When @pipedrive hit a $1.5bn valuation last week, it became the fifth unicorn to be born in Estonia, joining
@Skype
@TransferWise
@Taxify_Lietuva ( @boltapp)
@playtechmobile
But what else do you need to know about the wider Baltic startup ecosystem? We tell you here




But what else do you need to know about the wider Baltic startup ecosystem? We tell you here

1/ Funding rounds in the Baltics plateaued between the start of 2019 and 2020, as new startups have postponed their raises, according to @changeventures’ latest report on Baltic Startup Funding (up to June 2020).
2/ While median pre-seed startup valuations have been steady since 2019, median valuations for seed-stage startups grew from €6m to €7.7m.
3/ Pre-seed and seed rounds were impacted by Covid’s toll on the Baltic economy but Series A rounds stayed strong, @changeventures report says.
#startups #estotech #startinLatvia #nordicmade #baltictech https://bit.ly/2IJenJ4
#startups #estotech #startinLatvia #nordicmade #baltictech https://bit.ly/2IJenJ4
4/ The @changeventures report identified 6 startups that have raised a Series A: many don't have their HQ in the Baltics, but they have Baltic founders and operations in the region:
@Veriff
@funderbeam
@whatifiapp
@Brainbase
@MilremR
@GetJuro






5/ The maturity of Estonia’s ecosystem means that it drives the most investments in the region: seed funding rounds are 1.5x larger than in Latvia & Lithuania combined:
#startups #estotech #startinLatvia #nordicmade #baltictech https://bit.ly/2IJenJ4
#startups #estotech #startinLatvia #nordicmade #baltictech https://bit.ly/2IJenJ4
6/“Big exits like @Skype creates capital, experience and contact networks, which funnels into new startups and value-added angels,” says @akberzins, managing partner of @changeventures about Estonia's leadership.
#startup #techEstonia #estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech
#startup #techEstonia #estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech
7/ But @akberzins thinks Latvia and Lithuania will eventually follow suit: “The term I’m increasingly using to describe this region is ‘the next Israel’.”
#Europe #startups #ecosystem #Baltics #Latvia #Lithuania #Estonia #Israel #estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech #nordicmade
#Europe #startups #ecosystem #Baltics #Latvia #Lithuania #Estonia #Israel #estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech #nordicmade
8/ Here are six growing startups from the Baltic region to watch:
@ZitiCity #delivery
@dancerbus #greenmobility
@InteractioApp #onlinemeetings
@EstateGuru #proptech
@RangeForce #cybersecurity
@lokalise #translation
#estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech






#estotech #startinLatvia #baltictech
9/ Another fast-growing Estonian startup to follow is @skel_tech: it raised €41.3m earlier this month to develop the “SuperBattery:” a battery that can be charged in just 15 seconds — and is beating @Tesla’s 
#Tesla #energy #energytransition @tmadiberk https://sifted.eu/articles/estonian-superbattery-tesla/

#Tesla #energy #energytransition @tmadiberk https://sifted.eu/articles/estonian-superbattery-tesla/