Estonian start-up stories by Toivo Tänavsuu
In: New start-ups|R&D
8 Sep 2010I asked Ragnar Sass, one of the founders of Cashmuse, „a magical tool, that converts your paper receipts into valuable digital data“, how are they doing. He told me they are going „step by step“, currently learning the market needs. How they can use their technology in a meaningful way, helping people in their personal [...]
New „intelligent“ Facebook game RichRats, that has merged the features of Monopoly with Google Maps will be available in new version by the end of this week, says one of the founders, Marko Praakli. Since the end of August, when RichRats kicked-off at the Garage48 event, the team have made few important decisions. One of [...]
Yet to be officially registered startup Defolio, built over a weekend and developing a collaborative design tool for freelancers and small creative agencies, was the winner of Garage48 event in Tartu. A group of eight people, among them Ahti Heinla – a founding engineer of Skype, Siim Teller – a well-known blogger and Tõnu Runnel [...]
In: New start-ups|R&D
30 Aug 2010Yesterday evening at 22, when crowds at Garage48 event in Tartu had already gone off for a well-deserved rest and beer, I spotted exhausted-looking Priit Salumaa, one of the main organizers of the event. He gave me a video interview, describing his gushy, yet concealed feelings after 48 hours of intensive collaborative startup building, heavy brainwork in [...]
What a pleasant compliment for Estonian tech sector and economy! US tech tiger Seven Networks, one of the leading providers of mobile email and messaging solutions on mass market devices, will establish a considerable R&D unit in Estonia. Current plan is to grow the Estonia office to approximately 50+ employees by the end of this [...]