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Fomo Academy: The art of pitch decks #2. The sending deck

Fomo Academy: The art of pitch decks #2. The sending deck

The deck you send has to do the talking because you are not in the room. Here is how to make it work without you. In the first part of this series, we covered the stage deck, the one you present live. This part is about its opposite: the deck

Building cognitive defence: Inside President Karis's vision for Estonia's AI shift

Building cognitive defence: Inside President Karis's vision for Estonia's AI shift

TALLINN — Estonia is embedding artificial intelligence natively across its high school network, marking a massive public-private shift designed to redefine the country’s digital workforce in the coming years. Under the banner of the national AI Leap initiative (AI Hüpe), an ambitious pilot phase has rolled out to thousands

CloserAI wins AI agents hackathon

CloserAI wins AI agents hackathon

On a June Friday evening in Tallinn, 13 teams stood up to pitch at the end of a hackathon. Unusually, the participants didn’t have that dishevelled look of teams who hadn’t slept in beds for a few nights; this hackathon had a rather different vibe. The Elnora and

From Estonia to Silicon Valley and back: Why a veteran tech investor made a bet on Estonia

From Estonia to Silicon Valley and back: Why a veteran tech investor made a bet on Estonia

TALLINN - In 1992, Silicon Valley tech investor Andrew Thompson arrived in the newly liberated capital of Estonia carrying bags packed with boots, clothes, and tinned food. The shops in Tallinn were entirely empty. The Soviet occupation had left the Baltic nation flat on its back financially. Thirty years later, Thompson

Nanordica Medical raises €1.6 million to launch its antibacterial wound dressing

Nanordica Medical raises €1.6 million to launch its antibacterial wound dressing

TALLINN - Estonian MedTech company Nanordica Medical has raised €1.6 million to see the commercialisation of its wound dressing product for the fast healing of chronic wounds. The round was led by Estonian fund 2C Ventures with participation from existing investors, Specialist VC, Superangel, Amalfi, Health Founders syndicate led by

UP Catalyst's Nordic handshake in Oulu

UP Catalyst's Nordic handshake in Oulu

TALLINN - UP Catalyst has signed a pre-agreement with Finnish utility Oulun Energia to build a factory that turns carbon dioxide emissions into battery materials to ease Europe’s reliance on Chinese graphite imports. The deal highlights how Nordic energy infrastructure is becoming a magnet for clean-tech startups looking

Latitude59 winner Granarium Technologies raises €1 million Pre-seed round

Latitude59 winner Granarium Technologies raises €1 million Pre-seed round

Back in May at Latitude Finland's Granarium, the maker of renewable supercapacitors for grid-scale power stabilisation, took home a €200,000 investment offer from an amalgamation of Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN), Latvian Business Angels Network, Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN). Now, they have announced an over