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Swedbank, the largest bank in Estonia, has taken on a mission to help Estonian startups succeed. Their support of the ecosystem strategically covers the full lifecycle of a startup - from cool cooperations with early-stage founders, to partnering with community-leading organizations, Swedbank’s resources are channeled far and wide. In the upcoming quarter, you can find Swedbank’s team at sTARTup Day and the Estonian Startup Awards 2022.
Hedman law firm’s core values include unwavering faith in tech and new business models, which comes in handy when most of their clients are raising investments, building digital services, and scaling up to international markets. Even though Hedman’s heart belongs to law, you’ll find many startup founders among the team. Being forward-thinking and tech-minded, it’s no surprise that Hedman has been at LIFT99 since day 1… well almost.
The LIFT99 kitchen island is often a place of uproarious laughter and, unsurprisingly, lunchtime chatter, with the coffee machine putting in some serious overtime in the background. In all of the commotion, it’s easy to sometimes not notice some of the quieter residents. Among these kitchen island residents we also find Chantal, even though she has been here at LIFT for a while now, she is as shrouded in mystery as is the routine behind her curls.
Estonian Startup Awards 2021 gala took place on January 21, 2022. Over 300 startuppers and impact makers of the sector gathered at Vaba Lava to officially wrap up 2021 and celebrate the biggest wins of the year. Most noteworthily, 8 award trophies found a new home - scroll down to see the FULL SHORTLISTS and WINNERS of Estonian Startup Awards 2021.
Ragnar Sass - founder of Pipedrive (unicorn), LIFT99 & Salto (unicorns to be), and investor in 40+ startups, has put together 24 questions he considers when investing in startups.
Today, we are making them public, knowing they will help both startup founders & future angel investors.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE BIGGEST STARTUP COMPETITION AND ACCELERATOR IN ESTONIA - “AJUJAHT” COMING TO AN END: HERE'S THE STORY OF MARKUS MERESMA, THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MENTORNAUT AND WINNER OF THE ESTBAN BUSINESS ANGELS AWARD FOR 100K AT “AJUJAHT”.
Ukrainian Startup Awards 2020 is a startup community initiative officially summing up the highlights of the past year in the local startup scene. We are proud to include all levels of our local startup community in order to recognise the brightest achievers and most inspiring activists in 9 separate award categories.
HUMANS OF LIFT99 IS A SERIES OF STORIES FROM LIFT99 MEMBERS, HIGHLIGHTING THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WE SEE AROUND US EVERY DAY. NOT ALL OF US ARE FOUNDERS (YET), OR EVEN STARTUPPERS, BUT WE ALL HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR A SKILL TO SHARE - IT’S WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY AS AMAZING AS IT IS.
HERE IS THE STORY OF HELEN PIIRSALU - TALENT MANAGER AT SNACKABLE AND A MEMBER AT LIFT99
2020 was a record-breaking year for the Estonian community on so many levels! Based on the Estonian Startup Database, we had 1117 startups in Estonia in total by the end of 2020. Estonia has 4.6x as many startups per capita as the European average - on a population-adjusted basis, Estonia is the capital of European startups! A total of 440,9M EUR was invested into Estonian startups during 2020.
HUMANS OF LIFT99 IS A SERIES OF STORIES FROM LIFT99 MEMBERS, HIGHLIGHTING THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WE SEE AROUND US EVERY DAY. NOT ALL OF US ARE FOUNDERS (YET), OR EVEN STARTUPPERS, BUT WE ALL HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR A SKILL TO SHARE - IT’S WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY AS AMAZING AS IT IS.
In our previous posts on social media, we shared amazing news about our community members, team Hirio, and their first investments. Today, we are sharing a startup-journey story of Hirio CEO and co-founder — Konstantin Miska.
Humans of Lift99 is a series of stories from LIFT99 members, highlighting the inspiring people we see around us every day. Not all of us are founders (yet), or even startuppers, but we all have a story to tell or a skill to share - it’s what makes our community as amazing as it is.
Here is the story of Vicky Brock - founder of Vistalworks, member of LIFT99.
Humans of Lift99 is a series of stories from LIFT99 members, highlighting the inspiring people we see around us every day. Not all of us are founders (yet), or even startuppers, but we all have a story to tell or a skill to share - it’s what makes our community as amazing as it is.
Here Is The Story Of Carlos Paniagua - Cto Of Glia, Member Of Lift99
