Estonian technology stories
Yes, that’s true - 160 projects or start-ups in two years time. Isn’t it great for a small country like Estonia? Lot of people consider Estonian Development Fund as mainly thinktank. But sending your business plan there to apply for venture capital funding is indeed worth a shot. Heidi Kakko, fund’s investment expert says they have [...]
Metal constructions and machinery designer -manufacturer Ilmarine is not a start-up, more like a re-start-up . It has decided not to abandon its 150 years of history, but to bring the best of it to 21. century and evolve to become a modern turn-key solutions provider. Years ago after the collaps of Soviet Union Ilmarine found itself [...]
When the state-owned Estonian Development Fund announced about a year ago that it will make its first seed investment into “self-service post office” solution provider SmartPost some people were truly amazed, the others kind of dissapointed. They doubted if that qualifies of being “Estonian Nokia” everybody were looking for. But now, a year later, SmartPost business idea kind [...]
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17 Jul 2009Estonian start-up Goliath Wind develops energy-efficient wind turbines and claims its technology has been spotted by curious eyes of Chinese buyers. Goliath offers a low cost solution for high power wind turbines. The technology originates from Durham University, Great Britain. 50% off According to a general rule 1MW wind energy production capacity needs an investment of 1 [...]