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4 hours ago

Handhold raises €3M to replace fragmented software buying journeys with AI account managers Its AI agents support prospects from first interaction to renewal, helping companies improve conversion while freeing sales teams to focus on mid-market and enterprise accounts.

#estotech Handhold, an AI-agent platform that turns visitors into customers without sales reps, has raised €3M Seed funding led by Entourage Capital, with participation from Inovia Capital and e2vc. By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/04/08/h... #NordicMade #baltictech #NordicAI

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2 days ago

Y Combinator | Stockholm Y Combinator is hosting a special event in Stockholm on April 29th with Paul Graham & Jessica Livingston, co-founders of Y Combinator, Max Junestrand, CEO and Co-founder of Legora, Gustaf Alströmer...

EVENT: Y Combinator is hosting a special event in Stockholm on April 29th.

Join and hear from:
• Paul Graham & Jessica Livingston (Founders of Y Combinator)
• Max Junestrand (Legora, W24)
• Gustaf Alströmer (YC Partner)

events.ycombinator.com/Stockholm-4-29 #NordicMade #baltictech #sthlmtech

Silicon Vikings

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2 days ago

INTERVIEW: Heidi Kakko, one of Estonia’s most experienced mentor-investors, is interviewed by Tarmo Virki, Co-Founder of Fomo.Observer, where they discuss the evolution of the 🇪🇪 Estonian startup ecosystem

open.spotify.com/episode/567c... #NordicMade #baltictech #estotech

Silicon Vikings

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2 days ago

ThinQ by EQT | €1.2tn: The Hidden Cost of Europe’s Tech Exodus New estimates from EQT and McKinsey show that Europe has lost technology firms worth more than €700bn ($800bn) from overseas stock market listings or acquisitions. Today, these companies are worth mor...

A new analysis published by EQT and McKinsey details the hidden cost of Europe’s tech exodus over the past decade, highlighting the region’s historic struggle to retain its most promising companies – and the potential opportunities ahead.

eqtgroup.com/thinq/techno... #NordicMade #baltictech

Silicon Vikings

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3 days ago

FOMO.11: From West Coast to Iran, Kosovo and Oulu Carmen organised a hackathon in United States, Alejandro analysed the impacts of war, and Liina dived into all-male founding teams.

🇪🇪 FomoObserver Weekly Estonian Startup News #11, week 14, 2026: From West Coast to Iran, Kosovo and Oulu

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech
open.substack.com/pub/fomoobserver/p/fomo1...

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4 days ago

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🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 @TPhilomaths Weekly #263, week 14, 2026 newsletter on #startups + #VC s in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania:

🇱🇻 Spotwise.ai raised $450K pre-seed round, led by Outlast.

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
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1 week ago

Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe’s sovereign platform Estonia is reportedly exploring a plan to buy Skype back from Microsoft and relaunch it for Europe’s digital sovereignty.

Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe’s sovereign communication platform. By @EstonianWorld

estonianworld.com/technology/e... #NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #Skype

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1 week ago

Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe's sovereign platform Estonia is reportedly exploring a plan to buy Skype back from Microsoft and relaunch it for Europe's digital sovereignty.

Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe’s sovereign communication platform. By @EstonianWorld

estonianworld.com/technology/estonia-to-re... #NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #Skype

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1 week ago

🇪🇪 #estotech @pickmybrain_com, a startup building AI-powered Digital Brains for #celebrities, #experts, and public figures, has raised a €1.8M pre-Seed round to grow its team, enter new markets, and enhance the product. By @EU_Startups

www.eu-startups.com/2026/04/tall... #NordicMade #baltictech

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1 week ago

Lithuania's Fintech Overview 2025-2026 Discover why Lithuania is a strategic base for fintech growth in Europe, with 248 fintechs, 7,800 professionals, and EU market access.

