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The Estonian fund market is moving towards a critical turning point. Smartcap has an important role in this development. It is difficult to summarise the six years I have spent in the Estonian fund market, both as a member of the Superangel investment team and as the chairwoman of EstVCA,
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Why Apple & Wealthy Individuals Use Both Equity & Debt Striking the right balance between equity and debt can optimise your company’s balance sheet and fuel its growth. Every business requires equity, while debt is mostly optional. Borrowing money can complement equity and boost returns, without diluting ownership. The
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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The economic fallout from the Iran war is more severe for Europe than for the US
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Why do we keep ignoring the facts?
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How many apps from the Baltics can say they have a 50,000-person waitlist? BirdyChat does.
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The full story of organising a hackathon to boost your product development.
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