What makes the Made in Estonia brand of tech startup so lucrative?
For starters, since the 90s, Estonia has put all its resources into becoming a completely digital society.
Entrepreneurs can also easily register new businesses online in a matter of minutes.
In 2000 Estonia was the first country in the world to declareaccess to the internet a basic human right.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
Now were seeing the birth of several new Estonian unicorns.
For VCs and tech enthusiasts alike, Estonia is like a giant game of Pokemon Go.
If youve gotta catch em all, Estonia is the best place to look.
Today we highlight Estonia.
Find out who Estonias hottest young scale-ups are:
Taxify
Taxify is Europes largest ridesharing platform.
However, ride sharing isnt all they do.
The company recently launched a fleet of e-scooters in Paris under their subbrand Bolt.
After raising another $175 million in funding last year, the company officially reached unicorn status.
Needless to say, Taxify is set to dominate the etransport industry on this side of the Atlantic.
At the same time, this also makes scams and identity theft easier.
Veriff has developed software that is easily integrated into your onboarding process to prevent identity theft.
Last summer they closed their first Series A round at just above $7 million.
Scoro
With fast gains come growing pains.
Often they grow rapidly but lack the structure thats needed for larger operations.
The company received 4.4 million in funding last year.
Yanu
Estonian startup Yanu has developed a fully autonomous A.I.
and robot empowered bartending unit.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Yanu serves drinks, handles payments, identifies and can even communicate with clients.
According to its founders Yanu has a personality, a soul even.
Were already excited to meet him (or her?)
somewhere in the near future.
Perhaps at TNW Conference 2019?
Jobbatical
Finding the right people to grow your startup or company in 2019 is no easy task.
Sometimes the job pool can feel cluttered and Jobbatical is changing that for the tech and creative job industries.
Since 2014 theyve helped over 285.000 people find jobs and have serviced tech companies in 34 countries.
To date, theyve raised almost $8 million in funding.
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