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Wayren – Accelerating to the International Stage with the Support of Accelerators
06.02.2025
Estonian defense technology startup Wayren is making strides in secure communication solutions. The company, which raised €725,000 in its first funding round last year, has also received support from the European Defense Fund and the Estonian Ministry of Defense. However,...
Interview with Vaido Mikheim, Head of Startup Estonia: The State and Future of Estonia’s Startup Ecosystem
05.02.2025
Estonia’s startup ecosystem has gained international recognition for its high number of unicorns per capita and its strong community spirit. As the...
Startup Estonia Observations from sTARTUp Day: Bold Moves in DefenceTech & Unconventional Business Advice
04.02.2025
sTARTUp Day this year delivered plenty of insights and energy—and Startup Estonia is here to share some of our top observations.
What motivates volunteers?
17.01.2025
The start-up world thrives on bold ideas, tireless ambition, and strong communities. While founders and teams work hard to build their businesses,...
How to Start Collaboration with Scientists?
23.12.2024
Science and business are two worlds that, when working together, can lead to groundbreaking solutions. Yet, this collaboration often remains an untapped...
Meet the Advisory Board of sTARTUp Day!
18.10.2024
sTARTUp Day has welcomed several influential figures to its new advisory board, each bringing their experience to help guide the event’s continued...
Madis Lehtmets, New Program Manager: “Design is a problem-solving methodology”
05.06.2024
Madis Lehtmets is the new Program Manager of sTARTUp Day! We talked with him about design, startups, stand-up comedy, how to write...
President Alar Karis at sTARTUp Day — “The Future of Innovation in Estonia”
29.04.2024
We asked for sTARTUp Day 2024 visitor feedback, with one of the questions being about the most memorable speaker. The most popular...
Jana Saastamoinen: "Tartu people know how to organize quality events"
25.03.2024
Jana Saastamoinen is the newest Head Organizer of sTARTUp Day! She first joined the festival marketing team in 2019 as an assistant;...
Startup Estonia Deep Tech Lounge offered insights for deep tech founders
15.02.2024
For the second time at sTARTUp Day, Startup Estonia hosted the hugely popular Deep Tech Lounge, featuring engaging conversations with experts and...
Money for Investments in Startups Is Still Available, But More Accountability Is Required
09.01.2024
The current economic environment is making many companies face difficult times. At the same time startups seem to have matured, understanding the...
Investments have dried up, so founders need to be more creative
19.12.2023
It’s no secret that startups are having a tough time. The ideas and the teams’ enthusiasm might be there, but what is...
Health technologies need to overcome a number of barriers to thrive, study says
25.07.2023
Estonia has great potential for developing innovative, science-based health services. However, several challenges still need to be tackled, as highlighted in a...
CDL Estonia helps to scale science- and technology-based startups
07.07.2023
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a non-profit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. In...
Jõhvi coding school: An ode to Estonian scrappiness and unity
20.08.2022
The biggest cloud hanging over the Estonian tech sector – a shortage of ICT professionals – is being tackled at kood/Jõhvi in...
A sTARTUp-minded city
21.06.2022
The city of Tartu, the birthplace and location of sTARTUp Day, has found a special place in the hearts of many startups....
Dan Michaeli: “I believe it is crucial to understand that ‘startup’ is just a phase. It’s a temporary stage when an organization is searching for its business model.”
24.08.2021
Dan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Glia – a digital customer service platform that allows businesses to interact with their customers...
"The ideas that made Silicon Valley as powerful and rich as it is now are utopian ones" – interview with writer Adam Fisher
21.08.2021
Adam Fisher is a born and bred Silicon Valley-ite who began writing about technology and culture more than two decades ago. A...
How to deal with lawyers in a time of innovation
21.08.2021
Whereas laws and legal practice might seem rather stoic, recent years have started to challenge that thought. Globalization and technological development have...
Digital nomads: a community of modern age builders and innovators
11.08.2021
By their very nature, digital nomads are inquisitive thinkers – they left the comfort of their hometown, the familiarity of their nine-to-five...
Few things I learned at a startup and implemented at Microsoft
10.08.2021
Henn Ruukel is a Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft. They provide Fraud and Spam prevention services for Microsoft calling and messaging features...
E-Residency of Estonia: The digital key to the perfect base for your growing startup
30.07.2021
Even while travel remains constrained, launching the next global startup means taking a global perspective. Digitally, we are all closer together than...
Kadri Tammai: ”Everything is possible with empowered people!”
08.07.2021
Kadri Tammai runs the Tehnopol Startup Incubator, that helps Estonian early-stage startups conquer the world market. In addition, from this year, Kadri...
Triin Kask: "Female founders are catching up!"
02.06.2021
In the most recent episode of the sTARTUp Day podcast, our program manager Triin Kask talked about statistics related to female founders,...
21 Estonian startups and podcasts that help you become a better version of yourself in 2021!
23.12.2020
With the end of this crazy year approaching, many of us start thinking about the new year and promise to become healthier,...
Trust and shared values are fundamental for a thriving community
16.12.2020
The statement “Think globally act locally” has never been more relevant. The restrictions on travel, meetings, and many other areas have not...
Andrus Ansip: “Estonia has the opportunity to make digital identity more user-friendly.”
12.11.2020
On November 4, the representatives of the European Parliament and the founders and CEOs of Tartu startups gathered at SPARK Demo to...
sTARTUp Statistics
27.04.2020
sTARTUp Day 2020 brought together over 4400 participants, including 700 entrepreneurs representing 352 startups.
Christos Vaitsis: “Innovation in health is not easy to stumble upon”
10.02.2020
Christos is the Manager of the EIT Health Accelerator program for the EIT Health Scandinavian node. The Accelerator provides support throughout the...
Throwback to 2019 sTARTUp City highlights
31.12.2019
2019 is over and now it’s time to take a look back to everything that has happened in sTARTUp city! And oh...
James York: Is the US market right for your Startup?
19.11.2019
James York is a native New Yorker, and former stockbroker turned professional entrepreneur and marketer. He has been the Head of SME...
sTARTUp Day idea founder Andres Kuusik leaves footprints to Tartu Pioneers' Alley
12.09.2019
This year Andres Kuusik, sTARTUp Day idea founder, was added to Tartu Pioneers' Alley. The purpose of the alley is to recognize...
Swedbank Has Stepped Into the Co-Organizers Circle
23.08.2019
We have some great news – Swedbank is now one of the 9 co-organizers of sTARTUp Day!
Meet our new Head Organizer Marili Vihmann
15.08.2019
Marili has been with sTARTUp Day since the very beginning. She started as the volunteers’ team lead and was a member of...
UX Tartu 2019 presents: Cleveron — helping people save time through innovation
17.04.2019
On this Thursday, 18th of April, the event UX Tartu will take place for the third time already! UX Tartu is a...
Adam Rang | The e-Residency programme is continually gathering popularity
25.01.2019
Adam Rang works as Chief Evangelist at the e-Residency programme, Estonia's first government startup, to help create a valuable network of friends...
Startup visa gives an access to Estonian tight startup ecosystem
25.01.2019
The Estonian startup ecosystem is in the process of rapid growth. Past two years have shown that the Estonian ecosystem is competitive...