Countries. Estonia

Estonian Ready Player Me gets €56.4M from a16z

Ready Player Me, a Tallinn-based cross-game avatar platform, has secured €56.4 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other notable investors include David Baszucki (co-founder of Roblox) and Justin Kan (co-founder of Twitch), Silicon Canals reports. Founded

Estonian RecruitLab secures €1.9M from Change Ventures

The Tallinn-based HRtech startup RecruitLab has secured €1.9 million in seed funding round for its recruitment software. Change Ventures led the round with the participation from Startup Istanbul, FFF.vc, and BADideas.fund. Founded in 2020 by a trio of entrepreneurs with

Estonian Web3 startup Cookie3 raises $2.5M

The Tallinn-based Web3 startup Cookie3 has raised $2.5 million in seed and strategic rounds led by Spartan Group. The startup is working on the first-ever ads targeting tool in the Metaverse, Yahoo! Finance informs. Founded by 2021 by Filip Wielanier

Estonian healthtech Antegenes secures €2.3M for cancer prevention

The Tartu-based healthtech startup Antegenes has secured €2.3 million for its pioneering genetic tests for personalized cancer prevention. The investment consists of a €1.6 million seed round and two healthcare grants, EU-Startups informs. Founded in 2018 by Peeter Padrik, Antegenes’

Tallinn-based startup HotelBuddy raises €420k from Startup Wise Guys

The Tallinn-based hospitality startup HotelBuddy has raised €420,000 pre-seed investment from Estonian accelerator Startup Wise Guys. The funding will allow the startup to continue developing its product and expand its reach out of the Baltics. Founded in 2020, HotelBuddy offers a unified solution digitizing

The most active VC funds in Estonia to watch in 2022

The Estonian venture ecosystem is growing rapidly. With ten unicorn companies, Estonia ranks among the top countries in the world by the number of technology startups worth a billion dollars or more per capita. It also leads Europe in venture capital investment,

Estonian startup Bitskout raises €500k in pre-seed from SMOK

The Tallinn-based data automation startup Bitskout has raised €500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by SMOK Ventures. The Portugal-based VC firm Shilling and London-based VC firm Octopus Ventures also participated. Founded in 2020 by Alexey Zelenkin and Ilia Zelenkin, Bitskout develops

Estonian startup Solarstone secures €10M to develop solar roofing

The Estonian-based startup Solarstone has secured a €10 million investment in a Series A round. Biofuel, an Estonian asset management company, led the round to develop solar roofing. Founded in 2015 by Mait Kukk, Mattis Jürimäe, and Silver Aednik, Solarstone

Estonian startup Yera raises €535k for its employee engagement tool

Yera, an Estonia-based developer of an all-in-one engagement and rewards solution for work teams worldwide, has raised a €535,000 seed funding led by Specialist VC. Veriff founder Kaarel Kotkas also participated in the round, as Yera’s press office told AIN.Capital.