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Europe’s untapped capital: Baltic VCs eye €500 million pension windfall amid “Index bashing”

Europe’s untapped capital: Baltic VCs eye €500 million pension windfall amid “Index bashing”

As European venture capital scrambles to retain its top tech champions, local fund managers are turning their attention to the region's largest, yet most cautious, pool of capital: pension funds. But unlocking these institutional billions is sparking fierce debate over political meddling, the rise of passive index investing,

Escaping the local capital trap with global ambition and unified public markets

Escaping the local capital trap with global ambition and unified public markets

HAAPSALU - To survive an increasingly competitive global fundraising environment, venture capital fund managers across the Baltics and Nordics must look beyond local private capital and embrace the unifying power of regional public markets, industry leaders warned. Speaking at the "From Baltics to New Nordics" panel at Baltic VCA

Europe’s sovereignty challenge: Can institutional capital bridge the growth gap?

Europe’s sovereignty challenge: Can institutional capital bridge the growth gap?

HAAPSALU - As geopolitical tensions accelerate the unbundling of global supply chains and capital flows, Europe's tech ecosystem faces an existential challenge: building indigenous technological sovereignty while overcoming its chronic shortage of late-stage growth capital. At the Baltic VCA Summit in Haapsalu, venture capitalists and institutional policymakers converged

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

Tartu Startup Day moves to August 2027

Tartu Startup Day moves to August 2027

The organisers of the Tartu Startup Day conference said they have moved the event from planned end-January dates to August 17-19, citing a scheduling clash with the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC). "It became clear that delivering Startup Day at the scale, quality and format our community deserves

From Veriff to lockers: Taavi Lindmaa's quest to eliminate a receptionist (or two)

From Veriff to lockers: Taavi Lindmaa's quest to eliminate a receptionist (or two)

TOOSIKANNU, Estonia — For more than a decade, Taavi Lindmaa helped fuel the rapid rise of some of Estonia’s most prominent financial technology and healthtech platforms. But after years of shaping early-stage corporate growth for others, the veteran operator is betting on a new direction: eliminating human intervention from