Estonian start-up stories by Toivo Tänavsuu
It’s something that a number of people have thought of. But in February, a group of people met at the Garage48 public services design competition and actually did it – visualized the Republic of Estonia’s budget. Coloured spheres that open on MeieRaha.eu shows the structure and proportion of the revenue and expenditures in the state budget. [...]
The winner of the Garage48 public services competition 112 Mobile allows emergency calls to be placed without calling the dispatcher centre. The new service is characteristic of a trend toward more innovative solutions in emergency response centres and in the area of administration of the Ministry of the Interior in general. The prototype for the [...]
The top prize at the Helsinki Garage48 start-up project competition went to LapLab – a Web application for amateur race car drivers that allows them to improve their best lap times and car configurations. While undoubtedly a niche product – there might be only five million users in the world – LapLab will hopefully hit [...]
It was in 2006 when Playtech, an online gambling software developing superstar hired a guy from Israel, Boaz Laufer (pictured). He came to work in Estonia, where Playtech has its development units in Tallinn and Tartu. But now, four years later, there’s a depressing dispute between Laufer and Playtech. Martin Leiger from Playtech Estonia’s public [...]