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 [...]
Wibbit, a start-up operating in Tartu Science Park with origins in Playtech, is getting ready to come to market with a multifunctional food and staple goods price comparison and shopping website. One of the originators of the enterprise, Mehis Pärn (pictured), says that the idea was first developed this spring at the Garage48 start-up event. [...]
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 [...]