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A small Estonian company aims to conquer the world

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Skeleton Technologies, a Tallinn-based company that develops and produces ultracapacitors – extremely powerful energy storage devices – aims to become the leading ultracapacitor manufacturer within five years. Skeleton Technologies started to grow in 2009, when, after years of development work, the young entrepreneurs, Taavi Madiberk and Oliver Ahlberg, decided to take the technology created by […]

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Estonian-founded GrabCAD sold for around $100M to US-Israeli Stratasys Ltd

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Estonian-founded, US-based startup GrabCAD has been acquired by the US-Israeli provider of 3D printing solutions, Stratasys Ltd, for around $100M. It is the second biggest startup exit for an Estonian startup and the biggest for Estonian seed investors. According to Stratasys, the acquisition is expected to enable the company to provide its customers with enhanced collaboration tools and improved

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University of Tartu starts cooperation with India’s leading medical technology company

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The University of Tartu and India’s biggest medical technology company, Trivitron Healthcare Pvt Ltd, signed a memorandum of understanding, forming the basis of a broad scientific cooperation and furthering of medical education between India and Estonia. The cooperation will mainly be launched in areas related to mass spectrometry, microchips, sequencing, molecular diagnostics and biobanking. “The University

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Ericsson teams with Estonian security-technology provider Guardtime

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Ericsson, the world’s largest maker of wireless-network equipment, is teaming with the Estonian security-technology provider, Guardtime, to improve data safety and transparency. Guardtime’s key technology is called Keyless Signature Infrastructure or KSI. The technology is aimed at organisations that deal with large-scale digital data and the challenges of securing the integrity of that data. Simply

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Frans Jorna. Photo by Henri Pook.

Lessons from exporting Estonia’s digital democracy

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Daniel Vaarik had a chat with Frans Jorna from the Saxion University in the Netherlands, who is currently working on applying Estonia’s system for local democracy procedures called Volis. For years Estonia has been experimenting with tools for digital democracy. Internet voting was introduced already in 2005 and today at least one in five voters

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Estonian “Time Machine” opens in Tallinn

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“For our foreign visitors, it is like a time-machine, offering a glimpse into the future,” says the Estonian technology evangelist, Indrek Vimberg. The time machine in question is the new e-estonia.com showroom, which opened at Tallinn’s Ülemiste City before Midsummer’s Day. This article is published in partnership with Life In Estonia magazine. By Holger Roonemaa When Life in Estonia visited the e-estonia.com showroom,

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GrabCAD leading the way in modern product development

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It is as if over 1.3 million mechanical engineers all over the world sit at their (virtual) desks designing incredible things at unbelievable speed. Companies watch in astonishment. Some decide to go along for the surprising ride. This article is published in partnership with Life In Estonia magazine. By Toivo Tänavsuu. This rocking virtual environment, designed by

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