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Estonian language learning platform Lingvist attracts USD8 million investment

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Lingvist, an Estonian startup that aims to teach a new language in 200 hours, has announced an investment of USD8 million, led by the global internet services company, Rakuten, Inc. Rakuten will invest alongside existing investors Smartcap, Inventure and Skype’s co­founder Jaan Tallinn. The financing will be used to fund the company’s growth in Europe, […]

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There’s a new self-driving robot on the road – and it’s Estonian

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Estonian entrepreneurs have launched a new company, called Starship Technologies, in London, manufacturing self-driving delivery robots. Founded by former Skype co-founders, Estonian Ahti Heinla, and Dane Jaanus Friis, Starship Technologies aims to improve local delivery of goods and groceries. The company will introduce fleets of small and earthbound delivery robots, running on batteries and therefore

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Japan to implement ID cards following Estonia’s example

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Japan is the first large country who is going to implement a digital personal identification card, following Estonia’s example. The step was announced on 23 October, following a meeting between the Estonian Prime Minister, Taavi Rõivas, and the Japanese Finance Minister, Akira Amari, who visited Estonia to get acquainted with Estonian e-services. The two ministers

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Startup intelligence firm Funderbeam raises USD2 million

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Funderbeam, the Estonian-founded subscription service for startup and investor research, has raised €655,000 (USD745,000) from angel investors and 3TS Capital Partners, taking the company to €1.75 million (USD2 million) in total funding. Funderbeam says its ambition is to grow into a marketplace for early-stage investments. It aims to offer a suite of low-cost startup-discovery and

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Estonian-founded bike theft prevention goes global

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Bike-ID UG, an Estonian-founded, Berlin-based, startup focusing on protecting bike-owners from bicycle theft, has announced the launch of its online bicycle registry that allows all international bike owners to register their two-wheelers for free. The company said that with 3.5 million bicycles stolen in Europe every year (six bicycles per minute), the registry is expected

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Estonian game among the most downloaded Android applications in the world

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The Estonian game developer, Creative Mobile, whose Drag Racing is among the most downloaded Android applications in the world, recently celebrated five years in business. Although not as much talked-about as some other Estonian startups – such as TransferWise or GrabCAD, for example – the Creative Mobile has achieved international recognition for its popular racing games. The

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There’s a new motorcycle on the road – and it’s Estonian

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In 2008, a group of Estonian entrepreneurs, designers and racing engineers joined forces to build a motorcycle that would make an art gallery proud, but would ride like the best grand tourers out there. This is the story of Estonian-made Renard motorcycles which have finally hit the road. By Lauri Põldre & Silver Tambur In

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A tool to detect suspicious, human trafficking adverts invented in Tallinn

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At a Garage48 hackathon to develop technologies that could potentially help fight against human trafficking, the winner was a tool that scans online adverts to find potentially suspicious job offers that could lead to human trafficking. During the 48 hours of the Garage48 “Trafficking in Persons” hackathon, around 80 participants from Estonia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the United States, Russia, Armenia,

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Garage48 hackathon develops solutions aimed at fighting human trafficking

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From 18-20 September, Garage48 and the US State Department invite technologists, law enforcement, NGOs and others to join the fight against human trafficking – during a 48-hour hackathon, the participants will develop possible technological solutions that will help eradicate the scourge of modern slavery. According to Garage48, human trafficking is the third largest international crime

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