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On October 7-8, we had the pleasure of hosting the world's largest cleantech business ideas competition, the ClimateLaunchpad Finals
in Tallinn, Estonia. This amazing event featured 80+ cleantech startups
from 30 countries. What ended up adding to the overall awesomeness was
the fact that the first place prize stayed "home" - an Estonian
cleantech startup Gleather won the competition! Photo: Maido Parv
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#cleantechrocks
In October, startup marketplace Funderbeam raised $2.6M from investors including Tim Draper, UK-based VC IQ Capital partners, and Thomson Reuters and an additional €455k through their own platform; logistics startup Shipitwise kicked off their second crowdfunding campaign raising over €170k; team productivity startup Weekdone celebrated its 4th birthday and hit 2,3M items posted on their platform; Starship Technologies reached 10k miles with its courier robots in their first year of testing; car rental marketplace Autolevi reached a milestone of 10k users.
As autumn is definitely a high season for tech conference in Europe, we
hope that you too are getting ready to attend some international
conferences this autumn. We at Startup Estonia have made our picks and
will be out at Slush and Web Summit
- if you happen to be there, make sure to swing by our booth, at Web
Summit we are in Pavilion 1! Missed out on the early bird price for
Slush? For all startups, now is your last chance to get your ticket for
250€ by using the code SLSHXSTARTUPSTONIA. But be quick, there are only
50 tickets for the fastest!
In October, our attention was largely on cleantech as we hosted the world's largest cleantech business idea competition, ClimateLaunchpad,
here in Tallinn. More than 500 people, including nearly 90 startup
teams from 30 countries came together to compete and we're happy to say
that an Estonian team came out on top as Gleather, working on producing
leather-like material out of gelatine, won the competition! See the
photos from the event here and hear the entertaining podcast that was made on the spot here.
On another note, this month we're organising the Tallinn Startup Week
that is coming up on the 14th-20th of November! Some of the biggest
local startups are opening their doors for meetups, workshops, office
hours and more! Stay tuned here!
Have a great October and keep up with being awesome! :)
Startup Estonia team
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the latest best startup reads
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Tackling climate change with startups
On the weekend of the 7-8th of October,
87 teams from 30 countries gathered in Tallinn for the ClimateLaunchpad
European finals that we had the pleasure of hosting. We took the time
to put down some of our highlights and the best take-aways from the
awesome event. Find out more
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Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the OECD
For the third year in a row, the Washington, DC-based think tank,
Tax Foundation, has declared the Estonian tax system the most
competitive in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development! Find out more
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Rocket Sales - videos from the international B2B sales and marketing training program
Curious to find out what the workshops of Rocket Sales, our
international marketing and sales program with a this year's focus on
B2B, are about? Then have a look at the videos taken from the training
weekends with various international experts! Find out more
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Who invests in Estonia: raise money from top investors
Contriber has compiled an awesome
overview of where do the investments into Estonian startups come from,
both the most important countries and investors by name. Definitely an
interesting read! Find out more
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LIFT99 - new co-working and event space is ready to lift Estonian startups off the ground!
LIFT99, the new face of Garage48 HUB,
is a brand new startup hub opening up in the creative heart of Tallinn
in December! We are super excited to see the new and amped hub with all
the future superstars growing out of it! Find out more
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Application deadline for accelerator fund management is nearing!
Serial entrepreneurs and early stage
investors, it's time to polish your applications - an ongoing call for
accelerator fund managers to bring Estonian startup investments to a
completely new level and launch two company builder type accelerators
with a clear focus on our very own #EstonianMafia family and all the
attractive startups is expecting applicants by the 10th of November! Find out more
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Startup culture meetup - beat the drum for your clan!
Clanbeat, a startup dedicated to improving the culture of companies,
organised their first meetup in Tallinn and brought together people
from Pipedrive, Transferwise and Teleport to share tips and tricks on
how to create an enjoyable workplace. Find out more
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