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Vocal Image and Ender Turing share the win of the Latitude59 pitching competition
Press release May 20, 2022 The first place of the pitching competition of the Estonian startup and technology flagship conference Latitude59 was shared between the two startups. Vocal Image earned an investment of 250,000 and Ukrainians' Ender Turing 200,000 euros....
Vocal Image App awarded the best startup in New Nordic Leads batch 4
The team with their voice training app convinced the jury at Latitude59 with their clear value proposition, product, and proven ability to execute ambitious plans. As trends point out even more vocal and visual communication in the future, the market is expected to...
EstBAN welcomes Verve Ventures as a new Fund Member
Verve Ventures reinforces its ties with the Estonian startup scene In April Verve Ventures decided to join EstBAN as a Fund Member. Verve Ventures has invested to more than 140 tech startups from all over the world, including Estonian startups Fractory and Estateguru...
An EstBAN study trip to London at last!
In 2020 we were supposed to go to Istanbul for an annual EstBAN study trip. Study trips are something we've been organising at least once a year and it is a fantastic opportunity for EstBAN members to get to know each other a bit better, form trust and share war...
EstBAN and Swedbank Angel Program 2022 training program started
Swedbank has partnered with EstBAN to offer, among other services, trainings for its private banking clients about angel investing.
New Nordic Leads: Announcing the flourishing startups of Batch 4!
The last batch of New Nordic Leads startup program has kicked off with 35 innovative companies. Aside from being in the pipeline for cross-border investment, the selected startups will go through a tailored 8-week investment readiness program facilitated by EstBAN and...
Number of investments made by EstBAN members tripled in 2021
EstBAN members invested 29.9M euros into startups, which is an all time high. From the total amount, 13.5M was angel investments, 14.9M through funds and 1.45M euros was invested through crowd funding.
EstBAN 2021 Annual General Meeting and awards time!
Every year EstBAN angels gather in a semiformal setting for the Annual General Meeting. Last year it was fully online, but thankfully this time we were fortunate to make the meet-up face to face. Club of Different Rooms hosted approximately 50 angels on the spot and...
EstBAN investors choose Menken Trials for 2022 Prototron angel syndicate investment
Menkel Trials, an alumni of Batch 27 of Prototron, has been chosen as a target for the angel syndicate led by Lauri Antalainen, the Vice President of Estonian Business Angels Network. The joint investment capital is coming from a dozen EstBAN members - local and...
VSight raises €775K seed investment for the future growth
VSight has closed a €775.000 seed equity investment round raised from Startup Wise Guys, Estonian Business Angels, and Cocoon Ventures. Since the launch, VSight Remote product has been a success in 24 countries, used by over 108 companies. Through VSight Remote...
Funderbeam and EstBAN sign a cooperation agreement
Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN) and investment and trading platform Funderbeam have signed a collaboration agreement to create more value by offering angel investors a smoother co-investing experience. The idea behind the collaboration is to offer business...
Here are the TOP10 startups of New Nordic Leads investment readiness program
These promising, innovative startups come from three countries: Finland, Estonia, and Poland. Investor, join the Final Pitch event on November 30 at Maria01 or online! In October, 32 innovative and actionable startups started the 8-week New Nordic Leads program...
EstBAN celebrates its 9th anniversary: there may be three times more angel investors
EstBAN has grown ten times, from 25 to 250 members in nine years. According to Ivar Siimar, one of the founding member of EstBAN, there are probably three times as many business angels in Estonia. You were one of the founders of EstBAN 9 years ago. There were 25...
Estonian edtech startup Mentornaut raises €200K to launch personalised education in Kenya
Mentornaut, a new online tutoring platform, has announced a €200K investment round, led by Ivo Remmelg, Harri Tallinn ja Kuido Lepik (EstBAN). The platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalised education, and counts Superangel, United Angels VC and a list of...
sTARTUp Day announces a pitching contest with a prize pool of over €350k
The 6th sTARTUp Day business festival is welcoming applications for a pitching contest with a prize pool of over 350k. The competition is open to startups globally. The applicants should have a functioning product or service, a strong team, and be ready to raise...
Lauri Antalainen: creating a startup is not a sprint, it´s a marathon
According to Lauri Antalainen, vice president and board member of The Estonian Association of Business Angels (EstBAN), a long-run game must be considered from the very beginning when creating a startup. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint. But you have to enjoy this...
The 3c model for lead angels by Selma Prodanovic
Leading a syndicate is much more than managing the “technical” part of the funding round. In the September New Nordic Leads training for angel investors, Selma Prodanovic, the Vice president of EBAN and 21st-century leadership expert, highlighted the “3c model” for...
ELMO Rent received a prize from Estonian Business Angels Network EstBAN
The largest greentech conference in the region, GreenEST Summit, took place for the fourth time last week at Kultuurikatel (the Creative Hub) in Tallinn. The main topics this year were the raw materials’ crisis, green business models and investors, bioeconomy, smart...
Meet third batch of New Nordic Leads Startup Investment Readiness training
The third startup batch of New Nordic Leads has kicked off with 33 innovative startups chosen from over 120 competitive applicants! Together with our mentors and coaches, we are bringing startups and their team in eight weeks as close to investor maturity as possible...
Prototron Fond will contribute start-up capital with EstBAN angel investors to implement tech ideas
EstBAN and Prototron Fond will launch a syndicate that will invest in the best startup of the next round. We will contribute start-up capital with Estonian angel investors to implement ideas! The process is similar to the Ajujaht syndicate – up to 100K € is collected,...