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CostPocket has been bought by Swedish fintech Mynt

CostPocket has been bought by Swedish fintech Mynt

Estonian expense management platform CostPocket has been acquired by Swedish peer Mynt. The deal financials have not been disclosed. In what might be considered a perfect match in payments, the two firms had already been engaged for some time, with an existing technology partnership through which CostPocket launched its own

Fomo Academy: Keeping things human while hiring in the haze of AI

Fomo Academy: Keeping things human while hiring in the haze of AI

For years, one of the hardest parts of hiring was simply finding the right people. Companies spent enormous amounts of time searching LinkedIn, mapping competitors, building talent pools, and trying to identify candidates others hadn't already found. AI is changing that remarkably quickly. Today, a startup can map

Uue majanduse süda Kasvuhoone sai nurgakivi

Uue majanduse süda Kasvuhoone sai nurgakivi

TALLINN - Krulli kvartalis pandi täna nurgakivi 59 miljoni euro suuruse investeeringuga rajatavale ettevõtlus- ja innovatsioonikeskusele Kasvuhoone. 2028. aasta kevadel avatavast 15 000-ruutmeetrisest kompleksist saab Põhja-Euroopa suurim omalaadne keskus, mille ambitsioon on kujuneda lähiriikide mõjukaimaks idufirmade ja uue majanduse tõmbealaks. Kasvuhoone projekti on ellu kutsunud investeerimisettevõte Skaala. Ajaloolisse, 1899.

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,

UCHA VEKUA: "Give yourself a shot!" Hackathons are the new proving ground for creatives

UCHA VEKUA: "Give yourself a shot!" Hackathons are the new proving ground for creatives

Story of why and how I started organizing loo-oots of hackathons and startup meetups in my free time.

Tehnopol autumn kick-off & upcoming deadlines

Tehnopol autumn kick-off & upcoming deadlines

Last week, founders and investors put conventional wisdom on trial at the Tehnopol Accelerator autumn kick-off. The premise was simple: much of what once counted as settled truth in entrepreneurship has been rewritten by AI, shifting investor expectations, sales models, and geopolitics. For the first time, Tehnopol didn'

Eesti ei saa jätta hariduse võtmetehnoloogiate arendamist teiste riikide hooleks

Eesti ei saa jätta hariduse võtmetehnoloogiate arendamist teiste riikide hooleks

Kooliaasta on taaskord käes. Sellega koos ka võimalus jälle midagi uuesti alustada, paremaks muuta ja värske pilguga üle vaadata. Aga võib-olla võiksime 1. septembril korraks vaadata otsa ka tänasele haridussüsteemile ning astuda mõttes tulevikukooli radadele. Milliseid samme peame astuma, et tagada Eesti lastele parim haridus? EdTech Estonia nõukogu liikme

INTERVIEW: EIF’s Merete Clausen on Europe’s geopolitical awakening, risk allocation, and unlocking pension capital

INTERVIEW: EIF’s Merete Clausen on Europe’s geopolitical awakening, risk allocation, and unlocking pension capital

HAAPSALU — For European technology startups looking to scale into regional and global champions, the chronic shortage of late-stage growth capital remains a central challenge. Founders often face a difficult choice: seek Silicon Valley-aligned capital or risk stalling out on growth tickets. Fomo.Observer sat down (literally, on a

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

SmartCap announces Patrik Louko as new CEO

SmartCap announces Patrik Louko as new CEO

SmartCap, Estonia’s state-owned fund manager, has announced its new CEO. Patrik Louko will step into the vacant position, replacing Sille Pettai. Louko brings 20 years of experience in investment, venture capital, and growing technology companies. Since 2023, he has served as Chief Investment Officer at the University of

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ: You’re wrong about the Dot-Com crash, so stop saying AI-driven stocks will be a tragic repeat

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ: You’re wrong about the Dot-Com crash, so stop saying AI-driven stocks will be a tragic repeat

The financial press and “enlightened” social media influencers keep warning that today’s AI-driven stock market is a bubble ready to burst, comparable to the dot-com implosion in 2000. They’ve warned us for years, yet the market keeps rising. Frustrated with the constant gloomy predictions, I’ll

Wisby raises €250,000 to fuel growth after restructuring

Wisby raises €250,000 to fuel growth after restructuring

TALLINN — Label-ordering platform Wisby has raised €250,000 in strategic growth capital to validate its market valuation after a successful pivot from survival mode to profitability, and to scale product and business development across the company's primary markets in Scandinavia and Western Europe. Wisby needed to convert