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Let the growth be organic: Icosagen's Mart Ustav

Let the growth be organic: Icosagen's Mart Ustav

TARTU – Autumn blows through Tartu on a Friday morning, tossing raindrops and red and golden leaves every which way, and Mart Ustav is in his office at Icosagen on the city's edge, ready to talk. There's nothing remotely startup here, from the watercolours on the walls

Bilt.me raises $700k, backed by Superhero Capital, Villig and Sokk

Bilt.me raises $700k, backed by Superhero Capital, Villig and Sokk

TALLINN - AI-native mobile app developer, Bilt.me has raised $700,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Superhero Capital, including Bolt founder Markus Villig and Lightyear founder Martin Sokk. The app for creating apps was founded in August 2025 by three guys in their 20s - Uku Joost

„Enamiku asjade tegemiseks ei ole sul kellegi luba vaja!”

„Enamiku asjade tegemiseks ei ole sul kellegi luba vaja!”

Jaanek Sildam õpib esimesel kursusel informaatikat ja tehisintellekti, töötab finantstehnoloogiaettevõttes Salv, tegutseb teist aastat Mustamäe Riigigümnaasiumi õpilasfirmade mentorina ning pakub ettevõtetele turundus- ja brändinguteenuseid. Seda nimekirja kuulates tekib paratamatult küsimus, millal ta magab. Jaaneki enda vastus on lihtsam: võistlussport õpetas talle varakult, et kui tahad mitut asja hästi teha, ei

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,

'Nagu Naksti!' Ringy's Upgreat takeover marks a new chapter for circular economy startup

'Nagu Naksti!' Ringy's Upgreat takeover marks a new chapter for circular economy startup

TALLINN - Ringy CEO Kristo Kraft stood at the counter of Upgreat, the largest retailer of used and refurbished electronics in the Baltics, wearing shorts and a white polo shirt embroidered with his company's name. It was 10 am on a cool August morning at T1, one of the

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

GERT LÕHMUS: From a coffee in Vilnius to a developer infrastructure tool

GERT LÕHMUS: From a coffee in Vilnius to a developer infrastructure tool

Enola’s story started with a shared coffee in Vilnius, continued in Berlin, and eventually became a company founded in Estonia. Dejan and I met on a September day in Vilnius. We had coffee at Brew (a lovely cafe), talked about work and life, and, at some point, Dejan showed