keep you company on your work trips, or simply to inspire or educate you during a quiet moment? Fomo Academy is putting together a reading list of recommended books from our startup community. Read

Meet the founder mixing supply planning with AI agents

Meet the founder mixing supply planning with AI agents

From Tallinn to London, and back. Lately Fomo.Observer caught up with Melanie Rannula to talk about founding her latest venture, landing Pleo and what inspires her to succeed. Rannula is the founder and CEO of Leio, a digital supply planning assistant for food and beverage producers. It’s a

It’s not TooEarly to start a new galaxy

It’s not TooEarly to start a new galaxy

Fomo visited TooEarly Ventures at their home in the EBS building in Tallinn. Admittedly, I’m not new to the venture studio; I first met founders Triinu Lukas and Aneth Tinnus when they invited me to cover one of their defence tech hackathons, the DefHack Resilience edition, for another publication