Lithuania's #Fintech Overview 2025-2026. By @invest_LT

https://investlithuania.com/fintech-overview-2026/ #NordicMade #baltictech #LTstartups #nordicfintech #balticfintech @FintechNordics @FintechBaltic @FintechMundi

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1 week ago

European founders are obsessed with Silicon Valley. Here’s why I’m not While we celebrate European founders who ‘make it’ in the US, we overlook the category-defining companies thriving because they doubled down on Europe

OpEd: European founders have a lot to win from staying in their homeland, writes #sthlmtech #AI #healthtech company Tandem Health cofounder Lukas Saari. Via @Siftedeu

sifted.eu/articles/lukas-saari-tan... #NordicMade #baltictech

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1 week ago

FOMO.10: The biggest FOMO in Baltics? Also this week: Estonian logistics platform wins investment offer from Latvian angels

🇪🇪 FomoObserver Weekly Estonian Startup News #10, week 13, 2026: The biggest FOMO in the Baltics?

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech
www.fomoobserver.com/p/fomo10-the-biggest-fom...

Silicon Vikings

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1 week ago

Departing products to market Baltic Tech Weekly #262 Brand built with achoo studio, check philomaths.tech Follow on Instagram, X, LinkedIn Newsfeed: to help you track what’s happening in Baltic tech and global tech that matters ...

🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 @TPhilomaths Weekly #262, week 13, 2026 newsletter on #startups + #VC s in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania:

🇱🇻 Giraffe360 raises $10M Series B

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
ghost.philomaths.tech/departing-pr...

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1 week ago

Vinted, ElevenLabs, Iceye: Inside Europe’s hottest secondary sales Once a dusty corner of the private markets, secondary trading is now a ticket onto the captables of the hottest companies.

🚒 @vinted, ElevenLabs, @iceye_global: Inside Europe’s hottest secondary sales. By @Siftedeu

https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-hottest-secondaries #NordicMade #baltictech

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1 week ago

All the decacorns in Europe: listed Europe’s cohort of $10bn+ startups is growing rapidly, with companies reaching the milestone quicker than ever before.

🦄🦄 All the #decacorns in Europe: listed. By @Siftedeu

sifted.eu/articles/all-the-decacor... #NordicMade #baltictech

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1 week ago

Giraffe360 raises $10M Series B financing led by Cipio Partners The financing marks a significant milestone in Giraffe360’s continued growth and will support the company’s next phase of scaling.

#startinLatvia @Giraffe360, an AI-powered real estate marketing tech co, has closed a $10M Series B funding round led by Cipio Partners & existing investors, Founders Fund, Hoxton Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, and Change Ventures. By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/03/26/g... #NordicMade #baltictech #martech

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Kvanted | From MySQL to Industrial AI: How Mårten Mickos Thinks About Leadership Today – Industrial Tech Insights Mårten Mickos, the founder who built MySQL into a $1B exit, shares hard-won leadership lessons for founders navigating industrial AI and deep tech. Now Venture Partner at Kvanted, he coaches early-sta...

INTERVIEW: From MySQL to Industrial AI: How @martenmickos, Venture Partner at #helyes #VC firm Kvanted, Thinks About Leadership Today

www.kvanted.com/insights/from-mysql-to-i... #NordicMade #baltictech #SiliconValley #NordicsInSV

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

European quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech Your guide to Europe's quantum landscape, featuring startups building hardware, software and early applications.

European #quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech. By @Siftedeu

sifted.eu/articles/european-quantu... #NordicMade #baltictech

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Startup Community Newsletter - March 2026 Your monthly dose of startup ecosystem insights

🇱🇻 @StartupLatvia Newsletter March 2026

#NordicMade #baltictech #startinLatvia
mailchi.mp/b05b0cef3ab5/startup-com...

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

FOMO.09: A meeting at Kyiv train station This week in Fomo.Observer: Farsight Vision, Messente exit, SkySelect funding, Triin Hertmann, Kärt Siilats, Alejandro Jimenez, and more

🇪🇪 FomoObserver Weekly Estonian Startup News #09, week 12, 2026: Farsight Vision, Messente exit, SkySelect funding, Triin Hertmann, Kärt Siilats, Alejandro Jimenez, and more

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech
www.fomoobserver.com/p/fomo09-a-meeting-at-ky...

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Quality first, scale second Baltic Tech Weekly #261 Brand built with achoo studio, check philomaths.tech Follow on Instagram, X, LinkedIn Newsfeed: to help you track what’s happening in Baltic tech and global tech that matters ...

🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 @TPhilomaths Weekly #261, week 12, 2026 newsletter on #startups + #VC s in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania:

🇱🇹 Buck4Bug raises €430K pre-seed.

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
ghost.philomaths.tech/quality-firs...

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

TRIIN HERTMANN: A New Motorbike or a Startup Investment? Angel Investing is Personal Angel Investing is Rational and Random at The Same Time

🇪🇪 FomoObserver Weekly Estonian Startup News #09, week 12, 2026: TRIIN HERTMANN: A New Motorbike or a Startup Investment? Angel Investing is Personal

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech
open.substack.com/pub/fomoobserver/p/triin...

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2 weeks ago

„Creandum“ partneris: Lietuvos startuolių ekosistema – viena geriausių Europoje - Verslo žinios „Creandum“, viena didžiausių ankstyvos stadijos rizikos kapitalo fondų valdytojų Europoje, pastaraisiais metais įmerkė kojas Lietuvoje ir atliko kelias investicijas. Vienas šios bendrovės, kuri anksty...

Recent #sthlmtech #VC firm @creandum Lithuania deals: @cast_ai and @nexos_ai. @filiphmark, Creandum VP, spoke at length about Lithuania and the broader AI landscape. By @TPhilomaths (in Lithuanian)

www.vz.lt/inovacijos/2... #NordicMade #baltictech #LTstartups

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Europe's filmtech ecosystem is growing fast -- here are the startups to watch Behind the magic of modern cinema, startups are building the next generation of filmmaking technology.

Europe’s #filmtech ecosystem is growing fast — here are the startups to watch, including #NordicMade: @EpicFrames_app (Estonia), and Speekz (Lithuania). By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/03/19/europes-filmt... #NordicMade #baltictech

Silicon Vikings

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3 weeks ago

EU Inc. marks major win for startups as Commission unveils 28th regime proposal Backed by over 22,000 founders and investors, The European Commission today presented its proposal for a unified corporate framework, forming the foundation of the EU’s 28th regime.

Backed by over 22,000 founders and investors, The @EU_Commission today presented its @euinc_petition proposal for a unified corporate framework, forming the foundation of the EU’s 28th regime. By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/03/18/e... #NordicMade #baltictech

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3 weeks ago

FOMO.08: Taavi Kotka on drone mission There is a specific type of restlessness that has defined Estonia's digital rise over the last two decades, and it usually bears Taavi Kotka's fingerprints.

🇪🇪 FomoObserver Weekly Estonian Startup News #08, week 11, 2026: Skeleton Technologies is setting its sights on a U.S. public debut following a fresh €31M funding round led by Taiwania Capital.

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech
www.fomoobserver.com/p/fomo08-taavi-drone-kot...

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3 weeks ago

"This is how you do it" Baltic Tech Weekly #260 Brand built with achoo studio, check philomaths.tech Follow on Instagram, X, LinkedIn Keep an eye: we are returning to consistent Friday morning schedule. Yes, today is Saturd...

🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 @TPhilomaths Weekly #260, week 11, 2026 newsletter on #startups + #VC s in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania:

🇪🇪 SkySelect has raised $9M
🇱🇹 WhiteBridge AI raised €2.6M

#NordicMade #baltictech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
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3 weeks ago

Vilnius-based WhiteBridge AI raises €2.6 million for its AI-powered people research engine | EU-Startups WhiteBridge AI, a Vilnius-based AI-powered people research platform specialising in deep personal insights, has raised a €2.6 million ($3 million) Seed

🇱🇹 Whitebridge AI, an #AI-powered people research platform specialising in deep personal insights, has raised a €2.6M Seed round led by FIRSTPICK VC. By @EU_Startups

www.eu-startups.com/2026/03/viln... #NordicMade #baltictech

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3 weeks ago

🇪🇺 Europe’s first pan-European angel network for #defencetech innovation is here: DAEN launched in Brussels with partners from 16 countries to boost cross-border investment in early-stage defence & security tech. By @EBAN_org

www.eban.org/news/from-vi... #NordicMade #baltictech

Silicon Vikings

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3 weeks ago

Startup Lithuania newsletter week 11, 2026.

#NordicMade #baltictech #LTstartups
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