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Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Jaan Tallinn and Kärt Siilats join Angel Summit as speakers!
We're unbelievably happy to announce that Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former president of Estonian Republic, joins EstBAN10 Angel Summit with Jaan Tallinn to discuss the impact of past decisions to Estonian tech ecosystem as well as the opportunities for the future. ...
The winners of sTARTUp Pitching 2022 have been announced!
A record number of 380 applicants from 47 countries started this year’s sTARTUp Pitching competition. After a fierce competition, the winners have been announced. LightCode Photonics and Nanordica Medical were awarded EstBAN-led syndicates of €200k and €150k...
Meet the first speakers of EstBAN Angel Summit
Angel Summit 2022 is approaching fast with and we're happy to introduce the first speakers out of many to join the biggest angel investing meet up in the region. Rainer Sternfeld is the managing partner in Nordic Ninja VC, the most active Japanese VC-s in Europe. He...
A Belgian in Estonia searching for unicorns
(Firstly published on 23.07.22 in Delfi Ärileht in Estonian, by Kaspar Allik) A Belgian computer scientist Hugues Flament has always been interested in how the technology can improve the world. He's been in financing for 25 years and the past 6 has been investing into...
Celebrating 10 years of EstBAN with Angel Summit on October 20th
Every year EstBAN has spent a few days somewhere together with 50-100 angels, listening to relevant people in the field, having a steamy sauna night and enjoyed the company of fellow angels. This year we’re making it big! EstBAN10 Angel Summit is a get-together for...
sTARTUp Day syndicate is coming again (duh)!
As almost everyone is lounging around and enjoying the lovely summer, some are already prepping for what's to come. sTARTUp Day 2022, the most startup-minded festival comes again, this time in August 24-26 in Tartu, and as has become a habit already, EstBAN is...
How to fundraise – summer viewing for current and future founders
During the New Nordic Leads investment training programme, there were a bunch of video tutorials made for early stage startups and those interested in startup funding, to cover all things related to fundraising. So to keep you comfortably busy (but not too much,...
EstBAN members’ season ending
On June 15th EstBAN we celebrated the end of the 1st half of 2022 and summarized the season in Cafe Opera. EstBAN has never been so active, with so many members, partners and activities. There are 260+ members, some more active at a given moment than others, as well...
New Nordic Leads wraps up with a cross-border BBQ
After 2 years of educating startups and networking between angels, unfortunately mostly via zoom, about a 100 of us – startups and investors set to meet up in person in Helsinki for an international BBQ. We had a great time with all the angels and companies who were...
Investor Camp and Startup Fair in Vilnius brought together Baltic players
This week EstBAN investors and managing director participated in the first-ever Investor Camp hosted by Lithuanian Business Angels Network and Lithuanian VCA. It was a real Baltic angel and VC gathering, around 180+investors joined the event in the brand new tech hub...
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...