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LIFT99: Estonian most active angel investors and VC's of 2020

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.

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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: 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.

Estonian Startup Awards 2020 - The Winners, The Nominees & Big Trends For 2021

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!


6 New Startups Join Ukrainian Startups 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

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.