We are a community-first network of startup founders, freelancers, nomads, and other creatives who are passionate about what they do. LIFT99 connects founders from Silicon Valley to Eastern Europe and back.

We believe in our people and their infinite potential to expand through challenges. We believe in synergy and co-growing. We love people who give their all, challenge the existing, and never stop asking questions. We know that every single one of our members will bring unique value to our community, and we continously work hard to provide our members the best support possible.

 

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Tallinn HUB

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KYIV HUB

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  Benefits for LIFT99 members

 
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International community

Reach out to 100+ highly skilled professionals in our startup community

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Community-only events

Take part in community-only events featuring international founders and investors. Check out also our [Online membership] also

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Access to investors, advisors & accelerators

All founders have access to the community's advisory network from Silicon Valley to Europe

 
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Honest feedback

Ask advice about your Term Sheet, feedback to your product UX, or pretty much anything else

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Fundraising advise

Our founders have extensive experience in fundraising across Europe and U.S. and will support you in making the best decisions for your success

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Legal advise

LIFT99 is partnering with law firms to get you a direct access to urgent questions regarding your business

Founder stories

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Awesomic

Stacy and Roman were the very first members who moved in to our LIFT99 Kyiv hub even before we were officially opened. They won two hub memberships back in 2019 and joined our community as Doge Codes (online coding courses). While running the online school, they constantly received a question from their clients: “Where did you get such amazing design?” This was the moment when they got an idea: some companies need design services from time to time but they don’t need a full-time designer. The idea resulted Doge Codes pivoting to Pizdata — a web app to get graphic and UI design tasks done in 24 hours. However, the company name Pizadata (which means “freaking amazing” in Ukrainian) was rebranded to Awesomic during the Salto Growth Camp #4. In addition to product improvements, Awesomic founders also met two angel investors at Salto Growth Camp.

 
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Dashbird

Dashbird started in mid-2017 and joined the LIFT99 community in the beginning of March 2018. Their diligence and dedication stood out to LIFT99 founder Ragnar Sass, who decided to help them with several investor intros and also with an initial stage angel investment. This quickly resulted in a $800K investment round in May 2018. According to Taavi the LIFT99 community was like an extra energy boost that helped them keep up a good working pace and get valuable help whenever they needed.

 
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Outfunnel

Outfunnel is a great example of being part of the LIFT99 community. In September 2017, Andrus quit his successful job as the Head of Marketing at Pipedrive and started to validate his vague idea of a good marketing tool. In November 2017, he decided to move to LIFT99 in order to be closer to like-minded people and learn from the community.  After conducting 100 user interviews, Andrus had a pretty good idea of which product to build and Outfunnel’s product development started in February 2018, right after Andrus teamed up with Andris Reinman. At LIFT99 Andrus met another community member Markus, who helped to elaborate his product idea even further. In December 2018, Outfunnel raised its first pre-seed round and Markus decided to join as the third co-founder. Since then their life has been like a roller coaster - the team grew to the size of nine and the product itself has more than 500+ paying customers. In September 2020, Outfunnel announced the extension of their pre-seed round, bringing the total investment raised up to €1,1M. Outfunnel is now ready to take off from the LIFT99 Hub to reach higher.

Events at LIFT99 

LIFT99 is the home of local startup ecosystem. We organize and host events that align with our vision, offer real value and knowhow, help to make crucial connections, and support startups on their path to global growth.

We have hosted events and workshops together with Y Combinator (the world’s most powerful startup incubator), Daimler (German multinational automotive corporation), Tencent (Chinese Internet industry giant, 7th biggest company in the world), StartupWiseGuys, TechStars, FB Developer Circles and Atomico (Europe’s biggest VC fund) to name a few.

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We’ve also welcomed many noteworthy speakers and mentors in LIFT99 Hubs, amongst others: 

Check out what's coming up in LIFT99 Tallinn Hub and LIFT99 Kyiv Hub.

Want to organize your own event?

 Special offers? Of course!

Many of our good friends from the international startup ecosystem are happy to offer friendly deals to our community as well! Join and find out about all the perks that help you aim higher and be more efficient, with less resources spent.

Sounds like something for you? Check out our Tallinn Hub and Kyiv Hub membership plans.