JAAK IS A VIBRANT ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. HE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE THINGS HE DOES, AND WILL GLADLY DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH YOU. ABOVE ALL THAT HE IS A FATHER AND A INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MAN.
Humans of LIFT99: Adrien Jourdan, ISpeakSpokeSpoken
24 Questions From Angel Investor Ragnar Sass Before He Says BIG FAT YES
Ragnar Sass - founder of Pipedrive (unicorn), LIFT99 & Salto (unicorns to be), and investor in 40+ startups, has put together 24 questions he considers when investing in startups.
Today, we are making them public, knowing they will help both startup founders & future angel investors.
Humans of LIFT99: Markus Meresma, Mentornaut
IN THE LIGHT OF THE BIGGEST STARTUP COMPETITION AND ACCELERATOR IN ESTONIA - “AJUJAHT” COMING TO AN END: HERE'S THE STORY OF MARKUS MERESMA, THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MENTORNAUT AND WINNER OF THE ESTBAN BUSINESS ANGELS AWARD FOR 100K AT “AJUJAHT”.
Ukraine Startup Awards 2020: The Community Takes It All
Ukrainian Startup Awards 2020 is a startup community initiative officially summing up the highlights of the past year in the local startup scene. We are proud to include all levels of our local startup community in order to recognise the brightest achievers and most inspiring activists in 9 separate award categories.
LIFT99 Kyiv Hub: 2 years of youth
Humans of LIFT99: Edgar Aronov, Eventornado
Humans of LIFT99: Helen Piirsalu, Snackable
HUMANS OF LIFT99 IS A SERIES OF STORIES FROM LIFT99 MEMBERS, HIGHLIGHTING THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WE SEE AROUND US EVERY DAY. NOT ALL OF US ARE FOUNDERS (YET), OR EVEN STARTUPPERS, BUT WE ALL HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR A SKILL TO SHARE - IT’S WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY AS AMAZING AS IT IS.
HERE IS THE STORY OF HELEN PIIRSALU - TALENT MANAGER AT SNACKABLE AND A MEMBER AT LIFT99
LIFT99: Estonian most active angel investors and VC's of 2020
2020 was a record-breaking year for the Estonian community on so many levels! Based on the Estonian Startup Database, we had 1117 startups in Estonia in total by the end of 2020. Estonia has 4.6x as many startups per capita as the European average - on a population-adjusted basis, Estonia is the capital of European startups! A total of 440,9M EUR was invested into Estonian startups during 2020.
Humans of LIFT99: Konstantin, Hirio
HUMANS OF LIFT99 IS A SERIES OF STORIES FROM LIFT99 MEMBERS, HIGHLIGHTING THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WE SEE AROUND US EVERY DAY. NOT ALL OF US ARE FOUNDERS (YET), OR EVEN STARTUPPERS, BUT WE ALL HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR A SKILL TO SHARE - IT’S WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY AS AMAZING AS IT IS.
In our previous posts on social media, we shared amazing news about our community members, team Hirio, and their first investments. Today, we are sharing a startup-journey story of Hirio CEO and co-founder — Konstantin Miska.
Humans of LIFT99: Vicky Brock, Vistalworks
Humans of Lift99 is a series of stories from LIFT99 members, highlighting the inspiring people we see around us every day. Not all of us are founders (yet), or even startuppers, but we all have a story to tell or a skill to share - it’s what makes our community as amazing as it is.
Here is the story of Vicky Brock - founder of Vistalworks, member of LIFT99.
Humans of LIFT99: Carlos Paniagua, Glia
Humans of Lift99 is a series of stories from LIFT99 members, highlighting the inspiring people we see around us every day. Not all of us are founders (yet), or even startuppers, but we all have a story to tell or a skill to share - it’s what makes our community as amazing as it is.
Here Is The Story Of Carlos Paniagua - Cto Of Glia, Member Of Lift99
Estonian Startup Awards 2020 - The Winners, The Nominees & Big Trends For 2021
Estonian Startup Awards 2020 took place on January 14, 2021, to officially wrap up the past year and celebrate the most outstanding achievements of Estonian startups. If you want to know who made it to the shortlist of Estonian Startup Awards 2020 and who took home the prizes in our 9 categories, you are in the right place. Sit back, settle down, here we go!
"2020, a year so momentous they named it twice"
#EstonianMafia Wall of Fame has three new stars!
#EstonianMafia Wall of Fame keeps growing despite 2020 being probably
one of the most challenging years for founders and startup employees.
Warm welcome Paxful, RangeForce & Klaus to the Wall of Fame!
6 New Startups Join Ukrainian Startups Wall of Fame!
It’s been a year since we launched Ukrainian Startup Wall of Fame, highlighting the first 15 fastest growing Ukrainian companies. The reason why we have created it is simple: there is an enormous amount of exponentially growing Ukrainian tech companies and extremely courageous and talented individuals who come up with cutting-edge ideas, launch products worldwide, optimize everyday life and challenge the world for the better.
Top 7 tips for a successful investor pitch online
Staying on a stage in front of the huge audience and listening to your heartbeat just seconds before you start to pitch … An exciting moment, isn’t it? Right now it all seems almost unreal - like it was in a different life. We are all living in a new reality today we are forced to adapt to and online pitching has fallen into the category of doing things in a new way that was a rare scenario before.