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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

During summer we had a short break introducing to you new EstBAN members, which does not mean that our members' number has not grown. We warmly welcome new investors to our community. Here is a sneak peek of what they are doing professionally as well as what was the...

The new president of the Estonian Business Angels Network EstBAN from the beginning of September is Lev Dolgatsjov. The former president Kristjan Raude, who was elected in spring 2021, notified EstBAN of his intention to step down as he is starting a new position of...

Risto Siilasmaa, former chairman of Nokia, entrepreneur, and investor, discussed responsibility related to cyber security and artificial intelligence at the meeting with Estonian investors and startuppers at the event arranged by Startup Estonia and EstBAN. According...

EstBAN Business Angel Camp 2021, which took place on Sept 15-16 brought together more than 100 angel investors, venture capitalists and startup ecosystem representatives to Riga. It was a unique opportunity for angel investors from the Baltics and Nordics to exchange...

We have important news to share with you - there were some significant changes in EstBAN board!  Week ago Kristjan Raude stepped down as the President of EstBAN due to upcoming changes in his career. We are very thankful for the time he has served for our community....

sTARTUp Pitching Powered by EstBAN brought together the most promising early-stage startups from the region. Today, the TOP 40 were competing for a hot place in the TOP 7, of which one was chosen from the Challenger Accelerator's teams The weather was chilly, but the...

Female-founded Estonian startup Edumus, which places working professionals in schools as part-time teachers, has raised €180K from renowned Estonian and Finnish angel investors to accelerate its growth. Involving professionals in schools will help to address the...

EstBAN's deal flow tool Startup Includer is now called Dealum! At Dealum you’ll find the same features, deal flow and documents, as before - with slight updates on the interface. The name change requires no actions from a user. Log into Dealum from the...

For the second time, EstBAN's business angels participated in Estonia's largest business idea competition, Ajujaht. Their trust was earned by Mentornaut, who made it to the TOP 6 round in Ajujaht. Mentornaut received an investment of 100 000 euros from angel investors...